How Do You “See” God? God’s Self-Portrait, Part 1

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When ReKnew first launched a year and a half ago, I planned on initially using the blog primarily to flesh out the theology and significance of the ReKnew Manifesto. As happens all-too-frequently in my ADHD…

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How Reliable were the Early Church’s Oral Traditions?

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How reliable were the early church’s oral traditions? In terms of assessing the reliability of the Gospels, this is an extremely important question. First century Jewish culture was what scholars today would call an “orally…

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Why Jesus? (podcast)

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Greg works from the known to the unknown in his quest to understand the centrality of Jesus. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0784.mp3

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How Human Was Jesus? (podcast)

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Did Jesus have a favorite Ice Cream, or did he love them all the same? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0772.mp3

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Where Does Evil Come From? (podcast)

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Greg talks origins of evil. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0763.mp3

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Does Progressive Revelation Still Progress? (podcast)

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Greg & Dan consider whether we might find a New NEW Testament. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0762.mp3

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Why Trust the Writings of Paul? (podcast)

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Greg defends the apostle Paul. Patreon supporters can watch the episode HERE. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0699.mp3

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From Christianity to Atheism and Back Again

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Article by Larissa Lee Do you ever wonder what makes a person become an atheist? Or what makes an atheist become a Christian? I’m in a rare position to tell you the answer to both….

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Inspired Imperfection


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In Inspired Imperfection, Gregory A. Boyd adds another counterintuitive and provocative thesis to his corpus. While conservative scholars and pastors have struggled for years to show that the Bible is without errors, Boyd considers this…

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Is the Book of Acts Reliable?

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(Note: We apologize that certain German vowels didn’t translate onto this site). Introduction The book of Acts is of critical importance in the contemporary debate about the historical Jesus. The reason for this is straightforward….

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Was Jesus “Crazy”?

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Article by Dan Kent “Do you believe I’m the messiah,” the man asked, his voice part tenor, part nasal-congestion. He rubbed his robe collar between his thumb and index finger. This detail sticks in my…

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The Bible Contains Errors

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Throughout the Gospels, Jesus expressed an unqualified confidence that Scripture infallibly communicates the will of God. He consistently referred to it when deciding matters related to faith. This same attitude was also adopted by the…

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The Center of the Bible

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Over the past few posts, we’ve been discussing various aspects of the Bible’s authority. We talked about the God-breathed nature of the book, reasons why we can trust it, and about what to do with…

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When the Bible has Errors

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In the previous post, we dealt with the question of why we are able to trust Scripture. But we need to explore this further because if you read the Bible carefully, you will find parts…

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Why Trust the Bible?

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A skeptic might point out that the proof regarding the authority of the Bible that we discussed in the previous post depends upon the Bible to prove its own inspiration. This might work for people…

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The Authority of the Bible

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When sworn into office, judges in America promise to uphold the Constitution of the United States. In their role as a judge, they often wrestle with the right way to interpret and apply the Constitution….

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Is Your Christianity Shaped by Plato or the Bible?

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The Timaeus is a work that Plato wrote that addresses the questions: “What is that which always is and has no becoming, and what is that which becomes but never is?” (Tim. 28a)? These questions…

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Is Jesus Really God?

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While it is true that Jesus Himself never comes out and explicitly says He is God in the Gospels, He is everywhere portrayed in terms that lead us to conclude to the same thing. He…

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Are the Gospels Historical Fiction?

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Some scholars today argue that the stories recorded in the Gospels are actually intentional fabrication. In essence, they argue that Mark took Paul’s theology and robed the story of Jesus in a fictitious historical narrative….

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Do You Argue With God?

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Image by michael_swan via Flickr In sharp contrast to many today who seek the comfortable feeling of certainty as a way of feeling at peace with God, biblical heroes are better known for their willingness to be…

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