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Jesus the Benefactor 4
By
Scot McKnight
Powerful Benefactor So he leaves backwater Nazareth and sets up his kingdom-dream shop in a more cosmopolitan location, in Capernaum, a central stop for the trade route from Damascus to Jerusalem or to the Mediterranean and even down to Alexandria. In Capernaum and in the religious center of the Jews, a synagogue, Jesus’ own God-oriented,…
Who Tithes These Days?
By
Scot McKnight
You might be surprised what the numbers tell us about who and who doesn’t tithe. In What Americans Really Believe we get a pretty full disclosure of some significant facts about tithing. But there’s an issue here: some pastors urge the tithe; the NT evidence is hardly clearly in favor of tithing; the NT focuses…
Deliverance of God 4 (Matt Edwards)
By
Scot McKnight
This is an incredible series being offered to us by Matt Edwards: a nine part summary and response to Douglas Campbell’s mega-book, The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul . Thanks to Matt Edwards. The Deliverance of God 4–Inconsistent Anthropology in Justification Theory We are evaluating Douglas Campbell’s rereading of Romans…
Jesus the Benefactor 3
By
Scot McKnight
Benefactions for All I was once at a small gathering of mostly Roman Catholics in the City of Chicago where we were talking about being benefactors to the poor in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Toward the end of our session, we were informed that the priest who had been guiding our conversation that day…
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