Since we all pick and choose when we read the Bible, why don't we do so more honestly, more thoughtfully, and more helpfully? When we read the Bible as a puzzle to solve or a law-book to apply or an ancient text to retrieve principles for living from, we tend to have difficulty with sections that...
I had heard some rave reviews of this book, so thought I'd give it a chance. However, since I was already familiar with some of the basic ideas in it, my expectations were not overly high. The problem McKnight proposes to tackle is truly an important one: how to see those in churches become disc...
I like a lot of what Scot McKnight says. He's a scholar, and he tries not to overstate his case, and he's also passionate and provocative. Like other "radical restatements of true Christianity", he characterises the current situation in such dire terms that I find it hard to relate to his critiqu...