Gifted to Lead 2

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

This series is by Alice. In Nancy Beach’s chapter entitled, “Welcome to the Boysâ Club” (from Gifted to Lead) women leaders are encouraged to develop character first: humility, self-confidence, humor, integrity. She then explains “the freight of being iconic” – the reality that many who find themselves in the minority experience the weight of representing their entire race or gender well. As I was reading this section, I was listening to the media talk about Barak Obama â about to... Read more

Heaven 31

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

Three texts in 1 Peter are about heaven: |inline Read more

Good Teachers 9

Last updated on: September 9, 2008 at 12:20 am By Scot McKnight

This marks the end of our series on good teachers and the book by Ken Bain called What the Best College Teachers Do. The book comes to an end with one of my pet peeves about education: assessments and evaluations. |inline Read more

Christology and Science 2 (RJS)

Last updated on: November 27, 2010 at 7:23 pm By RJS

The second case study in LeRon Shults’s book Christology and Sciencedeals with atonement and cultural anthropology – a topic if anything more controversial than incarnation and evolutionary biology. How should we articulate an understanding of the atonement appropriate for our day and age – and what role (if any) should studies of human nature, human history, and human culture play in our understanding of the atoning work of God through Jesus? |inline Read more

Heaven 30

Last updated on: September 9, 2008 at 12:10 am By Scot McKnight

The book of Hebrews has a strong dualism between the earth and the heavenly realm, so what it says about “heaven” is of concern to us. Notice these texts: |inline Read more

Voting for President 3

Last updated on: September 8, 2008 at 12:30 am By Scot McKnight

A reader wrote me about how anabaptists are struggling with which candidate to vote for, and I offered a first response last Friday. Today I’d like to ponder one of our candidates: John McCain. What will it be like for us — for me — if the Republicans win? (OK, just in case you think this blog is biased and not — like FoxNews — “fair and balanced,” I’ll do one like this on Obama too.) |inline Read more

Gifted to Lead 1

Last updated on: September 8, 2008 at 12:20 am By Scot McKnight

This series is by Alice Shirey, one of our regular commenters. She will lead a conversation about Nancy Beach’s new book, Gifted to Lead. |inline Read more

(Back to) Heaven 29

Last updated on: September 8, 2008 at 12:10 am By Scot McKnight

We had an interlude on a book and now we are back to finish up our series on heaven. Is “heaven” the permanent eternal place or, like some are arguing today, is it an alternative world, perhaps only temporary, but which is the source of what will be the final state here on earth? We are looking at this kind of question, and we turn now to 1 Thessalonians: |inline Read more

Prayer for the Week

Last updated on: September 7, 2008 at 12:10 am By Scot McKnight

Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more

Weekly Meanderings

Last updated on: September 6, 2008 at 12:10 am By Scot McKnight

My kind of town, Chicago is… |inline Read more