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The Deep Truth

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In last weekend’s sermon at Woodland Hills Church, Greg talks about the deep truth of your life that is real, but sometimes difficult to experience as real. How do we live in this deep truth…

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More Grains of Sand or More Stars in the Sky?

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In case this question has been keeping you up at night, here’s your answer, plus a bonus fact that will blow your mind about the number of molecules in ten drops of water  (you’ll have to…

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Hellbound? in the Washington Post

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Kevin Miller, the writer/director of “Hellbound?” was featured in the Washington Post in an article titled “Hell is a reality distortion field.” He challenges us to consider that what we believe about hell or anything…

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Q&A: If God is So Great, Why Would He Care About Us?

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Question: I’ve read that scientists estimate that the number of stars in the universe is 10 to the 24th power (10 with 24 zeros after it). I’m told that finding the earth amidst all these stars…

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You Have What We Call a Theological Problem

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Peter Enns posted a blog entitled: Dear Christian: If the Thought of Either Romney or Obama Getting Elected Makes You Fearful, Angry, or Depressed, You Have What we Call a Theological Problem. He makes some pretty…

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Quotes to Chew on: Racial Reconciliation

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Jesus perfectly embodied God’s heart for racial reconciliation. For example, most Jews of Jesus’ day despised Samaritans as racially impure and as heretics. They avoided physical or social contact with them if at all possible….

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Hellbound?

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Greg will be at the 7:15 showing of Hellbound? this Tuesday evening at AMC Inver Grove 16 to answer questions after the showing. The writer/director Kevin Miller will be there as well. If you’re in…

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What Does it Mean to be a Disciple?

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Here’s our good friend Bruxy Cavey talking about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and to call him “Lord.” It’s less than three minutes, but it’s a good reminder of what we’re…

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Is the Separation of Church and State Satan’s Idea?

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I encourage you to read this article. In it, Rick Perry claims that the idea of the separation of the church and state is from Satan, and he and others will next week embark on…

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In the Grand Scheme of Things…

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…don’t we have bigger things to get upset about than this?  

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Lighten Up: Drummer

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The fun starts in this video after the first minute or so. Greg could learn a thing or two about drumming and passion from this guy. Happy Friday!

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“I’m Angry, Too”

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A reader (thanks, Jen!) sent us this blog post by Rachel Pieh Jones, an ex-pat from Minnesota living in Djibouti. She has some incredibly insightful and sad thoughts about the hateful responses to the recent…

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Thou Shalt Not Commit Logical Fallacies

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We found this handy little chart online that will help you to identify logical fallacies. (You’ll have to go to the website for functioning icons.) These easy-to-fall-for ways of arguing are frequently used in the media…

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Q&A: If Salvation Depends on our Free Choice, How are we Saved by Grace?

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As a companion to today’s testimony and the link to Greg’s thoughts on Romans 9, we thought it would be helpful to post this Q&A on salvation by grace within the Open View of the…

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Father of Lights

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The Father of Lights documentary is playing at Woodland Hills Church this Friday, September 28th at 7pm. Greg appears in part of this film shining a light on the heart of God. Follow this link…

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Reflections on the Supremacy of Christ (Part 2)

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Whereas most Christians place the revelation of God in Christ alongside of other portraits of God and end up with an amalgamated image of God, we at ReKnew encourage believers to base their understanding of…

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The Beautifully Bizarre Entangled You

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Reality is not always what it seems. We get lulled into treating our miraculous lives as something ordinary if we’re not paying close attention. Last weekend Greg preached on some of the more bizarre findings…

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Understanding Islam

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Especially given recent events, it doesn’t hurt to know a bit about the religion of Islam. Patheos is a website that can help you to tease out what Muslims believe. If we are to interact…

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Reflections on the Supremacy of Christ (Part 1)

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In my previous post I argued that the Bible tells a story in which the culminating event – the coming of Christ – reframes everything that preceded it. Though it is all inspired, not everything…

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Making Room for Doubt and Questions in Our Youth Curriculum

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This article from a Christianity Today blog was sent to us from a reader (Thanks Laura!) reflecting on the need for making space for doubt and questions in our youth curriculum. From the article: In our Sticky…

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