Faith

Honesty, However Ugly

August 24, 2012

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For last week’s sermon at Woodland Hills Church, Greg spoke about the importance of being honest with God about our struggles and doubts. This is part of what it means to be in a genuine…

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Is Faith Inherently Irrational?

August 18, 2012

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Is Faith Inherently Irrational? Many people seem to assume that faith is giving credence to things that don’t make much sense and for which there is little or no evidence. Take the doctrine of the…

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The Benefit of the Doubt

August 17, 2012

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In my last two posts (here and here) I’ve given five arguments against the common way Evangelical Christians tend to think about faith. More specifically, I’m calling into question the assumption that a person’s faith…

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Rethinking Our View of Faith

August 10, 2012

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The second conviction of the “ReKnew Manifesto” is that we need to rethink what it means to have faith. It’s my impression that many, if not most, Evangelical Christians associate their assurance that they’re “saved”…

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This Week’s Sermon: Sledge Hammer Faith

August 8, 2012

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Greg is feverishly working on a new book on faith and doubt and he decided to preach on this topic for a couple of weeks. He’s also been dealing with this topic on the blog…

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Biblical Versus Magical Faith: Reflections on the ReKnew Manifesto

August 7, 2012

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The second core conviction of the “ReKnew Manifesto” is that we believe it is time for the Church to re-think common assumptions about faith. Faith is at the heart of what it means to follow…

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Everybody’s Got A Hungry Heart [Sermon, 7/1/12]

July 6, 2012

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Check out Greg’s latest sermon!

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Paul wrote the Colossians to confront a false religion of invoking angels. These invocations were being done because people thought Jesus wasn’t enough. This same type of thought pervades our own society, where people with hungry hearts are searching for more than what Jesus offers. In this sermon, Greg talks about the fullness that Jesus brings.

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Drumming, Openness, Providence and Whatever

January 12, 2010

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Here’s one of four arguments I offer in this essay against the view that an omniscient God must by definition know the future exhaustively as a domain of eternally settled facts.

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The Lord of Legend and Love

January 23, 2008

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However secularized a person may be, if they have any sense at all that life has a meaning, they know it must have something to do with love. Indeed, one could argue that all of…

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Isn’t Faith Inherently Irrational?

January 8, 2008

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Is Faith Inherently Irrational? Many people seem to assume that faith is giving credence to things that don’t make much sense and for which there is little or no evidence. Take the doctrine of the…

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