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3 Reasons Storytelling Wins

In Storytelling by Joe Boyd

I don’t just tell stories because it’s something I personally like to do. I tell stories because they are the most powerful force in the universe to make a difference in the lives of real people. All great spiritual truth …

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Struggling With Your Faith?

In Narrative Christianity by Joe Boyd

“Are you struggling in your faith?” Ever been asked that one? If, like me, your inner dialogue to that question always go something like, “Of course I am. I always am, but I feel like I should say that I’m …

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Why The Bible Is Myth

In Narrative Christianity by Joe Boyd

The Bible is myth. Let me explain. The word “myth” has several different connotations in the current expression of the English language. The most common popular usage of the word connotes falsehood. You might say something like, “It’s a myth …

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Toward a Narrative Christianity

In Narrative Christianity by Joe Boyd

My earliest attraction to Christianity was how seemingly defined it all was. I grew up in a quasi-fundamentalist, evangelical tradition. There was great comfort in a worldview that went something like this: 1. The Bible is the divinely inspired, inerrant …

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What the First Easter Really Means

In Exploring Faith by Joe Boyd

Most followers of Jesus are aware that there are four canonical (officially sanctioned) gospels in the Christian Scriptures—Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. These four accounts tell the story of Jesus. The same Jesus, but at times drastically different perspectives. Most …

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The Profound Hope of Luke

In The Bible Experiment by Joe Boyd

Our “Bible Experiment” keeps going this month. It started with The Gospel of John about a year ago. Then Genesis in November and Exodus in January. We just have two more shows—Acts of the Apostles in September and Luke in …

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A Kiss to Build a Dream On

In 4LTR WORD: KISS by Joe Boyd

On Friday night we tried an experiment with our first 4LTR Word show, KISS. Under Brad Wise’s leadership, we had a hunch that telling and hearing stories with one another could work in a very simple, vulnerable and fun way. …