Topic: Non-Violence
Our Anabaptist Thread Pt. 205/20/12
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Our Anabaptist Thread05/13/12
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Baptism, Non-Violence, Simplicity
- The teachings of the Anabaptist church are important to Woodland Hills Church. In this sermon, Greg talks about four of the six distinctive teachings of the Anabaptist movement (next week will cover the last two), and they are still relevant today.
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The True Image09/18/11
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Identity in Christ, Non-Violence, Presence of God
- Jesus is the image of the invisible God. This is one of the most foundational parts of Christianity and perhaps the single most important truth in the world. There are many deceptive pictures of God, but understanding and knowing Jesus is central to finding the true picture of God.
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The Real Proof09/26/10
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Discipleship, Non-Violence, Politics, Faithfulness
- What is the real evidence of a disciple of Jesus? Too often today we are told that followers of Christ are marked by success, happiness and power. However, the Bible points to a different evidence, that of love that comes under others and serves.
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Old Peter / New Peter08/22/10
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Living In God's Peace08/15/10
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Let it Go02/28/10
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Fighting the Right Enemy03/09/08
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Love, Non-Violence, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare
- Is there really a spiritual war? Do we believe that there is such a thing as a spiritual reality? If we don’t, we will engage the wrong enemy. Instead of fighting the powers of Satan, we will target other humans, often with hatred and violence. Spiritual warfare practiced through love and prayer is central to the Christian walk, but we need constant reminders in our Western culture that there really is a spiritual war going on.
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Taking Back the House03/02/08
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Love, Non-Violence, Sacrifice, Salvation
- In Luke 11, Jesus talks about this world as a "house" that Satan guards. As Kingdom people, what do we do with that? If we look to Jesus, he simply tells us to take back the house. And how exactly do we do that? We don’t adopt the patterns of Satan and try to overcome violence with violence. Looking again to Jesus, he shows us that the only thing that can overpower evil, and that is self-sacrificial love. Only love can conquer evil; only light can dispel darkness.
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Lessons from the Womb06/05/05
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Controversial Issues, Kingdom of God, Non-Violence
- Greg started out by reading through Luke 1:13-17; Luke 1:42,44; and John 18:36. Luke’s gospel starts with the birth of a revolutionary movement—the beginning of the Kingdom of God. It’s like a mustard seed that though small at first will prove victorious in the end. We, as Christians are to be known by how different we are from the world. That is, how truly we love one another and the world.
Living in the Big Story01/23/05
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Kingdom of God, Non-Violence, Reconciliation
- In this sermon, Greg reinforces the message of the Kingdom of God by helping us see our lives not only in relationship to ourselves and those closest to us, but also in the “big picture” of what God is doing in the world. The Kingdom of God is like a mustard seed that is growing within the world to transform it. It is not only how it impacts our personal lives that matters, but also how our personal lives participate in the larger Kingdom efforts that God is calling us to.
A Little Yeast01/16/05
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Kingdom of God, Non-Violence, Sexuality, Sin
- Everything in our lives is connected in some way to every other thing in our lives. We must be aware of this if we are truly to root out sin and manifest the Kingdom of God. The biblical image is that of yeast leavening a whole lump of dough, which is used both positively (Mat. 13:33) and negatively (2 Cor. 5:16). Sin—including festering anger, unforgiveness, resentment—works like yeast to penetrate deep into the lives of those affected; likewise, the Kingdom of God works like yeast transforming the whole for good as well. Therefore, we cannot really compartmentalize our lives. And as we begin to cooperate with the yeast of the Kingdom of God in our lives, we quickly find the world resisting us.
Being the Kingdom in a Groaning Creation01/02/05
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Non-Violence, Problem of Evil
- Greg is internationally known for his work on what theologians call “the problem of evil,” which was the subject of this week’s sermon. People had been calling Greg all week asking "Did God cause the tsunami in Asia? If not, why did God allow it?" Such questions assume that God is directly responsible for natural disasters; Greg argues that this assumption is not biblical.