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Greg, How Do You See Your Personal Future? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg talks about planning for the future and about how he sees his own future now compared to how he used to look at it. Episode 491 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0491.mp3
Notre Dame and Why Beauty Matters
Category: General, Guest Contributor
Tags: Art, Beauty, Social Issues
Article by Jordan Sutton, from the Holy Week Art Series at ClearPath.Life “Is Paris burning?” That is a direct quote from Adolf Hitler in 1944 on a phone call with his general, Dietrich Hugo Hermann…
What Can We Do About Gun Violence? The Rex Harsin Interview (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Guns, Michael Martin, Non-Violence, Red Letter Christians, Shane Claiborne, Violence
Dan talks with Rex Harsin about his new documentary called “Beating Guns,” made with Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin of RAWTools. What does it mean to believe in and follow a non-violent savior while wielding a…
How Important is Non-Violence? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Non-Violence, Theology
Greg considers how God’s judgment differs from our own, making it an expression of his love. Whereas, for us, judgment stands contrary to our love. Episode 489 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0489.mp3
If Judgment is the Opposite of Love, How Can God Judge? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: God is Love, God's Love, Judgment, Love and Judgment
Greg considers how God’s judgment differs from our own, making it an expression of his love. Whereas, for us, judgment stands contrary to our love. Episode 488 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0488.mp3
Why Can’t God Stop Evil? The Thomas J. Oord Interview (podcast)
Category: General, ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Evil, Natural Evil, Open Theism, Problem of Evil, Thomas Oord, Tom Oord
Greg and Thomas talk about Open Theism and how Greg’s views differ from Thomas’s. Theology nerds, get your compass and your flashlight and prepare to go DEEEEEP in the weeds! Thomas’s book: God Can’t Episode…
Discipleship > Politics
Category: Guest Contributor
Article by Dan Kent Wow. The response to my article Jesus was Not a [Socialist] surprised me! I guess it really scratched an itch for some (and touched a nerve for others). Wouldn’t it be nice if…
What Does ‘Your Faith Has Healed You’ Mean? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, Doubt, Doubt and the Idol of Certainty, Faith, healing, Miracles, Prayer
Greg discusses faith, doubt, and healings. Episode 486 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0486.mp3
Does God Help Some More than Others? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg speculates on the nature of God’s assistance. Episode 485 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0485.mp3
Do Demons Reproduce? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Angels, Demons, Heaven and Hell, Hell
Greg considers the reproductive activities of demons. The Training of KX12 Episode 484 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0484.mp3
What Do You Think About Trying to Reach Unreached People with the Gospel? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Missionary Work, Missions
Greg talks about unreached people, God’s unfickle love, and he reads a poem. Episode 483 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0483.mp3
Born Disciples: On Raising Kids to Follow Jesus
Category: Guest Contributor
Tags: Discipleship, Kids, Parenting
Article by Natalie Frisk In the sixth grade, I had a teacher named Mrs. Klompstra. She was enthusiastic about two things: math and physical education. Now, I realize that these two things may be a…
Can We Do What Jesus Did? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg considers what Jesus meant by saying he could do nothing without the Father. Episode 482 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0482.mp3
Jesus was Not a [Socialist]
Category: Guest Contributor
Tags: Discipleship, Political Idolatry, Politics
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Article by Dan Kent Our political climate right now exhausts me. The fracturing. The bullying. The ideological mobs. I feel like I’m surrounded by a hundred Towers of Babel babbling at me all day long,…
What Does it Mean to Pray in Jesus’ Name? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Discipleship, Prayer
Greg considers the phrase ‘in Jesus’ name’ and unpacks what that might mean. He also shows why the phrase is important for One-ness Pentecostals. Episode 481 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0481.mp3
Why Was Jesus Baptized? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Baptism, Jesus' Humanity
Greg talks about the baptism of Jesus and speculates why Jesus submitted to it. Episode 480 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0480.mp3 Photo by Ryan Loughlin on Unsplash
Did Jesus Believe in Satan?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Demons, Jesus, Satan, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
Jesus’ teaching, his exorcisms, his healings and other miracles, as well as his work on the cross, all remain somewhat incoherent and unrelated to one another until we interpret them as acts of war. As…
What is God’s Sexual Ideal for Us? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Homosexuality, LGBTQ, Sexual Impurity, Sexuality
Greg sexuality and Genesis, and thinks out loud about the destructive power of policy. Episode 479 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0479.mp3
Can God Warn Us About Disasters? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
How does a divine warning relate to an open future? Greg considers God’s intervention in an open creation. Episode 478 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0478.mp3
Did the Crucifixion Allow God to Atone for His OWN Sins? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Atonement, OT Violence, Sin, Violence
Greg considers God’s nature and if he could sin. Dan confesses an old gambling habit. Episode 477 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0477.mp3