“The radically countercultural and revolutionary movement that Jesus birthed has, in our country (as in every other “Christian” country), been largely reduced… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“The crucified Christ, in short, gives us the “Magic Eye” to discern him in the depths of even the most horrifically violent… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“any suggestion that God has returned to his Old Testament theocratic mode of operation—as in raising up America as a uniquely favored… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
America wasn't founded as a theocracy. America was founded by people trying to escape theocracies. Never in history have we had a… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“..the self-serving, doubt-quenching, certainty-seeking faith that these folks are choosing to pursue is not faith as it's taught in Scripture…the faith that… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
Another form of prayer, called cataphatic, honors and reverences images and feelings and goes through them to God. This form of prayer… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“Do you trust threats, judgment, shame, or social pressure (even in church!) to change people, or do you trust the Holy Spirit… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“God had to accommodate his self-revelation to the spiritual state and cultural conditioning of his people in the ages leading up to… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
So these liberals say historical research can't possibly discover the Jesus of faith, because the Jesus of faith is not rooted in… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
The sin that Jesus bore, and that we are now empowered to live free from, includes all the sinful warrior deity images… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
The violent portraits of God in Scripture have become one of the biggest obstacles to believers coming to faith. When we can… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“The evangelical church in America has, to a large extent, been co-opted by an American, religious version of the kingdom of the… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“The fact that it was the “Christian church” which chose to do the evils you write about, and to do them using… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“What if the energy and resources used to preserve and tweak the civil religion was rather spent feeding the hungry, housing the… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“I believe a significant segment of American evangelicalism is guilty of nationalistic and political idolatry. To a frightful degree, I think, evangelicals… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“This is our part in spiritual war. We proclaim Christ's truth by praying it, speaking it and (undoubtedly most importantly) by demonstrating… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“Consider these questions: Did Jesus ever suggest by word of example that we should aspire to acquire, let alone take over, the… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“The result is that it has become humanly impossible for many around the globe to hear the good news as good. Instead,… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
Jesus clearly believed in the reality of Satan and other principalities and powers. Now, I have very compelling historical, philosophical, and existential… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“God took on our humanity, our sin, and the just punishment that sin deserves, dying a God-forsaken, hellish death on the cross,… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
Second, if you disbelieve in the reality of good and evil spirit agents, you fundamentally change the narrative of Scripture. The motif… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“Consider these questions: Did Jesus ever suggest by word of example that we should aspire to acquire, let alone take over, the power of… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
Jesus came to establish the kingdom of God as a radical alternative to all versions of the kingdom of the world, whether they declare… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
“God took on our humanity, our sin, and the just punishment that sin deserves, dying a God-forsaken, hellish death on the cross, because only… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
The holiness of the kingdom of God must be preserved. If Jesus refused to acknowledge and fight for Israel as God's favored nation- even… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
“Coming under others has a power to do what laws and bullets and bombs can never do—namely, bring about transformation in an enemy’s heart.… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
“Jesus’ life and ministry consistently reveal the humble character of a servant. Though he rightfully owned the entire cosmos, he, by choice, had no… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
“Why would these people do this for us?” This is the question the church ought to be continually raising in people’s minds by its… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
“The question that wins the world is not, how can we get our “morally superior” way enforced in the world? The question that wins… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
Accommodation is a central aspect of the cross-centered interpretation of violent portraits of God that I'm advocating. Like everything else in Cross Vision, this… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
Second, if you disbelieve in the reality of good and evil spirit agents, you fundamentally change the narrative of Scripture. The motif of spiritual… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
“many people have trouble passionately loving and living for God because they have a mental picture of him that inspires anything but passion.” — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
“I believe a significant segment of American evangelicalism is guilty of nationalistic and political idolatry. To a frightful degree, I think, evangelicals fuse the… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
Our central job is not to solve the world’s problems. Our job is to draw our entire life from Christ and manifest that life… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
“So too, since Christ has in principle defeated the fallen "gods" (principalities and powers) who have for ages inspired injustice, cruelty and apathy toward… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
“the reason God now calls kingdom people to remain separate from the ways of the kingdom-of-the-world is not to isolate them from their culture… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share
