New from N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird… An urgent call for Christians everywhere to explore the nature of the kingdom amid the political upheaval of our day. Should Christians be politically withdrawn, avoiding participation in politics to maintain their prophetic voice and to keep from being used as political pawns? Or should Christians be […]
Into the Heart of Romans
On September 22, Tom Wright announced his new book, Into the Heart of Romans. In this announcement video, Tom shares how the book of Romans continues to surprise him and brings new discoveries even after working on Paul’s letter for fifty years. Free access to the first chapter is available here: https://zondervanacademic.com/leads/into-the-heart-of-romans Learn more: https://zondervanacademic.com/into-the-heart-of-romans
On Earth As In Heaven
Like time itself, certain ideas creep up on you and, before you know it, they have changed the way you think about everything else. That’s how it was for me with the resurrection of Jesus. Brought up to go to church, to sing the hymns and say the prayers, I knew the story. “On the […]
Time: Should Churches Reopen? The Answer Lies in Thinking of This as a Time of Exile
When the present pandemic began to take hold, a passage from the writings of Martin Luther went the rounds on the internet. With his usual combination of down-to-earth wisdom and practical piety, Luther insisted that preachers and pastors should remain at their posts. As good shepherds, they should be prepared to lay down their lives […]
Paul: A Biography
N. T. Wright’s latest book, Paul: A Biography, is coming out in February from Harper Collins. This book provides an entry point for readers, summing up key parts of Paul’s life, analyzing his character, and presenting him as the extraordinary man he was. It is an excellent introduction to Wright’s interpretation of Paul and a […]
The Day The Revolution Began
Here is a preview of The Day The Revolution began from Harper Collins Publishers. Also, NTWrightOnline has an exclusive video course in addition to the book.
Rethinking the Tradition
[20] Rethinking the Tradition Originally published in For All the Saints? Remembering the Christian Departed. 2003 London: SPCK; Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse. Original pagination is retained in bold italicized numbers. Reproduced by permission of the author. Resurrection still future I begin at the end. The bodily resurrection is still in the future for everyone except Jesus. […]
Paul and Caesar: A New Reading of Romans
(Originally published in A Royal Priesthood: The Use of the Bible Ethically and Politically, ed. C. Bartholemew, 2002, Carlisle: Paternoster, 173–193. Reproduced by permission of the author.) Introduction We have moved away quite rapidly in recent years from the old split, which was assumed by and built into the fabric of Western biblical studies, between ‘religion’ […]
Reading Paul, Thinking Scripture
Originally published in Scripture’s Doctrine and Theology’s Bible. 2008. Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, MI, pages 59-71. Reproduced by permission of the author. N. T. WRIGHT Scripture, Doctrine, and Life: The Puzzle of Perception For many in today’s church, “doctrine,” especially when labeled as “dogma,” is the dry, lifeless thing that once seemed important but now […]
The Holy Land Today
(Originally published in The Way of the Lord: Christian Pilgrimage in the Holy Land and Beyond. 1999, London: SPCK; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 119-130. Reproduced by permission of the author.) By Tom Wright ALL THAT I have said in this book would be just as relevant if the Holy Land, and Jerusalem in particular, were uninhabited […]
Creation and Covenant
N.T. Wright Originally published in Paul: In Fresh Perspective. London: SPCK; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005, pages 21-39. Reproduced by permission of the author. 1. Creation and Covenant in the Old Testament What I mean by ‘creation and covenant’ will become clear if we consider a couple of Psalms where the two are joined together. What I […]
Believing and Belonging
(Originally published in Simply Christian, 2006 London: SPCK; San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco. Reproduced by permission.) N.T. Wright The river and the tree appear to be opposites. The river begins, quite literally, all over the place. A tiny spring way up in the hills; a distant lake, itself fed by streams; a melting glacier—all of them and […]
Apocalypse Now?
Originally published in The Millennium Myth, 1999, Louisville: Westminster; London: SPCK UK edition entitled The Myth of the Millennium. Original pagination is retained in bold italicized numbers. Reproduced by permission of the author. [20] Like a swarm of tired old bees, the elderly Christian buzz-words have not been buzzing too much recently. “Redemption” is what […]