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    The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited
    The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited
    The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited
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    The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited

    Written by Scot McKnight and N.T. Wright and Dallas Willard

    Narrated by Maurice England

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    Contemporary evangelicals have built a "salvation culture" but not a "gospel culture." Evangelicals have reduced the gospel to the message of personal salvation. This book makes a plea for us to recover the old gospel as that which is still new and still fresh. The book stands on four arguments: that the gospel is defined by the apostles in 1 Corinthians 15 as the completion of the Story of Israel in the saving Story of Jesus; that the gospel is found in the Four Gospels; that the gospel was preached by Jesus; and that the sermons in the Book of Acts are the best example of gospeling in the New Testament. The King Jesus Gospel ends with practical suggestions about evangelism and about building a gospel culture.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateSep 20, 2011
    ISBN9780310493013
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    Scot McKnight

    Scot McKnight (Ph.D., University of Nottingham) is professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois. He is the author of The Jesus Creed, The King Jesus Gospel, A Community Called Atonement, Embracing Grace, The Real Mary and commentaries on James, Galatians and 1 Peter, and coeditor of the award-winning Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. He is also a widely recognized blogger at the Jesus Creed blog. His other interests include golfing, gardening and traveling.

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    • 5/5
      It challenges our lives to be changed by the Spirit to be the image of God in this world. Not rebels but a kingdom invading a kingdom through love and servants as Kings and Priests of the Father to whom the Kingdom that is subjecting all kingdoms under Jesus. Who when all things are subject to Him; with Himself will subject His subjected kingdoms to the Father (which will include us GOD'S kingdom of kings and Priests).
    • 4/5
      This was a very enlightening and somewhat controversial book. I definitely left with greater understanding. I didn’t agree with everything. However, there is no denying his theological expertise. It was because of this that I pressed on when my beliefs were challenged. I recommend this book.
    • 5/5
      With so many variations of the Gospel making their rounds (and I'm not just talking false gospels), it's no wonder we have lost sight of what the Gospel actually is. In today's society it seems we have transformed the message of the Gospel into solely a message (and method) of salvation. In other words, we have gone from a "gospel culture" to a "salvation culture" essentially becoming soterians rather than Gospel evangelists.McKnight does an excellent job in drawing primarily from Scripture but also from tradition (early church fathers and early creeds) in describing and outlining the Gospel in it's most basic and simplistic form. In summary, the Gospel is this: "Jesus of Nazareth, the one who lived and died and who was raised and ascended and enthroned, is both Messiah of Israel and Lord of the whole world". He truly is King. This is the King Jesus Gospel in which Jesus reigns over the Jews and over all the earth. This is the same Gospel that Jesus himself taught, along with all of the apostles including Peter and Paul. And for the first few centuries, this is what the early church also believed and taught. It was with Augustine and later the Reformers that soteriology was introduced in with the Gospel message. Theological terms such as: propitiation, justification, and substitutionary atonement were intermixed in with Reformed-era creeds and confessions and have stuck ever since. While these terms and processes are certainly a vital part of the transforming power of the Gospel, they are not the Gospel in of themselves.Overall, this is the best book that I've read outlining what the Gospel truly is. However, while it seemed McKnight was able to easily capture Paul's definition of the Gospel primarily drawing from 1 Corinthians 15, it seemed he was all over the place in attempting to capture Jesus' definition of the Gospel. But, I give credit where credit is due... namely that McKnight ultimately does define the King Jesus Gospel. But, I still remain "on the fence" if whether or not the kingdom of God also plays a part and role in this King Jesus Gospel.I highly recommend this book to all Christians, and especially for those of us who are involved in evangelism and missions where getting the Gospel message right is absolutely vital.
    • 3/5
      When I first heard about this book, I was excited. I liked the title: The King Jesus Gospel. I knew that he would talk about how the Gospel relates to the Kingdom of God. I wondered if he would mention Lordship salvation. I hoped that he would talk about the grand narrative of scripture. McKnight does this and more. This book is a reaction to the shallow evangelistic methods and anemic “gospeling” of the day.Scot McKnight writes this book as a corrective for much that has gone wrong in modern evangelism. “I believe we are focused on the wrong things”,writes McKnight. Anyone who grew up in a church that used scripted evangelistic programs and/or programmed visitation can relate to the experiences and disappointments that McKnight recounts. As I read the introduction, I found myself transported back in time to my own experiences. Throughout the book I saw McKnight put into words the thoughts that have been in my mind for some time. So what is the problem and how do we fix it?McKnight suggests that we have a salvation culture not a gospel culture: “The evangelical culture focuses on the experience of personal salvation as the decisive factor for creating that culture.” We are concerned with people being saved from hell but we are not dedicated to them living in the light of the gospel for the rest of their lives. This is why true discipleship is lacking in the church. Our focus is on saving them from something but not necessarily to something. We fail to address the kingdom living issues. I found myself in complete agreement with the author on this assessment.After our attention has been brought to bear on this diminution , we are taken to the reality of the full gospel. The source is of course the scripture. We are given examples in the writings of Paul, the gospel according to the four evangelists and the teaching of Jesus Himself. I rejoice that the author goes to scripture for the answer to the question, “What is the Gospel?” McKnight then goes on to instruct us on how to usher in this gospel culture. I do not want to spoil your reading of the book so I hope this whets your appetite.I do not always agree with McKnight. Indeed, I did not always agree with what he said in this book. But I found McKnight to be correct in reacting against the current culture, compelling in his arguments, kind to those he disagrees with and passionate about proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. I hope that this book gains a wide reading. I hope that this topic is much discussed. And I hope that his critics will exhibit the same gracious spirit that he does in his writing.This book was provided to me free of charge from Zondervan for the purpose of review.