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What the Cross Tells Us About God
Category: General
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, Cross, Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Transformation
Whether we’re talking about our relationship with God or with other people, the quality of the relationship can never go beyond the level of trust the relating parties have in each other’s character. We cannot…
From Mescaline to Jesus
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Greg Boyd, Testimonies, The Work of the People
Topics: Following Jesus
In this video clip by The Work of the People, Greg shares the story of how he finally converted from atheism to Christianity. Enjoy!
What’s Your Worth?
Category: General
Tags: God's Love, Unsurpassable Worth
We know what something is worth to someone by what they are willing to pay for it. Out of love for us, God was willing to do nothing less than to go to the farthest…
The Risk of Love
Category: General
Tags: Creation, Free Will, freedom, God is Love, Trinity
The most basic and yet most profound teaching of the Bible is that “God is love” (1 Jn 4:8; 16). He is revealed to be a God who is triune—Father, Son and Holy Spirit (See…
Why You Have Free Will
Category: General
Tags: Choice, Free Will, Open Theism
Topics: Free Will and the Future
God’s decision to create a cosmos that was capable of love and that was, therefore, populated with free agents (see previous post) was also a decision to create and govern a world he could not…
Love and Free Will
Category: General
Tags: Free Will, Love, Open Theism
Topics: Free Will and the Future
God could have easily created a world in which nothing evil could ever happen. But this world would not have been capable of love. God could have preprogrammed agents to say loving things and to…
The Unfaithfulness of Violence
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Non-Violence, Religious Violence, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
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Lighten Up: Jesus Freaks
Category: Lighten Up
Tags: Coffee With Jesus, Lighten Up, Politics
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The Kingdom of God ≠ Political Activism
Category: General
Tags: Kingdom Living, Kingdom Revolution, Politics
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Given the centrality of following Jesus’ example, it is vitally important we not only notice that Jesus was a revolutionary (see post) along with some ways that we can join his revolution (see that post…
7 Ways to Join the Kingdom Revolution
Category: General
Tags: Kingdom Living, Kingdom Revolution
Topics: Following Jesus
In the previous post, I introduced in short form the call to participate in the kingdom revolution that Jesus began. What does this mean for us today? Let me offer seven ways we are called…
Kingdom Revolution
Category: General
Tags: Kingdom Revolution, Spiritual Warfare, Warfare Worldview
Topics: The Church
To properly understand an action, you need to interpret it in the light of the social context in which it takes place. For example, if we were to hear about a white male offering his…
Covenant vs. Contract
Category: General
Topics: Faith & Doubt
Here’s another video clip that came out of Greg’s interviews with Travis Reed from The Work of the People. Is your faith covenantal or contractual?
Lighten Up: Bruxy Bloopers
Category: Lighten Up
Tags: Bruxy Cavey, Lighten Up
https://youtu.be/pwV4WTR0nWw We love it when preachers have a well-developed sense of their own silliness.
God’s Church is Not “Pretty”
Category: General
Tags: Authenticity, Church, Community, Honesty, Love, Truth
Topics: The Church
This week we’ve been looking at various aspects of what it means to be the church. Today, I want to address the paradox of how the church can be both beautiful and ugly at the…
The Purpose of the Church
Category: General
Tags: Church, Kingdom Living
Topics: The Church
Unlike most social groups, the relationships forged in the body of Christ are not ends in and of themselves. Rather, Christ calls us to unite with other believers for a unique purpose: to grow in,…
Dismembered: The Church and Individualism
Category: General
Tags: Body of Christ, Church, House Churches, Individualism, Western Assumptions
Topics: The Church
Those God has saved are called to be the church, not go to church. This distinction is vitally important. The church consists of all those who entered into the new covenant that Jesus inaugurated by…
The Problem with “Church”
Category: General
Tags: Church, Constantine, Politics, Power
Topics: The Church
Many people think of church as a religious building people attend once a week to sing, hear a sermon, take an offering and perhaps participate in the Lord’s Supper (or “take Communion”). Many refer to the…
The Universal Experience of the “Spiritual”
Category: General
Tags: Angels, Demons, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
Humans have from prehistoric times generally assumed the reality of spirits who transcend our physical existence. Outside of post-Enlightenment western intellectual culture the belief in spirits is almost universal. Whether conceptualized as spirits of nature…
Angels and Spirits in a Secular World
Category: General
Tags: Angels, Demons, Spiritual Warfare
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
This week, we’ve been thinking about why we should believe in a spiritual realm in a world shaped by secular thought. One argument that supports the belief that spirits are real is the oldest, most…