Scot McKnight

Consumerism and the Church

I’m planning for a teaching a series in November on consumerism and the Christian faith.  The human desire for more, more, more creeps into our faith and then into our expectations of church … (more on that later!) Since I’ve been wrestling with these issues and trying to think through hard questions about our culture, [...]

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The Attack of the Zealots

A couple of years ago, Scot McKnight wrote on his blog, Jesus Creed, about zealotry.  I was struck by his definition so much that I cut and pasted it for safe keeping! Zealotry is conscious zeal to be radically committed, so radically committed that one goes beyond the Bible to defend things that are not [...]

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Scot McKnight on the Book of James

Beginning today over at Jesus Creed, Scot McKnight begins a Bible study on the book of James. In the past, Jesus Creed Bible studies have been devotional exercises for me, both because of Scot’s insight and the (generally) helpful, on-point discussion in the comments. Check it out: http://blog.beliefnet.com/jesuscreed/2009/02/a-brothers-wisdom-1.html

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