Jesus Creed begins at home

November 27, 2006 By Scot McKnight

Here is a very sad letter sent to me and printed with permission. Whenever I speak about Jesus Creed, I make a big point that loving God and loving others begins at home — with husbands and wives, parents and children, and that every biblical command must begin with love of God and others to gain its proper orientation. Here is a letter from a woman who has been abused by her husband who abused not only her but biblical teachings. This post is my contribution to the IDFEVAW and I encourage you to sign. |inline

Friday is for Friends

November 24, 2006 By Scot McKnight

Wendell Berry’s Citizenship Papers piles up repetition of ideas, and it’s starting to wear on me. His ideals are noble: agrarianism. But, I must admit that the essays are repetitive, and before I long I will be asking someone else to join us at the table on Fridays. Our next book will be M. Volf, The End of Memory. But, Berry’s chapter “The Prejudice against Country People” struck me. |inline

The Hidden Cost of SBL

November 24, 2006 By Scot McKnight

What does it cost for books when you go to SBL? Here’s something to factor in: |inline

Publishers in 2006

November 23, 2006 By Scot McKnight

Every year I find one publisher to be at the top of the list for the best new books, so here is my rating for this year: |inline

Women in Ministry: Can we change?

November 20, 2006 By Scot McKnight

The following piece is written by Stan Gundry, and tells his story of moving from complementarianism to egalitarianism, and it shows the influence of Pat Gundry in Stan’s thinking. This story has been published elsewhere, and Stan has given me permission to publish it here. I should say that this story is a significantly formative story in the evangelical debate; Pat’s book is called Woman Be Free and Stan is a wise, balanced, mentor and guide at Zondervan today. |inline

Friday is for Friends

November 17, 2006 By Scot McKnight

Wendell Berry’s Citizenship Papers is not an easy book to work through chp by chp because it is quite repetitive — but the chp “Two Minds” seems to me to put together some of his central ideas about a more sensitive concept of existing in the world in a responsible way. |inline

Weekly Meanderings

November 11, 2006 By Scot McKnight

This week is the academic annual meeting — called SBL (Society of Biblical Literature) — and Kris is going with me for the first time. It helps that we are in Washington, DC. I’m giving a paper in response to Larry Hurtado’s big book, Lord Jesus Christ. |inline

Westminster and Writing for the Church

November 2, 2006 By Scot McKnight

I must confess something: I love seminaries. Other than the obvious — teaching and training pastors and missionaries and evangelists and the like — what I like most is the rhetorical level. Using theological words brings me pleasure, the kind of pleasure an artist feels when he or she can say to a fellow artist, “The perspective evoked so-and-so but the color conflicted with both perspective and tone.” And therein lies a problem that may have come home to me more than anything else last weekend at Westminster. |inline

Weekly Meanderings

September 30, 2006 By Scot McKnight

I’ll be adding to this Weekly Meanderings, at the request of others, a brief on speaking engagements for the week. This week (Oct 2 and 3) we have Phyllis Tickle at North Park giving the Zarley Lectures. The lectures are free and you are more than welcome to come hear her talks: 3:30-5pm in the Anderson Chapel at North Park. |inline

Speaking on condition of anonymity

September 27, 2006 By Scot McKnight

We read this frequently in our newspapers: “speaking on condition of anonymity.” What does it mean? I suggest the following, but wonder what you think when you hear this expression in a newspaper or TV report: |inline