Please Don’t Look the Other Way
Category: General
Tags: Animals, Vegetarianism
Topics: Creation Care
I know it’s not pleasant information, But as kingdom people whose first mandate is to rule the animal kingdom the way God rules us – with loving care – we have a responsibility to not…
Video Q&A: What if violence is necessary to protect a loved one?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Greg Boyd, Non-Violence, Video Q&A
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
We recently posted a video Q&A on open theism and we received a lot of positive feedback. We’re happy to share another of these today on the question of non-violence. Greg has answered this question…
What is your stance on abortion?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Abortion, Kingdom Living
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
*This is an edit of a post published in 2008. Since we continue to get questions along these lines, we thought we would repost it. Question: I’ve heard that you lost members of your congregation…
A Response to Tony Campolo on Fighting the Powers: Some Final Thoughts
Category: General
Tags: Politics, Tony Campolo
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
In my previous post I argued against Tony’s claim that God expects governments to carry out his will and that Christians are therefore to influence government to carry out this task. I rather argued that,…
Homosexuality and the Church: Finding a “Third Way”
Category: Essays
Tags: Essay, Homosexuality, Love, Politics, Sexuality
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Here is a word I a shared this last weekend with Woodland Hills Church (where I’m senior pastor) in response to numerous questions I’ve received over the last several months. People have asked me why…
A Response to Tony Campolo on Fighting the Powers
Category: General
Tags: Politics, Spiritual Warfare, Tony Campolo
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
While I have nothing but admiration for Tony Campolo, I differ with his views on how Christians are to be change agents in the world. He has always been a strong proponent of Christians bringing…
A Response to Tony Campolo on Taxes
Category: Essays
Tags: Essay, Politics, Tony Campolo
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
In this and the next several blogs that I’ll be writing, I’d like to respond to views of Tony Campolo on several topics related to Christians and politics. I have had the privilege of dialoguing…
Should Christians really only use non-violent resistance to things like war/genocide?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Non-Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence, Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Question: Greg Boyd describes himself as a pacifist. I am curious to know what he thinks about wars or any other situation where genocide is happening. When such evil things are being done by force and…
If you really want to defend the poor from Caesar, shouldn’t we use the political means that exist? It’s easy to make your argument when you are in a position of privilege.
Category: Q&A
Tags: Kingdom Living, Politics, Poverty
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Question: I’ve been reading your blogs for a while. I’ve read multiple texts written by you and it’s difficult to listen much longer as someone in poverty. It’s easy to make your argument when you…
All Creatures Great and Small
Category: General
Tags: Animals, Blessing
Topics: Creation Care
Kurt Willems over at The Pangea Blog shared this video on a blessing ceremony for animals. It’s a reminder that our first commission from God was to care for the animals and the Earth. Be…
Insights from a Technology Fast
Category: Essays
Tags: Essay, Technology
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Hannah Brencher took a two week technology fast and shared what she learned last week. Of course, if you’re reading this, you obviously make use of technology and we’re not saying that there’s anything wrong…
God and Our Political Platforms
Category: General
Tags: Israel, Jesus, Kingdom Living, Politics
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
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…
Contemplating Food Choices
Category: General
Tags: Kingdom Living, Vegetarianism
Topics: Creation Care
As many of you know, Shelley and I have been vegetarians for the last eight years or so. This is a personal conviction, not a doctrine, but there are compelling reasons for adopting this lifestyle. The…
Shouldn’t preachers rally Christians to fight political injustice?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Kingdom Living, Politics, Social Issues
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Question: My pastor has publicly supported your book The Myth of a Christian Nation. But he’s recently called on the church to take a stand against the injustice of our local government cutting funding for inner…
I have forgiven, but how do I trust again?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Christian Life, Forgiveness, Relationships
Topics: Relationships
READER: A while back, a friend of mine seriously hurt and betrayed me. After three years of not seeing one another (her choice), she humbly repented, told me she was sorry, and asked for my forgiveness. I have forgiven her and we are starting to be friends again. But now what? How do I open my heart to her again? How do I start “testing the waters” to see if I can trust again?
Are angels involved in answering prayer?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Prayer, Spiritual Warfare
Topics: Hearing God, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
READER: In Daniel 10 we read of an angel telling Daniel that he was delayed from giving him the answer to his prayer because of spiritual warfare going on. My question is, are angels always involved in answering our prayers?
I believe Christianity is true, but how do I feel it?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Christian Life, Spiritual Formation
Topics: Hearing God, Prayer
READER: Reading your Letters From a Skeptic recently helped me conclude that Jesus really is Lord and that he died for me, so I decided to become his follower. But for some reason I don’t…
If God is already doing the most he can do, how does prayer increase his influence?
Category: Q&A
Tags: God, Prayer, Problem of Evil, Providence, Q&A
Topics: Defending the Open View, Hearing God, Prayer, Providence, Predestination and Free Will
Question: If God always does the most that he can in every tragic situation, as you claim in Satan and the Problem of Evil, how can you believe that prayer increases his influence, as you…
The Scandal Over Global Warming
Category: General
Topics: Creation Care
Okay, I’m back. Between end of the year church stuff, my obsession with my book Jesus Versus Jehovah, some drama with friends and family, and trying to keep up with the incredible number of orders…
How Does God Hear All Our Prayers?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Christian Life, God, Prayer, Q&A
Topics: Hearing God, Prayer
Q: At any given moment there are millions of people praying to God. How is it possible for God to pay attention to my little, silent prayer amidst all the chatter? The reason you or…