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Podcast: Why Is Secular Music So Much Better Than Christian Music?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Culture, Media, Music, Pop Culture
Greg considers the challenges of Christian music. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0243.mp3
A Metaphysical Defense of Free Will
Category: General
Tags: Determinism, Free Will, Metaphysics
Topics: Free Will and the Future
Warning: As the title of this post may have already suggested, this post is a bit heady – and a bit long. I’m going to get into some rather tall metaphysical grass as I go…
Podcast: Is It Wrong To Pray to Saints?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Practicing the Presence of God, Prayer
Greg discusses the risks and issues associated with praying to anyone or anything other than God. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0242.mp3
Podcast: How Much ‘War’ is there in Spiritual Warfare?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Spiritual Warfare
Greg considers violence in the spiritual realm. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0241.mp3
With Gratitude
Category: General
Tags: Gratitude, Thanksgiving
On this Thanksgiving, I would like express my profound gratitude toward all of you. I am blessed by all who frequent this site to read our posts, listen to our podcasts, and take advantage of…
Podcast: Is it Okay to Pray to God as Mother?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Nature of God
Greg considers God’s gender and the potential power of this identification can have on faith. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0239.mp3 Title: Mother Artist: Arthur Lewin-Funke Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum
Podcast: Greg Introduces His Cruciform Hermeneutic at the CrossVision Conference and Dialogues with Rachel Held Evans
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cross Vision, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
Greg Introduces His Cruciform Hermeneutic at the CrossVision Conference and Dialogues with Rachel Held Evans. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0240.mp3
What We’re Up Against
Category: General
Tags: Evil, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of this World, Satan, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
Though Jesus dealt a final blow to Satan’s kingdom through the cross and resurrection, the New Testament makes it clear that Satan is still viewed as the “god of this world” (2 Cor 4:4), “the…
Podcast: Why is First Peter SO Harsh Towards Women?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Gender Roles, Jesus Feminist, Women In Ministry
Verse: 1 Peter 3
Greg looks at Peter’s harsh views of women through a Cruciform lens. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0237.mp3
Podcast: Does the Cruciform Hermeneutic Sabotage Open Theism?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Objections to Open Theism, Open Theism
Greg plays Peek-a-Boo with God and considers whether those verses Open Theists use to support Open Theism might simply be times when God is accommodating for us. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0236.mp3
The Nature of Temptation
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Desires, Sin, Temptation
How does temptation work? Based on James 1:13-16, Greg unpacks the way that desire can give birth to sin. But desire is actually rooted in our longing for God, and the desire itself—and therefore the…
Podcast: What Popular Christian Beliefs Come From Places OTHER Than the Bible?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg unloads a litany of beliefs that many Christians believe that come from places other than the Bible. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0235.mp3
The Violent “Church Triumphant”
Category: General
Tags: Augustine, Constantine, Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence, The Church
In light of how central enemy-loving non-violence is to Jesus’ teaching and to his cross-centered revelation of God, we have to wonder why the church has refused to listen to its head and instead condoned…
Podcast: Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Halloween
Greg considers the terrors and horrors of America’s most macabre holiday. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0233.mp3
Podcast: How Should Christians Use Other Christian’s Ideas?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg gives his very own thoughts on using other people’s thoughts. Also, some thoughts on Camus. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0232.mp3
A Response to “Are Greg Boyd and I Reading the Same Old Testament?”
Category: General
Tags: Book Reviews, Cross Vision, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
Collin Cornell has recently published a review of Cross Vision (CV) and, less directly, of Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG) in The Christian Century. In this post I will respond to the two major objections…
Podcast: How Does Accommodation and Divine Aikido Apply to Parenting?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Parenting
Things get paternal in this contemplative episode on parenting. How should kids be punished? How should kids be taught? How does divine aikido and divine accommodation influence this? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0231.mp3
McChurch
Category: General
Tags: Church, Consumerism, Discipleship
Topics: The Church
In the West, we tend to think of church as a weekend gathering in a special religious building. As a result, many mistakenly assume that Paul wrote his letters to a single body of people…
Podcast: What Are Your Thoughts on DNA Modification?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Science
Greg discusses the benefits and risks of DNA modification. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0229.mp3
Podcast: Can We Really Have a Personal Relationship with Jesus?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Experiencing Jesus, Jesus, Relationships
It’s all about parts and wholes in this rip-roaring journey through the historical development of certain pietistic trends as Greg introduces his listeners to Depeche Mode Theology. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0228.mp3