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The Bible is NOT the Foundation
Category: General
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, Cruciform Theology, Hermeneutics
Many people imagine that the foundation of their faith is the Bible. This is viewed as the ultimate center around which everything they believe revolves. However, the foundation of the Christian faith is actually centered…
Podcast: Is God Fixing the World?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Creation, Redemption
Topics: Creation Care
Greg fights back his curmudgeonly impulses to consider hope for planet earth. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0292.mp3
Saturday Art Share: Packing Heat
Category: Guest Contributor, Lighten Up
by Dan Kent Packing Heat guns look so cool (let’s be honest). I know, it’s childish, and not becoming of a pacifist like me. if only guns didn’t kill. if only guns shot peace! —I’d…
Podcast: Do You Believe in Ghosts (Part Two)?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Things remain spooky as Greg considers deathbed apparitions. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0291.mp3
What Type of Faith Do You Have?
Category: General
Tags: Faith, Israel, Jacob
Topics: Faith & Doubt
Genesis 32 tells the story of Jacob, wrestling through the night with a nameless man, revealed to be none other than God Himself. We read that when this man “saw that he could not overpower”…
Podcast: Do You Believe in Ghosts?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Magic
Things get spooky as Greg considers apparitions and other haunting things. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0290.mp3
Who Are the BEST Teachers of What It Means to Be a Follower of Jesus? —Dennis Edwards
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Discipleship, Oppression
Dennis Edwards’ ReKnew Cross Vision Conference Keynote Dennis Edwards shares a fantastic message on why, generally speaking, marginalized Christians are the best *teachers* of what it means to be a follower of Christ. ____________
Podcast: Did Jesus Really Engage in Spiritual Warfare, or Was He Simply Playing Along with the Cultural Narratives of His Time?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Angels, Demons, Spiritual Warfare
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
Greg considers whether Jesus genuinely engaged in spiritual warfare, or if he was simply playing along with the beliefs of those around him. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0289.mp3
Saturday Art Share: The Art of Terri Churchill
Category: Lighten Up
Tags: Art
A review by Dan Kent I’m a big fan of Terri Churchill’s art. There is fire in her light. What gets illuminated was meant to be illuminated. Darkness is always present, but always knows its…
Podcast: Are We All Living in a Computer Simulation?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg ponders the possibility that everything we experience is computer generated. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0288.mp3
What Is God’s Glory?
Category: General
Tags: Character of God, Cross Vision, Crucifixion, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Glory
In John 12 we find a view of God’s glory that challenges many modern notions of what the glory of God means. In this passage, we find that Jesus was “troubled” by the cross that…
Podcast: Can the God of Cruciform Theology Be Considered Ethical?
Category: General, ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
Divine duplicity? Or Holy Handiwork? Greg considers the imperfections of the Old Testament and considers God’s role therein. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0287.mp3
Why Did Jesus Cry Out that God Had Forsaken Him?
Category: General
Tags: Cross, Crucifixion, The Cross
Verse: Matthew 27
At the climax of Jesus’ suffering on the cross, Jesus cries out: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mt 27:46) It’s a jarring moment in the narrative. To forsake is to abandon….
Podcast: Is God Outside of Time?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Attributes of God, Open Theism, time
Greg discusses the nature of time, the importance of sequence, and the centrality of poetry. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0286.mp3
Myth of a Christian Nation: The Musical (Saturday Art Share)
Category: Lighten Up
Tags: Art
This is a song by Showbread, off their album “Who Can Know It” The Lyrics: I’m tired of being filed into classrooms And made to sit in pews Made subject to the tyranny of scriptures…
Podcast: If the Cross is the FULL Revelation of God, Why Do We Even Need All the Rest?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Bible, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
Greg discusses the summation of the Bible in the crucifixion. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0285.mp3
The Law of Love
Category: General
Tags: God is Love, Living in Love, Love One Another, Rule of Love
Without love, absolutely nothing is of any significance. Paul made this point when he wrote: If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a…
Podcast: If the Crucifixion Is God’s Victory Over Satan, Why Does Satan Keep Fighting?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Satan, Satan and the Problem of Evil
Greg talks already-but-not-yet, perspectives of the principalities, and the toilsome life of a muon. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0284.mp3
How Important Is the Cross?
Category: General
“God is love” (1 Jn 4:8). Pretty much every Christian accepts this. The problem, though, is that our understanding about what, exactly, love is remains obscure. Discussions on the nature of love can easily devolve…
Podcast: What Should I Do If My Friends Call Me a Heretic?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Heresy
Greg talks about the burden of novelty. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0283.mp3 Photo by Lily Lvnatikk on Unsplash