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Cross Examination
May 08 2022 • Greg Boyd
Each day, we are presented with a choice: to love or to judge. When we choose to judge another person, we stand with Satan – the accuser – on one side of the courtroom, cross-examining them and looking to prove them unworthy. When we choose love, we examine not through the lens of judgment, but through the lens of the cross, where Jesus declares that all people have unsurpassable worth. In this series, we turn to the core biblical themes of love and judgment, and the absolute necessity of living in love and leaving judgment to God alone.
Sermons in this series:
As in Adam, So in Christ
• Greg Boyd
In this sermon, Greg addresses the question of how Christ died and gave life to all, but at the same time, people can choose death and therefore reject this life. This is set in the context of the end judgment of God.Topics: End Times, Judgment, Love
What About Those Who Never Hear the Gospel?
• Jim Beilby
In this sermon, Jim Beilby addresses the question about the destiny of the un-evangelized, proposing that people are given the opportunity to receive Christ’s true revelation of himself after death.Topics: Evangelism, Judgment
The Purifying Judgment of God
• Greg Boyd
This sermon address the nature of God’s judgment at the end of time and how it relates to the suffering we are encountering in the midst of the struggles of this present life.Topics: End Times, Judgment, Love
Creation Care Checkup
• Greg Boyd
This sermon provides a brief report card on how well humans are doing at caring for God’s creation, specifically as it relates to Earth’s climate.Topics: Creation Care, Judgment
Love in Four Dimensions
• Greg Boyd, Rob Kistler, Shawna Boren
The vision of Woodland Hills is “Learning to Love Together.” This is practiced in four dimensions: loving God, loving ourselves, loving other people and loving creation.Topics: Love
As Humans Go, So Goes the Earth
• Greg Boyd
There is a direct, organic connection between how humans live in love and the well-being of creation. The calamity experienced at the hands of the environment is a natural result of human failure to care for it as God intended.
Caretakers of God’s Property and Pets
• Greg Boyd
God called all people to care for his land and animals as his stewards. This is a basic mandate that was part of the creation narrative.
The “Wrath of God”
• Greg Boyd
What does it mean to trust God as the ultimate judge? This is an important question if we are going to live in love and forego judgment of others.
Love or Die
• Greg Boyd
In this sermon, Greg provides a big picture overview of the series on God’s final judgment and why it is so crucial, especially during this time in history.Topics: Discipleship, Judgment, Kingdom of God
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– Lindsey