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How Does God Manage the Butterfly Effect? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg flaps about chaos theory, butterflies, and infinite intelligence. Episode 558 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0558.mp3
Why Did Jesus Die on the Cross?
Category: General
Tags: Atonement, Christus Victor, Crucifixion, Jesus, Penal Substitution View of Atonement, Satan, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Christus Victor view of Atonement
If asked why Jesus had to die on the cross, most Christians today would immediately answer, “To pay for my sins.” Jesus certainly paid the price for our sins, but it might surprise some reader…
Why Do I Become MORE Judgmental as I Grow in Christ? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg talks about being IN Christ and the relationship between choice and grace. Episode 557 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0557.mp3
Dear Greg: The Church has Forced My Dad Out for a Younger, Hipper Pastor (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Church, Mega-Churches, The Church
Greg talks about leading churches and about how the age of the pastor can impact a congregation. Episode 556 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0556.mp3
Inspired Imperfection: How the Bible’s Problems Enhance Its Divine Authority (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg talks about his new book “Inspired Imperfection:How the Bible’s Problems Enhance Its Divine Authority.” Episode 555 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0555.mp3
If Jesus Is the Whole Point, Then What’s the Point of the Old Testament? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Old Testament
Greg considers the role of the Old Testament in Christian faith. Episode 554 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0554.mp3
Deconstructing & Reconstructing Faith (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg considers the role of deconstruction and reconstruction in one’s faith. Episode 553 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0553.mp3
What Does it Mean that We Will Judge the Angels? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg, Barbara, and Dan take turns striking the gavel in this controversial episode about judging angels and being judged by… squirrels? Episode 552 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0552.mp3
If Sin Contains its Own Punishment, Why Do the Wicked Prosper? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Divine Accommodation, Sin
What about the fat cats who never suffer? Greg and Barbara speculate on consequences and justice and the nature of sin and punishment. Why do evil people seem to flourish? Episode 551 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0551.mp3
What’s the Point of the Genealogies? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg and Dan embark on an intriguing Who-Gave-Birth-To-Who adventure as they track the meaning of genealogies. Episode 550 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0550.mp3
What Does It Mean to Say a Narrative is Inspired Regardless of Historicity? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cross Vision, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Historical Criticism
Narratives, declaratives, and historical imperatives. Greg considers the relationship between the narrative and history. Episode 549 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0549.mp3
Do All Roads Lead to God?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Apologetics, Christianity, Debate, God, Jesus, Reasoning, Theology
Topics: Christology, Death and Salvation
First, if it’s really true that Jesus is the way to Father and that no one comes to the Father except through him, (Jn 14:6) then it seems that no other religious leader or religious…
To What Extent is the Old Testament a Sufficient Revelation of God? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, New Testament, Old Testament
Greg considers the relationship between the testaments. Episode 548 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0548.mp3
The Thief (Saturday Art Share)
Category: General, Guest Contributor
The Thief by Dan Kent all my life it seems there are these guys they pop into my scenes like bad ideas in full flesh reactive stances stiff cold eyes “f*** work” they say “don’t…
When Does Life Begin For Real? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Abortion, Life
Greg ponders when personhood begins. Episode 547 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0547.mp3
How Can I Become More Diligent? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Discipleship
Greg and Dan offer practical advice on becoming more diligent. Episode 546 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0546.mp3
What Should a Christian Do When Angry? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Anger
Greg takes an emotionally balanced look at unbalanced emotion. Episode 545 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0545.mp3
Why Not Use the Resurrection as the Lens for the Old Testament? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg examines the difference in interpretive roles between the cross and the resurrection. Episode 544 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0544.mp3
How is the Atonement Like an Economic Transaction? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Atonement, Penal Substitution View of Atonement
Greg considers a variety of metaphors for the atonement in another theologically musical episode. Episode 542 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0542.mp3
Satan and the Corruption of Nature: Seven Arguments
Category: Essays
Tags: Apologetics, Essay, Problem of Evil, Spiritual Warfare
Topics: Creation Care, Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict, The Problem of Evil
Man…trusted God was love indeed And love Creation’s final law – Tho’ Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shrek’d against his creed” —Tennyson, In Memoriam Tennyson nailed it. We trust that God is…