Greg Boyd

From Eternity to Here

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Hi bloggers, I’m sure some of you have read Frank Viola’s Pagan Christianity and Reimagining the Church. In the first work he shows how a great deal of the traditional model of the church is…

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Thumbs Up to “Up”

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For my 52nd birthday I went to the animated movie Up with Shelley and a couple of friends. What a marvelous birthday present!! People, you HAVE to see this show (and in the theaters, not…

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Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth”: A Review

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A New Earth, written by Eckhart Tolle, has become an overnight sensation thanks largely to Oprah’s enthusiastic endorsement. In fact, Oprah hosted a 10-week on-line course conducted by Tolle that included over two million students. …

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The Littlest Hobo and an Old Friend

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All my life there’s been a haunting song that would pop into my head now and then.  The lyrics went… Traveling around from town to town. Sometimes I think I’ll settle down. But I know…

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More Killing for the American Jesus!

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I spent last week railing against The American Patriot’s Bible which, among other things, unwittingly depicts Jesus as your typical pagan tribal warrior god who happens to always side with America (because we are so…

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Reflections on an Idolatrous Bible

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Beginning with my previous post I’m offering some reflections on the New American Patriot’s Bible (henceforth Patriot’s Bible). The Patriot’s Bible opens with several prefaces, one of which is an essay entitled A Call To…

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The Patriot’s Bible and Justified Torture

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I was supposed to get back to you on a third application of the infinite nature of God’s intelligence and love but I’ve had a lot on my plate this week. Among other things, I’ve…

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The Significance of God’s Infinitude

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Someone e-mailed me a question the other day that might initially seem like a child’s question but that actually touches on an extremely important, but often overlooked, point. It concerns the significance of God’s infinitude….

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More Good News: Only WHITE American Christianity Is Dying!

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Hello CVM Bloggers, I received quite a lot of interesting feedback on my last post addressing the demise of Christianity in America and claiming that this is not something Jesus-followers should weep over. One particularly…

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Don’t Weep For the Demise of American Christianity

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Hello bloggers, I’ve come across two very interesting and insightful essays this week on the demise of American Christianity. The first is Michael Spencer’s “The coming evangelical collapse” published in the Christian Science Monitor, and…

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Suggested Further Readings for MYTH OF A CHRISTIAN RELIGION

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  Here is a chapter-by-chapter list of suggested further readings for The Myth of a Christian Religion. If you’d prefer to download the readings as a Word document, click here Suggested Readings. Chapter 1. Giant…

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The Good News Tour

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This last weekend I was in Vancouver Canada participating in The Good News Tour. This is a traveling conference that celebrates, proclaims and defends the beautiful character of God as revealed in Jesus Christ. Some…

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“Purgatory” and the Judgment Seat of Christ

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Hello bloggers, I’ll start by warning you that I’m offering a perspective in this post that is, by “normal” evangelical standards, unconventional. To readers who fall into this category, I ask only that you to…

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Reflecting on an Important Ancient Text

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Hello blogging buds, Thanks for all the encouraging responses to my “soul-ache” post. I’m continuing to explore its source and remain free of idolatry. In the mean time, here’s something that might interest some of…

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Exploring a Soul-Ache

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 Mind if I just sort of soul-barf with this post? I’m just going to explore something out loud and see what comes of it. I’ve been noticing an intensifying pain in my soul over the…

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Lards in Puerto Rico

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Hi folks, Shelley and I along with our small group returned last Friday from an incredible nine-day vacation in Puerto Rico. (Actually, one of the couples in our group — Dave and Terri Churchill —…

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baby got sticks

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Heh bloggers, Well, to transition from the truly egg-heady (last blog) to the merely entertaining and cute (this blog). Check out the latest video of “the world’s fastest two-year-old drummer.” It just so happens he’s…

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Reading List for Egg-Heads

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Hi blog buds, If you don’t consider yourself an egg-head, this blog might not be your cup of tea. Tune in next post. But if you are an egg-head and are interested in things like…

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What about the thief on the cross?

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Question: You hold that most people who are saved will nevertheless have to go through a “purging fire” to have their character refined and fit for heaven. Whatever is unfinished in our “sanctification” in this…

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Random Updates

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Hi Bloggers! Sorry I haven’t been blogging much lately. Economic challenges have required that I be more involved in the details of Woodland Hills Church than usual. I’ve also been more obsessive than usual with…

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