Category: Series: End of the World – Christopher Wright
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C. Wright’s End of the World (Part 4)
Today we come to the final post on the “end of the world” section of Christopher Wright’s The God I Don’t Understand. We looked at the themes of the new creation in terms of the garden city, the glory of civilizations, the healing of nations, and the harmony of creation. Today we will look at…
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C. Wright’s End of the World (Part 3)
The New Beginning is the final chapter in Christopher Wright's The God I Don't Understand. We saw in an earlier post that Wright subscribes to N. T. Wright's characterization of "life after life after death." Heaven is a "transit lounge" on the way to the new creation. So what can we say about the new…
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C. Wright’s End of the World (Part 2)
Today we turn our attention to "The Great Climax" (Chapter 10 in the last section of Christopher Wright's The God I Don't Understand. Again, I'm just going to skim through the themes. The Day of the Lord At first, it was understood as the day when God would defeat Israel's enemies and end oppression. However,…
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C. Wright’s End of the World
Over the last couple of years, I've been trying to coherently articulate my thoughts for some writing I want to do about the Kingdom of God and the New Creation at Christ's consummation. Not being a professional theologian and knowing what a vast minefield of issues is involved, I've approached this topic with considerable caution.…