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Podcast: Autism and the Church
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Culture, Sickness
Greg shares his thoughts on the challenges of Autism, and offers reflection on how God works in the world to bring good out of it. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0198.mp3
God’s Heart to Prevent Judgment
Category: General
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Judgment, Prayer
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
Verse: Ezekiel 21, Ezekiel 22
In Ezekiel we read a passage that depicts Yahweh as warning his people about their impending punishment by saying, “I will pour out my wrath on you and breathe out my fiery anger against you”…
Podcast: Is Secular Music Spiritually Dangerous to Listen to?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Music, Pop Culture
Greg discusses the Devil’s music. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0197.mp3
A Step Toward Racial Reconciliation
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Apology, Peacemaking, Racial Reconciliation, Sermons
In this sermon clip, Greg, as a representative of a white man in America, asks for forgiveness of people of color for all the harm that white America has done. This is not about disparaging…
Podcast: If God Has ‘Infinite Intelligence,’ Wouldn’t He Also Necessarily Have Exhaustive Foreknowledge
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Divine Foreknowledge, Foreknowledge
Greg discusses the relationship between God’s intelligence and his foreknowledge. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0195.mp3
Podcast: How Can We Say God Accommodates Biblical Writers When They Were ‘Carried Along by the Spirit’?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Hermeneutics, The Holy Spirit
Verse: 2 Peter 1
What does it mean for a Biblical author to be ‘carried along by the Spirit’? Greg discusses 2 Peter 1:20-21. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0194.mp3
Did Yahweh Crush His Son?
Category: General
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Violence
Topics: Attributes and Character
Though Isaiah was probably referring to the nation of Israel as Yahweh’s “suffering servant” when these words were penned, the NT authors as well as other early church fathers interpreted this servant to be a…
Podcast: Some Thoughts on Charlottesville
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Racism
Greg discusses Charlottesville. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0196.mp3
Revolting Beauty
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Sermons, Woodland Hills Church
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
In this sermon clip, Greg shares the story of how foster parents entered into the pain of a severely abused child and demonstrated compassion rather than judgment when she displayed puzzling and revolting behaviors. This…
Podcast: On Going Home
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg talks about a trip he took to one of the towns he lived in as a kid and shares some great memories and reflections. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0193.mp3
Podcast: Will We Be Naked in Heaven?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Heaven
Special Post-Resurrection Fashion Episode! Greg talks about all the popular afterlife fashions. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0192.mp3
Did the Father Suffer on the Cross?
Category: General
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Love, Trinity
Topics: Attributes and Character
When I argue that the cross is a Trinitarian event (See post), some may suspect that I am espousing Patripassionism, which was a second and third century teaching that held that God the Father suffered…
Podcast: Can a Verse Ever Mean What the Original Author Never Intended It to Mean?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Hermeneutics
Greg talks about the theological interpretation of scripture in this rapid-paced, controversial episode. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0191.mp3
The Cross as a Trinitarian Event
Category: General
Tags: Cross, Cruciform Theology, Jürgen Moltmann, Trinity
Topics: Attributes and Character, Trinity
On Calvary, the all-holy God fully identified with sinners, suffering the consequences of our sin as though he himself were guilty. While God is never culpable for the evil he allows, he nevertheless assumes responsibility…
Podcast: What is the Role of the Sermon in the Church?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Sermons
Welcome to “The Preacher’s Minute!” Greg talks about what he thinks the role (and the goal) of a sermon should be in a church. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0190.mp3
Podcast: Is It God Withdrawing OR Is It a Scheme of Satan?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Evil, Is God to Blame?, Problem of Evil, Satan
Sometimes evil is attributed to God withdrawing. Sometimes it is attributed to a scheme of Satan. We are called to respond to each differently. So, must we be able to discern which is the case…
A Kingdom Not of This World
Category: General
Tags: Israel, Kingdom of God, Nationalism
In the previous post, I introduced how Jesus directly taught against the favored nation status of Israel, an theme that runs throughout his ministry. For example, Yahweh’s Sinai covenant with Israel was rooted in a…
Podcast: What Is a Christian and How Does a Person Become One?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Christian, Christianity
In the complexity of Christian theology, what is a Christian and how does a person become one? Greg attempts to clear away some of the complexity and diversity. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0188.mp3
Jesus and the “Favored Nation”
Category: General
Tags: Israel, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Nationalism
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
Nationalism lies at the heart of the Old Testament narrative. This concept is intimately wrapped up with the law-oriented covenant God made with the Israelites at Mount Sinai, for at the heart of this covenant…
Podcast: What About Bob Dylan?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Culture, Music, Pop Culture
Dan tries to expose Greg to some quality music. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0187.mp3