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Sermon Clip: Waking from Oz
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Contentment, Desires, Faith, Sermons, Wizard of Oz
In this unique sermon clip, Greg Boyd explains to us his “Theory of OZ” based on the movie Wizard of Oz. In the movie Wizard of Oz, the characters are all looking for something they…
On Attending to the Light in Darkness
Category: General
Tags: Boston Bombings, Donald Miller, Evil, Jesus
Joe Spurr via Compfight Donald Miller has posted a reflection on his Storyline blog about highlighting goodness and thereby pointing to Jesus in the aftermath of events such as the bombing in Boston this week. We…
Reflecting on Open2013
Category: General
Tags: Boston Bombings, Open Theism, T.C. Moore
T. C. Moore has posted some of his reflections from the Open Theism conference. T. C. was one of several people who pulled this conference together and he did a great job. He’s also incredibly smart…
An Open Orthodoxy
Category: General
Tags: An Open Orthodoxy, Dwayne Polk, Open Theism, Tom Belt
Sharon Mollerus via Compfight Our friends Tom Belt and Dwayne Polk recently started a blog called An Open Orthodoxy. This is going to be something you’ll want to follow. Really smart guys with something to…
Bowing to the American Flag. Literally.
Category: General
Tags: Kurt Willems, Political Idolatry, Prayer
Kurt Willems shared this interesting item he found on Amazon. In the product description it admonishes us to: Submit yourself to the Prayer Bench and open up your life to receive more of God. Hmmmmmm. How about…
Catching up with Sermons
Category: General
Here’s some sneak peeks of the last two weeks of sermons from Greg. We got a little behind with the conference and all. If you’d like to listen to the full sermons you can visit…
Lighten Up: Existential French Cat
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Existentialism, Humor, Lighten Up
In honor of Greg’s background in philosophy and existentialism, we thought we would treat you to the thoughts of Henri, the existential French cat. Maybe it also has something to do with the fact that…
The Testimony of Life and Death
Category: General
Tags: Andrew Sullivan, Compassion, David Kuo, Death, Evangelism, Politics
David Kuo was a friend of ours. He was a passionate voice calling the church away from political division and calling us towards compassionate engagement. He succumbed to brain cancer this last week after a…
On Mental Illness and Jumping from a Burning Building
Category: General
Tags: Ann Voskamp, Compassion, Love, Matthew Warren, Rick Warren, Suffering, Suicide
seyed mostafa zamani via Compfight Ann Voskamp wrote this piece in the wake of the suicide of Rick Warren’s son. It’s disheartening to hear so many thoughtless and cruel comments by other Christians when tragedies…
The Gift of Smallness
Category: General
Tags: Father, Humility, Jonathan Martin, Love, Rest
ram reddy via Compfight Jonathan Martin wrote this piece entitled Feeling at home in my smallness a couple of weeks ago. If you’ve been feeling like the weight of the world is on your shoulders…
Still Forming
Category: General
Tags: Bible, Christianne Squires, Lectio Divina, Meditation, Prayer, Scripture
Hi Everyone, The Open Theism conference was a huge blessing for us. We’ll be talking more about that in the coming days and giving you information on how to access video of some of the…
The Open View and Radical Suffering
Category: General
Tags: Blueprint Worldview, Calvinism, Jess in Process, Jessica Kelley, Open Theism
Jessica Kelley spoke at Open2013 this morning, sharing her journey with tenderness and authority. Jessica began wrestling with her view of God a couple of years ago and embraced Open Theism prior to the diagnosis…
Last Minute Preparations
Category: General
Tags: Jessica Kelley, Kingdom, Open Theism, Prayer, ReKnew
We’re all busy here at ReKnew making last minute preparations for the Open2013 conference here in St. Paul, MN. It’s our first ever event of this kind and there’s a nervous energy and anticipation. I…
Forgiving the Unforgivable
Category: General
Tags: Current Events, Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus, Osheta Moore
Osheta Moore wrote a courageous and challenging post last week entitled Washing the Feet of the Steubenville Rapists. It’s not an easy read, and if you’re vulnerable to triggers in this area, you might want…
God’s Aikido Way of Defeating Evil
Category: Essays
Tags: Atonement, Christus Victor, Demons, Essay, God, Jesus, Love, Non-Violence, Redemption
Topics: Christus Victor view of Atonement
Greg continues his thoughts on the atonement with this installment highlighting the way God uses the evil intentions and actions of his enemies to bring about good. And because this strategy is based in love,…
Category: General
Tags: Easter, ReKnew, Resurrection
Martin LaBar via Compfight Easter blessings to all of you from the ReKnew team. He is risen!
The Witness of Graffiti (Rocks Crying Out)
Category: General
Tags: Creation, Easter, Jesus, Justice, Kingdom, Suffering
Ibrahim Iujaz via Compfight On this eve of Easter, we wanted to share something that fit the mood of the time between the crucifixion and the resurrection. D.L. Mayfield wrote this striking piece on the…
Open Theism Timeline
Category: Essays
Tags: Essay, Open Theism, Tom Lukashow, Woodland Hills Church
Topics: Open Theism
Open Theism Timeline by Tom Lukashow An argument that is frequently raised against the open view is that it is a recent innovation. Paul Eddy had discovered Calcidius, a fifth century advocate, and I and…
Sermon Clip: Seeking Shalom
Category: General
Tags: Anabaptists, Peace, Peacemaking, Shalom, Woodland Hills Church
In this sermon clip, Greg Boyd shows how the Anabaptists seek after shalom in every part of their lives. All of us seek for peace in our lives, but peace is just a small part…
Aslan Roars: The Atonement as Spiritual Warfare
Category: General
Tags: Atonement, C.S. Lewis, Christus Victor, Chronicles of Narnia, Jesus, Warfare Worldview
Greg begins to unpack the Christus Victor view of the atonement by comparing it to the Chronicles of Narnia.