Topic: Defense of Christian Faith
The Conspiracy Conspiracy03/25/12
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Controversial Issues, Defense of Christian Faith, Discipleship
- There are many theories out there stating that the formation of the Bible is a conspiracy by the early church to cover up other writings about Jesus. In this sermon, Greg conspires to show how those theories have their own problems and addresses some of the questions these theories raise.
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The Bridezilla of Christ01/15/12
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Controversial Issues, Defense of Christian Faith, Hope
- The Church is the body and bride of Christ. And while Paul says that we are holy in Christ’s sight, we don’t always act like it. In this sermon, Greg talks about how difficult it is to hope in the Church, and how we can still strive to be the Bride of Christ.
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- MP4 Video 111.2 MB
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- Sermon Transcription PDF
[Church] Happens04/17/11
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Defense of Christian Faith, Kingdom of God, Humility
- Jesus’ Church has done a lot of bad things throughout history. Whether it was wars or various forms of torture, people have misused the idea of Church. In this sermon, Greg speaks about the different issues surrounding the Church’s history, and he submits a few ideas about how to deal with this type of crap happening.
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- MP4 Video 182.1 MB
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Toppling the House of Cards01/30/11
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Controversial Issues, Defense of Christian Faith, Faith
- Questions can sometimes topple faith like a house of cards. In this sermon, we introduce the idea that following Jesus is the central aspect of faith. This frees us to question and critique different aspects of our faith, without losing that faith.
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- High Quality MP3 18.9 MB
- MP4 Video 111.0 MB
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Jesus: Avatar or God?12/27/09
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Defense of Christian Faith, Evangelism
- Our American culture seems to have grown more open to spiritual things in recent history. In general this openness is good—but there is also the danger of losing the uniqueness of what we believe as Christians—that Jesus IS God and not merely one of many ways that God is expressed in the world.
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- High Quality MP3 20.6 MB
- MP4 Video 122.8 MB
- High Quality MP4 499.8 MB
- Windows Media Video 121.5 MB
The Jesus Legend04/08/07
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Defense of Christian Faith, Resurrection, Transformation
- During this beautiful Easter season, the most important question arises: Did Jesus really rise from the dead? The Christian faith and all its transformative power depends upon the truth of Jesus’ resurrection. Greg shared the top 5 arguments about believing in Jesus' resurrection along with some responses.
The 77-Fulfillment Savior09/10/06
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Defense of Christian Faith, Hope, Individualism
- Some people think that the genealogies of Jesus are outright boring. In reality, there is a wonderful truth communicated in those lines of names. The truth is that Jesus is not only the fulfillment of Israel’s hopes, but also the hopes for the entire human race. As Christians, we can live in that truth today!
Washed and Ready06/18/06
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Baptism, Defense of Christian Faith
- Baptism is a crucial element of the Body of Christ, the church. It's been a staple among Christians for literally thousands of years. In his third chapter, Luke makes implicit and explicit points that shed light on the Kingdom of God, including the significance of baptism. Luke's writing shows him to be a good and serious historian. Like other historians of his time, he used the reigns of important rulers, like Caesar and Pilate, to let the audience know the time and date when he’s writing yet he chose to focus his perspective on God's activities in human history, specifically the coming Messiah.
New Insights or Same Old Nonsense?04/16/06
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Defense of Christian Faith, Resurrection
- Christ’s resurrection is miraculous! The claim that a human being rose from the dead, and is God, is very difficult to comprehend. We’re used to people dying and staying dead. Our culture is looking to new insights and reasons to disprove and disbelieve the validity of the Gospels and the resurrection of Jesus. However, the New Testament Gospels make the claim that Jesus is God, and that he indeed rose from the dead. In contrast to recent discoveries, like the Gospel of Judas, the New Testament Gospels have been proven historically accurate, and have withstood the test of time. Even with all of the historical evidence, we still, by faith, have to make a choice to believe. We can either believe that Christ was a liar or a crazy person, or we can believe that Jesus is God and that he indeed rose from the dead.
The Lord's Messiah02/12/06
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Defense of Christian Faith
- According to the Old Testament and Jewish tradition, the Messiah would be anointed to be three things:
1) a priest (mediating God-Israel relation)
2) a warrior (liberating Israel from oppressive powers)
3) a king (ruling Israel in truth and justice).
These were the expectations of the first century Jews. Jesus came and fulfilled these expectations but did so in an unexpected way. He was and is all these things, but in a way much different, and far deeper, than Jews at the time understood. He “over-fulfilled” the expectations.
Jesus for Thinking People, Part 303/27/05
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Defense of Christian Faith, Resurrection
- In the last two weeks Greg spent time showing the flaws in the “conspiracy theory” and the “legendary theory.” This week he addressed another theory that secular scholars offer to answer the question: “What happened to produce the Gospel accounts?” The resurrection could have been a hallucination. Greg had five responses to counter this theory.
Jesus for Thinking People, Part 203/20/05
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Defense of Christian Faith, Resurrection
- In this message, Greg explains the “Legendary Theory.” This theory maintains that though the authors of Luke weren’t consciously lying and trying to deceive people (they genuinely believed what they where saying), they were just wrong about essential things like Jesus’ being both the messiah and God! They were not trying to deceive, but they themselves were deceived, according to the Legendary Theory.
Jesus for Thinking People, Part 103/13/05
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Defense of Christian Faith, Resurrection
- Greg introduced the Book of Luke by first providing some context for the Gospel. Then he launched into a big question that occurs to many who read the Bible in general: “Is this true?” In other words, is the Gospel about Jesus that Luke researched and presents true? And to get at this he broke it down as follows: either it is true or it is false. If it is false, then it can be false in one of two ways: intentionally false (Conspiracy Theory) or unintentionally false (Legendary Theory). This week’s message focused on showing how irrational the Conspiracy Theory is.
Happily Ever After04/11/04
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Defense of Christian Faith, Salvation
- This sermon challenged us to think about how our "story" ends. We long for justice, meaning, "happy ever afters." As Christians, our story is found in Jesus, the reality to which all great mythology and story telling points. Compare your relationship with Christ to the greatest love stories ever told, and you won't find a more dramatic, sacrificial story...and it ends with a big "happy ever after"!