A Big Change at Jesus Creed

Last updated on: October 22, 2008 at 12:30 am By Scot McKnight

For about six months we have been in communication with a large website that has expressed an interest in hosting the Jesus Creed conversation. At first I had no interest, but I want to lay out for you today why we have made the decision to shift the site over to Beliefnet.com. |inline Read more

Loosening the Grip 5

Last updated on: October 22, 2008 at 12:20 am By Scot McKnight

The following post is very important for this series. This is our fifth post in the series on Race: A Theological Account. This post is by my colleague and good friend, Boaz Johnson. He covers chp 2 and shows that at the heart of intertwining race and theology is the work of Immanuel Kant. What you will find below should make you shudder at times — what you find will also explain in part how theology has become implicated in... Read more

Gospel 19

Last updated on: October 22, 2008 at 12:10 am By Scot McKnight

Acts 10 is one of the most important gospel texts in the New Testament. That text is followed by Acts 11:20 where, after rehearing the Acts 10 episode with Cornelius, Peter says: |inline Read more

Abortion and The Blue Parakeet: A Response

Last updated on: October 21, 2008 at 12:30 am By Scot McKnight

Yesterday I posted a letter that drew a good response, so today I’m posting my own response to “Passionate.” |inline Read more

Sandbagging Applications?

Last updated on: October 21, 2008 at 12:20 am By Scot McKnight

I read this piece about parents (!) sandbagging the applications of others [other kids who apply to schools] in our local paper this week. Have you heard of this? And what do you think? Read more

Gospel 18

Last updated on: October 21, 2008 at 12:10 am By Scot McKnight

Part two of Acts 10:34-48: |inline Read more

Abortion and The Blue Parakeet

Last updated on: October 20, 2008 at 12:30 am By Scot McKnight

In my new book, The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible, one of the major points is that the Church has learned to read the Bible by discernment instead of treating everything as law. I got a letter recently about abortion, and I’d like to sketch — inadequately — the basics of how discernment works when it comes to the abortion issue. [Today I post the letter. I’ll post my answer tomorrow. Originally, I had it up at... Read more

Loosening the Grip 4

Last updated on: October 20, 2008 at 12:20 am By Scot McKnight

In this fourth post in our series on J. Kameron Carter’s Race: A Theological Account, Vince Bacote — professor at Wheaton College — weighs in. |inline Read more

Gospel 17

Last updated on: October 20, 2008 at 12:10 am By Scot McKnight

Our next text in our survey of “gospel” texts is a long one, but it needs to be read in its entirety. So here is Acts 10:34-48: |inline Read more

Prayer for the Week

Last updated on: October 19, 2008 at 12:10 am By Scot McKnight

Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Read more