Want a chance to win a copy of Scot’s New Book (A Church Called Tov - https://amzn.to/33APjL6)? On your favorite social media platform, share a screenshot of you listening to the podcast. Make sure to use #churchcalledtov Once wee hit 950k downloads we’ll announce the winners. Scot McKnight addresses how toxic cultures DEMONIZE THE CRITICS, SPIN THE STORY, GASLIGHT THE CRITICS, and 5 other narratives these toxic cultures implement. Jesus is truth and expects His churches to be filled with truth. There can be no tov without truth. In this episode, Scot unpacks these tactics that can be a templet to identify toxic cultures void of tov.

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

Want to learn more about seminary now? Go to https://seminarynow.com for a preview of the course offerings and save 15% with coupon code TAKE15 . 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.

*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.

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

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.

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

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/)

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.

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