Nature of God
Podcast: God as Mother?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Experiencing God, Jesus Feminist, Nature of God, The Image of God
Greg discusses God as mother, and shares about his own healing relationship with the feminine God. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0444.mp3 OBJECTIONS: Greg addresses some concerns about conceiving of God as a mother, including the possible fickleness in conceiving…
Podcast: Should We Take Verses Where God is Forgetful, Fatigued, and Doesn’t Know the Past Literally?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Attributes of God, Character of God, Nature of God
Greg considers a challenge to open theisms about taking verses about God changing his mind literally. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0314.mp3
Podcast: Is it Okay to Pray to God as Mother?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Nature of God
Greg considers God’s gender and the potential power of this identification can have on faith. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0239.mp3 Title: Mother Artist: Arthur Lewin-Funke Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum
Crucified Transcendence
Category: General
Tags: Classical Theism, Cruciform Theology, Nature of God, Transcendence, Trinity
Topics: Attributes and Character
If our thinking about God is to be faithful to the New Testament, then all of our thinking about God must, from beginning to end, be centered on Christ. I’m persuaded that even our thinking…
The Trinity and the Crucified God
Category: General
Tags: Character of God, Cruciform Theology, Love, Nature of God, Trinity
Topics: Attributes and Character, Trinity
God has always been willing to stoop to accommodate the fallen state of his covenant people in order to remain in a transforming relationship with them and in order to continue to further his sovereign…
Cross-Shaped Transcendence
Category: General
Tags: Cross, God's Character, Nature of God, Transcendence
Topics: Attributes and Character
Hellenistic philosophers traditionally embrace a conception of God as the simple, necessary, and immutable One. They do this in order to try to explain the “unmoved mover” who is absolutely distinct from the ever-changing, composite,…
Is God Good?
Category: General
Tags: Free Will, God, Nature of God, Picture of God, Problem of Evil
Andrew Stawarz via Compfight This reflection by David D. Flowers seemed like a good addition to Greg’s recent blogs on free will. Here David talks about the problem of evil and how it is that…
Hearing and Responding to God: Part 5
Category: Q&A
Tags: Hearing God, Listening, Love, Nature of God, Prayer, Trinity
Topics: Hearing God, Prayer
We hope you’ve enjoyed this series on hearing and responding to God. In this last video on the topic, Greg discusses the significance of the fact that God IS love, and how our communion with him…