Greg Boyd (theologian) Quotes

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Wondering whether Christianity is real is not the same as wondering whether Christianity is true. If you question the truth of Christianity, you can do something tangible about it. You can read books, take a class, or talk to someone about it. But what can you do when you're already convinced it's true but don't experience it as real?

Greg Boyd

It takes a greater God to steer a world populated with free agents than it does to steer a world of preprogrammed automatons.

Greg Boyd

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 to others. Nothing could be simpler—and nothing could be more challenging.

Greg Boyd

If we have the potential to oppress or slay millions, it's because we also have the potential to liberate and love millions.

Greg Boyd

Our fundamental sin is that we place ourselves in the position of God and divide the world between what we judge to be good and what we judge to be evil. And this judgment is the primary thing that keeps us from doing the central thing God created us to do, namely, love like He loves.

Greg Boyd

Greg Boyd

Greg Boyd

Born: June 2, 1957 (age 69)

Bio: Gregory A. "Greg" Boyd is an American theologian, pastor, and author. Boyd is Senior Pastor of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota and President of Reknew.org.

Known for:

Letters from a skeptic (1994)
The Myth of a Christian Nation (2005)
God of the Possible (2000)
Repenting of Religion (2004)
Satan & the Problem of Evil (2001)

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