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We Need The Church
Category: General
Tags: Church, Faithfulness, Rachel Held Evans
Vicki & Chuck Rogers via Compfight Last week we shared a thought-provoking article by Rachel Held Evans on the reasons millennials are leaving the church. This week we want to share a follow-up to that…
Lighten Up: Who Sees the Real You?
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Authenticity, Lighten Up
It’s a good question. Many times, as Christians, we can get stuck hiding who we really are because we think we’re not good enough or some other such nonsense. But the real you is the…
The Lion, the Witch and the War
Category: General
Tags: C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Peace, Peacemaking, Red Letter Christians, War
sandy Poore via Compfight Red Letter Christians featured some of Greg’s thoughts in their recent article entitled The Lion, the Witch and the War. The author of the article talks about the C.S. Lewis story and…
Rachel Held Evans on What Drives Millennials (and Others) Away from Church
Category: General
Tags: Authenticity, Church, Millennials, Rachel Held Evans
David Clow via Compfight Have you been wondering why so many churches are dwindling in numbers? Rachel Held Evans was asked to speak about what drives millennials away from church, but her response has struck…
Conference: Faith, Doubt & the Idol of Certainty
Category: General
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, Doubt, Doubt and the Idol of Certainty, Faith, Idolatry
We’re really excited about Greg’s book, Benefit of the Doubt, coming out in September. In fact, we’re SO excited that we want to invite you all to a conference we’re holding September 27-28, 2013 at Woodland Hills…
Lighten Up: Lucky Cat
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Humor, Lighten Up
We saw this over at The American Jesus blog and just had to share.
Sermon: God Needs Prayer
Category: General
Tags: Open Theism, Prayer, Sermons, Warfare Worldview
In this sermon clip, Greg Boyd discusses some of the challenges we face when praying. The full sermon wrestles with questions like: If God is all-powerful, does he need our prayers to change this world?…
The Only Starting Point
Category: General
Tags: Faith, Jesus, Roger Olson
Sree V. Remella via Compfight Our friend Roger Olson wrote a great article on placing Jesus first when constructing a statement of faith. It might seem like a small thing, but it deeply matters what…
Tribalism
Category: General
Tags: Breaking Down Walls, Love, Racism, Sandra Unger, Separation, Sermons, Sexism, Tribalism, Unity
Sandra Unger spoke for Greg while he was on vacation the week after the 4th. In this clip, Sandra explains whats tribes are and how that creates unintended separation between people. In the full sermon, she…
Arbitrary Election
Category: General
Tags: Calvinism, John Piper, Micah J Murray, Neo-Reformed Theology, Salvation, Unconditional Election
Micah J. Murray wrote a blog entitled Five Reasons I Reject Unconditional Election, which was a response to John Piper’s recent arguments for embracing unconditional election. If you’re looking for Scripture-based argumentation, you would do well…
From the Heart: Transformation
Category: General
Tags: From the Heart, Testimonies, Transformation, Woodland Hills Church
We absolutely love getting letters of testimony. If you have been impacted by this ministry in a significant way, please consider sharing your story with us. Here’s one we received this week that rocked our…
Rest is Good
Vinoth Chandar via Compfight It’s important (and also a valuable spiritual discipline) to regularly stop and rest from all your work. Even God rested after he created us. In light of this (and because most…
Peaceworks
Category: General
Tags: Non-Violence, Peace
We’re excited about an upcoming video series by Peaceworks, a new youth movement for peace. It will inspire you and give you the tools you need to make a difference in your life and the…
Quotes to Chew On: The Plausibility of the Supernatural
Category: General
“Our contention is that a truly critical historical methodology is one that is critical of the Western academic assumption of a thoroughgoing naturalism and is therefore genuinely open to finding supernatural occurrences in history–not merely…
A Lesson in Otherness
Category: General
Tags: Hatred, Love, Prejudice, Racism, Segregation
http://youtu.be/VeK759FF84s Long, long ago, a third grade teacher taught her class a lesson they will never forget. You won’t forget it either. This video is nearly 15 minutes long, but it’s so worth your time….
As We Approach the 4th
Category: General
Tags: America, David D. Flowers, Idolatry, July 4th, Nationalism, Pledge of Allegiance
zen Sutherland via Compfight This is the time of year when we start hearing loud bangs at night and you have to ask yourself the following multiple choice question: Was that bang: a car backfiring?…
Happy Birthday to Us
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Tags: Celebration, Missions, ReKnew, Revolution, support, Thank You
A♥ via Compfight It’s hard to believe, but it was on this day (June 30) one year ago that we launched the ReKnew website. Happy Birthday ReKnew!! As reflected in the ReKnew Manifesto, our goal…
Lighten Up: Ask Isaac
Category: General, Lighten Up
For our Friday fun today we wanted to share the amazing blog of Isaac Livesay. He is an 11 year old boy in Haiti who writes a blog in which he answers reader questions during…
Greg and Bruxy Pulpit Swap
Category: General
Tags: Anabaptists, Bruxy Cavey, Greg Boyd, Love, The Meeting House, Woodland Hills Church
Greg Boyd and Bruxy Cavey swapped pulpits last weekend. Here are a couple of clips to give you an idea of what each of them offered. You can access the full sermons here and here.