Bible Project: The Gospel

Last updated on: October 9, 2019 at 10:00 am By Scot McKnight

Brilliant! Matt Bates and I are grateful to see this display of the gospel as the Bible itself teaches. The King Jesus Gospel. Following King Jesus (a workbook). Salvation by Allegiance Alone. Gospel Allegiance. Read more

Leaving (My) Church, by Kelly Edmiston

Last updated on: October 7, 2019 at 11:00 am By Scot McKnight

Kelly Edmiston is the Youth Pastor at the Vineyard Church of Sugar Land/Stafford. She has spent the last thirteen years in ministry to students and families in domestic and international contexts. Kelly has a passion to equip the church for works of ministry. She holds a Masters of Divinity from Abilene Christians University. Her areas of interest are feminist theology, practical theology and spiritual formation. Kelly and her husband Ben, enjoy “suburban life” with their three children. @kellyedmiston Leaving My... Read more

Re-imagining Paul

Last updated on: October 5, 2019 at 2:41 pm By Scot McKnight

The one who wrote Romans, a letter that has formed the backbone if not the entire skeleton of most of Christian theology from the 3d and 4th Century onwards, deserves an image. We need to think with terms of who he is. Was he an apostle? a theologian? a missionary? a church planter? Do we need multiple terns with hyphens to define this man? The missionary-theologian? an apostolic-missionary? Some to think he was a Sunday 11am Preacher? Was he? What... Read more

Surely the People are Grass (RJS)

Last updated on: October 5, 2019 at 4:23 pm By RJS

It has been a very busy start to the academic year. I’ve been planning to dig into the book (and video course) by Doug and Jonathan Moo Creation Care: A Biblical Theology of the Natural World, but haven’t had the time. Today, finally, we return to look at chapter 4, Members, Rulers, and Keepers of Creation (episode 3 in the video series). We start by looking the (in)significance of humans. We are creatures like all other creatures on earth. The... Read more

Submission in First Peter

Last updated on: October 5, 2019 at 2:28 pm By Scot McKnight

What about the paradigmatic text of all? Genesis? Andrew Bartlett, in his new book Men and Women in Christ (MWiC), explores Genesis 1-3 and beyond. Where Bartlett begins is right, and if one reads 1 Peter front to back one sees he’s right. Christ as paradigm shifts all relationships. 1. Peter’s view of life is Christ-centred. The example of our Lord’s humble love and submission is prominent in Peter’s first letter. 2. Peter discusses how this applies to a variety of situations... Read more

Those Pesky Evangelicals

Last updated on: October 4, 2019 at 4:12 pm By Scot McKnight

When I was teaching at TEDS in the 1980s and 1990s there was a serious conversation among some, especially John Woodbridge and D.A. Carson, who were aligned with a few others across North America, about who was and who wasn’t an evangelical. That is, there was a discussion of what constituted a true evangelical. At TEDS one of the defining issues was “inerrancy,” so I asked Kenneth Kantzer if it was necessary to be an evangelical and he said to... Read more

Who Would You Like Most to Meet (from Church History)?

Last updated on: October 4, 2019 at 9:31 am By Scot McKnight

Imagine for a moment someone in church history you’d most like to spend time with. Ruth Tucker mentions her favorites. Let’s hear it from you. Heloise and Abelard “The twelfth century, with all its sparkle,” writes Henry Adams, “would be dull without Abelard and Heloise.” Their story is one of the most well-known from the Middle Ages. It has all the drama necessary for a novel or movie—both of which have been done. We know about this couple because of... Read more

Almighty and Everlasting God

Last updated on: October 5, 2019 at 2:48 pm By Scot McKnight

Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,... Read more

McClay’s Land of Hope

Last updated on: October 2, 2019 at 3:43 pm By Scot McKnight

Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story Wilfred McClay is the Blankenship Chair in the history of liberty at The University of Oklahoma. McClay won the prestigious Merle Curti Award for his book, The Masterless: Self and Society in Modern America. McClay’s new book, Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story is the subject of the following interview. David George Moore conducted the interview. Some of Dave’s teaching videos and interviews can be found... Read more

Weekly Meanderings, 5 October 2019

Last updated on: October 4, 2019 at 4:56 pm By Scot McKnight

Gotta love this kind of technological development for the benefit of others: exoskeletons: LONDON (Reuters) – A man paralyzed from the shoulders down has been able to walk using a pioneering four-limb robotic system, or exoskeleton, that is commanded and controlled by signals from his brain. With a ceiling-mounted harness for balance, the 28-year-old tetraplegic patient used a system of sensors implanted near his brain to send messages to move all four of his paralyzed limbs after a two-year-long trial... Read more