If we fully trust that God is as beautiful as he reveals himself to be on the cross, we must regard the ugly surface appearance of these portraits to reflect the sinful way his people imagined God, not the way… — 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
