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The Exchange: Easter Hope for a Post-Pandemic World

I knew from an early age there was something wrong. I listened to Easter sermons from good evangelical preachers, and they seemed to be missing the point. I suspect the same problem is getting in the way now, as we try to draw from the Easter message the hope that the post-pandemic world will need […]

What is the Point of Celebrating Easter During a Pandemic?

This time last year the talk was all about what we will have learned when the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, and allowing normal life to resume. People, it was suggested, would become more caring, more sensitive, perhaps more green. I see no sign of those utopian dreams today. The only game in town I see coming is the blame game: […]

Anti-Racism in the Church

Sir: Douglas Murray complains that the C of E has embraced the ‘new religion’ of anti-racism (‘The C of E’s new religion’, 20 March). But the truth, which neither he nor the church seems to have realised, is that the ‘anti-racist’ agenda is a secular attempt to plug a long-standing gap in western Christianity. The […]

Diocese of Oxford: Preaching on the Cross

Preaching on the Cross is a three-part series of talks and discussions with Bishop Tom Wright, one of the country’s leading New Testament scholars. The series helps inform our theology of the cross and how we might preach on it over Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Session 1: Hope Amid the Broken Signposts Session 2: The Crown of Thorns […]

Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians – Free Course for Small Groups

The world feels like a fractured place. You need a way to study Scripture with your small group—together or at a distance. Or use this for a Sunday School class via Zoom or other streamed gathering. In this course, Prof. Wright will guide you through Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians. You’ll discover God’s ultimate intention: bringing forth the joining of […]

2nd Corinthians: Live with Prof. N.T. Wright

About this Event How can a church overcome deep divisions? How can you face persecution and become more resilient? How do Christian leaders ‘lead’ in the face of opposition from within their own congregations? These difficult questions were present for the church in Corinth, and they’re still with us today! In this first-ever livestreamed course […]

Undermining Racism (Complete Text)

Undermining Racism: Reflections on the ‘black lives matter’ crisis The churches are in the wrong, not because they haven’t obeyed the politically correct agenda, but because they haven’t obeyed their own foundation charter. Tom Wright, June 8 2020 Introduction Three memories crowd in upon me as I contemplate the horror both of George Floyd’s callous […]

Wycliffe Hall: Undermining Racism

The Death of George Floyd 10 June 2020 “I Cannot Breathe”by Oyin Oladipo This poem, by Oyin Olipado, an ordinand here at Wycliffe Hall – and, of course, the events, attitudes, history and pain that prompted it – challenge us at a profound level. The death of George Floyd has shocked and appalled us, but […]

Ask NT Wright Anything Live-Stream

There will be a live-stream with renowned New Testament scholar Tom Wright this coming Wednesday. Justin Brierley will interview Tom Wright on his new book ‘God and the Pandemic’ and you’ll be able to ask your questions live. Join us here on our Facebook page on Wed 3 June at 8pm UK / 3pm EDT.

Oxford Bach Soloists

Friends – as across the world we find our own ways of commemorating the most solemn day of the Christian calendar, let me commend a wonderful project which Maggie and I have just been watching.    The ‘Oxford Bach Soloists’ were going to be performing Bach’s St John Passion; but because of the enforced lockdown and […]

Time: Christianity Offers No Answers About the Coronavirus. It’s Not Supposed To

For many Christians, the coronavirus-induced limitations on life have arrived at the same time as Lent, the traditional season of doing without. But the sharp new regulations—no theater, schools shutting, virtual house arrest for us over-70s—make a mockery of our little Lenten disciplines. Doing without whiskey, or chocolate, is child’s play compared with not seeing friends […]

Russell Moore: A Conversation with N.T. Wright

In this episode of Signposts, I am joined by renowned author and scholar, N.T. Wright. One of the world’s leading Bible scholars, Wright is the chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. He is also an Anglican bishop and bestselling author. Among his many award-winning […]

Loving to Know

In many spheres, the question not just of what we know but of how we know is urgent and vital. I have tried to develop the notion of love as the ultimate form of knowledge and to explore its wider relevance. Read the whole thing.

Updated Publications List 2020

Publications Books (more scholarly works marked with *) 2020     *Galatians. Christian Formation Commentaries. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans (forthcoming) 2020     *New Testament Perspectives (3 vols. of collected essays: Jesus, Paul and the Interpretation of Scripture). London: SPCK; Grand Rapids: Zondervan 2019     Seven Clues to Life: John’s Answers to the Great Questions (provisional title). San Francisco: HarperOne; London: […]

History and Eschatology Discount

Baylor University Press is offering the AAR/SBL discount of 30% off + free shipping of History and Eschatology: Jesus and the Promise of Natural Theology. Use the promo code 17SAND at https://baylorpress.com for the discount!

Logos Edition of The New Testament in its World

“I highly recommend the Logos version of The New Testament in Its World. Logos provides the much-needed tools for helping you understand the story of God in the first century, and for thinking through the wise and honest ways in which that story can be preached, studied, and lived today. I encourage you to order […]