N.T. Wright

Dec 20, 2024 | time.com | N.T. Wright

IdeasDecember 20, 2024 7:00 AM ESTWright, the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England, is Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. His book Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies (co-authored with Michael Bird) is published by Zondervan. Like a shoddy police procedural with an easily-recognizable bad guy—the unshaven one with the heavy accent—the Christmas story has one villain in particular.

Sep 7, 2024 | paulwilkinson.wordpress.com | N.T. Wright |Michael Bird

This is running today on our sister blog, Christianity 201. We’re ever grateful to HarperCollins Christian Products for the opportunity to run occasional excerpts from their books, though it’s actually been several years since we availed ourselves of the opportunity.

Sep 7, 2024 | christianity201.wordpress.com | N.T. Wright |Michael Bird

We’re ever grateful to HarperCollins Christian Products for the opportunity to run occasional excerpts from their books, though it’s actually been several years since we availed ourselves of the opportunity. This was something I thought worthy of inclusion here.

Mar 28, 2024 | yahoo.com | N.T. Wright

A protester dressed in a bible costume stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 5, 2022. Credit - Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call/Getty ImagesI went to a funeral recently. It was an old friend and former colleague. The big "C," diagnosed six years ago. He outlived the first diagnosis by five years but eventually it caught up. Splendid service, lovely music, fine sermon, many poignant moments. I met dozens of people I hadn’t seen for years. All as it should be. Except for one thing.

Jan 22, 2024 | churchleaders.com | N.T. Wright |Early Christianity

How do we understand the narrative, the real-life story of God in the New Testament? How should we view the story which reached its ultimate climax in Jesus of Nazareth and which then flows out, in the power of the Spirit, to transform the world with his love and justice?