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Lighten Up: Arming Jesus
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Lighten Up, Violence
This is an actual product that you can buy. But don’t. Please don’t.
Changing Your Mind
Category: General
Tags: Bible, Change, Mark Moore, Missio Alliance, Providence, Systematic Theology, Theology, Women In Ministry
Mark Moore is a man who has changed his mind about a lot of things which is somewhat extraordinary these days. Change can be costly and painful and this was certainly true for Mark. He previously…
Lighten Up: MEology
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Lighten Up, Theology
It might be a red flag if you’re only interested in theology that serves your interests.
What is “The Flesh” or “The Sinful Nature”?
Category: General
Tags: Flesh, Identity in Christ, Seeing is Believing, Sinful Nature
What is “the flesh”? The New International Version of the Bible translates Paul’s words for flesh (sarx) as “sinful nature” (Gal. 5:16). [This is the NIV 1984 version of the Bible which sold more copies…
Theo Graff Podcast: Featuring Jessica Kelley
Category: General
Tags: Jessica Kelley, Problem of Evil, Suffering, T.C. Moore, THEO GRAFF PODCAST, Theodicy, Warfare Worldview
We have a special treat for you today. T. C. Moore is a great friend of ReKnew and he’s recently started a “Jesus-centered, hip hop flavored, geeky, theological, kingdom exploration” called the THEO GRAFF PODCAST. He’s…
Lighten Up: America is NOT the Kingdom of God
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Idolatry, Kingdom, Nationalism
For some thoughts from Greg on the 4th of July and the Kingdom of God, see The Birth of Two Kingdoms: A Fourth of July Reflection. And now for one of the most ridiculous examples of confusing…
Beautiful Ruins
Category: General
Tags: Beauty, D.L. Mayfield, Kingdom Living, Listening, Missions, Solidarity with the Poor, Upside-Down Kingdom
H. Raab via Compfight If you want to read something today that is beautiful and challenging and unsettling, read this. D. L. Mayfield moved a couple of years ago with her husband and daughter from…
Some News and a Giveaway!
Category: General
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, Current Events, Newsletter, ReKnew
We’ve got some exciting news for you. Starting next month, ReKnew will be sending out a monthly e-newsletter to those who are interested in getting a little something extra from our ministry. We’ll be including a…
Lighten Up: Love Your Enemies
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Daniel Erlander, Jesus, Lighten Up, Love Your Enemies, Manna and Mercy
Image from Manna and Mercy by Daniel Erlander
Why the “Try Harder” Solution Fails
Category: General
Tags: Fruit of the Spirit, Seeing is Believing, Transformation
Mike via Compfight So much social media interaction is shaped by conversations about what people should or should not do or how people should or should not think. This seems to be even worse within…
In the Face of Blueprint Words
Category: General
Tags: Blueprint Worldview, healing, Henry Kelley, Hope, Jessica Kelley, Spiritual Warfare, Warfare Worldview
Many of you know Jessica Kelley through the posts we’ve featured about her on the ReKnew site. She is someone we’ve come to love very much. Jessica lost her five year old son Henry to…
How To Talk about Theology
Category: General
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, Cruciform Theology, Debate, Problem of Evil, Social Media, Theology
Topics: Theological Method
Social media is full of theological debate. Theological arguments that formerly took months or even years to get in print, now only takes the time to write a post or 140 characters and click “publish.”…
By Chance or By God
Category: General
Tags: Apologetics, Evolution, God, Letters from a Skeptic
pure9 via Compfight Is the world here by chance? Are we a product of an impersonal force that got the ball rolling and then history came about in what could be described as an “accident”? …
Lighten Up: Square Peg, Round Hole Theology
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: God, Lighten Up, Theology
This comic was featured in The Bohemian Bowmans. If you don’t follow them, you probably should check them out. They’re great.
Listening Like a Hostage Negotiator
Category: General
Tags: Belief, Donald Miller, Empathy, Listening
Pedro Ribeiro Simões via Compfight It seems like from the moment we become Christians we’re taught how to present an argument and defend our beliefs. But not many of us are taught how to listen…
Is God Personal?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Apologetics, God, Letters from a Skeptic, Love
Topics: Attributes and Character
Hamed Saber via Compfight How can we trust that God is personally involved in our lives? Are our seemingly “small” lives significant enough for God to get involved when you consider the vastness of all…
On Renunciation
Category: General
Tags: Jesus, Love, Renunciation, Sacrifice
Jonathan Kos-Read via Compfight We are bombarded daily with messages that urge us to satisfy every desire we might have. That’s what consumers do. And that’s exactly what the world has reduced us to: consumers….
The Lego Movie & Free Will
Category: General
Tags: Determinism, Free Will, Love, Predestination
Last week Greg tweeted about two movies that have themes related to human free-will and God’s control of the world. They were: @greg_boyd: Does God want a permanently frozen “perfect” world or an open-ended world…
Why Doesn’t God Make Himself Obvious?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Apologetics, Doubt, Free Will, God, Letters from a Skeptic
Topics: Attributes and Character, Hearing God, Prayer
Why is faith so difficult? Why isn’t God more obvious? Why doesn’t God come out and provide irrefutable proof that he is God so that there is no more doubt? Greg’s father raised such questions…