Religion Quotes by Scot McKnight

“A Christian is someone who follows Jesus by devoting his or her One. Life to the kingdom vision of Jesus.”

— Scot McKnight

One reason why so many Christians today don't know the Old Testament is because their 'gospel' doesn't even need it.

— Scot McKnight

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

“It tells us that God gave the Bible a mission: God speaks to us so we will be the kind of people…

— Scot McKnight

What the church most needs is not heroes of faith, but faithful followers of Jesus.

— Scot McKnight

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

The assumption that the gospel can be reduced to a note card is already off on the wrong track.

— Scot McKnight

“The question: What is a Christian? My answer: A Christian is someone who follows Jesus* My former answer: A Christian is someone…

— Scot McKnight

“The test results also suggest that, even though we like to think we are becoming more like Jesus, the reverse is probably…

— Scot McKnight

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

“Some people read the Bible as if its passages were Rorschach inkblots. They see what is in their head. In more sophisticated…

— Scot McKnight

“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

“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

Many think Jesus came to earth so you and I can have a special kind of spiritual experience and then go merrily…

— Scot McKnight

“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

“Why do so many today want to wander off to South Africa or Kenya or India or Russia or Honduras or Costa…

— Scot McKnight