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What makes the “good news” good?
“What makes the good news proclaimed in the NT good is not merely that Jesus is the definitive revelation of God; it is that the God Jesus reveals has a breathtakingly beautiful character.” Greg Boyd: Crucifixion of the Warrior God
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The current evangelical game of “gotcha”
Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. (Mark 12:13, NIV) We are creating new games of “gotcha” in the evangelical world on almost a weekly basis now. Statements issued by one group are carefully scrutinized by another. Actions of one group are carefully scrutinized for motive by another. The religious…
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Psychological salvation
“The reason why the widespread contemporary understanding of faith differs so much from the biblical understanding is that “faith” in the Bible is a covenantal concept while today it has largely become a psychological concept.” — Greg Boyd, The Crucifixion of the Warrior God
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Apologetics
Apologetics is not a call to beat unwilling people into intellectual submission, but to be the servant of those in need. — Dallas Willard
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N T Wright on the Revolution of the Cross
This is well worth spending the hour listening. It begins around 5:00 with N T Wright and this is some of the most important teaching on the cross we’ve needed to understand in my lifetime. It is so fresh and makes sense. For those who have rejected Christianity because of a misreading of the Old Testament (and Wright would explain…
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N T Wright AND Greg Boyd on the Importance of the Crucifixion
Start the video around 7:00.
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Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal: Why all 3?
Quite frankly, when we decide to wake up as the Church in American (realizing we aren’t the “American Church” anymore) what will matter so little at that point in time is if we’re “evangelical” or “liturgical” or “pentecostal.”
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Move from either/or to both/and
Early on the plea is simple: Why are we, as “the Church” one way or the other? Why are we strictly “evangelical” or simply “sacramental” or built up as “pentecostal”? Why do we define ourselves in strict terms to make sure we point out, “Well, we’re not that”?
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The power of the cross — The Revolution
It is through suffering we find victory.
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Romans, sin, and gospel
We have swapped the truth for a lie.
Tag: Theology
