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Grieving and Comfort
Category: General
Tags: Ben Witherington, Death, Grief, Hope, Jessica Kelley, Picture of God, Theodicy
Henning Mühlinghaus via Compfight Ben Witherington posted this heartfelt reflection on the sudden death of his young daughter. Theology can sometimes be a relatively benign part of your life until something like this strikes without warning….
When God Abandoned God
Category: Essays
Tags: Abandonment, Cruciform Theology, Essay, Father, Son, Trinity
Topics: Atonement and The Cross, Trinity
On the cross, Jesus’ cried out, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” – which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (Mt. 27:46). These are arguably the most shocking, beautiful, and profoundly revelatory words…
Lighten Up: Oh my… I am so very very scared…
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Debate, Frank Viola, Humor, Lighten Up, Monty Python, Open Theism
Well, my dear friend Frankie V. once again has a bad case of verbal diarrhea (explains his breath lately), running off about how he’s going to smack me down in our “all-out, no holds barred,…
Sermon Clip: Love: It’s All About the Cross
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Colossians 3, Kingdom Living, Love, Picture of God, Sermons, Sin, Woodland Hills Church
In this sermon clip, Greg Boyd talks about how Colossians 3:14 and the definition of love. God designed creation so that we would live in community with God and express God’s love towards each other…
Open2013 Reflections
Category: General
Tags: Free Will, Greg Boyd, John Sanders, Open Future, Open Theism, ReKnew, T.C. Moore, Theodicy, Theology, Tom Belt, Tom Oord
Both participants and leaders share about what was happening at Open2013 and some of their thoughts on Open Theism. Listen in and hear from Greg Boyd, John Sanders, Tom Oord, T. C. Moore, Jessica Kelley…
Greg’s Story
Category: General
Tags: Greg Boyd, Testimonies
Greg Boyd’s Testimony and Spiritual Pilgrimage from Roberta Winter Institute on Vimeo. We thought you might be interested in hearing Greg’s testimony that he shared when he spoke recently at the Roberta Winter Institute. Enjoy!
Changing Beliefs
Category: General
Tags: Belief, Change, Curiosity, Doubt, Faith, Mercy, Q&A, Sojourners, Stephen Mattson
Stephen Mattson is a follower of ReKnew and a member of Woodland Hills Church who posted a piece on Sojourners titled Christians: It’s NOT a Sin to Change Your Beliefs. He points out that doubt and…
Video Q&A: Do you think Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons are saved?
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Belief, Eternity, Faith, Heaven, Humility, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Love of God, Mormonism, Q&A, Salvation, Video Q&A
Topics: Death and Salvation
Does Greg believe that everyone goes to Heaven regardless of their beliefs? Find out here.
Mother’s Day
Category: General
Tags: Love, Mother's Day
Alain Bachellier via Compfight Happy Mother’s Day to all of our beautiful, luminous ReKnew moms and moms-to-be! And comfort and love to those who grieve lost children this Mother’s Day. You’re in our hearts and…
A Guide to the Book of Revelation
Category: General
Tags: Book of Revelation, Kurt Willems, Left Behind, Non-Violence, Rapture, Revelation
Marc Nozell via Compfight Kurt Willems posted this excellent guide for reading the Book of Revelation as it was intended to be read. As Kurt points out, this is the most misunderstood and misinterpreted book…
Lighten Up: Taking Love for Granted
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Cartoons, God's Love, Humor, Lighten Up, Naked Pastor
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Sermon Clip: Escaping the Twilight Zone God
Category: General
Tags: Calvinism, Fear, Love, Sermons
In this sermon clip from Woodland Hills Church, Greg Boyd discusses how in an episode of the Twilight Zone, a young boy gained omnipotent powers, and people were forced to accept his every decision as…
Enemy Love
Category: General
Tags: Boston Bombings, Enemy Love, Kingdom Living, Love, Paul Keane, The American Jesus, Zack Hunt
Rob Hogeslag via Compfight Zack Hunt over at The American Jesus shared the story of Paul Keane who offered his own burial plot to Tamerlan Tsarnaev if his family could not find a cemetery that would…
Open2013 Speakers (Video)
Category: Q&A
Tags: Greg Boyd, John Sanders, Open Theism, ReKnew, Tom Oord, Woodland Hills Church
Topics: Open Theism
Here’s all of the videos of the speakers and their Q&A’s from Open2013. Unfortunately, there was a mix-up and we didn’t get Jessica Kelley’s presentation taped. We’re working to get her to speak again so…
Greg Shares His Journey With Chronic Pain
Category: General
Tags: Greg Boyd, Pain, ReKnew, Staying Awake, Suffering
Greg recently decided that he needed to discontinue taking his pain medication despite chronic neck issues for which there are no easy answers. Here he shares that decision and the journey he’s on to remain…
Love is a Beautiful Way to Live…and Die
Category: General
Tags: Death, Kingdom Living, Richard Beck, Sacrifice
Hartwig HKD via Compfight Richard Beck posted a reflection this last week called Love is the Allocation of Our Living and Dying. Greg has a regular practice of imagining his own death in order to live…
Lighten Up: If This Guy Can Laugh…
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Inspiration, Lighten Up, Shane Burcaw
There’s some pretty raw language in this video and it’s longer than what we normally post, but we thought it was worth it. So inspiring.
Prototype
Category: General
Tags: Jonathan Martin, Micah J Murray, Prototype, Redemption
Micah J. Murray wrote the funnest illustrated book review of Jonathan Martin’s book Prototype, so we just had to feature it here. That’s his photoshopped pic of Jonathan as well, which is pretty much worth the price…
Interview with Frank Viola on his Book “God’s Favorite Place on Earth”
Category: General
Tags: Frank Viola, Interview, Jesus
Today is the release date for Frank Viola’s new book, God’s Favorite Place on Earth. Greg did an interview with Frank recently, and in celebration of his book release, we’re sharing that interview here. If…
Christian Skepticism
Category: General
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, Christopher Hutton, Doubt, Skeptics
Beshef via Compfight Christopher Hutton wrote a piece that was featured on the Christ and Pop Culture blog called Skepticism for Christianity: Why Doubt it Our Best Friend. Greg’s upcoming book Benefit of the Doubt deals with…