The bulk of my review of N.T. Wright’s presentations at Auburn 2005 will be occupied with concerned observations and/or criticisms, so I need to establish the context of all this in the first couple of paragraphs. In all my years of listening to Christian speakers, I have to say that I have never heard anyone …
N.T. Wright Rides a Pale Horse
Over the years, N.T. Wright, a prolific Bible scholar, has made a number of pronouncements about economic matters in the developing world. And also over the years, I have found myself interacting with his views on these economic topics. While appreciating many of his insights on exegetical matters (not all, but many), I have generally …
A Review of an N.T. Wright Book. Ta Da!
And I hardly ever use exclamation marks. As regular readers here know, I periodically review books chapter by chapter. We are now in the process of making those reviews available to you in ebook form, and the first one has now arrived on our digital shelves. Some time ago, I reviewed N.T. Wright’s book, Surprised …
In Which N.T. Wright Discovers the Moon Again
The next chapter from Wright is on eschatology and care for the creation, and is a mixed bag. The title of the chapter is “Jesus is Coming — Plant a Tree.” We will come back to that shortly. I want to begin by acknowledging what is very good about this chapter, which is Wright’s exegetical …
N.T. Wright Rides a Pale Horse
Peter Enns asks N.T. Wright a question here, and I would like to kibbitz about the answer for a little bit. After I weary of that, I shall lay myself down to rest a while, and then rise up again for some fresh kibbitzing in the morning. In his answer, Wright says that in America …
N.T. Wright’s Neo-Colonialism
It is not often I get to criticize a magnificent book, but I am about to do so. I am currently luxuriating in N.T. Wright’s Suprised by Hope, and the book addresses so many common mistakes that Christians make about the afterlife and the resurrection that it really is quite bracing. It is a fine …
Rene Girard and N.T. Wright
Those with a conservative background who start reading Girard are struck by how much he “gives away” with regard to the integrity of the scriptural text. That is fine—we ought to notice it. At the same time, it would be a very great mistake to identify him as some kind of liberal. Once you get …
Me and St. Peter
“There follows from this a vital and liberating point, which I first met in the works of the great Anglican divine Richard Hooker, and for which I shall always be grateful. One is not justified by faith by believing in justification by faith. One is justified by faith by believing in Jesus” (What St. Paul …
So Here Are More Letters
Prophetic Language, Huh? Greetings in the name of Christ. I have benefitted from your writing over the years and I agree with you on many of even the most controversial topics you cover. Yet your terribly poor judgment in using that filthy word, and your recalcitrance in now refusing humbly to repent, calls into question …
Yelling At My Windshield, Part 13
I have resumed my duties of listening to the Westminster West conference tapes, and have made it all the way to the Q & A. Imagine my surprise when these worthy gentlemen (in effect) all denied the imputation of the active obedience of Christ. A question was asked which quoted my statement from Credenda, to …