Search Results: benefit of the doubt
Why God Made You
Category: General
Tags: Love, Trinity
…in our lives, with worthwhile work, and with some measure of security, no one, and nothing, could come close to meeting this need. Only God can satisfy your longing for perfect, unconditional love, unsurpassable worth, and absolute security. —Adapted from Benefit of the Doubt, pages 58-60 Photo via Visual hunt…
Christ the Center
Category: General
Tags: Authority, Belief, Bible, Faith, Jesus
Topics: Faith & Doubt
…This relationship is what gives significance to everything we believe. This center is the one and only source of the life that is the heartbeat of the kingdom to which we belong. —Adapted from Benefit of the Doubt, pages 159-170 Photo credit: Thomas Hawk via Visual hunt / CC BY-NC…
Nothing but Christ Crucified
Category: General
Tags: Cross, Good News, Identity in Christ, Jesus
…know the character of God revealed on the cross and what he thinks about us, as revealed on the cross, you’ve got the essence of all you need to know about anyone. Excerpt from Benefit of the Doubt, pages 233-234 Photo credit: jean louis mazieres via Visualhunt / CC BY-NC-SA…
How Much Are You Worth?
Category: General
Tags: Cross, God is Love, Trinity
…as true as ever that we could not be loved more than we actually are, and could not matter more to God than we actually do. God’s perfect, unsurpassable, unwavering love for us is also unconditional. —Adapted from Benefit of the Doubt, pages 240-242 Image by Adrian Moran via Unsplash…
The Twist that Reframes the Whole Story
Category: General
Tags: Bible, Bible Interpretation, Cruciform Theology, Jesus
Topics: Attributes and Character
…should always stick to the “original intended meaning” of a passage, the way New Testament authors use the Old Testament reflects little concern with this. Their primary concern was rather to see how it points to Jesus. —Adapted from Benefit of the Doubt, pages 176-183 Photo credit: HckySo via VisualHunt.com…
Jesus is the Center of the Story
Category: General
Tags: Bible, Bible Interpretation, Cruciform Theology, Jesus
Topics: Biblical Interpretation
…NT writers claimed. We cannot ignore the fact that these five points demonstrate that Jesus’s own teaching and his own revelation of God are above that of the Old Testament. Jesus truly is the twist that reframes everything. —Adapted from Benefit of the Doubt, pages 177-183 Photo via Visual hunt…
Can we still believe in real demons now, in the 21st century?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Demons
In this episode Greg gives reasons why we can still believe in demons even now, in the 21st century? With our iPhones and all our modern cooking appliances, even? Links: Greg’s book: “Benefit of the Doubt” Website: ReKnew.org http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0002.mp3…
Podcast: Does the Apostle Paul Encourage Foolish Theology?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Paul
Verse: 1 Corinthians 1
…his thoughts on 1 Corinthians and the implication that the theology of Christ Crucified is foolish. Paul says that the theology of Christ Crucified is foolish to those who are perishing. Is this a free pass for people to have ridiculous theology? Links: Greg’s book: “Benefit of the Doubt“ http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0011.mp3…
A Brief Theology of Faith
Category: General
Tags: Doubt, Faith, Kingdom Living
Topics: Following Jesus
Verse: Hebrews 11:1
…promises as a substantial reality (hypostasis) that in turn creates a conviction (elegchos) that it will be so, which motivates us to act in ways that we hope will bring what we imaginatively envision into reality. —Adapted from Benefit of the Doubt, pages 210-213 Photo credit: Simon Schmitt via Unsplash…
What Is an Idol?
Category: General
Tags: Faith, Idolatry, Trust
…his great love. Yet many fail to dwell in that love, fail to experience that security, and struggle to believe the worth they genuinely have. So with great hustle, and futility, they try to establish all of these things on their own. —Adapted from Benefit of the Doubt, pages 63-65…
What Type of Faith Do You Have?
Category: General
Tags: Faith, Israel, Jacob
Topics: Faith & Doubt
…real reflection. Rather, it’s a faith so grounded in authenticity that is unwilling to sweep questions, doubts, and complaints under a pious rug to avoid pain and uncertainty. It’s a faith that is not afraid to go to the mat with God. —Adapted from Benefit of the Doubt, pages 78-83…
The Bible is NOT the Foundation
Category: General
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, Cruciform Theology, Hermeneutics
…faith is founded upon, Christ and his love for us. Participating in this love that is centered in Christ is the end to which all beliefs about the Bible point. This relationship is what gives significance to everything else the Bible teaches. —Adapted from Benefit of the Doubt, pages 163-170…
Thinking Theologically
Category: General
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Friendly Disagreements, Heresy
…that it articulates the fact that not all beliefs are equally important while making it clear that everything revolves around the starting point of our theology: the crucified Christ. This is the center of our theology and all of our theological reflection. —Adapted from Benefit of the Doubt, pages 170-173…
Must We Believe in Satan? As a Personal Agent?
Category: General, Guest Contributor
…I’ve made Jesus my lord, my “one teacher” (Matthew 23:10), then it makes sense to give Jesus the benefit of the doubt about the important things he teaches to be true. Jesus explicitly teaches that Satan and demons not only exist, they also do a great amount of evil in…