Religion and Theology:
Reading Response Questions for One Life
You have been responding to specific questions for each of the previous chapters. Lets take a different direction here. After reading Chapter 8 on the church and the interlude following it, write 1-2 good paragraphs giving your reaction/response to McKnight’s view of the church. You may agree or disagree with McKnight. What do you think about the church? What are its strengths and its weaknesses? How would you change it if you could?
Chapter: Committed Life
1. Write a one-paragraph summary and reaction to Chapter 9. How does this chapter strike you? Do you agree/disagree? Why?
2. What do you think are the main reasons people find the committed.life so difficult to follow? Explain.
3. McKnight says the most glaring contradiction between Jesus life and ours pertains to money and possessions. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
4. How do you think Christians should deal responsibly with money and possessions.