Posts
Was Jesus “Crazy”?
Category: General, Guest Contributor
Tags: Apologetics, Fully Human
Topics: Apologetics, Jesus: Lord or Legend
Article by Dan Kent “Do you believe I’m the messiah,” the man asked, his voice part tenor, part nasal-congestion. He rubbed his robe collar between his thumb and index finger. This detail sticks in my…
Reading the Bible “by Faith”
Category: General
Tags: Bible, Cruciform Theology, Faith
The cruciform approach to reading the Bible—and specifically the culturally-conditioned and sin-stained portraits of God—requires faith on the part of the reader, which I argue in Crucifixion of the Warrior God. On one level we…
Podcast: What is Violence?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Non-Violence, Violence
Greg takes a closer look at what violence is. Then he bullies Dan. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0174.mp3
How the Bible is Trustworthy
Category: General
Tags: Bible, Cruciform Theology, Inspiration
All of God’s communication in the Scriptures are covenantal in nature. Expressing his covenantal love and faithfulness, God stoops to “breath” Scripture as a means of bearing witness to his covenant relationship with Israel, and…
Podcast: What Does it Mean to Be IN Christ?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Body of Christ, Life in Christ
Greg considers what it means to be “in” Christ, and shows the power of embracing this truth in our day-to-day faith journey. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0173.mp3
Podcast: Is there life on other planets, and if so, do they need Jesus?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg considers the salvific status of alien life. Should your church support interplanetary ministries? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0172.mp3
Sin-Bearing God
Category: General
Tags: Cross, Cruciform Theology, Divine Accommodation
Topics: Attributes and Character
On the cross, God became our sin, as Paul wrote: “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us” (2 Cor 5:21). However, God didn’t begin to be a sin-bearing God when…
AMBS Webinar on Is God to Blame?
Category: General
Tags: Greg Boyd, Is God to Blame?
Today is the last day to sign up for a webinar Greg is doing on his book Is God to Blame? Here’s the description from AMBS: Drawing on his acclaimed book, Is God to Blame? : Moving…
Podcast: How Do I Feel God’s Presence More?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: God's Presence, Presence of God, Present Perfect
Greg examines the narratives in our heads, and the neurology in our brains, to help Dan and Julie feel God’s presence more. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0171.mp3 photo: Martin Mutch Source: Here
Jesus, the Word of God
Category: General
Tags: Bible Interpretation, Cruciform Theology, Jesus
Topics: Biblical Interpretation
“[T]he standing message of the Fathers to the Church Universal,” writes Georges Florovsky, was that “Christ Jesus is the Alpha and Omega of the Scriptures both the climax and the knot of the Bible.”[1] It…
Podcast: If Nobody Can Come to Jesus Unless God Draws Them, Isn’t Salvation Predestined?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Grace, Predestination
John 6:64-65 sounds very predestination-y. Is it? Greg considers the nature of God’s ‘drawing’ of us to Christ. Are those who are not drawn excluded due to some in God? Or something in those individuals?…
Podcast: Is Accepting Evolution with All It’s Violence Compatible with Believing in a Loving Creator?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Evolution, Violence
Greg considers the violence inherent in evolution (and in nature itself) in light of our belief in an all-loving creator. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0169.mp3
The Philando Castile Verdict
Category: General
Tags: Current Events, Violence
I’m not going to get political. I’m just going to be honest. My heart is pounding. In anger. In sorrow. In fear (over what this might lead to). I know that, unlike the jury, we…
The Non-Violent Jesus Clothed in Violence
Category: General
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
As I’ve argued in several books (for instance, see The Myth of a Christian Nation) as well as in many posts, Jesus refused to use the power that was available to him to defend himself,…
What “Man Gave Names to All the Animals” REALLY Means?
Category: General, Guest Contributor
Tags: Animals, Creation
Topics: Creation Care
Article by Dan Kent “So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field.” Genesis 2:20 In the fog of our over-Googled, ‘Hey Siri,’ information-obsessed minds I…
Podcast: What’s the Deal with the Nephilim?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Nephilim
Greg looks the strange story of the Nephilim. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0168.mp3
How the Anabaptists Emphasized the Cross
Category: General
Tags: Anabaptists, Christus Victor, Cross, Cruciform Theology, Jesus
Because the Anabaptists have generally emphasized faith that is evidenced by works and thus on Jesus’ life as an example to be followed, it may prima facia appear that the saving work of the cross…
Podcast: If We Have Opportunities After Death, Why Try So Hard in Life?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Afterlife
Why even try? Why Work So Hard to Share the Gospel? Greg considers how the reality of an intermediary state (after death) affects our motivations. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0167.mp3
Podcast: If Violence is Wrong, Why Passively Allow Others to Use It?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Non-Violence, Violence
Greg discusses dealing with the violence of loved ones. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0166_.mp3
The Centrality of the Cross in Church History
Category: General
Tags: Calvinism, Cruciform Theology, Evangelicalism, Luther
Topics: Atonement and The Cross
Some readers of Crucifixion of the Warrior God may be assuming that the emphasis I’m placing on the cross is unprecedented in church history. While I will not deny that the cross-centered approached to interpreting…