“God did not give the Bible so we could master him or it; God gave the Bible so we could live it,… — 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
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
“Until we learn to read the Bible as Story, we will not know how to get anything out of the Bible for… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
God was on the move; God is on the move; and God will always be on the move. Those who walk with… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
“It is important to know the blessings and to rely on God’s promises. Please don’t misunderstand my point. But the blessings and… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
Angels emerge from the presence of God and worship of God, are sent on mission for our redemption, so it doesn't surprise… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
In the Bible angels speak and humans speak back to them. This is the case with Mary in Luke 1. The angel… — 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
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
“Any method of Bible study that doesn’t lead to transformation abandons the missional path of God and leaves us stranded.” — 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
The angels of the Bible terrify the humans to whom they visit; they startle and scare and even stun the humans. Why?… — 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
“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
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“One of my favorite kingdom preachers is Minneapolis pastor of Sanctuary Covenant Church, Efrem Smith.” — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
To walk into the Jefferson memorial is to be in a temple of the pure idolatry of reason — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
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 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 Jesus means… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
