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Why Christ, not Scripture, is Our Ultimate Foundation

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In a previous blog I argued that all our theological reflection must not only be Christ-centered, it must, most specifically, be cross-centered. I now want to begin to unpack some of the most important implications of…

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Podcast: Defending the Manifesto (3 of 10)

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Greg responds to challenges by William Lane Craig from Craig’s podcast “Reasonable Faith.“ In this episode Greg discusses getting life from Christ and not from “being right” about Christ. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0058.mp3

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False Gods in the Church

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We often think of an idol as a statue, but an idol can be anything we use to meet the needs that only God can meet. In other words, a false god. There is no…

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Christ the Center

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The center of the Christian faith is not anything we believe; it’s the person of Jesus Christ. The foundation of my faith is a person, not a book and a set of beliefs about that…

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Paul Teaches Free Will, Not Determinism: Romans 9, Part 3

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In this series of posts, I am challenging the deterministic reading of Romans 9, which interprets Paul’s teaching as saying that God chooses some to be saved and others to be damned. There are six arguments…

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Read This Before You Drop the H-Bomb (“Heretic”) on a Fellow Christian

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Image by yhoitink via Flickr Greg co-wrote the following article on heresy with Frank Viola for BeliefNet. Check it out! “Heretic.” It’s a favorite word that many Christians have no problem dropping on the heads of their fellow…

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Lighten Up: Believing in Believing

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OK, we don’t really think this is the difference between theology and philosophy, but how does this guy not get that not believing in believing is, itself, a belief? 

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Listening Like a Hostage Negotiator

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 Pedro Ribeiro Simões via Compfight It seems like from the moment we become Christians we’re taught how to present an argument and defend our beliefs. But not many of us are taught how to listen…

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Lighten Up: You Gotta Believe In Something, Man!

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Two things here: 1) How does this philosopher not see that “not believing in believing” is itself a belief? 2) Is that a turtleneck or is that philosopher just really hairy?

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Believing Is Not Enough

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One of the core elements of evangelical church life is the conversion experience. From old-time revivals, to seeker-sensitive church services, to post-modern outreach strategies, evangelicals have placed a very high emphasis on the point of…

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Dallas Willard on Doubt and Belief

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One of our Facebook friends pointed out this video to us (Thanks Lukasz!) The comments in this interview on the benefits of fellowship when it comes to doubt and belief are excellent. We’re really going…

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Why Isn’t God More Clear?

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Ever wonder why God isn’t more clear and obvious? Here’s Greg’s take on that question.

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Generous Grace

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Michelle Brea via Compfight Mark McIntyre wrote a piece on his blog called Selective Grace that highlights the ways in which the church tends to more easily demonstrate grace with some than with others. It’s…

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Changing Beliefs

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Stephen Mattson is a follower of ReKnew and a member of Woodland Hills Church who posted a piece on Sojourners titled Christians: It’s NOT a Sin to Change Your Beliefs. He points out that doubt and…

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Video Q&A: Do you think Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons are saved?

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Does Greg believe that everyone goes to Heaven regardless of their beliefs? Find out here.  

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Peter Enns Doesn’t Believe in God

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 R’eyes via Compfight Peter Enns is the master at creating blog titles that are both clever and provocative. The other day he wrote a post that he entitled Why I Don’t Believe in God Anymore. As…

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A Rational Defense of Belief in God

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The New York Times recently posted a review of Alvin Plantinga’s book, Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism. In it, Plantinga argues on philosophical grounds that, among other things, theism is not in conflict with science,…

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Does Analytic Thinking Make You Less Religious?

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Andrew Aghapour wrote an article that was posted in Religion Dispatches questioning the findings of studies that concluded that analytical thinking negatively affects religious belief. In the article, Does Analytic Thinking Erodes Religious Belief? Aghapour…

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