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Something Else is Going On
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Sermons, Woodland Hills Church
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
The violent portraits of God in the Old Testament are a stumbling block for many. In this short clip, Greg introduces the idea that “something else is going on” in these passages, and that we can…
Podcast: What is God’s Glory?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Glory, God's Character
Greg considers competing concepts of what God’s glory is. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0126.mp3
Incarnation and Covenant
Category: General
Tags: Covenant, Incarnation, Israel
The most distinctive aspect of Jesus’ identity, according to the faith of the historic-orthodox Church, is that Jesus is fully God and fully human—“God Incarnate,” to use the Church’s creedal phraseology. To accurately reflect on…
Podcast: What Did You Think of the Movie The Shack?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Movie Review
Greg talks about what he loved about the movie “The Shack,” and considers Christian criticism of the movie’s theology. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0127.mp3
Overview of Crucifixion of the Warrior God
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Bible, Character of God, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Jesus
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
Greg reviewed the content of his new book, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, as a part of the Woodland Hills Church Covenant Partner gathering on March 5, 2017. If you want a fairly succinct synopsis of…
Podcast: Does the Narrow Gate Mean that Few are Saved?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Salvation
Verse: Matthew 7
Greg gives insight into Matthew 7:13-14. What does Jesus mean about the path to destruction being wide and the gate to life being narrow? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0125.mp3
Podcast: Crucifixion of the Warrior God Updates
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God
Greg gives some updates on Crucifixion of the Warrior God, and prays for Jesus to delay his return. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0124.mp3
The Principle of Non-Violence
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Anabaptism, Greg Boyd, Non-Violence, Paul Eddy, Peace, Woodland Hills Church
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Several years ago, Woodland Hills Church hosted a Q&A with Greg Boyd and Paul Eddy to answer questions that arose from their exploration of Anabaptism. In this short clip, they address the Anabaptist principle of…
Sermon Clip: Addiction
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Addiction, Sermons, Shame, Woodland Hills Church
How does shame keep us in our sin? How does the enemy tell us lies about our mistakes to keep us entrapped in our cycles of failure and addiction? Here Greg names the enemies strategy…
Podcast: If Open Theism is True, Does it Make Sense to Pray For Intercession?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Open Theism, Prayer
Greg talks about prayer and freedom. Specifically, if free will is so important, why would God override it in answer to prayer? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0123.mp3
Podcast: Do Open Theists Believe that God EVER Intercedes Directly in the World?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Free Will, Intercession, Open Theism
Greg considers God’s intervention in light of human prayer, and discusses the covenant of non-coercion. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0122.mp3 [3] Swain, 40. Photo via Ted Van Peltflickr.com
Podcast: How Do We Pursue Both: Justice and Mercy?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Justice, Mercy
Greg looks at how viewing events through the eyes of love removes the apparent tension between justice and mercy. Today’s episode is sponsored by Reknew Vampire Repellant—a super-charged can of butt-kick for a blood-sucking world….
God as Covenant Keeper
Category: General
Tags: Covenant, Salvation, Trinity
Topics: Attributes and Character
Covenant lies at the heart of the biblical understand of God’s relationship to the world. Simply put, a covenant stands in contrast to a contract where parties enter into a quid pro quo arrangement. With…
Podcast: Do You Have Any Daily Rituals or Routines?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg talks about his essential daily ritual, which brings him great peace, and how it allows him to combat idolatry in his life. Today’s episode is sponsored by Reknew Vampire Repellant—a travel size can of…
The Perfect Love of God
Category: General
Tags: Cross, Cruciform Theology, God is Love, Jesus, Triune Love
Topics: Attributes and Character
The Father, Son and Spirit exist as the infinite intensity and unsurpassable perfection of eternal love. We know this about the triune God not by speculation but because Jesus demonstrated that love (Rom 5:8) in…
Podcast: What Advice Can You Give Someone Starting a New Ministry?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Ministry
Greg considers the dangers of leading a church plant, and offers advice on how to avoid common traps. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0119.mp3
Joy in the Midst of Struggle
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Depression, Hope, Joy
God wants you to experience his joy. But to do this, it is helpful to understand the difference between happiness that varies with external circumstances and joy which does not depend upon whether you are…
Defining Love
Category: Essays
Tags: Augustine, God is Love, God's Character, Jesus, Non-Violence, Religious Violence
Topics: Attributes and Character
If God’s eternal essence is love, as discussed in this post, then we must ask: What does this confession actually mean? We must explore this question carefully because “love” has been defined in many theological…
Podcast: Would God Allow Global Warming to Destroy the Earth?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg considers global warming and what he thinks about whether God would allow humans to destroy the earth. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0118.mp3
What Makes the Good News So Good
Category: General
Tags: God, God is Love, God's Character, Jesus
Topics: Attributes and Character
While God was revealed in various ways and to various degrees through the law and the prophets of the Old Testament, in Jesus we finally have the one who is “the exact representation of God’s…