Creation

Did the Fall Really Happen? (podcast)

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Greg speculates on the nature of the fall, then talks about evidence of God in the universe.  Episode 520 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0520.mp3

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Podcast: How Do We Reconcile a Historical Adam, Science, and the Fall?

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Greg talks about many big things in one small episode. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0388.mp3

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Podcast: Did You Believe in Evolution When You Wrote Letters from a Skeptic?

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Greg considers how to think about God’s relationship to time given that there are apparent paradoxes no matter how one things about it.    http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0319.mp3

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Podcast: Is God Fixing the World?

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Greg fights back his curmudgeonly impulses to consider hope for planet earth.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0292.mp3

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The Root of Broken Relationships

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God’s goal for creation is for us to receive his perfect love in such a way that we all become prisms that reflect this love. However, you don’t have to look very far to notice…

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What “Man Gave Names to All the Animals” REALLY Means?

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Article by Dan Kent “So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field.” Genesis 2:20 In the fog of our over-Googled, ‘Hey Siri,’ information-obsessed minds I…

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Podcast: How Will God Fix the Mess We Made of Creation?

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Greg considers the relationship between human redemption and the redemption of creation.How will God keep his promises to creation? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0082.mp3

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Astronomy and God’s Greatness

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What does modern astronomy teach us about God’s Transcendence?  Much indeed. Consider God’s words to Job about the universe: Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orionʼs belt? Can you bring…

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Why Vegetarianism Instead of Veganism?

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Greg talks about vegetarianism and veganism. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0054.mp3

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Why Are You Vegetarian?

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In this episode Greg talks about non-violence in his diet and in his treatment of household insects. Spiders=are worth saving. Mosquitos=apparently not. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0031.mp3

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The Risk of Love

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The most basic and yet most profound teaching of the Bible is that “God is love” (1 Jn 4:8; 16). He is revealed to be a God who is triune—Father, Son and Holy Spirit (See…

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A Non-Violent Creation

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A biblical teaching that we often overlook regarding the centrality of non-violence concerns God’s original vision of creation. We have grown so accustomed to the violence we experience as a part of nature that we…

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Sermon Clip: That, Not How

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The Genesis 1 creation story has always left people with questions. The main one being: Is Genesis 1 a literal story of how God created our universe? In this sermon clip, Greg Boyd talks about…

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“Natural” Evil? 7 Arguments Implicating Satan

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Image by Jmos® via Flickr We believe that God is the Creator of nature, but nature simply does not seem to point to a God of love. Parasites, viruses, bacteria, diseases and cancer kill millions and torment…

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Christians and Creation Care

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Image by Ali Inay While the mustard seed of the Kingdom has been planted, it obviously hasn’t yet taken over the entire garden (Matt 13:31-42). We continue to live in an oppressed, corrupted world. We live…

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Why the Rapture is a Bad Idea

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Is the Rapture really what you think it is? Most Christians believe that God will take his followers up to heaven before the really bad stuff starts on earth, but is this what the bible…

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Two Preschoolers Debate Ontology

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ianus via Compfight I’m convinced every child is full of theological wisdom that the fallen world tries to suffocate by the time they’re ten. As an illustration of this truth, I thought you might enjoy…

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Permaculture: Back to Eden

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 sookie via Compfight Eirik Hordnes is a follower of ReKnew who is passionate about earth care. He asked that we feature some information here to promote the ideas of Permaculture. Permaculture refers to an ecological…

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Sermon Clip: Creation Week 1

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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…

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Sermon: Keeping the Valve Open

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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….

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