This morning Scot McKnight gave an address entitled “Robust Gospel, Robust Spiritual Formation.” Scot argued that the American Evangelical church has over emphasized one piece of the gospel (personal reconciliation with God) and has missed the entire gospel. Consequently, we present an individualistic gospel with individualistic results that make the church irrelevant. Scot said that the real message of the gospel is that “God takes cracked Eikons and makes them whole again.” Scot used basketball as an analogy contrasting individualistic versus communal spiritual disciplines. He said that it is the difference between practicing shooting free throws versus practicing passing the ball. Rightly understood, McKnight argued, the gospel will draw us into the perichoretic dance of the Trinity.
One-on-One with Scot McKnight
I had the opportunity to visit with Scot one-on-one for about an hour after the plenary session. I wanted to know from him what his thoughts were regarding the transformation of an established church from a traditional, organizationally minded orientation towards a formation/missionally minded orientation. He encouraged me to find those people in the church who desire something different, and to begin to do life with them in a way that doesn’t destroy the rest of the church. Big challenge! He also encourage me not to allow myself to become bitter or angry about feeling stuck. Scot commented that he had seen this happen with emerging/missionally minded people who felt stuck in their situation. He encouraged me that I am in the time of life to take risks in order to move towards something new. We also had an interesting discussion about the “New Perspective” on Paul which has been more recently adapted by N.T. Wright.
One-on-One with Scot McKnight
I had the opportunity to visit with Scot one-on-one for about an hour after the plenary session. I wanted to know from him what his thoughts were regarding the transformation of an established church from a traditional, organizationally minded orientation towards a formation/missionally minded orientation. He encouraged me to find those people in the church who desire something different, and to begin to do life with them in a way that doesn’t destroy the rest of the church. Big challenge! He also encourage me not to allow myself to become bitter or angry about feeling stuck. Scot commented that he had seen this happen with emerging/missionally minded people who felt stuck in their situation. He encouraged me that I am in the time of life to take risks in order to move towards something new. We also had an interesting discussion about the “New Perspective” on Paul which has been more recently adapted by N.T. Wright.
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