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Revolting Beauty
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Sermons, Woodland Hills Church
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
In this sermon clip, Greg shares the story of how foster parents entered into the pain of a severely abused child and demonstrated compassion rather than judgment when she displayed puzzling and revolting behaviors. This…
Podcast: Did Jesus Experience Genuine God-Forsakenness? (parts 1 and 2)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Abandonment, Crucifixion, Trinity
Greg discusses Jesus’ experience of God-Forsakenness, and looks at possible implications for the perfection of the trinity. Part One: http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0178.mp3 Part Two: http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0179.mp3
Cross Vision Coming Soon!
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Cross Vision, Cruciform Theology
In Greg’s new book, Cross Vision, he explains how the crucifixion of Jesus makes sense of the violent portraits of God in the Old Testament. His groundbreaking “cruciform hermeneutic” will change the way that you read…
Podcast: Did God (an Angel of the Lord) Strike Herod Down?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Angels
Greg considers the capabilities and liberties of angels and demons. Laziness and failure at all levels of the cosmos! http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0175.mp3
Podcast: What Does it Mean to Be IN Christ?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Body of Christ, Life in Christ
Greg considers what it means to be “in” Christ, and shows the power of embracing this truth in our day-to-day faith journey. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0173.mp3
Podcast: Is there life on other planets, and if so, do they need Jesus?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg considers the salvific status of alien life. Should your church support interplanetary ministries? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0172.mp3
Podcast: Is Accepting Evolution with All It’s Violence Compatible with Believing in a Loving Creator?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Evolution, Violence
Greg considers the violence inherent in evolution (and in nature itself) in light of our belief in an all-loving creator. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0169.mp3
Podcast: What Do You Think About Medical Marijuana?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Does Greg pass on grass? Find out in this controversial episode. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0165.mp3 photo: Alejandro Forero Cuervo
God is Love: Full Stop
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Attributes of God, Character of God, Love
Not many Christians would disagree that God is love, but many would quickly qualify that with some other kind of attribute such as justice. But love is not just one of the attributes of God alongside…
Podcast: Does God Speak to People in Dreams?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg discusses whether God peeks his head into your dreams. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0153.mp3
Podcast: Can We Use the Scholarly Work of Someone We Learn is a Sexual Predator?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg discusses the troubling case of professor John Howard Yoder and considers whether we should use such a person’s writing in our own thinking. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0152.mp3
Is Demon Possession Simply Psychological Catharsis?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Demons, Possession
Greg discusses demon possession and the believability of it. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0151.mp3
Yahweh as the Dark Knight
Category: General
Tags: Character of God, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
Topics: Attributes and Character
I recently received an interesting analogy for The Crucifixion of the Warrior God from Aaron Reini. Thank you Aaron! In the final scene of “The Dark Knight,” Batman and Commissioner Gordon are standing over Harvey…
How God Judges Sin
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Judgment, OT Violence, Sermons
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
In his third sermon covering material from his book Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Greg explores the topic of judgment. In this clip, Greg suggests that while God certainly does judge sin, how he judges is very different…
The Heavenly Missionary
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Greg Boyd, Sermons, Woodland Hills Church
Topics: Attributes and Character
In his second sermon introducing the ideas in Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Greg suggests a metaphor to help us frame the things we encounter in the Old Testament that seem at odds with the…
Something Else is Going On
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Sermons, Woodland Hills Church
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
The violent portraits of God in the Old Testament are a stumbling block for many. In this short clip, Greg introduces the idea that “something else is going on” in these passages, and that we can…
Overview of Crucifixion of the Warrior God
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Bible, Character of God, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Jesus
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
Greg reviewed the content of his new book, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, as a part of the Woodland Hills Church Covenant Partner gathering on March 5, 2017. If you want a fairly succinct synopsis of…
Podcast: Does the Narrow Gate Mean that Few are Saved?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Salvation
Verse: Matthew 7
Greg gives insight into Matthew 7:13-14. What does Jesus mean about the path to destruction being wide and the gate to life being narrow? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0125.mp3
The Principle of Non-Violence
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Anabaptism, Greg Boyd, Non-Violence, Paul Eddy, Peace, Woodland Hills Church
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Several years ago, Woodland Hills Church hosted a Q&A with Greg Boyd and Paul Eddy to answer questions that arose from their exploration of Anabaptism. In this short clip, they address the Anabaptist principle of…