Kingdom Roots
Kingdom Roots
The Kingdom Roots Podcast with Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett facilitates conversations about how the Kingdom took root 'then' and how it takes root 'now.'
Scot McKnight (PhD, University of Nottingham) is a world-renowned speaker, writer, professor, and equipper of the Church. He is a recognized authority on the historical Jesus, early Christianity, and the New Testament. His books have been translated into Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Portuguese. He is the author of The Jesus Creed, The Blue Parakeet, The King Jesus Gospel, Revelation for the Rest of Us, numerous commentaries, and is now writing a sixteen-volume series of reflections called The Everyday Bible Study.
Cody Matchett is a pastor, professor, and writer from Calgary Alberta Canada. He is a PhD candidate at Ridley College (Australian College of Theology) exploring portrayals of human character in the Graeco-Roman World, the co-author of Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call To Follow Jesus As A Dissident Disciple (Zondervan Reflective), and co-host of Kingdom Roots Podcast with Dr. Scot McKnight. Cody is passionate about bible literacy and engagement, psychology and philosophy, and all things coffee. He lives in Calgary with his wife Brianna, a counselling-therapist (Garden Counselling Services), his daughter Aletheia Theodora and his son Atticus Ignatius.
Scot McKnight (PhD, University of Nottingham) is a world-renowned speaker, writer, professor, and equipper of the Church. He is a recognized authority on the historical Jesus, early Christianity, and the New Testament. His books have been translated into Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Portuguese. He is the author of The Jesus Creed, The Blue Parakeet, The King Jesus Gospel, Revelation for the Rest of Us, numerous commentaries, and is now writing a sixteen-volume series of reflections called The Everyday Bible Study.
Cody Matchett is a pastor, professor, and writer from Calgary Alberta Canada. He is a PhD candidate at Ridley College (Australian College of Theology) exploring portrayals of human character in the Graeco-Roman World, the co-author of Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call To Follow Jesus As A Dissident Disciple (Zondervan Reflective), and co-host of Kingdom Roots Podcast with Dr. Scot McKnight. Cody is passionate about bible literacy and engagement, psychology and philosophy, and all things coffee. He lives in Calgary with his wife Brianna, a counselling-therapist (Garden Counselling Services), his daughter Aletheia Theodora and his son Atticus Ignatius.
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Sep 3, 2020 • 36min
How the Willow Creek Scandal Led to a Book on Goodness (A Church Called Tov Series) - KR 159
What is the way forward for the church when so much of what we hear is 👎?
Tragically, in recent years, Christians have gotten used to revelations of abuses of many kinds in our most respected churches―from Willow Creek to Harvest, from Southern Baptist pastors to Sovereign Grace churches. Scot McKnight and former Willow Creek member Laura Barringer wrote this book to paint a pathway forward for the church. In this episode they unpack the story of how this book came to be and their hope for how it can be used to foster good cultures.
Purchase book here 👉https://amzn.to/31RNhXl
Aug 21, 2020 • 55min
Scot's Key Observations from 30 + Years of Studying Jesus (Seminary Now Live Event) - KR 158
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In this episode, Dr. Scot McKnight discusses his 30+ years of studying Jesus, the evolution of his thinking on key topics, and the developments in Gospel studies that inform the church's theology and mission.
Aug 7, 2020 • 39min
The State of New Testament Studies (Conversation with Nijay Gupta) - KR 157
*Get your free chapters of The State of New Testament Studies 👉 https://app.hatchbuck.com/OnlineForm/93633620413
Interested in studying with Scot and Nijay at Northern Seminary?
Schedule a call with Chaz (https://calendly.com/mantcall/northern-interest) or Laura (https://calendly.com/lauratarro/mant-interest-call?back=1&month=2020-08). You could also send Chaz an email at crobbins@seminary.edu
Buy The State of New Testament Studies 👉 https://amzn.to/3fCjRAe
Buy Nijay’s book, The Beginners Guide to New Testament Studies 👉 https://amzn.to/2XBAjuc
Some have described The State of New Testament as a library in a book. Scot unpacks with Nijay their approach to creating this valuable resource. They discuss why it was important for them to have a diverse collection of authors and how reading this book could have an important impact on your ministry.
*This giveaway is used with permission from Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group (BakerAcademic.com), 2019.
Jul 17, 2020 • 40min
Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Conversation with Aimee Byrd) - KR 156
Join us for the Urban Leadership Symposium on Aug. 12, 2020. Register here >> https://bit.ly/Ubran_Leadership_Symposium
Do men and women benefit equally from God's word? Are they equally responsible in sharpening one another in the faith and passing it down to the next generation? While radical feminists claim that the Bible is a hopelessly patriarchal construction by powerful men that oppresses women, evangelical churches simply reinforce this teaching when we constantly separate men and women, customizing women's resources and studies according to a culturally based understanding of roles. Do we need men's Bibles and women's Bibles, or can the one, holy Bible guide us all? Is the Bible, God's word, so male-centered and authored that women need to create their own resources to relate to it? No! And in it, we also learn from women. Women play an active role as witnesses to the faith, passing it on to the new generations.
Suggested Resources:
Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood - https://amzn.to/3hbcf99
Aimee’s Blog: https://aimeebyrd.com
Aimee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aimeebyrdhwt
An Introduction to Religious Language: Exploring Theolinguistics in Contemporary Contexts by Valerie Hobbs https://amzn.to/3eAn0jA
Jul 2, 2020 • 31min
Reforming Church Culture into a Goodness Culture Q & A - KR 155
Register for the Free Webinar Replay here >> https://bit.ly/KRWebinarreplay
Culture is inescapable and inevitably impacts everything it surrounds. It quietly leads, informs, and transforms everything within the culture. Churches have cultures too. Scot McKnight recently hosted a webinar on how a goodness culture can prevent the abuse patterns found in so many churches.
In this FREE Webinar with Scot you will:
💡 Gain a Biblical vision for how desires the church to be a culture of goodness.
💡 Learn about the elements of church cultures and how they work to create a healthy or toxic environment.
💡 Discover ways you can foster goodness in your church culture.
💡 Have an opportunity to ask Scot your questions about church culture.
Jun 18, 2020 • 34min
Biblicism and the Church - KR 154
Save your seat for Scot's Webinar on Re-Froming Church Culture to a Goodness Culture (Wed. 1 pm CT on 6/24) >>> https://bit.ly/KRwebinar
The Bible tells me so ... What does this common phrase thrown around in so many churches reveal about how we understand the Bible and the role it should play in our faith? Scot digs into why the Bible needs to have an overly prominent role in the life of the church. He also addresses how if we're not careful we could expect more than we should from our view of the Bible.
Suggested Resources:
The Bible Made Impossible by Christian Smith >> https://amzn.to/2BnLbUw
Jun 5, 2020 • 28min
Race and the Kingdom (Coversation with Derwin Gray - Rebroadcast) - KR 23
Racial tension is at a high point.
The embodiment of the Kingdom found in the New Testament and lived out through the Church was to be a vision of unity and diversity. The Church in America, unfortunately, has remained one of the most segregated organizations instead of being a vision for unity and diversity. Pastor Derwin Gray and Transformation Church is a shining light of how the Church can be the type of diverse community it was intended to be.
Hear about Pastor Derwin’s journey of planting Transformation Church, the challenges they faced from being a multiethnic church, and steps any church can take to become a richer expression of the diverse Kingdom of God.
Suggested Resources:
The High Definition Leader: Building Multiethnic Churches in a Multiethnic World by Derwin L. Gray (https://amzn.to/2XYWSbS)
The Fellowship of Differents by Scot McKnight (https://amzn.to/2XvuIGa)
Follow Pastor Derwin on his website (www.derwinlgray.com), Facebook (www.facebook.com/pages/Derwin-L-G…/117534411600257)
Twitter (twitter.com/derwinlgray)
Instagram (www.instagram.com/derwinlgray/)
May 21, 2020 • 33min
What Do Bible Scholars Have to Say to Theologians? - KR 153
Theologians and Bible scholars sometimes don’t realize how they’re not interacting with each other. In this episode of Kingdom Roots, Scot introduces 5 themes he wishes theologians would consider. Both disciplines are at their best when they are interacting well with each other. This is an important conversation that is happening. Check out Scot’s perspective today.
May 8, 2020 • 44min
The Atonement and the Pastor (Parchman Lecture Series | Truett Seminary | Part 4) - KR 152
Is penal substitution theory the leading metaphor of atonement in the Bible?
Evangelicalism has some specific drivers that make penal substitution theory an attractive metaphor. In Scot’s fourth and final lecture in this series, he investigates what metaphors really are and how metaphors can and should help us understand the atonement. When the church takes the full message of atonement to heart, mission can help but flow.
Resources Mentioned:
The Nature of the Atonement (4 Views) - https://amzn.to/3bfIbWl
A Community Called Atonement by Scot McKnight - https://amzn.to/2YIIvKt
Apr 17, 2020 • 47min
The Gospel and the Pastor (Parchman Lecture Series | Trueett Seminary | Part 3) - KR 151
How you define “the gospel,” says a lot about how you will live out your faith.
Scot unpacks how the desire to see people saved has forced evangelicalism to see the gospel in a way different from the New Testament. Most evangelical views on the gospel lead to a salvation culture and not a gospel culture. In this lecture, Scot urges pastors to foster a community of good news that the gospel creates.
Want to dig deeper into Scot’s view on the gospel? Check out his book The King Jesus Gospel: https://amzn.to/3bjKE2I
