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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, I [...]

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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 in [...]

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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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