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Gregory A. Boyd

Greg Boyd is an internationally recognized theologian, preacher, teacher, apologist and author. He has been featured on the front page of The New York Times, The Charlie Rose Show, CNN, National Public Radio, the BBC and numerous other television and radio venues. Greg received his Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary (summa cum laude 1988), his M.Div. from Yale Divinity School (cum laude 1982), and his B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Minnesota (1979). He was a professor of theology for 16 years at Bethel University (St. Paul, MN) where he received the Teaching Excellence Award and Campus Leadership Award. Greg is the co-founder of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota where he serves as Senior Pastor, speaking to thousands each week. Greg has authored or co-authored 22 books and numerous academic articles, including his best-selling and award-winning Letters From a Skeptic and his recent books Crucifixion of the Warrior God and Cross Vision. His apologetic writings and public debates on the historical Jesus and the problem of evil have helped many skeptics embrace faith, and his writings and seminars on spiritual transformation have had a revolutionary, freeing impact on thousands of believers.

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Books15

Cross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence

Cross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence

The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Interpreting the Old Testament's Violent Portraits of God in Light of the Cross, Volume 1 & 2

The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Interpreting the Old Testament's Violent Portraits of God in Light of the Cross, Volume 1 & 2

2017
Benefit of the Doubt: Breaking the Idol of Certainty

Benefit of the Doubt: Breaking the Idol of Certainty

2013
Present Perfect: Finding God in the Now

Present Perfect: Finding God in the Now

2010
Across the Spectrum

Across the Spectrum

2009

with Paul Rhodes Eddy

The Myth of a Christian Religion: Losing Your Religion for the Beauty of a Revolution

The Myth of a Christian Religion: Losing Your Religion for the Beauty of a Revolution

2009
The Jesus Legend

The Jesus Legend

2007

with Paul Rhodes Eddy

The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church

The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church

2005
Seeing Is Believing: Experience Jesus through Imaginative Prayer

Seeing Is Believing: Experience Jesus through Imaginative Prayer

2004
Is God to Blame? Moving Beyond Pat Answers to the Problem of Suffering

Is God to Blame? Moving Beyond Pat Answers to the Problem of Suffering

2003
Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology

Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology

2002

with Paul Rhodes Eddy

God of the Possible: A Biblical Introduction to the Open View of God

God of the Possible: A Biblical Introduction to the Open View of God

2000
Leap of faith

Leap of faith

1999
God at War

God at War

1997
Letters from a Skeptic: A Son Wrestles with His Father's Questions about Christianity

Letters from a Skeptic: A Son Wrestles with His Father's Questions about Christianity

1993

with Edward K. Boyd