{"id":426,"date":"2007-02-06T22:47:44","date_gmt":"2007-02-06T22:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2007\/02\/dinner-with-sco.html"},"modified":"2007-02-06T22:47:44","modified_gmt":"2007-02-06T22:47:44","slug":"dinner-with-sco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2007\/02\/dinner-with-sco.html","title":{"rendered":"Dinner with Scot McKnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Little did I know that I would have the opportunity to have dinner with Scot McKnight on the same week that he was my blog of the week.&nbsp; It just so happened that he is in Denver speaking at a conference.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some fellow co-laborers in Denver from Fellowship Denver do a wonderful, <a href=\"http:\/\/fellowshipdenver.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=43&amp;Itemid=55\"><span style=\"color: #0000cc\">in the market place outreach<\/span><\/a>, in which Scott was assisting.&nbsp; 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