God’s Will

Doesn’t Peter Suggest Our Suffering is God’s Will? (podcast)

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Greg wrestles suffering out of God’s will.  Episode 662 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0662.mp3

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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: When Will God Find Me a Spouse?

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Greg discusses God’s role in romance. Is God the Omni-Matchmaker? Does love happen only for the faithful? Will Mitch find his one true love? Answers to these questions, and MORE, in this romance-filled episode!  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0221.mp3

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Podcast: Did God Harden Pharaoh’s Heart?

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Greg discusses the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart — — —Spiritual Arteriosclerosis. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0185.mp3

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Resisting Evil

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The New Testament refers to Satan as the “god of this age” and the “ruler of the power of the air” (2 Cor 4:4; Eph.2:2). In the first century Jewish worldview, “air” referred to the…

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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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What, Father, Do You Desire This Minute?

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Frank Laubach, a 20th century missionary to Philippines, wrote about the challenge of being continually aware of the presence of God and learning to respond to God’s promptings. He wrote, “I feel simply carried along…

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When God’s “Plan A” Falls Through, What’s Next?

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Image by Katie Tegtmeyer via Flickr Suzanne was angry, to say the least. Since her early teens, her only aspirations in life were to be a missionary to Taiwan and to marry a godly man with…

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God Does Not Always Get What He Wants

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One of the ways the Bible makes it clear that humans have free will and that God doesn’t predetermine human decisions is found in the responses God has toward human choices. Scripture consistently depicts God…

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Analogies For Understanding Prayer

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God is all-powerful, which means he owns all the “say-so” there is. But when he decided to populate the creation with free agents, he gave each human various units of “say-so.” [Click here for yesterday’s…

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Prayer Matters

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Martin Sharman via Compfight Jesus taught us to pray in a way that recognizes that God’s will isn’t manifested in evil; it’s manifested when he and his people revolt against it. Jesus tells us that…

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Romans 8:28: What Does It Mean?

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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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Some Questions a Year After Her Child’s Death

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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…

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Hearing and Responding to God: Part 6

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Greg has a couple additional thoughts about this topic so here’s part 6 and we’ll post part 7 tomorrow. Today, Greg discusses a way for us to discern the will of God. You can view…

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