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What’s so Wrong About Knowledge of Good and Evil? (podcast)

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Greg goes deep, Dan pushes back. Hold on to your notebooks!  Episode 514 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0514.mp3

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Why Can’t God Stop Evil? The Thomas J. Oord Interview (podcast)

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Greg and Thomas talk about Open Theism and how Greg’s views differ from Thomas’s. Theology nerds, get your compass and your flashlight and prepare to go DEEEEEP in the weeds!  Thomas’s book: God Can’t Episode…

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6 Things the Church Fathers Can Teach Us about Spiritual Warfare

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Image by Christina Saint Marche via Flickr Unlike our thinking today about the source of good and evil in the world, the early church fathers, including Irenaus, Athenagorus, Origen, and others before Augustine, possessed a warfare…

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Where is Human Free Will in the Bible?

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The Bible is emphatic on its teaching that humans possess free will and are capable of originating evil. Notice, for example, that in the very first chapter of the Bible God commands humans to be…

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Podcast: Did Evil Exist Before Lucifer’s Revolt?

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Greg talks about evil and the goodness of creation, then considers some speculative inferences about the existence of creation for all eternity.   http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0416.mp3

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Podcast: Why Was Satan Allowed Into the Garden to Begin With?

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Greg considers why Satan was allowed into the Garden.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0372.mp3

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Podcast: Dear Greg: Does God Accommodate, or is God Simply Powerless?

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Greg wrestles with a really tough tragedy and offers theological insight. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0359.mp3

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Enduring an Evil-Infested World (6 Principles) —part two

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In the previous post, I introduced the first three principles that will help you find peace and even a sense of victory in the midst of the evil we face in this world. Here are…

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Enduring an Evil-Infested World (6 Principles) —part one

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We live in the midst of a spiritual battlefield where we face evil daily. Yet we are also in the midst of an ambiguity that hinders us from knowing why any given evil occurs as…

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What We’re Up Against

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Though Jesus dealt a final blow to Satan’s kingdom through the cross and resurrection, the New Testament makes it clear that Satan is still viewed as the “god of this world” (2 Cor 4:4), “the…

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Sending Evil Spirits

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In several infamous biblical depictions of Yahweh in the Old Testament, God is depicted as “sending” spirits to trouble and/or deceive people (Judg 9:22-3; 1 Sam 16:14, 23; 18:10; 19:9; 1 Kg 22:20-3). While there…

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Podcast: Is It God Withdrawing OR Is It a Scheme of Satan?

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Sometimes evil is attributed to God withdrawing. Sometimes it is attributed to a scheme of Satan. We are called to respond to each differently. So, must we be able to discern which is the case…

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When Prayers Go Unanswered

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Recently Frank Viola published a free e-book where 21 Christian leaders responded to the following question: Why is it that God doesn’t often answer the desperate prayers of His people for deliverance, protection, healing, etc.? You can download…

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The Cosmic Scope of Spiritual Warfare

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Yesterday’s post briefly introduced the reality that we live in the midst of spiritual warfare. This is the reality of being a part of creation where Satan prowls like a roaring lion (1 Pet 5:8-9)….

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Lord Willing? Part 1

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Greg sat down with Jessica Kelley recently to talk with her about her book Lord Willing?. We’re posting their conversation in three parts. Today, in part 1, Jessica shares the story of when her son Henry was…

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Good From Evil

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The Bible is very clear that God has nothing to do with evil. There is “no darkness” in God. (I Jn 1:5). Far from intentionally bringing about evil, God’s “eyes are too pure to look…

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Why is the World Still So Messed Up?

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Through the Incarnation, Jesus made a way for our union with God. In addition, Jesus’ death and resurrection defeated the powers of evil. This should then lead us to ask: Why do we have to continue…

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Possibility of Love

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In this video, Greg explores the core sin that stands in the way of love. You might be surprised by what it is. Video by The Work of the People

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A Brief Theology of Salvation

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In the NT, one of the most frequent and fundamental images used to depict our salvation is “redemption.” The root of this term lytron means a “ransom” or “price of release,” and the term itself…

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Divine Wisdom

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Why doesn’t God end it all and stop the slaughter? Why does God allow suffering and evil to go on so long? Here, Greg offers two possible answers to these questions. Option A is that all evil somehow is…

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