A man who had an afro...comments on Greg Boyd

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Segue and I made our way to the 11 o'clock meeting at Woodland Hills Church after an extraordinary night in the club part of Minneapolis. Woodland Hills is one of those massive community reach churches. It's big. It's modern. It's multi-cultural. It's slick. It works hand in hand with other expressions of the body of Christ. It mixes suburban tastes with urban values.
This morning we were treated to some R&B gospel flavored music to worship God.
The place was jumping. We even saw one of the wedding party from the previous day. Reminded me a bit like the Cincy Vineyard.
Preaching duties fall to Greg Boyd. He finished a series on parenting that morn. Mr. Boyd is an incredible speaker. He even show us a picture of himself when he had an afro back in the Sixties.
Here's three points that I found important:
  1. The wouded wound others
  2. That which you despise clings to you
  3. Let children inherit your faith

To clarify the 3rd point- he meant that our faith should not be compartmentalized but be a part of our whole lives. Moses' instructions to the Hebrews was to put the word on your foreheads and doorposts and talk about it. This is not passive inheritance. Passive faith is a passive inheritance.

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