Sermons and Video Clips
As pastor of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, MN, Greg does quite a bit of preaching. You can find hundreds of Greg’s sermons on the Woodland Hills Church website, conveniently searchable by topic and date. You can also subscribe to their podcast to get Greg’s weekly sermons downloaded automatically.
Sermon: Letter to Henry
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Death, Henry, Jesus, Problem of Evil, Sermons, Theodicy
We usually share a short clip from Greg’s sermons here, but we decided that a clip just won’t do this week. This last weekend Greg preached about the life and death of Henry and what…
Sermon Clip: Marshmallow Advent
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Advent, Christmas, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Greg Boyd, ReKnew, Sermons, Woodland Hills Church
In last weekend’s sermon, Greg tells us about Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s writings on advent, and how getting in touch with our emptiness through silence and solitude can lead to peace. This short clip explains advent and…
Alan Hirsch on Making Disciples
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Alan Hirsch, Christianity, Consumerism, Discipleship
This is an excellent clip featuring Alan Hirsch on making disciples (thanks Jeff!). He makes a really interesting point that we are all being formed into disciples of one thing or another. What’s forming you?
Sermon 7/22/12: The Shadow of the Cross
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Non-Violence
In his sermon this past Sunday, Greg continued his fleshing out thoughts from the previous week on how he reconciles the violent, disturbing portraits of God in the Old Testament with the revelation of God in Jesus Christ…
God’s Shadow Activity [Sermon 7/15/12]
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Old Testament
If we believe the whole Bible is inspired, how do we reconcile the Old Testament with the self-sacrificial, enemy-loving God revealed in Jesus Christ? In this past Sunday’s sermon at Woodland Hills Church, Greg succinctly summarizes his own thoughts by echoing that of the apostle Paul: the Old Testament is a shadow of the reality which is found in Christ.
Why believe in free will? [Video]
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Free Will, Predestination
Topics: Providence, Predestination and Free Will
In this video excerpt from his April 29, 2012 sermon tracing the Pietistic influence on Woodland Hills Church, Greg explains why they—along with John Wesley—believe that God does not control everything, but rather gives human beings free will.
Everybody’s Got A Hungry Heart [Sermon, 7/1/12]
Category: General, Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Faith
Check out Greg’s latest sermon!
Description from WHC website:
Paul wrote the Colossians to confront a false religion of invoking angels. These invocations were being done because people thought Jesus wasn’t enough. This same type of thought pervades our own society, where people with hungry hearts are searching for more than what Jesus offers. In this sermon, Greg talks about the fullness that Jesus brings.
God’s Warriors
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Politics, Violence
Greg’s ideas on faith and politics were featured in the Peabody Award-winning CNN Presents: God’s Warriors. Watch the full video below. For more information, including behind the scenes footage, visit God’s Warriors – Special Reports from CNN.com.
Evangelical Politics: Three Generations
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Politics
Chuck Colson, Greg Boyd and Shane Claiborne represent three generations of influential evangelicals engaging in an intriguing discussion on the role of faith and politics. The lively conversation on NPR’s On Being (formerly Speaking of…
Eating Mercifully Documentary
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Animals
Topics: Creation Care
Greg plays a role in a newly released short documentary addressing faith and the proper treatment of animals. It’s only 26 minutes long, but it is eye-opening and will help people of faith examine the…