I follow Scot McKnight on the Jesus Creed blog quite a bit, but other than that, I’m not familiar with his teaching. When The King Jesus Gospel was announced, the one thing that sold me on getting this book right away was there was a forward by Dallas Willard. I have a high regard for Willard, even taking myself back through The Divine Conspiracy this past summer.

Dallas Willard resonates with McKnight in his foreword, and it’s a statement I find true:

(McKnight) works from a basis of profound biblical understanding and of insight into history and into the contemporary misunderstandings that produce gospels that do not naturally produce disciples, but only consumers of religious goods and services.

We need to reconnect again with the fact that we can’t keep separating a salvation decision from spiritual transformation.

I am looking forward to reading this book!

The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited