Ben Franklin and Plagiarized Sermons

Last updated on: August 13, 2006 at 4:51 am By Scot McKnight

This from RJS: It is amazing how the same things keep coming up – another quote from Franklin’s autobiography: |inline Read more

Kris: I’ve been tagged

Last updated on: August 12, 2006 at 4:49 am By Scot McKnight

This “tag” records Kris’ comments; she was tagged by Lukas. 1. One book that changed your life: Practicing the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence. |inline Read more

Weekly Meanderings

Last updated on: August 12, 2006 at 4:20 am By Scot McKnight

I begin this week with the need once again to pray for Bob Robinson and his heart. See his story here. |inline Read more

Friday is for Friends: Women’s friendships

Last updated on: August 11, 2006 at 4:30 am By Scot McKnight

Joseph Epstein’s Friendship: An Expose tackles a politically incorrect subject: the difference in friendship between men and women. So, let’s see what we really do think. I’ll give you some quotations from Epstein and you ponder them to see if you think they are true in your world. |inline Read more

Render unto Caesar 3

Last updated on: August 11, 2006 at 4:22 am By Scot McKnight

I was thoroughly impressed with Christopher Bryan’s Render to Caesar study of how the Bible understands power and empire. In this post, I want to draw together his major points, and I think you will see that much of the rhetoric today about “empire” and “colonialism” cannot be anchored as easily as some think in a biblical perspective. |inline Read more

When all the prosecutors dropped their charges

Last updated on: August 11, 2006 at 4:10 am By Scot McKnight

Question #5: “Who is to condemn?” That’s a good question. Who might Paul have in mind? |inline Read more

Green Thumb: Not!

Last updated on: August 10, 2006 at 4:30 am By Scot McKnight

Kris is the gardener in the family: she thinks about flowers and plants and trees; she waters them regularly so they don’t croak. I’m called in for two things: I mow and I do the heavy stuff. This Spring we had some landscaping done, including a short brick walkway to our new garage. Along that sidewalk the landscaper put in some grass. Read on. |inline Read more

Emerging Evangelism

Last updated on: August 10, 2006 at 4:21 am By Scot McKnight

Sometime back I did a couple of posts about emerging evangelism to see where my thinking was on what I think is a pressing new issue: how to evangelize in a postmodern age to what I call the “Mr. Rogers Generation.” The book has now been written, and it is by Rick Richardson. It is called Reimagining Evangelism. As always, weigh in with your thoughts. |inline Read more

Nobody!

Last updated on: August 10, 2006 at 4:10 am By Scot McKnight

Romans 8:31-39 is a series of seven questions about the logic of love, the logic of God’s grace in Christ, and the assurance that comes to those in Christ. The deep structure is this: God’s promise leads to the believer’s assurance. The first four questions are connected: |inline Read more

When Your Child Goes to College

Last updated on: August 9, 2006 at 4:40 am By Scot McKnight

Some of you are facing a new reality, in fact a life change. Some of you are packing and buying and ordering U-Hauls or plane tickets for your son or daughter to go off to college. I will see such kids in my classes at the end of this month, and about 99% do just fine. There are lots of transitions for them and for you, but Father Time’s clock keeps on ticking and this is what happens next. Our... Read more