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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

Crucifixion of the Warrior God Updates

Greg gives some updates on Crucifixion of the Warrior God. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org

Mar 11, 20173 min

If Open Theism is True, Does it Make Sense to Pray For Intercession?

Greg talks about prayer and freedom. Specifically, if free will is so important, why would God override it in answer to prayer? Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Mar 08, 201711 min

How Do We Pursue Both: Justice and Mercy?

Greg looks at how viewing events through the eyes of love removes the apparent tension between justice and mercy. Today's episode is sponsored by Reknew Vampire Repellant—a super-charged can of butt-kick for a blood-sucking world. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Mar 03, 20173 min

Do You Have Any Daily Rituals or Routines?

Greg talks about his essential daily ritual, which brings him great peace and how it allows him to combat idolatry in his life. Today's episode is sponsored by Reknew Vampire Repellant—a travel size can of comfort for a blood-sucking world. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Mar 01, 20177 min

What Advice Can You Give Someone Starting a New Ministry?

Greg considers the dangers of leading a church plant, and offers advice on how to avoid common traps. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Feb 27, 20177 min

Would God Allow Global Warming to Destroy the Earth?

Greg considers global warming and what he thinks about whether God would allow humans to destroy the earth. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Feb 24, 20173 min

How Have Your Views on Hell Changed Since Writing Satan and the Problem of Evil?

Greg travels down memory lane and considers hell and annihilationism. Has his views changed? Will he stand his ground? Will he confess to being wrong? Find out in this thrilling, short adventure episode! Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Feb 22, 20172 min

Does Evil Really Exist?

Greg considers the idea that evil is simply the privation of good. He then offers a better explanation. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Pre-Order Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Feb 20, 20175 min

Could Jesus Have Sinned? (part two)

Dan presses Greg on the nature of Christ's humanity. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Pre-Order Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Feb 17, 20173 min

Could Jesus Have Sinned? (part one)

Greg considers the nature of temptation and the temptability of God. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Pre-Order Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Feb 15, 201710 min

Why Does Peter Call Women Weaker Vessels?

Greg considers 1 Peter 3:7 and Peter's call for men to treat their wives as "weaker vessels." Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Pre-Order Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Feb 13, 20175 min

Can Non-Believers Be Redeemed in Purgatory?

Greg considers whether the acceptance of purgatory opens the door for non-believers to be saved after death. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Pre-Order Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Feb 10, 20174 min

Do You Believe in Purgatory?

Greg reconsiders purgatory and pushes back, a little bit, against the protestant reformers. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Pre-Order Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Feb 08, 20176 min

Can a Person Choose Jesus After Death, and is that Fair for Everyone?

Greg points his analytical periscope into the afterlife to consider the complicated nature of sanctification. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Pre-Order Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Feb 06, 20174 min

What Does it Mean to Take the Lord's Name in Vain?

Greg discusses what it means to take the Lord's name in vain, and ponders politics and first century carpentry. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Pre-Order Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Feb 03, 20178 min

How Do You Make Sense of the Killing of Ananias and Sapphira?

Greg considers: "Who actually killed Ananias and Sapphira." This ancient murder mystery has enormous theological implications! Listen as Inspector Boyd hunts for clues and builds a most compelling case. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Pre-Order Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Feb 01, 201711 min

What's the Big Deal with Oneness Pentecostalism?

Greg discusses Oneness Pentecostalism and the theological problems that pushed him away. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Pre-Order Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Here is Greg's book on Oneness Pentecostalism: "Oneness Pentecostalism and Trinity" Website: ReKnew.org...

Jan 30, 20175 min

If Heaven is So Great, Why Did Satan Fall?

Greg discusses the nature of free will and love on the angelic level. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Pre-Order Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Another Book Mentioned here: "God at War" Website: ReKnew.org...

Jan 27, 20178 min

Have Your Views Changed Since Writing God at War?

Greg discusses how his current views on what he wrote in God at War 20 years ago. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Pre-Order Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Another Book Mentioned here: "God at War" Website: ReKnew.org...

Jan 25, 20172 min

Is the Homosexuality Paul Encounters the Same as the Homosexuality We Encounter Today?

Greg shares some thoughts on the nature of homosexuality, and attitudes towards it, over the span of recorded history. Consideration is then given to Paul's warnings about same sex relations in Romans 1. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Jan 23, 20175 min

Will We Have Free Will in Heaven?

Greg discusses the afterlife and the type of freedom we might have there. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Jan 20, 20176 min

What Would You Look For in a Graduate Program?

Greg offers advice on selecting a graduate school. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org

Jan 18, 20174 min

Is Satan Just a Copout?

Is Satan just a copout for what humans should take responsibility for? Find out inside! Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Jan 17, 20173 min

What is Crucifixion of the Warrior God?

In this 100th episode Greg gives us a peek at Crucifixion of the Warrior God. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book:" Crucifixion of the Warrior God " Website: ReKnew.org...

Jan 13, 201727 min

Does God Hate People?

Greg talks about all those verses where God says he hates people. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book: " God of the Possible " Website: ReKnew.org

Jan 11, 20176 min

Have You Ever Had Marital Problems?

Greg talks openly about the relationship problems he and his wife faced and offers insights on working through such difficulties. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book: " God of the Possible " Website: ReKnew.org...

Jan 09, 20177 min

How Did You Meet Your Wife Shelley?

Greg tells us how he met his wife. This one could get mushy. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book: " God of the Possible " Website: ReKnew.org

Jan 06, 20174 min

What Are Your Thoughts on Using the Apocrypha?

Greg discusses what the apocrypha is and why it is in some bibles and not in others. Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book: " God of the Possible " Website: ReKnew.org

Jan 04, 20172 min

How Much Are We Responsible For?

Greg discusses human responsibility and doing what we can do (and not worrying so much about what we are not able to do). Send Questions To: Dan: @thatdankent Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Links: Greg's book: " God of the Possible " Website: ReKnew.org...

Jan 02, 20177 min
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