Gregory A. Boyd engages readers with his theological insights and pastoral experience. His work delves into profound questions of faith and religion, often challenging conventional notions and offering fresh perspectives. Boyd's writing is driven by a desire to connect spiritual truths with the contemporary world, prompting reflection on the core of religious belief.
This accessible yet comprehensive primer helps readers understand the breadth of viewpoints on major issues in evangelical theology. Now updated and revised throughout.
Exploring the intersection of free will theism, this book presents insights from both Christian and Muslim scholars on Divine Action. It delves into the nature of a personal God who engages with humanity, addressing the complexities of petitionary prayer, gratitude, and justice in the face of suffering. Key contributors, including Ebrahim Moosa and Gregory Boyd, offer thoughtful responses to pressing questions about divine involvement and the efficacy of intercession, highlighting shared beliefs and differences between the two faiths.
Tackle the Bible's biggest dilemma now with the paperback version and study guide in one package.In his revolutionary book Cross Vision, Gregory A. Boyd proposed his groundbreaking cruciform hermeneutic, a way for Christians to make sense of the violence of the Old Testament by seeing it through the crucifixion of Jesus. Now Boyd has teamed up with pastor Deacon Godsey to develop a study guide for individuals and groups. With this bundle, readers will receive the paperback version of Cross Vision, along with the study guide, for working through each chapter, considering various stories from the Bible, and hearing from Boyd about questions that have come up since he wrote the book. The Cross Vision Study Guide Bundle is an essential aid for anyone wrestling with depictions of a violent God yet living with faith in a peaceful Christ.
Renowned pastor-theologian Gregory A. Boyd tackles the Bible's biggest dilemma.The Old Testament God of wrath and violence versus the New Testament God of love and peace-it's a difference that has troubled Christians since the first century.
Exploring the contrast between violent portrayals of God in Scripture and the non-violent nature revealed through Christ's crucifixion, Gregory A. Boyd introduces a "cruciform hermeneutic." In this two-volume work, he presents a theological framework that reframes these violent depictions, demonstrating how they ultimately point to God's self-sacrificial love. Boyd's interpretation seeks to subvert the violence in Scripture, offering a profound understanding of divine love as embodied in the crucified Christ.
In Benefit of the Doubt, influential theologian, pastor, and bestselling author Gregory Boyd invites readers to embrace a faith that doesn't strive for certainty, but rather for commitment in the midst of uncertainty. Boyd rejects the idea that a person's faith is as strong as it is certain. In fact, he makes the case that doubt can enhance faith and that seeking certainty is harming many in today's church. Readers who wrestle with their faith will welcome Boyd's message that experiencing a life-transforming relationship with Christ is possible, even with unresolved questions about the Bible, theology, and ethics. Boyd shares stories of his own painful journey, and stories of those to whom he has ministered, with a poignant honesty that will resonate with readers of all ages.
Wrestling with the question, Is God to blame?, Gregory A. Boyd offers a hopeful picture of a sovereign God who is relentlessly opposed to evil, who knows our sufferings and who can be trusted to bring us through them to renewed life.
This book guides students, pastors, and lay learners to consider and evaluate various ways of understanding God's involvement in the world, especially in relation to views on predestination and the extent of the atonement. Four different scholars present their positions in point-counterpoint style, and the editor's introduction and conclusion fram
Not since David Strauss' Life of Jesus shook European Christianity to its foundations in the nineteenth century has any scholarly discussion of the historical Jesus made the impact on a popular level that the Jesus Seminar is presently making in America. Popular magazines have provided a remarkable amount of space for the Jesus Seminar, including Time and Newsweek which made their work cover stories. At the forefront of the movement lies the work of John Dominic Crossan and Burton L. Mack, who have popularized the Jesus as Cynic sage view. The growing popularity of this new paradigm should be of significant concern for all who hold to the historic Christian faith. To date, however, no thorough evangelical response has been provided to these revisionist views of the historical Jesus. This book is written to fill this void. It provides a serious critique of the Cynic thesis, accessible to laypeople and of interest to thoughtful observers. With interest in the quest for the historical Jesus continuing anew, Boyd's Cynic Sage or Son of God? provides an orthodox defense of the biblical Jesus.
Popular author and pastor Gregory Boyd's Present Perfect will help you experience true spiritual transformation. Boyd shows you how in this thoughtful, accessible book. Ponder the meditations. Consider the practical applications. Then embrace this discipline and discover its life-transforming significance!