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The Distinguishing Mark of a Child of God
Category: General
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
Jesus claimed that loving enemies was a precondition for being considered a child of God. “[L]ove your enemies,” he taught, “that you may be children of your Father…” (Mt. 5:44-45, emphasis added). And again, “love…
Podcast: Could Jesus Have Sinned? (part two)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Dan presses Greg on the nature of Christ’s humanity. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0115.mp3
Podcast: Could Jesus Have Sinned? (part one)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Jesus, Jesus in the Desert, Sin
Greg considers the nature of temptation and the temptability of God. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0114.mp3
Endorsements for Crucifixion of the Warrior God
Category: General, Press
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
Greg has gotten some really great endorsements for his upcoming Crucifixion of the Warrior God, so we thought we’d share them with all of you. If you want to learn more, you can go here. Enjoy!…
Podcast: Why Does Peter Call Women Weaker Vessels?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Gender Roles
Verse: 1 Peter 3
Greg considers 1 Peter 3:7 and Peter’s call for men to treat their wives as “weaker vessels.” http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0113.mp3
What the Resurrection Says About the Cross
Category: General
Tags: Cross, Humility, Love, Resurrection, Sacrifice
As with every other aspect of Jesus’ life and ministry, even the resurrection must be understood in light of the cross. This event was not just the resuscitation of a random corpse. It was the resurrection…
The True You
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: The Mind, Thinking
This initial sermon in Woodland Hill’s Overwhelmed series was a foundational message about the root of everything that holds us back. God has designed us to have power over our brain and our thought life and…
Podcast: Can Non-Believers Be Redeemed in Purgatory?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Heaven, Heaven and Hell
Greg considers whether the acceptance of purgatory opens the door for non-believers to be saved after death. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0112.mp3
Podcast: Do You Believe in Purgatory?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Heaven and Hell
Greg reconsiders purgatory and pushes back, a little bit, against the protestant reformers. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0111.mp3
The Centrality of Christ in Hebrews, Part 2
Category: General
Tags: Bible Interpretation, Christocentrism, Cruciform Theology, New Testament, Old Testament
Topics: Christology
The intensely Christocentric reading of the Old Testament that I introduced in the previous post is reflected throughout the book of Hebrews. Here I want to cite two more examples of how this writer saw…
The Centrality of Christ in Hebrews, Part 1
Category: General
Tags: Bible Interpretation, Christocentrism, Cruciform Theology, New Testament, Old Testament
Topics: Christology
The intense Christocentricity that the New Testament writers embrace is nowhere more clearly and consistently illustrated than in the book of Hebrews. Throughout this work we find a repeated emphasis on the many ways the…
Rekindling an Old Debate: How to be a Christian Citizen
Category: General
Tags: National Idolatry, Nationalism, Politics
Back in 2008 Greg joined Shane Claiborne and the now deceased Chuck Colson with host Krista Tippet on NPR’s On Being program to debate what it means to be a Christian citizen. Given the current…
Podcast: Can a Person Choose Jesus After Death, and is that Fair for Everyone?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Death, Sanctification
Greg points his analytical periscope into the afterlife to consider the complicated nature of sanctification. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0110.mp3
Greg and N.T. Wright at the Missio Alliance Gathering!
Category: General
Tags: Atonement, Cross, Greg Boyd, Missio Alliance, N.T. Wright, The Holy Spirit
The Missio Alliance North American Gathering will be held April 27-29 in Alexandria, Virginia. The theme this year is Awakenings: The Mission of the Spirit as the Life of the Church. Featured speakers this year…
Podcast: What Does it Mean to Take the Lord’s Name in Vain?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg discusses what it means to take the Lord’s name in vain, and ponders politics and first century carpentry. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0109.mp3
Do the Gospels Fabricate Prophetic Fulfillment?
Category: General
Tags: Cross, Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Old Testament, Prophesy
Topics: Biblical Interpretation, Christology
Skeptically-inclined scholars, and especially critics of Christianity, frequently argue that the Gospel authors created mythological portraits of Jesus largely on the basis of OT material they claim Jesus “fulfilled.” In other words, they surveyed the…
Podcast: How Do You Make Sense of the Killing of Ananias and Sapphira?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
Verse: Acts 5
Greg considers: “Who actually killed Ananias and Sapphira.” This ancient murder mystery has enormous theological implications! Listen as Inspector Boyd hunts for clues and builds a most compelling case. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0108.mp3 Photo credit: jean louis mazieres…
Jesus, the New Israel
Category: General
Tags: Israel, Jesus, Old Testament
Topics: Biblical Interpretation, Christology
The Gospels present Jesus and the Kingdom he inaugurated as the fulfillment of Israel’s story. For example, Jesus’ birth fulfills Israel’s longing for a Messiah; his return from Egypt as a child mirrors their Exodus…
A Foolish and Weak-Looking God
Category: General
Tags: Cruciform Theology, God, Jesus
The New Testament assumes that the God of Israel and the God revealed in Jesus Christ are one and the same God. But there also can be no question that the portrait of God that…
Podcast: What’s the Big Deal with Oneness Pentecostalism?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg discusses Oneness Pentecostalism and the theological problems that pushed him away. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0107.mp3