Tag: Christopher Wright
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Reconciliation is not the core mission of the people of God – Redux
Last week I published a post, Reconciliation is not the core task of the people of God. It highlighted an excerpt from Armand Larvie's book After Sunday and stimulated some great discussion. This post is a more detailed presentation of my point of view. Here is my thesis: The primary mission of the people of…
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Reconciliation is not the core task of the people of God
I've recently been reading After Sunday: A Theology of Work by Episcopal priest Armand Larive. I'm presently in Chapter Three, where he identifies how theology has developed in a way that blocks us from seeing the importance of work. He is spelling out what needs to be altered to open space for a theology of…
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“False Dichotomies in Mission” by Christopher J.H. Wright
Koinonia: False Dichotomies in Mission Part1 and Part2 Part 1 1. We have tended to separate the individual from the cosmic and corporate impact of the gospel, and to prioritize the first. … 2. We have tended to separate believing from living the gospel, and to prioritize the first. … Part 2 3. We have…
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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
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.…
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“The God I Don’t Understand: Reflections on Tough Questions of Faith” – Review
Two years ago, I read Christopher Wright's The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative, and it immediately went to the top of the list of the most important theology books I've ever read. Now comes The God I Don't Understand: Reflections of the Tough Questions of Faith. It is a much shorter book…
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Flying into our Future with the Wright Brothers
Jesus Creed (Scot McKnight): Flying into our Future with the Wright Brothers …Question: If you had to name one or two authors or themes that will be at the forefront of the future of theology, what would you choose? No, not those Wright Brothers, but another set of Wrights (who aren’t even brothers, except in…
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Household: Reviewing the Big Picture (Part 1)
We have now taken a whirlwind tour of fictive family and fictive household metaphors found in the Bible. This wide-ranging discussion can get us lost in the proverbial trees to the point we lose sight of the forest. So before we go any further, let us step back with a wide-angle lens and recapture the…
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The Other Six Days: C8 – The Church and Mission
The Other Six Days Part Three – For the Life of the World: Chapter 8 - Mission – A People Sent by God The Church and Mission Stevens calls the "Human Vocation" the threefold nature: communion, community-building, and co-creativity. Human rebellion corrupted this vocation, but God promises to restore all three aspects. Our Christian vocation…