Quotes from Gregory Boyd

In the kingdom that Jesus inaugurated it is precisely a person's love for their enemies and their pledge to never retaliate that is the ultimate sign of their loyalty to God.

He came to ultimately put the kingdom of the world out of business by establishing a counterkingdom of radical love that would eventually render it obsolete.

What makes a human being human? When does a human being become a person? When does a human being cease to be a person? What is the significance of being human? Is there an inherent value with inherent rights that go along with being human? These

Bibliolatry. The inerrancy theory tends to shift the focus of faith away from Jesus Christ and toward the accuracy of the Bible. This is bibliolatry. According to the Bible itself, faith should rest on Jesus Christ, not on one's opinion about the degree of accuracy of the Bible.

Never suppose that God is more "there" than "here," or more "then" than "now." For the Father is always working—in all places, at all times, in all people. The steadfast love of God fills the entire earth (Psalm 33:15).

Love must always start free—but its goal is to become unfree. To be unable not to love is the highest form of freedom in love.

The extent to which we experience our freedom from condemnation in Christ is the extent to which we will realize there is no life in performing.

God wants everyone to be saved. He takes no delight in the destruction of any soul, however wicked (Ezek. 18:32; 33:11). From

If we hope to be transformed, we have to allow God's Word to have more credibility than our present feelings.

The fact that the prohibited tree was placed in the center of the garden, right next to the Tree of Life (Gen. 2:9), symbolizes that the life that God intends for us revolves around our honoring God's prohibition as much as trusting God for his provision.

Knowing that something is true does not in and of itself ensure that this truth will make a significant difference in our lives.

I believe one of the most pervasive problems in contemporary Western Christianity is that we mistakenly assume that information automatically translates into transformation.