- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Zondervan; 1st Harper Collins Pbk. Ed edition (1 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060872616
- ISBN-13: 978-0060872618
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.4 x 1.2 cm
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The author of Jesus and the Victory of God contends that evangelicals and liberals misread Scripture, counseling readers on how to restore the Bible's authority for guiding the church in light of contemporary issues. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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A way out - a priest's review
1 Nov 2007
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Both in scholarship and general life styles, liberals and conservatives are locked in hopeless battle. "You don't care about people!" vs "You ignore God's word!" is common rhetoric throughout the declining churches of North Amercia. Bishop Wright offers a new way of stepping beyond these unity destroying, fruitless debates about the Bible, a way of hope and new life.
Bishop Wright takes a fresh look at the Bible and its purposes. In doing so he offers a new way to work together to fulfill God's purposes that goes beyond both entrenched positions. His way of doing so offers hope for all, liberal and conservative. He challenges us all to fulfill God's purposes in creating the Bible.
While it is a stand alone book, this book is best read in combination with Wright's *Simply Christian*. New hope and new life are there in abundance in both books, a way out of the trap of liberal vs conservative dogmatized thinking.
Yes, as another reviewer commented, this book is meat instead of milk. It is meat tenderized for a toddler, when compared with the meat offered in scholarly theological books. This book is for anyone and everyone who wants hope and new life.
One reader at a time, we can change the world around us for the better. That, in the end, is what we are commanded to do. This book offers us a new way to do so.
Bishop Wright takes a fresh look at the Bible and its purposes. In doing so he offers a new way to work together to fulfill God's purposes that goes beyond both entrenched positions. His way of doing so offers hope for all, liberal and conservative. He challenges us all to fulfill God's purposes in creating the Bible.
While it is a stand alone book, this book is best read in combination with Wright's *Simply Christian*. New hope and new life are there in abundance in both books, a way out of the trap of liberal vs conservative dogmatized thinking.
Yes, as another reviewer commented, this book is meat instead of milk. It is meat tenderized for a toddler, when compared with the meat offered in scholarly theological books. This book is for anyone and everyone who wants hope and new life.
One reader at a time, we can change the world around us for the better. That, in the end, is what we are commanded to do. This book offers us a new way to do so.
22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Wright On Target
3 Jan 2007
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N. T. Wright always has a lot to say, and much we should hear. While some of his works get quite lengthy and detailed, this little book is a gem, getting right to the point, and challenging all Christians to reclaim a positive understanding of Biblical Authority. If all believers could claim such a perspective, we would have much less dis-unity in the body of Christ. A must read for anyone who takes the Bible seriously, and hopes everyone else will, too.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Right to the point!
27 Sep 2009
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Once again, N.T. Wright's academic acumen shines forth in his book The Last Word. He doesn't sugar-coat the issues the Christian church faces when it improperly uses translates/uses the Bible to formulate theologies that exclude others. For those who want a no nonsense book on the subject, one with good recommendations for any church to use, this is the one!
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