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Lighten Up: The Whole Point

A little inspiration for your Friday…

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Lighten Up: Proof of God

The “Checkmate Atheists” meme was actually started by atheists to make fun of some of the sillier arguments christians use to prove that there’s a God. But come on, this is funny.

Jesus Came to Bring a Sword?

Jesus said: “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword” (Mt 10:34).  Some, both modern scholars along with church leaders since the fourth century, have used this passage as evidence to argue that Jesus is not altogether non-violent. When we…

Lighten Up: Something Deeper Than Membership

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The Principle of Non-Violence

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 non-violence, and point out that this principle goes far beyond refraining from external violence. The call to non-violence is grounded in our…

Podcast: If You Could’ve Killed Hitler, Wouldn’t You?

Greg challenges the intuitively appealing notion of killing Hitler and thereby preventing the massacre of millions of people.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0326.mp3 —Edvard Munch, “The Murderer,” 1910

Lighten Up: Your Church Should Welcome This Friend

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