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One of the single most important steps to becoming like Jesus is learning to read the Bible well. In this episode of Kingdom Roots, Scot answers significant questions about reading and studying the Bible well.

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Parakeets make delightful pets. We cage them or clip their wings to keep them where we want them. Scot McKnight contends that many, conservatives and liberals alike, attempt the same thing with the Bible. We all try to tame it. McKnight's The Blue Parakeet calls Christians to stop taming the Bible and to let it speak anew to our heart.

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Why do we have the Bible? We play with fire if we force the Bible to do anything other than what God designed it to do. Discover what God desired to bring about in His people through their interaction with His Word.

Dr. Barclay helps us understand God’s deep desire for a relationship with His people by showing how grace took root in the Roman world and how we should allow it to take root now.

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What’s the reason for the season?

There are many different suggestions about what the season of Christmas is all about. Join Scot and Chaz as they investigate the foundational meaning of Christmas. What you will find is that Jesus’ incarnation is at the core of Christmas and when the incarnation takes root there is no end to what God can do.

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A dissident is someone who isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo of a culture. In this sermon by Scot he unpacks how God used John and his willingness to declare Jesus as the one true King of the universe. This reality creates an inevitable challenge to anyone who does not agree that Jesus is King.

Most people engage with the Bible through a translation. Scot unpacks the vast landscape of the different English Bible translations and shares where he sees his new translation of The Second Testament fitting in the landscape. The Second Testament will be a translation that is shaped to sound and feel like the Greek language the New Testament is written.

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God is uniting all things in heaven and on earth in Christ, restoring and renewing the whole creation. Scot and Mark unpack the Apostle Paul’s heart for the Ephesian church. The letter of Ephesians sheds important light on what God wants to continue to see happen in his larger story being told through his people.

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Passing on the mantle of church leadership is one of the most significant elements of church health today. More times than not it can go wrong because of personality challenges or structural issues. Bobby and Doug share their story of Pastoral Succession and are a breath of fresh air on how pastoral succession can go well when it is submitted to Jesus’ leadership.

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Stories have power. Rev. Amanda Holm Rosengren shows how Paul captures and leverages God’s story to form the community of God’s people in Rome. This community and their story have deep roots in the story of what God has been doing through his people since the beginning of time.

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