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Greg Boyd: Apologies & Explanations

Listen to Greg Boyd share his wisdom and insight 3 times per week. Recognized in 2010 as one of the 20 most influential living Christian scholars, Greg's teachings have enlightened people all over the world in their search for God. Get to know Greg and his profound theology through these short, impactful episodes.
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Episodes

Who Converted You From Calvinism?

Greg tells the story of those strange days in the 80s when he was a pseudo-Calvinist. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Facebook: ReKnew Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

May 23, 20183 min

Why Does Prayer Feel So Fake?

Greg talks about practicing a prayer discipline and battling against feelings of superficiality in prayer. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Facebook: ReKnew Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

May 21, 20189 min

Reflections on Mother's Day from a Motherless Boy

Greg talks about growing up without his biological mother and then having an abusive step-mother. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Facebook: ReKnew Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

May 18, 201810 min

What is the Aspen School of Missional Apprenticeship (SOMA)?

Greg talks about the Aspen School of Missional Apprenticeship (SOMA) and how investing in a discipleship program now can have exponential returns for your ministry for the rest of your life. Link to the program: SOMA Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Facebook: ReKnew Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

May 17, 20183 min

Is the United States Segregated Still?

Greg talks about racism and segregation in the United States and also talks about his time with John Perkins. Books Mentioned: The New Jim Crow One Blood Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Facebook: ReKnew Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

May 16, 201820 min

How Does Spiritual Warfare Actually Work?

Greg talks about Spiritual Warfare and the risks of speculating about things we do not know anything about. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Facebook: ReKnew Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

May 14, 20183 min

Why Was Jesus So Secretive About his Miracles?

Greg talks about the messianic secret and why Jesus was so hush-hush. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Facebook: ReKnew Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

May 09, 20183 min

Impromptu Interview with Paul Eddy

Dan interviews Paul Eddy, the man who may have converted Greg Boyd from Calvinism. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

May 06, 201816 min

Is it a Sin to Download Someone's Consciousness?

Greg and Dan make a last ditch effort to save humanity from the rise of the robots. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

May 04, 20184 min

If You Could've Killed Hitler, Wouldn't You?

Greg challenges the intuitively appealing notion of killing Hitler and thereby preventing the massacre of millions of people. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

May 02, 20188 min

Does a Jesus-Centric Theology Reduce God?

Greg challenges the traditional starting point of many theologies and defends starting our theology about God's nature and character with what has been revealed about Jesus. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 30, 20184 min

Overflow Episode 2 — Mice, Hot Sauce, Fallen Angels, and Broken Hearts

Dan and Brianna tackle some tough questions: —How do you forgive someone who has broken your heart? —What should we do about house mice? —Why Doesn't God destroy fallen angels? Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 28, 201824 min

What is the Unforgivable Sin?

Greg looks at the ONE thing that can get you kicked out of God's presence. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 27, 20183 min

What if Jesus was NOT Crucified and Died of Old Age?

Greg looks at what is important about the crucifixion and what isn't. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org

Apr 24, 20183 min

Is it Possible for Unbelievers to Please God?

Greg considers whether God could ever be pleased with something an unbeliever does even though they are not believers. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 23, 20184 min

Overflow Episode 1 — Dust, Flashlights, and Heathens

Dan and Brianna tackle some tough questions: —Is it okay for Christians to be cremated? —How can we preach from the OT with authority? —What should a Christian academic know in a secular school? Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 21, 201821 min

Did You Believe in Evolution When You Wrote Letters from a Skeptic?

Greg reflects on how his theology is different now compared to when he wrote Letters from a Skeptic. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 20, 20183 min

Who is Brianna Millett?

Dan interviews one of ReKnew's newest contributors: Brianna Millett. WARNING: Things get a little goofy! Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 19, 201814 min

Is It Actually Possible for God to Experience Time Sequentially?

Greg considers how to think about God's relationship to time given that there are apparent paradoxes no matter how one things about it. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 18, 20184 min

Can a Person Come Back to God if They Lose Their Faith?

Greg considers the nature of faith and unbelief and offers some enlightening insight that may surprise you. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 16, 20185 min

Dear Greg: How Do I Actually Experience God's Forgiveness?

Greg responds to an emailer who is wrestling with shame and who wants to experience the forgiveness they believe they have. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 13, 20189 min

Greg Confronts Nietzsche

Greg goes toe-to-toe with Friedrich Nietzsche in this epic battle of philosophers. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 09, 20187 min

Why Did Jesus Say He Came to Bring a Sword?

Greg considers what Jesus meant when he said he had come to bring a sword. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 06, 20182 min

How Do You Recommend Reading the Bible to Kids?

Greg looks at reading the Bible to kids and considers where in the Bible one should start reading. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 04, 20186 min

Where is the Foundation of Our Trust in the Old Testament?

Greg looks at what he considers the foundation of trusting in the Bible. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Apr 02, 20184 min

Can We Trust the Gospel of John?

Greg does some gospel-dating. Was John written closer to the year 50, or closer to the year 1986 as Dan suggests? Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Mar 30, 20185 min

How Can I Protect My Kids from the Violence in Media?

Greg looks at ways to help strengthen non-violence in children in a world saturated in violence. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Mar 28, 20186 min

Is Cruciform Hermeneutics Simply Midrash?

Greg considers whether Cruciform Hermeneutics is just a complicated way of seeing what I want to see in the text, and offers nuanced thought for our more complicated hermeneutical challenges. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Mar 26, 20188 min
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