Five Things Biblical Scholars Wish Theologians Knew Quotes

“Since we are committed in the church to the scriptural revelation as the norming norm, we need to remind ourselves that our task ultimately is to conserve the gospel revealed in Christ by addressing our world in its local manifestation with the grace of God. We will discover that we each have something to say about that grace and for our world.”
― Scot McKnight, Five Things Biblical Scholars Wish Theologians Knew

“The most significant passage in the Bible about the Bible is not, however, those two poignant New Testament passages that have given to us words such as inspiration (2 Tim 3:14-17; 2 Pet 1:20-21). Rather, it is Psalm 119, and it can be read as the Bible’s view of the Bible.”
― Scot McKnight, Five Things Biblical Scholars Wish Theologians Knew

“Torah is not theoretical morality but lived theology, a life enflamed by knowing God.”
― Scot McKnight, Five Things Biblical Scholars Wish Theologians Knew

“It is a fact that many statements about what the Bible says are derived from contextless exegeses of a former generation”
― Scot McKnight, Five Things Biblical Scholars Wish Theologians Knew