Prayer
What Does ‘Your Faith Has Healed You’ Mean? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, Doubt, Doubt and the Idol of Certainty, Faith, healing, Miracles, Prayer
Greg discusses faith, doubt, and healings. Episode 486 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0486.mp3
What Does it Mean to Pray in Jesus’ Name? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Discipleship, Prayer
Greg considers the phrase ‘in Jesus’ name’ and unpacks what that might mean. He also shows why the phrase is important for One-ness Pentecostals. Episode 481 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0481.mp3
Why is the Lord’s Prayer So Formulaic? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Prayer
Greg considers if Jesus was acting out of character when he taught the Lord’s prayer. Episode 476 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0476.mp3
Podcast: Dear Greg: My Friend Committed Suicide. Should I Pray for Her Soul?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Death, Depression, Prayer, purgatory, Suicide
When does our story end? Greg talks about suicide and praying for the dead. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0414.mp3
Podcast: Why Must God Wait for Prayer to Meet Our Needs?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Free Will, Prayer, Providence
Is God a bad father? Greg explores the intricacies and nuances of prayer. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0404.mp3
Podcast: Why Does Prayer Feel So Fake?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cataphatic Prayer, Imaginative Prayer, Prayer
Greg talks about practicing a prayer discipline and battling against feelings of superficiality in prayer. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0335.mp3
Do My Prayers Matter?
Category: General
Tags: Prayer
We talked about the risk God took in creating the world as he did (see previous post). The choices made by humans and spiritual agents influence what transpires in history. This sets the stage for…
Podcast: Is It Wrong To Pray to Saints?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Practicing the Presence of God, Prayer
Greg discusses the risks and issues associated with praying to anyone or anything other than God. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0242.mp3
Podcast: What’s the Deal with the Laying on of Hands?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Prayer
Greg and Dan get touchy in this very handy episode on ‘the laying on of hands.’ http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0210.mp3
God’s Heart to Prevent Judgment
Category: General
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Judgment, Prayer
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
Verse: Ezekiel 21, Ezekiel 22
In Ezekiel we read a passage that depicts Yahweh as warning his people about their impending punishment by saying, “I will pour out my wrath on you and breathe out my fiery anger against you”…
Podcast: If Paul Couldn’t Get HIS Thorn Removed, Why Should We Think OUR Prayers for Healing Will Be Answered?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Prayer
Greg considers why Paul was unable to get his thorn removed, and argues that we should not universalize Paul’s situation to all of ours. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0182.mp3
Podcast: If Open Theism is True, Does it Make Sense to Pray For Intercession?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Open Theism, Prayer
Greg talks about prayer and freedom. Specifically, if free will is so important, why would God override it in answer to prayer? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0123.mp3
The Image That Transforms
Category: General
Tags: Imagination, Prayer, Transformation
With the Advent of Jesus, we see the icon of God, the One in whom the otherwise invisible God is seen. The word icon comes from the Greek word for “image” (eikon). While it is…
Loving the Unlovable
Category: General
Tags: Imagination, Love, Prayer
Mother Teresa had a prayer she spoke each day that enabled her to minister effectively: Dearest Lord, may I see you today and every day in the person of your sick, and whilst nursing them,…
Podcast: When We Pray for Our Leaders, What Should We Pray?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Prayer
Greg talks about praying for our leaders. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0072.mp3
Practicing Faith
Category: General
Tags: Faith, Imagination, Prayer
Faith is the substantiating of things hoped for and the conviction of things not yet seen, based on Hebrews 11:1 as I explained in this post. Practically speaking, this means that you become aware of…
Election Benediction
Category: General
Tags: Faith, Politics, Prayer
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
On this election day, when so many Americans are experiencing high levels of anxiety, I thought it would be good to share an “Election Benediction” that was written and sent to me by Kenneth Tanner….
Praying for Peace During Political Hostility
Category: General
Tags: Peace, Politics, Prayer
Jesus calls his disciples to be “peacemakers” (Mt 5:9). During this season of political animosity, we have a great opportunity to practice being disciples by offering an alternative way of interacting with each other. One…
Put on the Armor of God
Category: General
Tags: Faith, Kingdom Living, Prayer, Satan, Warfare Worldview
The whole of the Christian life is an act of war against the enemy as we follow Jesus in storming the gates of hell (See post.) No passage better illustrates this than Paul’s metaphor of…
Why Does God’s Activity Seem So Arbitrary?
Category: General
Tags: Character of God, Free Will, Jesus, Prayer, Problem of Evil
Why? It’s the question that never goes away. Why is one infant born sickly and deformed when at the same time another is born perfectly healthy? Why does tragedy repeatedly strike one family while another…