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Sermon: Keeping the Valve Open
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Boston Bombings, Creation, Kingdom Responses, Sermons, The Mind, Woodland Hills Church
http://youtu.be/KtK6reiLbRs In this short sermon clip, Greg Boyd talks about Paul’s writings on getting our reality to line up with what God says is real. The full sermon discusses how God’s design for creation is beautiful. But, sometimes, we don’t follow God’s design for our life. In this sermon, Greg…
Category: General
Tags: Debate, Frank Viola, Fun, Open Theism
Umberto Salvagnin via Compfight Oh oh. It’s getting ugly up in here. Frank Viola is suggesting that Greg needs to fix a nice tall glass of shut-up juice. He and Greg have decided to have a debate on the open view sometime this fall, and they have been engaging in…
Why do some of Jesus’ parables depict God in violent ways?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Bible, Bible Interpretation, Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Parables, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence, Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
http://youtu.be/yUW5orPJlyQ Greg deals with the question of what it means that some of Jesus’ parables seem to depict God in violent terms. In addition to getting an answer to this question you’ll be treated to a window into Greg’s graceful way of moving through the world. Really classy. Enjoy!…
Happy Birthday to Us
Category: General
Tags: Celebration, Missions, ReKnew, Revolution, support, Thank You
…first year! Yet, as we said, we’re just getting warmed up! We at ReKnew want to thank all of you who have been invested in this important ministry and who are helping us carry out the vision God has given to us. The fact of the matter is that we…
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 world. Hi Greg Boyd, With great joy and inspiration I am writing about a get-real…
Sermon Clip: Creation Week 1
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Bible, Bible Interpretation, Creation, Sermons, Woodland Hills Church
http://youtu.be/q2Svs6zBQDI The story of creation has interesting details. But getting lost in those details can make us miss the big picture. In this short sermon clip, Greg Boyd talks about the importance of properly interpreting the Bible to fully understand the intended meaning and how that relates to what the…
Gungor and Doubt
Category: General
Tags: Doubt, Doubt and the Idol of Certainty, Faith, Gungor
http://youtu.be/IO8jDtv8y-c Gungor is working through the issue of doubt on their new album. (Thanks Orlando for the heads-up.) We’re busily getting ready for the Faith, Doubt & the Idol of Certainty conference tomorrow. It’s not too late to join us. Hope to see you there….
What the hell are we doing here?
Category: General
Tags: Abortion, Fundamentalism, Kingdom Living, Love, Mercy, Pain, Vulnerability
…He’d help them find purpose in their lives beyond just getting ready for college. He was after God’s will for them. Beyond that, he had the most infectious old-guy happiness. He was carefree and jolly all the time. Full of grandpa-jokes and encouraging squeezes on the shoulder. In his class,…
The Challenge of Malala to the Church
Category: General
Tags: Jesus, Jon Stewart, Judgment, Malala Yousafzai, Non-Violence, Peace
…no guarantee that this will “work.” You may end up getting killed, which is why the way of the kingdom requires courage. Like Malala, one must be willing to bear witness to the way of love and then say with a giggle, “now do what you want.” The thought I’m…
Some Questions a Year After Her Child’s Death
Category: General
Tags: Blueprint Worldview, Calvinism, God's Will, Grief, Henry, Jessica Kelley, Open Theism, Prayer, The Jesus Event, Theodicy, Warfare Worldview
Jessica Kelley wrote a post for The Jesus Event that we wanted to share with you. You might remember that last year we were getting to know Jessica as she lost her four year old son Henry just before Christmas. In this post, she reflects on the theology of the…
Imaging God Wrongly: God’s Self-Portrait, Part 2
Category: Essays
Tags: Adam and Eve, Character of God, Essay, Idolatry, Imaginative Prayer, Picture of God, Religious Idolatry, Repenting of Religion, Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
Topics: Christology
…to the one who is himself “the fountain of life” (Ps 36:9). (To distinguish this kind of life from mere “biological life,” I’ll capitalize LIFE when referring to the “life to the full” that only God can give). All the beautiful plans God has for humans depend on our getting…
Listening to Music, and Some New Developments
Category: General
Tags: Christian Life, Greg Boyd, Music, Spiritual Formation
…music; it was just a backdrop for my encounters with Jesus. So it feels like my hungry right brain is finally getting to feast, and it’s doing so with a vengeance. As a result of this feasting, all the other activities that are associated with this side of the brain…
Our Sacred Scared
Category: General
Tags: Fear, Glennon Doyle Melton, Kingdom Living
…but that doesn’t have to stop us from getting out there and making a difference. In the relentless pursuit of self-improvement, we just might miss out on the life God is calling us to. Listen to what she has to say about this: I kind of wish we’d stop obsessing…
Believing Is Not Enough
Category: General
Tags: Belief, Present Perfect, Salvation
…as though merely believing something makes it so. For instance, many assume that believing Jesus is Lord of their life magically makes him Lord. This is undoubtedly why so many evangelical churches place so much significance on getting people to believe in Jesus and why so much is made of…
Was Jesus Violent in the Temple?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Jesus, Mennonerds, Non-Violence, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
…an immediate stop to the corrupt commerce that was taking place as well as perhaps to free the caged animals. There’s no mention of any person or animal getting hurt in the process. And yes, Jesus made a whip. But there’s no mention of him using it to strike any…
Listening Like a Hostage Negotiator
Category: General
Tags: Belief, Donald Miller, Empathy, Listening
…How would our relationships change? How differently would people view us? And how much stronger would our own positions be perceived coming from a person who was so empathetic and understanding? After all, we’re all holding our hearts hostage, and we’re all afraid. Maybe the key to getting somebody to…
Some News and a Giveaway!
Category: General
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, Current Events, Newsletter, ReKnew
We’ve got some exciting news for you. Starting next month, ReKnew will be sending out a monthly e-newsletter to those who are interested in getting a little something extra from our ministry. We’ll be including a personal video message from Greg in each issue as well as other news and…
Revolting Against Judgment
Category: General
Tags: Blessing, Discipline of Blessing, Judgment, Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
Topics: Following Jesus
…overwhelmed by such experiences as I was driving, shopping, mowing the lawn, or engaging in other random activities. Getting rid of judgment in your mind is like uncorking an enormous geyser. It unleashes “rivers of living water” within you (Jn 7:39). It releases a powerful flow of love for God,…
What Does It Mean to Be Married to Christ?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Bride of Christ, Covenant, Jesus, Married to Christ
Topics: Death and Salvation
…sheds light on the New Testament’s understanding of our relationship with God. The Proposal. In ancient Jewish culture a man initiated the process of getting married by pledging his life to his prospective bride on the condition that she will accept his offer and reciprocate his love and pledge. This…
What Kind of Sinners Feel Welcomed by Your Church?
Category: General
Tags: Church, Homosexuality, Judgment, Kingdom Living, Repenting of Religion, Sin, Sinners
…promiscuity. Striving for a holy reputation is also self-serving because the whole enterprise is unconsciously designed as a strategy for getting life for ourselves. Though it is mostly unconscious—indeed, though we uniformly deny it—we are feeding ourselves with our devised sin lists. We feel righteous and secure that we are…