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Boyd issues what he views as a corrective of a Greek-philosophical view of the omnipotence of God in order to help us understand how God can
be supremely powerful even while God's will is so often not done in our times. You can find part one here and part two here. God at War is a
challenging and provocative book, challenging some of our traditional philosophical ideas about God and reality and provoking us to join this
cosmic battle on God's side, the side of good. A treasure hidden in a Field! If you are not familiar with Boyd, he is an open-theist, one who
believes God does not know the future. The Bible and Spiritual Conflict By: And he does so with impressive academic rigor; this is a book for
study, not for light reading, a book for seminar classes, more than easy perusal. The problem is, rejecting a worldview in which God controls
everything raises all sorts of questions about what else is out there. But the cross remained a blessing framed by scandal, an epochal and yet
mysterious event irreducible to a single formulation. Herein lies the conflict, and the source of suffering and pain in this worldA creation that has
chosen something other than God. His compelling argument is a brilliantly educative read on our role in this world. Giving this 5 stars does not
mean I agree with every of Boyd's assertions. It has opened my eyes to many things, and raised questions that I have never thought of before. The
Story of Christianity, Volume 2. To all others, it looks like the beast has won, which is why they worship it Boyd takes Scripture and ancient
legends and shows from the Word of God itself how to properly understand the text. Mar 02, Hannah rated it it was amazing Shelves: Apr 05,
Carl Jenkins rated it it was amazing. Other Customers Also Purchased. His book really shines in chapters 8 Storming the Gates of Hell and 9
Christus Victor in which Boyd explores deeply how the ministry of Jesus and the crucifixion of Jesus plays into God's plan to take back the world
from Satan and his demonic angels. Greg Boyd, in God at War: Lists with This Book. Boyd in restoring a warfare mentality to the church. He's my
favorite Internet pastor and theologian. I would of liked one focus over somewhere imbetween, but still good a very helpful read. What practices
of reading offer the most appropriate approach to understanding Scripture? Pretty good reference supporting the existence and need to understand
spiritual warfare. A Compact Office and an Unabridged Dictionary, for the words too obscure for the compact. Boyd is not trying to show a
dualistic view, where the devil is just as strong and powerful as God, for the bible makes it clear that God in the end will utterly defeat Satan and
his demons who are just created beings. Boyd displays a keen understanding of the scriptural passages about conflict, and he quotes extensively
from authors who have studied spiritual warfare. Breaking the Idol of Certainty Gregory A. Not only unbelievers like to blame God when they are
suffering, or hear of disasters in this world, unfortunately too many Christians do also. Hence, though it certainly is a war scroll, it is one of non-
violent, self-sacrificial, warfare. This book is full of examples of how Scripture changes lives for those who attend Bible studies and for those who
lead them, offering practical suggestions on many passages from the Old and New Testaments. John is communicating that the holy war that the
Lamb and his followers are called to fight is no less real than earthly wars; and followers of the Lamb are called to fight no less valiantly than earthly
warriors. Displaying items of 7. It may also give you a new and greater sense of significance, as humans, through God and choosing God's way,
can work with God in restoring the world to the perfection that God intended it to have. Open Preview See a Problem? Tragically, the way in
which the atonement is frequently and popularly expressed now poses a new scandal, one that is foreign to the New Testament and poses needless
obstacles to twenty-first century peoples and cultures. The church as the body of Christ has been called to be a decisive means by which this final
overthrow is to be carried out. If so, in what way? Wright thus creates a basis from which many of the most vexed problems of Pauline exegesis
can in principle be solved and longstanding theological puzzles clarified. The main thrust behind this book is that idea that creation is in chaos and
that God set out to put things back in order. And I certainly hadnt known about all the texts on the creation outside of Genesis. The pervasiveness
of the holy war motif in Revelation is reflected in the consistent depiction of the Lamb and his people as conquerors 2: You could say I'm "open
minded" about the idea see what I did there? John hears that , people from the 12 tribes of Israel have been sealed 7: New Testament writers, on
the other hand, were inclined to expect evil and fight against it. He then proposes the spiritual warfare prism, as if God is constantly at odds with
forces of evil and darkness and they are the ones truly responsible for the evil which takes place. I don't have super strong opinions about this issue
myself. This is the foundation of Greg Boyd's book on spiritual warfare, 'God at War. Trivia About God at War: He has an easier to read book
that addresses many of the same questions, Is God to Blame? More problematically, he seems to miss the fact that, even worse than Zosia's
terrible martyr, the murder of the Son of God, the only innocent and pure human being, on the Cross, should the "crux" pun totally intended of a
believer's apprehension of the problem of evil and of God's permissive will. The Reason for God: