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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
Confessions of a Christian Nation: Native American/First Nations Oppression
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Brian McLaren, Brian Zahnd, Bruxy Cavey, Confession, Greg Boyd, Native Americans, Repentance, Rex Harsin
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
In this third part of the Confessions series, Brian Zahnd, Brian McLaren, Bruxy Cavey and Greg Boyd confess the sins of the Christian church against the Native American and First Nations people. Thanks to Rex Harsin…
Podcast: If Heaven is So Great, Why Did Satan Fall?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Heaven, Heaven and Hell, Satan
Greg discusses the nature of free will and love at the angelic level, heavy metal music, Seasonal Affective Disorder, and Satan’s dumb choices. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0106.mp3
Podcast: Have Your Views Changed Since Writing God at War?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: God at War
Greg discusses how his current views on what he wrote in God at War 20 years ago. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0105.mp3
Follow the Money Trail
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Money, Value
Greg talks about how currency developed, what it represents, and the principle that what you spend your money on illuminates your values. If you’d like to listen to the entire sermon you can find it…
Jesus Refuted Old Testament Laws
Category: General
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Old Testament
Topics: Biblical Interpretation
Although it’s clear that Jesus regarded the Old Testament as the inspired word of God, he also directly challenged aspects of the Old Testament law. To illustrate, Jesus was repudiating Sabbath law when he defended…
Jesus and Nationalistic Violence
Category: General
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Kingdom of God, Nationalism, Non-Violence, Peace
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
Throughout the Old Testament, we find Israel spoken of as God’s “chosen nation.” The Israelites were to be a nation of priests whom God wanted to use to unite the world under him (Ex 19:6)….