Transformation
Why Your Imagination Matters
Category: General
Tags: Imagination, Imaginative Prayer, Transformation
The flesh, which we discussed in this post earlier this week, is shaped by Satan’s web of deception that deeply infects our imaginations. This is why it has such power to move us to perform…
Podcast: Is Buddhism More Transformative than Christianity?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Peace, Peacemaking, Transformation
Greg looks at faith and transformation and compares Christianity with other worldviews. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0462.mp3
Podcast: New Creations in the Same Old World
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Discipleship, Transformation
Greg discusses the nature of being a new creation. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0461.mp3
Podcast: What Causes Personal Transformation?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Covenant, Discipleship, Transformation
In this episode Greg talks about the important role of imagination in our prayer life and in our thought life. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0005.mp3
Saul Never Became Paul — The Myth of the Radical Name Change
Category: Guest Contributor
Tags: Paul, Paul's Letters, Transformation
Article by Kurt Willems Today, I have something that may be a huge paradigm shift for you. You’ve heard the story: Saul became Paul. It’s a powerful story. A Jewish man once hell-bent on the…
Seeing and Knowing God
Category: General
Tags: Jesus, Transformation
Topics: Following Jesus
There are many scripture passages that seem to suggest that the way people view God often says more about them than it does about God. Our perception of God, as well as other spiritual truths,…
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…
Change That Is Real
Category: General
Tags: Jesus, Kingdom Living, Transformation
With the coming of Christ, which we celebrate during the Advent season, the Father, Son, and Spirit made a way for us to be incorporated into the triune fellowship. We are placed in Christ through…
Overcoming the Flesh
Category: General
Tags: Experiencing God, Fruit of the Spirit, Imaginative Prayer, The Holy Spirit, Transformation
In Monday’s post, we talked about the nature of the flesh. Here let’s introduce the work of the Spirit in overcoming the flesh. The Holy Spirit’s goal in pointing us to Christ is to replace…
What the Cross Tells Us About God
Category: General
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, Cross, Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Transformation
Whether we’re talking about our relationship with God or with other people, the quality of the relationship can never go beyond the level of trust the relating parties have in each other’s character. We cannot…
How to be Transformed
Category: General
Tags: Cataphatic Prayer, Imagination, Imaginative Prayer, Prayer, Rest, Transformation
We are transformed as we gaze upon the beauty and glory of God. Paul put it this way, “And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image…
How to Produce the Fruit of the Spirit
Category: General
Tags: Fruit of the Spirit, Imaginative Prayer, Jesus, Peace, Prayer, Seeing is Believing, The Holy Spirit, Transformation
When the New Testament tells us to be loving, joyful, peaceful, kind and so on, it is not giving us a new set of behaviors that we are to strive to accomplish. Striving to attain…
The Danger of the Penal Substitution View of Atonement
Category: General
Tags: Atonement, Forgiveness, Jesus, Kingdom Living, Penal Substitution View of Atonement, Sin, Transformation
Topics: Atonement and The Cross
About 25 years ago I was traveling on the freeway to somewhere or other and I stopped at a truck stop to get a bite to eat. I sat down at the counter next to…
“I’m Saved, but I Still Struggle. Why?”
Category: Q&A
Tags: Escaping the Matrix, The Mind, Transformation
Topics: Sin
Many people become Christians thinking that salvation means that they will be free from the struggle with sinful behaviors or destructive ways of thinking. How can Christ live in us while at the same time…
Why the “Try Harder” Solution Fails
Category: General
Tags: Fruit of the Spirit, Seeing is Believing, Transformation
Mike via Compfight So much social media interaction is shaped by conversations about what people should or should not do or how people should or should not think. This seems to be even worse within…
From the Heart: Transformation
Category: General
Tags: From the Heart, Testimonies, Transformation, Woodland Hills Church
We absolutely love getting letters of testimony. If you have been impacted by this ministry in a significant way, please consider sharing your story with us. Here’s one we received this week that rocked our…