Surprised by Scripture: Engaging Contemporary Issues

Posted on 23 February 2019 by N.T. Wright

A thoughtful and provocative collection, in the vein of the intellectual spiritual classic The Weight of Glory, from N T Wright, the influential Bishop, Bible scholar, and bestselling author widely regarded as a modern C S Lewis.An unusual combination of scholar, churchman, and leader, N T Wright hailed by Newsweek as the world s leading New Testament scholar is not only incredibly insightful, but conveys his knowledge in terms that excite and inspire Christian leaders worldwide, allowing them to see the Bible from a fresh viewpoint In this challenging and stimulating collection of popular essays, sermons, and talks, Wright provide a series of case studies which explore how the Bible can be applied to some of the most pressing contemporary issues facing us.Helpful, practical, and wise, Surprised by Scripture invites readers to examine their own hearts and minds and presents new models for understanding how to affirm the Bible in today s world as well as new ideas and renewed energy for deepening our faith and engaging with the world around us. Read Surprised by Scripture: Engaging Contemporary Issues – kino-fada.fr Finally so many things make sense to me about the ministry of Jesus and God s greater plan in creation I love the balance with which the topics are handled, I think every single person who calls themself Christian should read this book or other works by this author I feel like my soul has been watered in ways it has never been I feel a much deeper sense of integration and purpose for my life in ...I finished this book nearly three weeks ago, but I couldn t review it until now because I hadn t transcribed all my notes yet Because there were a lot of notes Because this book is amazing.The premise is simple N T Wright tackles a variety of modern subjects like politics, feminism, and manyusing the Bible as a reference and, again and again, finds surprising relevance for modern problems from this ancient scripture.I don t think I could really do the themes of the book justice with a I finished this book nearly three weeks ago, but I couldn t review it until now because I hadn t transcribed all...Since falling in love with the works of N.T Wright over a year ago, I have recognized in his works how the overarching theme in all his works that with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the new creation has begun to break into our world, that God has declared himself the king of this new world, and that we as Christians are called, as his image bearers, to reflect His goodness in all things and to share the Gospel with everyone has a political dimension to it Sometimes Mr Wright Since falling in love with the works of N.T Wright over a year ago, I have recognized in his works how the overarching theme in all his works that with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the new creation has begun to break into our world, that God has declared himself the king of this new world, and that we as Christians are called, as his image bearers, to reflect His goodness in all things and to share the Gospel with everyone has a political dimension to it Sometimes Mr Wright has touched upon this in hisrecent popular works, but usually has chosen to do so in a tangential way In this book, Mr Wright begins to articulatefully how the message of the Gospel challenges the world and its underlying philosophies Mr Wright points out how modern Western pop culture, in America especially, has adopted the Epicurean thought of the Enlightenment Epicurean meaning that God, or the gods, are probably far off if they exist at all and have very little to no effect on our day to ...A true mixed bag Some chapters were very good, and a number of them were lame The three stars is therefore an average.If you have read much of NT Wright nothing in this collection is likely to surprise you as it really involves the themes and perspectives he has been developing in his last few books It is, however, interesting to see him use this lens to explore a variety of topics in smaller chapters.Wright s theme throughout is how Western Christians have allowed the modern mindset of rationalistic and epicurean approaches to culture and knowledge shrink their faith into an internal personal belief If you have read much of NT Wright nothing in this collection is likely to surprise you as it really involves the themes and perspectives he has been developing in his last few books It is, however, interesting to see him use this lens to explore a variety of topics in smaller chapters.Wright s theme throughout i...Intellectually overwhelming while presenting one question yet answering another in just about every chapter There were plenty of worthwhile components to this assembly of talks given by Wright It would be a 3.5 for me overall but Goodreads doesn t do half stars I...A collection of essays in which N T Wright tackles contemporary issues through the lens of scripture Most of the essays were worthwhile reading Some of the issues include ordaining women, science and religion, politics, art and the apocalyptic, and others As is typical of Wright, he weaves the theological and philosophical foundations that undergird popular culture and society and addresses them through the Christian faith s emphasis that Jesus has f...Definitely one of Wright s least helpful books, in my opinion, but not because the content is ultimately bad Rather, almost every essay here has been covered in a monograph length work outside of this volume Some essays even say that the current essay was directly adapted from another book There is a lot of helpful information here, and if you re not well read in Wright s literature, you will learn a lot fr...I loved the concept and execution of this book It is hands down the best piece of literature I have read recently by any Christian apologist historian I love Wright s ability to simultaneously stick by the principles of his tradition wh...This is a collection of essays speeches on various topics Wright revamped for book form The uniting theme of the book is the way Enlightenment thought has permeated modern Western culture and subtly affected thinking in regards to science, religion, and politics in ways many do not realize Wright addresses many sticky contemporary issues and challenges Christians to not just accept common thought, but really try to figure out what the God of the Bible thinks on these issues.As each chapter This is a collection of essays speeches on various topics Wright revamped for book form The uniting theme of the book is the way Enlightenment thought has permeated modern Western culture and subtly affected thinking in regards to science, religion, and politics in ways many do not realize Wright addresses many sticky contemporary issues and challenges Christians to not just accept common thought, but really try to figure out what the God of ...

Surprised by Scripture: Engaging Contemporary Issues

23 February 2019

N.T. Wright