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NT Wright and Covidtide
Today I received my copy of N. T. Wright’s God and the Pandemic (many thanks to the folks at Hearts and Minds Books in Pennsylvania for the amazing service). It’s a tiny book, clocking in at just over 70 pages. … Continue reading
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Lamentations
TIME Magazine recently published a short piece by N. T. Wright about Our Current Moment. The title says it so well: Christianity Offers No Answers About the Coronavirus. It’s Not Supposed To. “That’s not supposed to be true,” you might … Continue reading
“We Want to Play the Music”
As the year comes to an end, I find myself with a short stack of articles and essays that I never quite got around to writing about here. One of them was yesterday’s question of religious language through Jonathan Merritt’s … Continue reading
“As If Paul Really Meant It”
I’ve been thinking a lot about church lately, for as many reasons as there are days in a week, really. I’ve also been doing a slow re-read of N. T. Wright’s After You Believe, which isn’t about church life in … Continue reading
The Road to Lent (Begins Atop a Mountain)
The season of Lent is almost upon us. The season of fasting in order to prepare for the joy of Easter follows Ash Wednesday, a day where ashes are imposed on a believer’s forehead with the words “Remember that you … Continue reading
Anticipation and Participation
For years I was taught to see the kingdom of God as that which is now-but-not-yet. It’s one of those teachings with tension, pointing to a reality as frustrating as it is fulfilling. One of the best articulators of this … Continue reading
Can Wright Be Wrong?
N. T. Wright is the subject of this month’s Christianity Today cover story. Tuesday they opened up the lead article online. From the opening editor’s quote from Wright, you get a good sense of some quality, trust-worthy thinking: When you … Continue reading
N. T. Wright and the Question of Worldview
N. T. Wright’s latest book, The Case for the Psalms, dropped last week without much fanfare. It’s a little book, small in both page size and page count. It is also, surprisingly, a brilliant book about worldview. Worldview has been … Continue reading
The Dangerous Power of Story
‘STORY’ HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC lately. Has been for some time, honestly. It’s also been a big topic for the folks over at Christianity Today, as well. The concept, so true to human experience and history, has made its … Continue reading
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King and Kingdom: Thoughts on N. T. Wright
LAST NIGHT AT CHURCH we sang Psalm 82, with one verse saying: “Arise, O God, and rule the earth, for you shall take all nations for your own.” This psalm, I teach my sophomores, would be known as an enthronement … Continue reading
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