Summary of Scot McKnight's The Blue Parakeet, 2nd Edition

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#1 When I was in high school, I went to a Christian camp in Muscatine, Iowa, with my girlfriend Kris. I was not particularly open to spiritual things, but when I prayed, something powerful happened. I went to breakfast a new person.

#2 I had no idea that I would go to college in Grand Rapids and become a bookaholic, buying books with money I didn’t have. I had no idea that teaching the Bible would mean these things.

#3 I was raised in a Christian home, but I was not taught to believe in God. I was taught to believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny. I was taught that some things were hogwash, and I learned that we all pick and choose what we want to believe.

#4 We all adopt the Bible and adapt it to our culture. This means that we pick and choose what we want to follow from it. It’s easier for us to hear that we adopt and adapt, but the two expressions really mean the same thing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822521667

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Insights on Scot McKnight's The Blue Parakeet, 2nd Edition

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

When I was in high school, I went to a Christian camp in Muscatine, Iowa, with my girlfriend Kris. I was not particularly open to spiritual things, but when I prayed, something powerful happened. I went to breakfast a new person.

#2

I had no idea that I would go to college in Grand Rapids and become a bookaholic, buying books with money I didn’t have. I had no idea that teaching the Bible would mean these things.

#3

I was raised in a Christian home, but I was not taught to believe in God. I was taught to believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny. I was taught that some things were hogwash, and I learned that we all pick and choose what we want to believe.

#4

We all adopt the Bible and adapt it to our culture. This means that we pick and choose what we want to follow from it. It’s easier for us to hear that we adopt and adapt, but the two expressions really mean the same thing.

#5

The Bible I read taught tithing, but the Bible does not insist that all of the tithe go to a local church. Truth be told, the New Testament doesn’t even bring up the tithe. In the Bible, the tithe is a combination of spiritual support and social service.

#6

I learned that the Bible expects things that were designed for that time but not for our time. I was not sure how we knew that, but I was sure we were making decisions like that. I was beginning to wonder how we knew how to live out the Bible.

#7

I began to realize that most Christians were not living below their means, and were in fact living well beyond their means. I began to question whether we should conform the Bible to science, science to the Bible, or. .

#8

I began to see that Christians read the Bible differently, and I began to see that no one group seemed to get it all right. I was asking questions like these: Why is it that some groups