Is Your Church Promoting Tribalism?
Category: Essays
Tags: Essay, Kingdom, New Humanity, Racism, Tribalism
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues, The Church
It’s long been said that Sunday morning is the most segregated time of the week. Sadly, many have taught us that homogeneity is the way the church grows the fastest. But should we put up…
Is Systemic Sin Real Sin? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues, Sin
Greg contemplates people and peoples, individuals and groups, cogs and systems. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0811.mp3
Is the New Testament Against Slavery? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Greg shows that the New Testament does NOT condone slavery. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0807.mp3
Do You Think America is Dying? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Greg diagnosis America, and the prognosis doesn’t look good. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0800.mp3
What Do You Think of Critical Race Theory? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues, Following Jesus
Greg and Jerry talk about Critical Race Theory (CTR). http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0725.mp3
Can We Judge a Person Based on Who They Vote For? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues, Following Jesus
Greg and Jesse talk voting, judgement, and the morality of who we vote for. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0724.mp3
What Would You Change About Myth of a Christian Nation Now? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Myth of a Christian Nation
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues, The Church
Greg and Matt Tebbe discuss Myth of a Christian Nation. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0702.mp3
America on Thin Ice
Category: General
Tags: Political Idolatry, Politics
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
by: Greg Boyd I was fascinated by Congress’s Impeachment Trial. After all available witnesses had testified and all the available evidence had been presented, not one mind on either side of the aisle had changed. …
Resisting the Pull for Armed Defense
Category: General, Guest Contributor
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Article by Michael Gonzalez Yesterday it happened again. Another shooting of innocent victims. Violence upon violence. This time and certainly not the first, in a church. A gunman entered West Freeway Church of Christ in…
God’s Ways Are Higher Than Ours
Category: General
Tags: Blessing, Kingdom of God, Love, Racial, Unity
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
A frequently quoted passage from the Old Testament comes from Isaiah 55. It reads: …my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways… As the heavens are higher than the earth, so…
Jesus was Not a [Socialist]
Category: Guest Contributor
Tags: Discipleship, Political Idolatry, Politics
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Article by Dan Kent Our political climate right now exhausts me. The fracturing. The bullying. The ideological mobs. I feel like I’m surrounded by a hundred Towers of Babel babbling at me all day long,…
Jesus’ Kind of Social Justice
Category: General
Tags: Justice, Political Idolatry, Politics, Social Issues
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
For many, the primary way of building the kingdom is to influence politics in order to make America more Christian. Others take the opposite approach, concluding that Jesus didn’t try to overhaul the political systems…
The Principle of Non-Violence
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Anabaptism, Greg Boyd, Non-Violence, Paul Eddy, Peace, Woodland Hills Church
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Several years ago, Woodland Hills Church hosted a Q&A with Greg Boyd and Paul Eddy to answer questions that arose from their exploration of Anabaptism. In this short clip, they address the Anabaptist principle of…
Confessions of a Christian Nation: Native American/First Nations Oppression
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Brian McLaren, Brian Zahnd, Bruxy Cavey, Confession, Greg Boyd, Native Americans, Repentance, Rex Harsin
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
In this third part of the Confessions series, Brian Zahnd, Brian McLaren, Bruxy Cavey and Greg Boyd confess the sins of the Christian church against the Native American and First Nations people. Thanks to Rex Harsin…
Confessions of a Christian Nation – LGBTQ Discrimination
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Brian McLaren, Brian Zahnd, Bruxy Cavey, Confession, Greg Boyd, LGBTQ, Rex Harsin
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Here is the second installment of the Confessions series filmed by Rex Harsin. We pray that it will bring healing and opportunities for reconciliation.
Responding to the Negative Fallout of Trump’s Election
Category: General
Tags: Kingdom Living, Love Your Neighbor, Politics, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Yesterday I suggested that we refrain from judging the motivations of brothers and sisters who voted for Donald Trump (see post). As the young lady I spoke with illustrates, a person could genuinely grieve over the negative…
Believing the Best About Political Opponents
Category: General
Tags: Faith, Love, Love Your Enemies, Love Your Neighbor, Politics
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
The surprising election of Donald Trump to President of the United Stated has exposed a profound, anger-filled divide running through the center of the American population. I would like to speak to the many Christians who…
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….
Jesus and Democracy
Category: General
Tags: Jesus, Kingdom Living, Politics
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Question: I’ve heard that the reason Jesus didn’t speak up on political issues was because he didn’t have the benefit of living in a democracy. Since we do, don’t we have a duty both to…
The Problem with Trusting in Governments
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: National Idolatry, Politics
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
In this clip from a recent sermon, Greg discusses the fear that drives us to reject God as King and instead trust in human kings. This is particularly relevant as we approach the presidential election here in…