What the church most needs is not heroes of faith, but faithful followers of Jesus. — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
Our biggest problem is that we have an entire culture shaped by a misunderstanding of the gospel. That so-called gospel is deconstructing… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
The assumption that the gospel can be reduced to a note card is already off on the wrong track. — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
“A Christian is someone who follows Jesus by devoting his or her One. Life to the kingdom vision of Jesus.” — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
One reason why so many Christians today don't know the Old Testament is because their 'gospel' doesn't even need it. — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
We don't ask what the Bible says, we ask what God says to us in that Bible. The difference is a difference… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
“It tells us that God gave the Bible a mission: God speaks to us so we will be the kind of people… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
“But Augustine knew the Bible’s main mission: so that we can become people who love God and love others. If our reading… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
Many think Jesus came to earth so you and I can have a special kind of spiritual experience and then go merrily… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
“The question: What is a Christian? My answer: A Christian is someone who follows Jesus* My former answer: A Christian is someone… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
“The test results also suggest that, even though we like to think we are becoming more like Jesus, the reverse is probably… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
Those who aren't following Jesus aren't his followers. Its that simple. Followers follow, and those who don't follow aren't followers. To follow… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
“Some people read the Bible as if its passages were Rorschach inkblots. They see what is in their head. In more sophisticated… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
“What we are looking for in reading the Bible is the ability to turn the two-dimensional words on paper into a three-dimensional… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
“Since—and this is why it changed how I read the Bible—God chose to communicate in language, since language is always shaped by… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
“Why do so many today want to wander off to South Africa or Kenya or India or Russia or Honduras or Costa… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
“If you want to know how Jesus understands the Christian life, the place to begin is with what he means by kingdom of God.” — Scot McKnight Copy Share
“The test results also suggest that, even though we like to think we are becoming more like Jesus, the reverse is probably more the… — Scot McKnight Copy Share
We need to shed our unearthly and nonsocial and idealistic and romantic and uber-spiritual visions of kingdom and get back to what Jesus meant.… — Scot McKnight Copy Share
“One of my favorite kingdom preachers is Minneapolis pastor of Sanctuary Covenant Church, Efrem Smith.” — Scot McKnight Copy Share
To walk into the Jefferson memorial is to be in a temple of the pure idolatry of reason — Scot McKnight Copy Share
The ultimate end of redemption is that we worship God with our whole being and in the whole company of the redeemed. — Scot McKnight Copy Share
Those who aren't following Jesus aren't his followers. Its that simple. Followers follow, and those who don't follow aren't followers. To follow Jesus means… — Scot McKnight Copy Share
God's love entails a covenant commitment on the part of with us, and that covenant commitment means a promise to be with us and… — Scot McKnight Copy Share
“To reveal what the kingdom of God is like, Jesus tells parables. And these parables usher his listeners and readers into a world he… — Scot McKnight Copy Share
“God did not give the Bible so we could master him or it; God gave the Bible so we could live it, so we… — Scot McKnight Copy Share
Our biggest problem is that we have an entire culture shaped by a misunderstanding of the gospel. That so-called gospel is deconstructing the church — Scot McKnight Copy Share
Angels are here and around us; perhaps all around us. But we have to have an ear for them and an eye for them,… — Scot McKnight Copy Share
“This has to be emphasized, because today too many of us emphasize kingdom but ignore the Holy Spirit and Pentecost and church—as if kingdom… — Scot McKnight Copy Share
Angels will frequently - even when they're comforting us with good news - touch the awe of God's eternal presence and drive us to… — Scot McKnight Copy Share
