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Sermon Clip: Marshmallow Advent
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Advent, Christmas, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Greg Boyd, ReKnew, Sermons, Woodland Hills Church
In last weekend’s sermon, Greg tells us about Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s writings on advent, and how getting in touch with our emptiness through silence and solitude can lead to peace. This short clip explains advent and…
Do Something Beautiful
Category: General
Tags: Art, Beauty, Christian Living, Richard Beck
Wonderlane via Compfight Richard Beck posted this reflection of the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet with her hair and the idea of a Christian aesthetic. It’s inspiring. From the blog: More and more, I’ve come to…
Why Bart Ehrman Doesn’t Have to Ruin Your Christmas (Or Your Faith) Part 1
Category: Q&A, Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Apologetics, Atheism, Bart Ehrman, Bible, Biblical Criticism, Christmas, Faith, Greg Boyd, ReKnew, Skeptics
Topics: Biblical Reliability, Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
This is the first of several videos Greg put together to refute Bart Ehrman’s claims published in the article What Do We Really Know About Jesus? Greg went to school with Bart and is very familiar…
Video Q&A: Is One’s Eternal Destiny Fixed at Death?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Afterlife, Annihilationism, Death, Eternity, Greg Boyd, Hell, Sanctification, Universalism, Video Q&A
Topics: Death and Salvation, End Times
Does God continue to work with people after death? Is one’s eternal destiny fixed at death? Is the work of sanctification irrelevant? Here Greg shares his views on what happens when we die.
Alan Hirsch on Making Disciples
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Alan Hirsch, Christianity, Consumerism, Discipleship
This is an excellent clip featuring Alan Hirsch on making disciples (thanks Jeff!). He makes a really interesting point that we are all being formed into disciples of one thing or another. What’s forming you?
Video Q&A: Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Christmas, Consumerism, Greg Boyd, Paganism, ReKnew
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Greg discusses the origins of our celebration of Christmas and whether Christians should celebrate it given its pagan origins. Plus, he gives us some interesting new lyrics to the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”…
Sermon: The Judgment Boomerang
Category: General
Tags: Greg Boyd, Jonathan Edwards, Judgment, Sermons, Wrath
The wrath of God is a misunderstood topic. In this sermon, Greg shows how sin has natural consequences that boomerang back to us. While God’s wrath has serious consequences for us, we need to understand…
Simple Holidays
Category: General
Tags: Christmas, Simplicity
Lawrence OP via Compfight Here’s a reflection from Joshua Becker on Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing During the Holidays. From the article: Surely, each of us will define our holiday most important differently. Many will…
Quotes to Chew on: God’s Love When We Rebel
Category: General
Tags: Jesus, Love, Repenting of Religion
“Despite the fall and its consequent curse, however, God’s love was not deterred. God is love. God doesn’t stop being God simply because the humans he created have rebelled against him. God does not abandon…
A Question about Salvation
Category: Q&A
Tags: Hell, Salvation, Video Q&A
Topics: Death and Salvation
Greg answers a reader question regarding whether people who have never heard of Jesus are going to hell. Can we know who is and who is not saved?
Xmas
Category: General
Tags: Christian Living, Christmas, Consumerism, Jesus
Kevin Dooley via Compfight Zach Hunt brings a huge challenge in this article about the ongoing lament about the “liberal attack on Christmas.” Maybe the real problem is not with the media or the “liberals”…
The Real St. Nicholas
Category: General
Tags: Christmas, Samuel L. Jackson, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas
Steve Rhodes via Compfight Here’s a really funny and informative blog post by Peter Enns. We don’t want to give too much away, but it involves, Santa, St. Nicholas and Samuel L. Jackson. How can…
Video Q&A: Faith and the Historical Jesus
Category: Q&A
Tags: Bible, Faith, Historical Criticism, Video Q&A
Greg is trying something new in order to answer more of your questions. He’s going to be taping himself addressing your questions with no polish of any kind: raw and unedited. You’ll notice in this…
Look at Jesus
Category: General
Tags: Jesus, N.T. Wright, Video
http://youtu.be/AO2VBoyruIM Here’s a lovely reflection by N.T. Wright for your Sunday. When in doubt, look at Jesus. You can’t go wrong.
Roger Olson on Evangelicalism
Category: General
Tags: Evangelism, Roger Olson, Unity
fusion-of-horizons via Compfight Here’s a great interview with Roger Olson on the state of evangelicalism today. Enjoy!
Quotes to Chew On: Prayer and Finitude
Category: General
Tags: Prayer, Quotes, Warfare Worldview
“We pray as we live: in a sea of ambiguity. This is not because we are fallen but because we are finite. And we are inclined to forget we are finite. We ignore the ambiguity…
Please Don’t Look the Other Way
Category: General
Tags: Animals, Vegetarianism
Topics: Creation Care
I know it’s not pleasant information, But as kingdom people whose first mandate is to rule the animal kingdom the way God rules us – with loving care – we have a responsibility to not…