Scot Mcknight's The Jesus Creed

As human beings, our brains are wired to see things we want and then do what is necessary to take ownership of it. In short, we set goals and then work to accomplish them. For Christians, we share a common goal. Our goal is to become more like Jesus with every day that we live. The book, The Jesus Creed by Scot McKnight, provides meaningful stories including practical ways to imitate Jesus. McKnight’s selling formula-- love God and love others. His theory was based off of Mathew 22:37-40, “Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment… ‘And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” McKnight calls his theory the Jesus Creed. He encourages his readers to memorize the Jesus Creed by saying it when we get up, go to bed, and at any other time that it comes to mind. McKnight explains, “Repetition has a way of …show more content…
The author touched on 11 different concepts that stem out from the Jesus Creed. The strong points of the book were the points that spoke to my heart personally. I am always busy. I have read the story of Mary and Martha hosting Jesus at their house countless times throughout my life. I relate to Martha, because she was, “distracted by her many tasks.” Each time I read this story, I am reminded that sometimes I get too caught up in getting all my commitments done that I run out of time and have to throw my time in the Word out the window. I am always completely aware that I don’t have time to read my bible, yet I don’t realize it until it is too late. A phrase that I have taught myself through this story is by saying yes to something, you are saying no to something else. For example, by saying yes to checking Facebook, I am actually saying no to reading my bible later on. This story was a strong point in this book for