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Simply Jesus: Unpredictable

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For the sovereign Lord is awe-inspiring;
he is the great king who rules the whole earth!
He subdued nations beneath us
and countries under our feet.
(Ps. 47:2-3; NET)

This is the best chapter (#5) of the book (so far), and an excellent explanation of how the OT had setup expectations and varying ideas in the minds of those living in the first century about how God was going to fulfill His promises to return and restore Israel. In a flowing narrative full of references to Scripture, Wright describes the difficulty that the people of Israel had in understanding how both God and David would be King. Continue reading →

Simply Jesus: The Perfect Storm

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This is post is part of a series of posts as I blog through the book Simply Jesus by N.T. Wright. Feel free to join in at anytime.

In 1991, the Perfect Storm (aka as the Halloween Nor’easter of 1991) hit the North East Coast of the US. It was the storm behind the popular movie of the same name. In chapters 3 – 5, Wright uses the image of the Perfect Storm to describe both the modern culture wars as well as the historical situation in Jerusalem during the first century. Continue reading →

Simply Jesus: On Wright and Arrogance

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Tom Wright speaking at Willow Creek (2011)

Tom Wright speaking at Willow Creek (2011)

Having mentioned in the first post that Wright can come across sounding arrogant, I found it interesting that Frank Viola (Beyond Evangelical) addressed this in an interview with N.T. Wright.  In this post Frank Viola, after quoting the press release for Simply Jesus, asks:

But what do you say to those who would suggest that these statements are arrogant, Continue reading →