The Work of the People
Podcast: How Much Are We Responsible For?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: The Work of the People, Wealth and Responsibility, Work of the People
Greg discusses human responsibility and doing what we can do (and not worrying so much about what we are not able to do). http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0095.mp3
Dancing with the Triune God
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Judgment, Kingdom Living, Practicing the Presence of God, The Work of the People
Topics: Hearing God, Prayer
What does it mean to live in the presence of God now? How do we do this? What does it mean to be in the presence of God for eternity? In this video produced by…
Manifesting God’s Character
Category: General, Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: The Church, The Kingdom of God, The Work of the People
Topics: The Church
What is the role of the church in God’s kingdom? Greg says that the role of the church is to be who we are. Then our doing flows out of our being. When we are who we…
Nations and Violence
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Nationalism, The Sword, The Work of the People, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
In this video by The Work of the People, Greg shares why there is no such thing as a Christian nation. Nations are not the kind of things that turn the other cheek, love their…
Starting to Smell
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Death, Heaven, The Work of the People
Topics: Death and Salvation
What happens to you when you die? Do we immediately go to heaven as is commonly thought? What can we learn from near death experiences? In this short video, Greg speaks to what the Bibles…
Transported
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Atonement, Cross, The Work of the People
Topics: Atonement and The Cross
What did Jesus do on the cross that we couldn’t do for ourselves? Jesus stood in our place. God stepped in to bear the consequences of our sin. And in doing so, Christ defeated the powers,…
Prayer: Partnering with God
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Greg Boyd, Prayer, The Work of the People
Topics: Hearing God, Prayer
What is prayer? What does it mean to pray? If love is the ultimate goal of our relationship with God, and love is founded upon communication, then it would make sense that God would put…
Divine Wisdom
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Calvinism, Evil, Open Theism, Problem of Evil, Suffering, The Work of the People, Theodicy
Topics: The Problem of Evil
Why doesn’t God end it all and stop the slaughter? Why does God allow suffering and evil to go on so long? Here, Greg offers two possible answers to these questions. Option A is that all evil somehow is…
Authentic Theology
Category: General
Tags: Auschwitz, Calvinism, Pain, The Work of the People, Theology
Topics: The Problem of Evil
So much theology does not do justice to the reality of the world. Any theology that’s going to claim to be authentic must be done on the edge of a mass grave of gassed children….
From Mescaline to Jesus
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Greg Boyd, Testimonies, The Work of the People
Topics: Following Jesus
In this video clip by The Work of the People, Greg shares the story of how he finally converted from atheism to Christianity. Enjoy!
Creating God in Our Own Image
Category: General
Tags: Character of God, God, Greg Boyd, Jesus, Power, The Work of the People, Travis Reed
Topics: Attributes and Character
How have we created God in our own image? In this short video produced by The Work of the People, Greg reflects on various ways that humans typically think about God in terms of power, and how…
A Video Introduction to Open Theism
Category: General
Tags: Free Will, Greg Boyd, Open Future, Open Theism, The Work of the People, Travis Reed
Topics: Open Theism What it is and is not
Here’s a video clip on Open Theism from Greg’s sessions with Travis Reed with The Work of the People. What is Open Theism? Open Theists affirm that God knows all of reality perfectly, so Open Theism really…
A Restless Heart
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Kingdom Living, Peace, Rest, Spiritual Hunger, The Work of the People, Video
Topics: Following Jesus
What is the “good news” of the Gospel? How can we find rest in Jesus? Here’s another video from The Work of the People that examines these questions.
Making God in Our Own Image
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: God, Interview, Jesus, The Work of the People, Travis Reed
In this video, Greg introduces the idea of how we make God into our own image instead of allowing God to define himself through the revelation of Jesus. In an interview performed by Travis Reed…
The Cruciform Way of the Lamb
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Bible, Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Lamb of God, Non-Violence, The Work of the People
In this video, Greg offers insight into how to read the Bible with the cross at the center of the revelation of God, thereby reframing how we interpret the violent and nationalistic passages of the…