Above is a promo for a book that I am finishing up titled “The King Jesus Gospel: the original good news revisited” by accomplished New Testament scholar Scot McKnight. McKnight critiques the modern gospel as being one preoccupied with making decisions rather than disciples which, in his words, “aborts the design of the gospel of Jesus.” I am reading through it once more preparing for a book review. In the meantime, what do you think of McKnight’s accusation that we have gotten the gospel wrong? That we have brushed past the “original good news” which needs a thorough “revisiting” by the church today? Are we really obsessed with decisions rather than disciples?
Paul Moldovan
I am a music enthusiast as well as an avid song-writer. I am also a comic enthusiast and enjoy creating graphic novels in my spare time. I am a follower of Jesus and on the side I love delving into books on theology and church history. I am married to the absolute love of my life and am a father of one. I am currently studying theology at Portland Seminary of George Fox, where I am working towards my MDiv. And lastly, I suffer from 'Netflix syndrome.'
July 19, 2016 at 5:17 am
If you live in a Christian bubble, if or when you leave it (for whatever reason), you will most likely find yourself in situations that all those youth services and Bible camps and altar calls did not prepare you for. It’s so easy to be a Christian amongst Christians, but that’s not what the Gospel called us to do. Christian segregation (which is rampant in American society) is one of the easiest and laziest ways to further bridge the divide between believers and non believers, and it certainly does not help impressionable young Christians who are then thrown into the real world with no safety net because the foundation that they built their faith upon is so flimsy.
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July 20, 2016 at 4:49 am
Very well said! What do you think we could do to prepare (or at east better prepare) young and/or new Christians for the real world?
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August 4, 2016 at 11:40 pm
Or, as we say in North Carolina: “You can put a bow-tie on a turd, but it’s still a turd.”
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August 5, 2016 at 6:48 am
Very true! Such a philosophically-rich statement 🙂 !
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