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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…
Podcast: How Have Your Views on Hell Changed Since Writing Satan and the Problem of Evil?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Hell, Satan and the Problem of Evil
Greg travels down memory lane and considers hell and annihilationism. Has his views changed? Will he stand his ground? Will he confess to being wrong? Find out in this thrilling, short adventure episode! http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0117.mp3
The Ultimate Goal of Life & What Stands in the Way of It
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Adam and Eve, Garden of Eden, Identity in Christ, Judgment, Shame
What is the point of it all? What is the highest good? What is the point of life? Greg addresses these huge question in this sermon clip, where he introduces the idea of the beautific…
The Call To Nonviolent Discipleship
Category: General
Tags: Enemy Love, Peace
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
The cross wasn’t simply something God did for us. According to the NT, it was also an example God calls us to follow. Yet, as discussed in the previous post, most often the call to…
Podcast: Does Evil Really Exist?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Natural Evil, Problem of Evil, Satan and the Problem of Evil
Greg considers the idea that evil is simply the privation of good. He then offers a better explanation. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0116.mp3
Why Don’t We Practice Non-Violent Love
Category: General
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
Why in the history of history of the church has enemy-loving non-violence so rarely been attributed to God and so rarely been espoused as the defining characteristic of kingdom people? In light of the fact…
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…