http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/us/30pastor.html An article on the pastor of an evangelical megachurch who preaches that the church should stay out of politics has (predictably) got NY Times readers all excited: it’s currently the most emailed story on the site.
[Boyd] said he first became alarmed while visiting another megachurch’s worship service on a Fourth of July years ago. The service finished with the chorus singing “God Bless America” and a video of fighter jets flying over a hill silhouetted with crosses.
“I thought to myself, ‘What just happened? Fighter jets mixed up with the cross?’ ” he said in an interview.
(Did the church play a positive role in the civil rights movement, as a critic suggests?) 20:18
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Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists (phenixpublicity.blogspot.com):
… thing about working in the publishing industry? It’s the pleasure of reading books and talking about them for a living. It’s a great industry to be in for a book lover! Is there a particular booking that you are most proud of? I secured anarticlein The New York Times for Greg Boyd, author of The Myth of a Christian Nation. At the time, I wasn’t sure where the article would be placed. When I got the paper the morning it ran, I looked and it was on the front page! Needless to say, the article …
into the subversion (samandress.blogspot.com):
… Nation: How the Quest for Political Power is Destroying the Church was interviewed extensively on the Charlie Rose show. This came on the heels of his book and the preceding sermon series which gave rise to it, was picked up by the journalists at theNew York Times. Here is the three parts of the interview. What pastor Boyd is saying is deeply important for the church in America at this point in time. …
On Growing Closer... (coleyoakum.blogspot.com):
… Some time later, in 2006 while working at a camp called Flaming Pine Youth Camp in Northern Minnesota, I heard about Greg Boyd again. This time it was in response to a sermon series that scared off 1/5 of his membership (about 1,000 people). It wasthis articlefrom New York Times. When I read this article I thought, "What a jerk." Now, two years later as I am finally listening to what he has to say I am thinking, "Exactly. That's where I am." I am learning a lot from this guy. I am sad that this sermon …
.: vindicated : the amazing blog of kyle potter :. (captainsacrament.blogspot.com):
… growth into a people more like Jesus. "Power over" is the way of the world, but Christ's way is "power under," which seeks to teach and heal others, guiding them into the way of Jesus instead of forcing them. The New York Times Magazine offered agreat articlelast year about how Boyd (an evangelical Baptist pastor) lost a quarter of his large congregation when he refused to explicitly endorse outside political agendas from the pulpit. The book is available from Joseph-Beth Booksellers in a 19.95 hardcover …
jonathan stegall (jonathanstegall.com):
… Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock - New York Times …
jonathan stegall (jonathanstegall.com):
… Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock - New York Times …
J on Technology & Economics (www.joelrydbeck.com):
… obstacles to cross. One element we’re going to really miss is the preacher, Greg Boyd. Fortunately, they podcast. :) One area I strongly agreed with Greg on, was that Christians in this country are not called to turn America into a Christian nation.Here’s the NY Time’s take on where Woodland Hills stands.Pat Robertson’s 700 club and some 1,000 folks at Woodland Hills think otherwise. Christ didn’t call us to make governments and nations’ laws WWJD-compliant. We were called to roles of humility and servitude. This morning, pastor Pat Khanke at …
jonathan stegall (jonathanstegall.com):
… The Myth of a Christian Nation, which relates to many of these issues. In it, he explores the idea that the kingdom of the Cross is and must be entirely separate from the kingdom of the world. A New York Timesarticlefrom 2006 gives some of this information: The requests came from church members and visitors alike: Would he please announce a rally against gay marriage during services? Would he introduce a politician from the pulpit? Could members set up a table in …
Christus Victor Ministries » Greg Boyd (www.gregboyd.dreamhosters.com):
… The New York Times published a front-pagearticleabout Greg’s recent book Myth of a Christian Nation, the sermon series “The Cross and the Sword” and Woodland Hills Church. This story was syndicated around the country to newspapers and web sites, including AOL. …
the weight of glory (twog.wordpress.com):
… does not know the future), to his collaboration with the emerging church movement, to his sermon series, “The Cross and the Sword,” on Christians and politics, along with his best-selling book, Myth of a Christian Nation, which landed him on thefront page of the New York Times, and got him an interview with Charlie Rose, not to mention cost him a fifth of his (formerly) 5,000-member church, who departed after his sermon series ruffled quite a few political feathers. Truth be told, I think Boyd offers some valuable and …
ovvo news (sfovvo.com):
… Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock … Gregory A. Boyd urged an end to sexual moralizing and military glorification and said America should not be proclaimed a “Christian nation.” …http://www.nytimes.comGregory A. Boyd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gregory A. "Greg" Boyd is an evangelical pastor, Christian theologian, and author. He is Senior Pastor of the Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, …
Young Anabaptist Radicals (young.anabaptistradicals.org):
… he was profiled in the New York Timesafter he lost 20% of the membership of his mega-church after refusing to endorse conservative political causes. He is author The Myth of a Christian Nation. This past weekend Boyd was at Hesston College for a conference and found a connection with the …
