Jesus came to establish the kingdom of God as a radical alternative to all versions of the kingdom of the world, whether… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“The kingdom of God is not a Christian version of the kingdom of the world. It is, rather, a holy alternative to… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“This is what the kingdom of God looks like. It looks like humility. It looks like grace. It looks like service. It… — 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
“The question that wins the world, and the question that must define the individual and collective life of kingdom-of-God citizens is, how… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
Love is the all-or-nothing of the kingdom of God. Above all we are to love (Col. 3:14; 1 Peter 4:8). Everything we… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“The question that wins the world is not, how can we get our “morally superior” way enforced in the world? The question… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“...we must never confuse the positive things that America does with the kingdom of God, for the kingdom of God is not… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“when the kingdom of God is manifested, it’s obvious. It looks like Jesus. But America as a nation has clearly never looked… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“Participants in the kingdom of the world trust the power of the sword to control behavior; participants of the kingdom of God… — 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
