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✨Take the first step to investigate ? if Northern Seminary is the right fit for you to advance your ability to lead the church and engage the world - https://www.seminary.edu/krapply    Telling stories is fundamental to being human. There are so many stories that dominate the way humans live their lives. Join Scot and Laura as they explore what it looks likes to have a culture telling the most important story in history. If a church doesn’t nurture a culture where the gospel story is allowed to form the community, then living out God’s will is near impossible. Central to the kingdom ..read more

In African American Readings of Paul, Dr. Lisa Bowens surveys a wealth of primary sources from the early 1700s to the mid-twentieth century, including sermons, conversion stories, slave petitions, and autobiographies of ex-slaves, many of which introduce readers to previously unknown names in the history of New Testament interpretation. Along with their hermeneutical value, these texts also provide fresh documentation of Black religious life through wide swaths of American history. African American Readings of Paul promises to change the landscape of Pauline studies and fill an important ..read more

Award-winning journalist Katelyn Beaty has explored the ways fame has reshaped the American church, explains how and why celebrity is woven into the fabric of the evangelical movement and identifies many ways fame has gone awry in recent years. Katelyn talks with Scot about how the evangelical culture is uniquely attracted to celebrity gurus over and against institutions, and she offers a renewed vision of ordinary faithfulness, helping us all keep fame in its proper place. *Purchase your copy of Celebrities for Jesus -https://amzn.to/3qHvC0k *Amazon Affiliate ..read more

? Sign up for the Taste of Northern at seminary.edu/taste ? Cultures form the people that exist within them. When a culture is toxic, the outgrowth that comes from that toxicity will be harmful. Scot and Laura talk through a list from Katelyn Beaty on some of the signs that indicate toxic patterns taking root. Kaitlyn Beaty's Post - https://www.instagram.com/p/ChFg33SpXHf/?hl=en ..read more

Secrecy, hierarchy, and loyalty can easily mix together to create toxicity in a church. Scot & Laura go through these signs and other indicators that a toxic culture is present. Toxic cultures inevitably harm the people in the organization. Get guidance from this conversation on what signs to be looking for and what questions to ask if you think toxicity might be present ..read more

Going through a difficult season like the Covid Pandemic puts enormous challenges on pastors. Doug McPherson talks with Scot and Laura about the wisdom he uncovered walking through the pandemic. Every church is a fellowship of differents and that requires intentional wisdom to nurture goodness ..read more

How did an idea to make a few videos about understanding Bible books turn into a vast library of videos with over 100 million views? Tim Mackie and Jon Collins tell the story of how The Bible Project came to be and share what drives their creative process. The Bible Project has created some of the most helpful resources for the Church today and I think you’ll agree that their most exciting projects are still ahead of them! Check out all of the Bible Project videos and resources here >> thebibleproject.com Check out their newest resource still in beta testing >> classroom.bible ..read more

How did a libertine who lacks even the most basic knowledge of the Christian faith win 81 percent of the white evangelical vote in 2016? Why have white evangelicals become a presidential reprobate’s staunchest supporters? Scot and Laura investigate these questions evaluated by acclaimed historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez. She asks these questions and more in Jesus and John Wayne, which delves beyond facile headlines to explain how white evangelicals have brought us to our fractured political moment. Challenging the commonly held assumption that the “moral majority” backed Donald Trump for purely p ..read more

Start your journey of advancing your Biblical Studies with Northern Seminary at http://seminary.edu/krapply Scot McKnight suggests, “A sermon is a person studying the Bible, encountering God in their own life and history, and then spewing it all out on Sunday morning for the good of the people of God.” Scot and Marshall Hatch have a conversation about the danger of pastors taking others' messages as if they were their own. Listen to this episode of Kingdom Roots to get guidance on how to keep your own well running deep ..read more