Author: Scot McKnight
Title: One
Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow
Description: McKnight
claims that the church has traditionally emphasized the wrong elements of the
Christian life, thus giving a mistaken impression of what it means to follow
Jesus.
Source: This was
the freshman One Read at Southeastern University this year. I started the book
along with them but took a little longer to finish it.
Writing style: McKnight
is a professor at a Christian school, and that’s his voice here; the book
sounds very much as though it is written to students, and examples from his
relationships with various students are sprinkled throughout the book. The
author continually refers to One.life, and the period there really started to
get on my nerves as he referred to kingdom.life, sex.life, etc. etc. What
exactly does that period mean and why is it there? Maybe you have to be under
30 to get it…
Audience: Young
Christians.
Major ideas: Following
Jesus might not be exactly what your church has told you. The main distinction is McKnight’s
de-emphasis of personal acts of piety and stress on bringing the kingdom of God
to earth by increasing peace and justice.
Wrap-up: This idea isn't knew, but McKnight conveys it in an engaging way. 3.5/5*
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