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What Type of Faith Do You Have?

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Genesis 32 tells the story of Jacob, wrestling through the night with a nameless man, revealed to be none other than God Himself. We read that when this man “saw that he could not overpower”…

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Podcast: How Do You Understand God’s Promises to Israel?

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Greg discusses God’s promises to Israel. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0208.mp3

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A Kingdom Not of This World

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In the previous post, I introduced how Jesus directly taught against the favored nation status of Israel, an theme that runs throughout his ministry. For example, Yahweh’s Sinai covenant with Israel was rooted in a…

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Jesus and the “Favored Nation”

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Nationalism lies at the heart of the Old Testament narrative. This concept is intimately wrapped up with the law-oriented covenant God made with the Israelites at Mount Sinai, for at the heart of this covenant…

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Incarnation and Covenant

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The most distinctive aspect of Jesus’ identity, according to the faith of the historic-orthodox Church, is that Jesus is fully God and fully human—“God Incarnate,” to use the Church’s creedal phraseology. To accurately reflect on…

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Jesus, the New Israel

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The Gospels present Jesus and the Kingdom he inaugurated as the fulfillment of Israel’s story. For example, Jesus’ birth fulfills Israel’s longing for a Messiah; his return from Egypt as a child mirrors their Exodus…

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Jesus, the Light that Blesses

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God spoke a promise to Abraham in Genesis 12 that his descendants would be a great nation and that all of the nations would be blessed through him. In this sermon clip, Greg discusses how Jesus…

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Jesus’ Different Kind of Nation

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God called Abraham to form a unique nation by which “all peoples of the earth will be blessed.” The unique call of the descendants of Abraham was to become a nation of servant-priests whom God…

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God’s “Ways” and “Thoughts” are Higher

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Isaiah 55:8-9 is one of the more often quoted passages in the Bible. It reads:             … my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways … As the heavens are higher…

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God is Flexible: Romans 9, Part 4

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As we continue this series on Romans 9, [Here’s the link to the first post in the series.] today we will look at the famous potter/clay analogy. Most tend to interpret the potter and clay image…

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Paul Was Not Writing about Personal Salvation: Romans 9, Part 2

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In yesterday’s post, I summarized the deterministic interpretation of Romans 9 and offered the first argument against it. In this post I offer the second and third of six arguments that reveal that there is something…

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Four Blood Moons—What’s the Significance?

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The first of four successive “blood moons” will occur on April 15 & 16. Is this significant? Does it point to coming earth-shattering events specifically related to Israel? Many authors like John Hagee believe it…

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Sermon Clip: Mark Moore Israel Week 2

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In this sermon clip, Mark Moore talks about how God interrupts Abrahams life by asking him to have huge faith.  In week two of The Forest In The Trees, Woodland Hills takes a look at…

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Love in Unexpected Places

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Here’s a letter we received from a reader pointing us to this TED talk: Hi,   My Name is Austin. I’ve been a podrishoner at Woodland Hills Church for the past 3 years and frequently visit…

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A Distinctly Christian Take on the Israel-Palestine Conflict

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David Masters via Compfight Here is a great essay, written by a young kingdom revolutionary I’m just getting to know, Jonathan Martin.  Jonathan addresses the hot topic of the Israel-Palestine conflict with biblical insight, theological…

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God and Our Political Platforms

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Rachel Held Evans posted a blog today on the stir created when Democrats booed the passing of “an amendment to the party platform reinstating language that identified Jerusalem as the rightful capital of Israel and…

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