What do we learn about “mission” in the Book of Acts? We are concerned today with Acts 19’s famous report of the disturbance over the financial and religious impact if more and more folks decide to follow the gospel preached by Paul: 19:23 At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way. 19:24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen. 19:25 He gathered these together, along with the... Read more
I got this note last week from a reader and publish it with permission. Today I ask you to respond and provide your wisdom, and tomorrow I will offer my response. Dear Scot McKnight, I am Jacob. I have been struggling in my faith recently, it has been a hard time. I suddenly remembered that when I used to read your Jesus Creed blog, some people write email to you which you posted up your blog. Other people and yourself... Read more
Andrew Chignell’s piece on Wheaton will surely be of interest to many readers of the Jesus Creed blog, not the least of which reasons is that “where Wheaton goes, there goes evangelicalism.” So, the question Andrew writes is the question many are asking: Whither Wheaton? I clip a bit from his article, and I’d like to have a conversation about Wheaton’s future here. This spring, the board of trustees at Wheaton College will appoint a new president. As the flagship... Read more
Andrew Chignell wrote recently about the future of Wheaton, but his piece went through some editorial issues… I clip a bit here: The topic is obviously a delicate one, and though I grew up in Wheaton, Illinois and graduated from the College in 1996, I had been away for a while, and so I wanted to be sure to do the research required to make it a solid piece. In the end I consulted around forty people, only some of... Read more
Baker Academic has done something that should lead all of us to a moment of thanksgiving: I could be wrong, but I think Baker is the first evangelical publishing house that has a commentary series on the Bible by and for Roman Catholics. The new series is called “Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scriptures” and I’ve dipped into and tested and enjoyed two of them: Mary Healy, Gospel of Mark, The (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture) . Thomas D. Stegman, Second... Read more
NEW YORK CITY (BP)–The shooting deaths of six Coptic Christians in Egypt on Coptic Christmas Eve (Jan. 6) is fueling efforts to publicize and protest what Copts describe as persecution and violence typically met by inaction by the Egyptian government. Rallies were scheduled today, Jan. 19, at the United Nations at noon and at the Egyptian Mission in New York at 2 p.m., according to Coptic advocacy website www.freecopt.net. A demonstration at the White House is scheduled for 11 a.m.... Read more
Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Read more
Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Read more
MAPPING MESSIANIC JEWISH THEOLOGY: A CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH Richard Harvey, Paternoster, 2009 reviewed by Derek Leman For some Jesus Creed readers Messianic Jewish will be a term with a good connotation and for others not so good. The difference depends on many things, not least what experiences you may have had with someone or some group using the label. The fact is, the idea of Jewish Christianity or some variety of return to Jewish or Hebraic roots occurs in many contexts,... Read more
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