Testimonies
From the Heart: Where “Forgiveness” Crosses a Line
Category: General
Tags: From the Heart, Testimonies
Here’s a letter we received recently. It’s a great testimony about bringing the Kingdom vision to a place where it is totally foreign. Dear Greg, I suspect that this email echoes some of the sentiments…
Soldier of Conscience
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Tags: David D. Flowers, Joshua Casteel, Non-Violence, Peacemaking, Testimonies
David D. Flowers posted this testimony of the life and death of Joshua Casteel (1979-2012). Joshua was an interrogator at Abu Ghraib when he was confronted by the contradiction between his role as a soldier…
From the Heart: Called to Minister to Outcast Kids
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Tags: From the Heart, Testimonies
Here’s a lovely testimony we received from Germany. Hey Greg, Thank you for your message. For making clear what God has been working on my heart about for the last few years. I am called…
Adopting Christian Pacifism
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Tags: Anabaptists, Kurt Willems, Non-Violence, Pacifism, Peace, Testimonies
Stuart Williams via Compfight We wanted to share a reflection by Kurt Willems on how he eventually embraced pacifism despite resisting this part of his anabaptist roots for much of his youth. Hope you enjoy…
Precious Henry
Category: General
Tags: Death, Jesus, Problem of Evil, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict, The Problem of Evil
Hi folks, This week a young mother named Jessica shared a letter with me that she had written to her precious four-year-old son after he died of a brain tumor several weeks ago. Last October,…
Enough Faith?
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Tags: From the Heart, Testimonies
Periodically, we post testimonies from our readers. If you have a testimony to share you can email us at editor@reknew2015.wpengine.com. (We won’t share your contact information or your last name.) We love to hear what…
From the Heart: Paradigm Shift
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Tags: From the Heart, Kingdom Living, Politics, Testimonies
I have in the past few months been introduced to your teaching, books and theology. Since I have been listening to your teachings online and reading/listening to some of your books “Myth of a Christian Nation” and…
From the Heart: Reaching Out
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Tags: From the Heart, Testimonies
Here’s a letter we received from a new reader. He shares a little of his journey from faith to atheism to his recent tentative steps back to faith again. If any of you know of…
From the Heart: A Soldier’s Journey to Peacemaking
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Tags: From the Heart, Peacemaking, Testimonies
Hi Greg & Greg’s family, Nice meeting you at the “Hellbound?” showing tonight. :-) With all my heart, thank you for showing me the gospel of the Kingdom of Jesus through your ministry. I read…
From the Heart
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Tags: From the Heart, Responding to Calvinism, Romans 9, Testimonies
Here’s a short testimony sent in from a reader: Hi there Greg, I read your commentary on Romans 9 recently, and reread it again today. I struggled with this chapter prior to becoming a Christian…
From the Heart
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Here’s another letter of thanks we received from a reader: Hey Greg, I am a church planter in south Texas. Last year, I walked my people through The Story – a 31 week reading through…
Encouragement from a Reader
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Hey Greg, Having listened to your podcasts for years, read all your books (even Trinity and Process), and done everything but make life-size cardboard cutouts of you for my office, I’ve wanted to write for…
Email from Israel
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Hi Greg. Very kind of you to respond. You already held ‘busiest man alive’ status in my mind, so thanks… By the way, I’m far from being the only guy listening to you over here…
From an Appreciative Reader
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Greg, I’m reading several of your articles this morning and I thought it would be appropriate to tell you how much of a blessing you are in my life. I’ve been hurting for so long as…
Surrendering to God
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Greg: I have recently finished reading your Book. I really do not know what I was expecting or why the book attracted me to it. I was a true blue atheist when I picked it up … To make…
From a Seminary Student
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Greg, I wanted to write you and let you know how much I admire you and Woodland Hills, and furthermore, how much I loved “Myth of a Christian Religion (and Nation as well). I long…
From a Retired US Air Force Master Sergeant
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I saw Greg on CNN’s “God Warriors” (a great show) and I just took to heart everything he said. For the first time in my life, I felt like someone knew exactly how I felt….
Hope in the Wilderness
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Greg, I just wanted to thank you for all the work you put into both your writing & sermons. I have been a long term fan of your books, as together with Clark Pinnock’s writings…
The radical change I never expected…
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The radical change I never expected… Here’s just a snippet of one of the many ways in which Greg Boyd’s teachings have helped bring God and His Kingdom to life for me: As…
From a Mennonite
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I attend a Mennonite church and our pastor recommended your book The Myth of a Christian Nation to me. I grew up in a Christian Amish family my dad being the bishop of the church….