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.
Episodes
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Apr 3, 2020 • 41min
Universalism and the Pastor (Parchman Lecture Series | Truett Seminary | Part 2) - KR 150
Why did evangelicalism get so upset about Love Wins by Rob Bell and pay so till attention to Allah by Miroslav Volf?
Scot suggests that evangelicals have foundational beliefs concerning responding to God that goes against the grain of what universalism suggests. In this lecture, Scot compares and contrasts the texts and theories that seem to be open to universalism and the texts that seem to make judgment leading to hell a reality. What becomes clear in examining this topic is that evangelicalism had a very clear fault line that Rob Bell’s book revealed.
Mar 20, 2020 • 42min
American Evangelicalism and the Pastor (Parchman Lecture Series | Truett Seminary | Part 1) - KR 149
How did Evangelicalism get to where it is today?
Scot sketches an overview of the history of evangelicalism and the major moves the movement has made over the years. This history and the current cultural context has deep implication for pastors today. If the church hopes to continue to engage in a relevant way in the future we need to know from where we have come.
Mar 5, 2020 • 29min
How can we pray like Jesus? (Rebroadcast) - KR 32
How can we pray like Jesus? The Jewish people Jesus grew up with were a praying people. Scot guides us on a journey into the depths of prayer in first-century Judaism and explains how Jesus anchors His understanding of prayer in Jewish prayer.
Prayer is an essential part of Kingdom living. This episode will help you allow prayer to build deeper roots in your life.
Suggested Resources:
Praying with the Church by Scot McKnight (goo.gl/09E1gy)
The Divine Hours, Pocket Edition by Phyllis Tickle (goo.gl/k8dTaK)
The Common Book of Prayer (goo.gl/43XpQu)
Lord, Teach Us: The Lord’s Prayer and the Christian Life by Stanley Hauerwas and William Willmon (goo.gl/w34ZHl)
Feb 20, 2020 • 28min
Culture of Wisdom (Pastor Paul Series) - KR 148
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There is a juvenilization taking place in many places in the church and it is threatening the ability for the church to have a wisdom culture.
The church needs to move past the temptation to be relevant at all costs and focus on the value of wisdom. Paul calls his communities to value wisdom at all costs. This creates a culture that has a faithful tradition as its foundation and enables the church to move forward in mission.
Feb 6, 2020 • 31min
Culture of World Subversion (Pastor Paul Series) - KR 147
Join us to experience a taste of Northern from anywhere in the world here -> seminary.edu/taste
The way of Jesus and His Kingdom is radically foreign to the way of the world.
There is a quiet revolution present with every community that possesses a culture of Christoformity. Pastors are called to be the first ones to invite and show their community what it looks like to follow Jesus. The only way to experience all of life as it was designed to be experienced is to join the quiet revolution of the church to subvert worldliness.
Jan 16, 2020 • 35min
Culture of Witness (Pastor Paul Series) - KR 146
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The first and foremost responsibility of any pastor is to be a witness.
Paul’s example of being a witness is using his story to make the story of Christ, the gospel, important. When churches foster a community of witnessing they become living libraries of God’s Word. The world is in desperate need to hear and see the witness of transformation that Jesus does in the church.
Investigate conversion to Jesus and how that impacts witness in Scot's Book turning to Jesus >> https://amzn.to/30tLHIJ
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Jan 3, 2020 • 25min
Culture of Storytellers (Pastor Paul Series) - KR 145
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Telling stories is fundamental to being human.
Join Scot and Chaz as they explore what it looks likes to have a culture telling the most important story in history. If a church doesn’t nurture a culture where the gospel story is allowed to form the community, then living out God’s will is near impossible. Key to the kingdom taking root now is telling the story of how the Kingdom took root then.
Suggested Resources:
Pastor Paul by Scot McKnight >> https://amzn.to/35Y4G0F
The Old Testament is Dying by Brent Strawn >> https://amzn.to/2FfJDud
Dec 19, 2019 • 27min
Culture of Generosity (Pastor Paul Series) - KR 144
What a community does with its financial resources reveals what they value.
Scot unpacks the Apostle Paul's vision for generosity and caring for the poor. Generosity was a staple in the early church and is still essential for God's Kingdom to continue to take root today. There is no telling the impact the church can make on the world with a culture of generosity driving toward equality of all.
Suggested Resources:
Pastor Paul by Scot McKnight >> amzn.to/35Y4G0F
Remember the Poor by Bruce Longenecker >> https://amzn.to/2PArvkJ
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger >> https://amzn.to/2EvUorY
Dec 6, 2019 • 27min
Culture of Siblings (Pastor Paul Series) - KR 143
When Paul thought about relationships in churches he thought about it through the lens of a family.
Why is the idea of friendships incomplete to describe the nature and quality of relationships in a church? What does it look like to live together in the family of God? How can a view of being siblings guide the church to be the community God desires it to be? Scot address all these questions and more in this episode.
Explore this topic further in Scot’s book Pastor Paul. Pick up a copy here >> amzn.to/35Y4G0F
Nov 21, 2019 • 30min
Culture of Friendship (Pastor Paul Series) - KR 142
What would it have been like to be friends with the Apostle Paul?
Scot takes a look at what friendship looked like in the ancient world through figures like Aristotle. Friendship was seen as a powerful force that shaped the trajectory of a life. If the Apostle Paul’s relationships teach us anything it is that Friends are essential to having a thriving ministry.
Explore this topic further in Scot’s book Pastor Paul. Pick up a copy here >> amzn.to/35Y4G0F
