Scot McKnight

The Kingdom of God Is among You

Theology

“In Gordon Fee’s posthumous The Kingdom of God Is among You, this veteran Pauline scholar, from whom I have learned so much, turns his attention to the coherency of the message of the sweep of the New Testament in a way that draws from the best of older scholarship, shifts the characteristic emphases of most NT theology with his charismatic themes, and outlines a theology that leads us to worship. This book, as was the life of Gordon Fee, is truly doxological.”

The Letter to the Hebrews

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Most pastors and students are looking for neither the devotional nor the academic but for a commentary that both explains the text and how the author got there, and then also sorts out what the text means in the context of the Bible and Christian theology. Laansma's commentary strikes a balance with reverence for God's Word and a desire to help Bible readers become better Christians.”

The Listening Life

Christian Living

“The Listening Life is the kind of book that made me at times not want to turn the page—because I needed to! What the book did was still my soul and remind me to be still before God—to silence the noise and open the closed doors to hear. In hearing we learn that in listening to God and to one another we enter into the graces of love. On every page Adam McHugh offers wisdom that slowly marches us into a deeper kind of life, one marked by listening to God in a way that teaches us how to listen to one another and to ourselves. There are two kinds of people: those who talk and those who listen—the former need to read this book slowly and listen well to the lesson about reverse listening, while the latter will discover fresh light on a discipline now deepened.”

The Lost World of Adam and Eve

Science & Faith

“When strident voices who call the first three chapters of Genesis nothing but myth are met by equally strident voices declaring that the Bible, the gospel and the church will thereby collapse from the inside, we are tempted to take a side and start cheering. Then come the voices of reason that seek an opportunity to calm down the strident voices that often refuse to listen. John Walton is a voice of reason and he has shown time and time again that we must learn to read the Bible as God gave it, not the way we'd like it to be. Here we are treated to more 'propositions' about Adam and Eve that will anchor our faith in the ancient world in such a way that the fresh Spirit of God can blow on those chapters to illuminate all who will listen. Thank God for The Lost World of Adam and Eve.”

The Lost World of the Flood

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The Lost World of the Flood lays before serious Bible readers a consistent examination of the text itself, an honesty about hyperbole in the flood narrative, a splendid locating and explaining of the flood story in the context of the ancient Near East, a profound grasp of the theological value of the text, and a noble example of how to read the Bible as the Word of God. A brave and sound accomplishment.”

The Luminous Dusk

Christian Living

“Dale Allison asks if the stillness of God is not an invitation for us to listen. May we, with him, become more attentive as we seek wisdom.”

The Magnificent Journey

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Spiritual formation writers and spiritual directors have shifted from the spiritual disciplines to story and narrative and to journey, and the leading light on this reconfiguration of spiritual formation is James Bryan Smith. In The Magnificent Journey you will be embraced by the story of the kingdom of God, a story that leads us into faith, hope, love, and—best of all—joy. This book, when accompanied by the grace of God's Spirit, can guide churches into that surprise called joy.”

The Mercy Prayer

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Robert Gelinas reminds us that God’s love is the orientation to life, the air we breathe, and the sky above us—not something we earn or deserve but something God graces upon us because God loves us.”

The Missing Gospels

Apologetics

“The challenge today to traditional orthodox belief as the center of the Christian message is not from the voices who contend that the Gospels are not reliable or that the Apostle Paul invented Christianity, but that the orthodox faith was but one voice in a virtual cacophony of voices—voices that differed on who Jesus was, what salvation was, and who God was. Bock’s book patiently examines the resurgence of such voices, demonstrates that the evidence cannot support the modern resurgence, and offers in their place a supporting voice for the historical reliability of the orthodox faith as the faith once and for all delivered to the saints.”

The New Testament in Antiquity, 2nd Edition

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“For years I have searched in vain for a book that would introduce students to the New Testament—with clear outlines, graphic images, historical contexts, timelines, maps, and bibliographies. My search is over; this is that book.”

The New Testament in Color

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Reading the New Testament, intentionally, through one's ethnic point of view (African American, Asian American, Hispanic, or Native American) does not violate an objective, traditional reading of Scripture. Rather, reading the Bible in and out of one's location exposes the bias of the (formerly so-called) 'objective' reading as a Euro-white reading and, at the same time, offers to the traditional readings fresh perspectives. Over and over, I thought the essays were worth the price of this book, but I was wrong. The commentaries interact with the essays in a manner that makes this book a required desk companion for anyone who wants to hear all the Word of God has to offer. A must-have for all Bible teachers and pastors.”

The Next Christian Faith

Theology

“There is a quiet but sure shift occurring in theology, and it is perhaps a revolution. Theology as often practiced is little more than rearranging and repackaging and repeating what has been said before with very little progress. But biblical scholarship has shifted and that shift means an eventual shift in theology. The major shift is that the Bible’s narrative or story has come to the fore and it will shift all of theology. Chris Kugler has offered a brief, clear, and very suggestive approach to showing us the way: theology for the next generation! This is a welcome contribution.”

The Pursuing God

Christian Living

“Praise for The Pursuing God I commend this book front, left, and center because it thinks deeply and cares immensely for the moral vision of the Christian faith. Challenges to the Christian faith by the current generation are not your father’s or grandfather’s pushbacks. This generation questions, probes, and walks away from the Bible and the Christian faith for moral reasons, and the challenges to the faith are profoundly moral. Joshua Ryan Butler is in tune with both this generation and with deep Christian thinking, and offers to those who question the faith not “answers to your questions,” but deeper questions about those questions.”

The Sacred Way

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“This book provides for the entire Church a reflective, personally-useful, and pastorally-directive manual for what needs to be involved for the person who wants to develop a spiritual rule of life.”

The Saving Righteousness of God

Theology

“The study of what Paul means by 'justification' has hopped its rails, and now scholars from opposing perspectives -- traditional Reformation theology and the New Perspective -- have exited the train and are standing on opposite sides of the track tossing stones at one another. Michael Bird has called for a peace plan, and his proposal of an incorporated righteousness not only offers peace but can actually get the train back on its tracks so we can get on with moving the gospel into our world. This study deserves a 'Nobel peace prize in Theology'.”

The Scandal of the Kingdom

Christian Living

“Over the years of reading and listening to Dallas Willard, I was always longing for a more refined and robust understanding of what he thought Jesus meant by “kingdom of God.” I am thrilled to see that longing satisfied in his probing of the kingdom of God by examining the deposits of the kingdom as taught in Jesus’ parables. In his incomparable manner of attuning all that Jesus taught to a life transformed, The Scandal of the Kingdom develops into fruition Willard’s fresh and valuable understanding of the kingdom.”

The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb

Christian Living

“These two young men have done it right: they’ve listened to some of the greats in the church today, some great leaders noted not by power, but by humility and by a cruciform existence. The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb charts a path for today’s young leaders—the way of listening to the wisdom of the wise.”

The Woman They Wanted

History & Biography

“In silken prose and boundary-shattering perceptions, Shannon Harris tells her story of ascending, alongside her famous husband, to the heights of the Evangelical world only to learn--slowly, painfully, honestly, triumphantly--that who she was had gotten lost. The Woman They Wanted will become the vanguard of a new movement of women rediscovering themselves, their dreams, and their futures. This book will grieve you, anger you, and inspire you. In one word: stunning. I could not put this book down.”

Through the Valley

Christian Living

“I once knew someone who, when diagnosed with cancer, somehow managed to act completely unbothered by it. There was a theological 'I-trust-God' air about him but it revealed to me that stoicism isn't the way to respond to suffering. The biblical characters don't consign themselves to fate but wrestle with God because they are both passionate about life and willing to face God with their deepest desires. Jeff Wisdom's book is filled with honest doubt, genuine humility, and an open journey as he and his family faced the dread stage IV cancer. I felt like I was reading the Psalms come to life when I read this book.”

True Story

Apologetics

“The book is amply 'storified' and is a huge, huge step forward in evangelism. Pastors and parents need this book; youth ministers and college ministers need this book.”