Podcast: If Our Names Have Been in the Book of Life Since Before Creation, Are We Still Free?

Paul Teaches Free Will, Not Determinism: Romans 9, Part 3 August 19, 2015

In this series of posts, I am challenging the deterministic reading of Romans 9, which interprets Paul’s teaching as saying that God chooses some to be saved and others to be damned. There are six arguments that I offer to challenge this popular view. Today, I will look at the fourth. Argument #4: Paul’s Summary and…

Podcast: Was it God Who Sent the Plagues in Exodus? November 18, 2016

Greg discusses how God’s restraint from action is often written as an act (rather than a non-act). http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0075.mp3

Podcast: Are We REALLY Free if God is Going to Ultimately Trump Our Choices? November 11, 2016

Greg looks at the nature of freewill, specifically: how God’s promises constricts human free will. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0070.mp3

In Darkest Times, God is Present February 18, 2014

“However much evil was there, it would have been far worse if God was not there pushing back on it.” There is never a time when God is not present, no matter how bad the situation. In this short sermon clip, Greg Boyd talks about how we need to be watchful of the spirit world…

Romans 8:28: What Does It Mean? May 22, 2014

The Bible is very clear that God has nothing to do with evil. There is “no darkness” in God. (I Jn 1:5). Far from intentionally bringing about evil, God’s “eyes are too pure to look on evil” (Heb. 1:13).   All evil, therefore, must be ultimately traced back to decisions made by free agents other than…

Lighten Up: Good Question August 16, 2013