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What is the “Christian life” all about? Studying the Bible, attending church, cultivating a prayer life, witnessing to others—those are all good. But is that really what Jesus has in mind? The answer, says Scot McKnight in One.Life, lies in Jesus’ words, “Follow me.” What does it look like to follow Jesus, and how will doing so change the way we live our life—our love.life, our justice.life, our peace.life, our community.life, our sex.life—everything about our life. One.Life will open your eyes to the full, compelling immensity of what it means to be a Christian. “Jesus offers to us a kingdom dream that transforms us to the very core of our being,” says Scot McKnight. “His vision is so big we are called to give our entire life to it. His vision is so big it swallows up our dreams.” Discover exactly what Jesus meant when he announced the arrival of God’s kingdom. Equipping you with a new understanding of that kingdom’s radical nature, One.Life shares profound, challenging, and practical insights on how to demonstrate its reality in your life. In many ways, what The Cost of Discipleship by Bonhoeffer challenged Christians to do in earlier generations, One.Life will do for a new generation. One.Life will call you beyond the flatlands of religiosity toward a kingdom vision that will shape everything you do.
- Sales Rank: #60989 in Books
- Brand: McKnight, Scot
- Published on: 2010-12-08
- Released on: 2010-12-08
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .63" w x 5.47" l, .50 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 208 pages
Review
In his latest book, McKnight, a professor of religious studies at North Park University in Chicago and the author of the acclaimed Jesus Creed, argues against the Christianity he was taught in his youth, an interpretation he finds overly fixated on the personal piety of believers rather than their influence in society. He contends instead that Jesus called believers to action and to the establishment of a world of justice, compassion, and peace. This scriptural reading is hardly new, but McKnight’s writing makes it fresh and engaging. His frequent pop culture references serve to draw in younger readers; other stylistic choices, such as unusual punctuation and line breaks, can distract from his message instead of creating a contemporary feel. Dividing the book into chapters addressing different aspects of a believer’s life, such as “church.life” and “sex.life,” McKnight combines knowledgeable scriptural exegesis with anecdotes drawn from his own life and his experiences with college students to provide insight into Jesus’ life and message. This results in a highly readable work that can serve as an excellent introduction to Jesus and his teachings for a new generation. (Jan.) (Publishers Weekly)
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“Scot McKnight is a gift to the body of Christ as he challenges us to think about our faith more deeply, practice being a disciple more intently, and love God more passionately. Each of us is only given one life, and after reading this book, you’ll desire to live it with abandon to God.” -- Margaret Feinberg, , Author
“In One.Life, Scot McKnight challenges readers to become followers of the Jesus characterized by life, justice, peace, and wisdom. This inspiring book will transform believers into agents of change. I recommend this passionately written book to young and old Christians alike.” -- Tremper Longman III, , Author
“Scot is one of the clearest, keenest voices I know in helping us come to a deeper understanding of the Jesus we meet in the New Testament. This book won’t so much change your life as help you to find it.” -- John Ortberg, , Author
'Scot McKnight’s book, One.Life, is the clearest, most readable, most applicable exposition of the Kingdom in everyday words I have ever read. I am fascinated by how he describes the idea of dreams and imagination and how they connect with the reality of the Kingdom.' -- Eddie Broussard, , Director
“Wake up from a truncated version of Christianity and take action today to fully live the One.Life God has given you, following Jesus in his dream for the kingdom!” -- Mindy Caliguire, , Director
“With rare candor and remarkable courage, Scot McKnight weaves his own personal story into a contemporary quest to find the true meaning of Christian faith in a modern world. Effectively written and filled with insight for the reader who rarely reads theological books, McKnight can reach audiences here that most of us never will. Well done.” -- Gary M. Burge, , Professor
From the Back Cover
What is the 'Christian life' all about? Studying the Bible, attending church, cultivating a prayer life, witnessing to others---those are all good. But is that really what Jesus has in mind? The answer, says Scot McKnight in One.Life, lies in Jesus' words, 'Follow me.' What does it look like to follow Jesus, and how will doing so change the way we live our life---our love.life, our justice.life, our peace.life, our community.life, our sex.life---everything about our life. One.Life will open your eyes to the full, compelling immensity of what it means to be a Christian. 'Jesus offers to us a kingdom dream that transforms us to the very core of our being, ' says Scot McKnight. 'His vision is so big we are called to give our entire life to it. His vision is so big it swallows up our dreams.' Discover exactly what Jesus meant when he announced the arrival of God's kingdom. Equipping you with a new understanding of that kingdom's radical nature, One.Life shares profound, challenging, and practical insights on how to demonstrate its reality in your life. In many ways, what The Cost of Discipleship by Bonhoeffer challenged Christians to do in earlier generations, One.Life will do for a new generation. One.Life will call you beyond the flatlands of religiosity toward a kingdom vision that will shape everything you do.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Challenging all followers
By Roger D. Schmidgall
Scot's latest book is subtitled "Jesus Calls, We Follow." He reclaims Jesus' Kingdom message from modern disinterest and reveals its rightful glory and centrality for today's followers. I relished fresh challenges from Jesus' life and ministry in virtually every chapter. Some (out of context) snippets from several favorite chapters:
- Peace - "peace is a result and not a goal" and "anyone who loves others and serves others will bring peace into the world"
- Wisdom - "the most important posture for the one who wants to be wise is to be receptively reverent toward those who are wise"
- Church - "somewhere along the line kingdom ceased being society and became spirituality" and "I owe my primary commitment to my local church, not because it is what I want and not because it is the ideal place, but because the only way for Jesus' dream kingdom to take root is when local people commit to one another to strive with one another for a just, loving, peaceful, and wise society, beginning at home, with friends, and at their local community of faith."
Thought-provoking insights in chapters on Sex, Vocation, Love, Eternity (he talks about hell!), God, and more. He successfully weaves stories of his personal life and his students' lives with liberal scripture quotations (not merely references). Bravo!
I recently finished reading David Platt's "Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream" and Floyd McClung's "Follow: A Simple and Profound Call to Live Like Jesus." Scot's "One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow" fits very well as another excellent wake-up call to slumbering, complacent or bored followers. Is someOne talking to me!?
25 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
If This Is My One.Life, I'm A Bit Scared
By Coram Deo
"Followers of Jesus follow Jesus." I don't think the ground just slid out from underneath you; nevertheless, this is one of Scot McKnight's base premises in his new book One.Life: Jesus Calls We Follow, "a manifesto of the Christian faith."
One.Life, a book intended "for people who really do think a Christian is someone who follows Jesus and for those who want to focus once again on what Jesus meant when he said, `Come follow me,'" largely came out of McKnight's Jesus of Nazareth class at North Park University (197). The book, beginning with a vision to spend your One.Life on "Jesus' Kingdom dream," systematically encompasses characteristics of the Christian life. McKnight utilizes the first eight chapters to build a working definition of what it means to be a Christian. Ultimately, he defines a Christian as,
"One who follows Jesus by devoting his or her One.Life to the kingdom of God, fired by Jesus' own imagination, to a life of loving God and loving others, and to a society shaped by justice, especially for those who have been marginalized, to peace, and to a life devoted to acquiring wisdom in the context of a local church. This life can only be discover by being empowered by God's Spirit (106)."
In One.Life, McKnight helped clarify two great things for me. First, "there's a difference between focusing on being right and focusing on being a follower of Jesus" (47). McKnight used the parable of the good Samaritan as an example. The Levite and the priest passed by the mangled man because it would be ceremonially unclean to engage him. They were "right," but not right enough. The Samaritan was ultimately right because he extended love. McKnight summarizes this point well: "Being right for Jesus meant a kind of Bible reading and a kind of theology and a kind of behavior that led to loving God and loving others" (48). Second, McKnight points to the communal characteristic of following Jesus. "When I hear Christians describe the Christian life," writes McKnight, "as little more than soul development and personal intimacy with God...I have to wonder if Christians even read their Bibles" (60). Though he's writing sharply, McKnight's point is that we too often miss the forest for the trees. We treat intimacy with God as an end in itself and consequently miss Jesus' Kingdom vision.
While McKnight challenged my thinking in these areas, he lost me in others. For starters, this "manifesto" is more like an arbitrary assortment of McKnight's convictions of what following Jesus means. I had the hardest time weaving any sort of thematic thread through his book which covered topics ranging from Jesus parables, to sex, to eternity, to wisdom. McKnight's writing was also troubling. In many cases, McKnight takes hot topics in the faith and writes his own "You have heard it said...but I say" discourses (pp. 65 includes a classic example). McKnight also writes with lofty lingo that is hard to follow. The "Jesus'-Kingdom-Dream" rhetoric was hard to follow as it was rarely defined and repeatedly mentioned.
Furthermore, it baffled me that McKnight pieced together a working definition of what it means to follow Jesus but never mentioned that a Christian is a witness who verbally proclaims the Gospel. Much was said about the actions of a witness and only one example at the end of the book was given about sharing the Gospel with others.
The last troubling facet of One.Life was one of McKnight's premises. McKnight establishes his premise via a question: why did Jesus come to earth? I love the question. When I read it, it got me thinking. However, McKnight narrowly answers the question by citing Luke 4:16-21 (Jesus reciting Isaiah 61). Initially, I thought McKnight might expound on other Scriptures, but he stuck only to one. He neglected other Scriptures that didn't fit with his "Justice.Life" theme. While I understand McKnight was trying to debunk the blindly stated, "He came to die for my sin," he neglected important Scriptures such as John 10:10 ("I came that they may have life and have it abundantly") and 1 John 3:8b ("The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.") Or what about John 9:39, John 18:37, or 1 Tim 1:15? It seems unfair to say that Jesus only came to earth to fulfill a justice mission.
I am thankful for Scot McKnight. I regularly read his blog. However, this book was troubling to me. I am still rattled as to how Bill Hybels could've read this book and concluded, "After reading One.Life, I made a silent covenant with God to read everything Scot writes from this day forward."
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Great Book! Helps You Wrestle with Following Jesus Today
By Nate Yoder
I have long admired Scot's blog and enjoyed reading some of his other books. But One.Life may well be Scot's best work yet. His love for God and love for others comes through repeatedly in the book. When offering needed critiques to aspects of evangelical Christianity, it is always done with prophetic insight and a pastoral heart. Much more than needed critiques, Scot's dream and vision that people experience the life and mission of Jesus is found on nearly every page. This book is driven by the confident faith that Jesus' way manifests itself in every area of life.
So many books today reduce following Jesus to an exercise of the head, or a cause to embrace, or a "spiritual" inner life. This book integrates all areas of our humanity and calls us to live with Jesus in every area. I highly recommend this book to pastors, young adults, and anyone hungry to discover who Jesus really is and how he can help you live your best one.life.
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