Job 28.12–28; Colossians 1.24—2.5 a homily at the celebration of the 175th anniversary of the founding of the University of Durham in the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham Saturday 23 June 2007 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright I was fascinated to see that […]
The Circle of Love
John 17.14–26 a sermon at the Ordination of Deacons in Durham Cathedral, June 27 2010 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr. N.T. Wright The point of having Deacons is so that the world may see the love of God in action. That is the essential message I draw from today’s gospel reading, which forms the conclusion […]
Full of the Knowledge of the Lord
Isaiah 11.1–10; Acts 17.22–32 a sermon at Matins on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity preached before Her Majesty’s Courts of Justice in the Counties of Durham, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and North Yorkshire in the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert, Durham by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. […]
‘Come and See’
Zechariah 8.20–end; John 1.35–42 a sermon at the Installation of the Venerable Ian Jagger as Archdeacon of Durham and Canon Residentiary St Andrew’s Day 2006 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright ‘Give me the map there,’ commands the old king. ‘Know that we have divided In three our kingdom; and ’tis our […]
City on a Hill
Isaiah 60.1–4; Colossians 1.15–20; Matthew 5.1–16 sermon at the Inauguration of Dr David Wilkinson as Principal of St John’s College, Durham Durham Cathedral, 17 October 2006 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright It would have been a bold commentator ten years ago, let alone twenty or thirty, who would have predicted that […]
Incarnation and Establishment
Isaiah 52.7–10; John 1.1–18 sermon at the Eucharist on Christmas Morning, 2008 in the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright I listened yesterday morning with growing frustration to a clip on the Today programme in which a bishop and […]
The Government Shall Be Upon His Shoulders
Isaiah 9.2–7; Luke 2.1–20 sermon at the Midnight Eucharist on Christmas Eve 2008 in the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert, Durham by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright ‘Unto us a child is born; unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his […]
The Shepherds at Midnight
Titus 3.4–7; Luke 2.8–20 Sermon at the Cathedral Midnight Eucharist Christmas 2007 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright The choir had been practicing for hours, and the singers were tired. But the conductor kept them at it. This was the most amazing music they were ever going to sing, and they were […]
Emperors and Angels
Isaiah 9.2–7; Luke 2.1–20 a sermon at the Midnight Eucharist, Christmas Eve 2006 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright Sing a song of Christmas, of emperors and angels; Sing a song of Christmas, of darkness now past; Sing a song of starlight, of shepherds and of mangers; Sing a song of Jesus, […]
Power to Become Children
Isaiah 52.7–10; John 1.1–18 sermon at the Eucharist on Christmas Morning 2007 in the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin, and Cuthbert of Durham by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright ‘There was a birth, certainly, We had evidence and no doubt.’ So say the Magi in T. S. Eliot’s poem. […]
Full of Grace and Truth
Hebrews 1.1–4; John 1.1–18 a sermon at the Eucharist on Christmas Morning 2006 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright If I asked you where in John’s Gospel you would find a wedding scene, several of you would know the answer at once. Don’t worry; I am not going to use the excuse […]
What Is This Word?
John 1.1–14 Sermon at the Eucharist on Christmas Morning 2005 in the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin, and St Cuthbert of Durham the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright One of the greatest journalists of the last generation, the late Bernard Levin, described how, when he was a small boy, a […]
Christ the Power of God and the Wisdom of God
1 Corinthians 1.18—2.5 Bishop’s Charge to Ordination Candidates, July 2 2005 The Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright ‘Jews demand signs, and Greeks seek wisdom; but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and […]
Paul and the Puzzle of Freedom
Psalm 119.41–48; Galatians 5.13–18 sermon at morning worship, Central Presbyterian Church, Park Avenue, New York Professor N. T. Wright, St Andrews Thank you for your invitation and welcome. It’s very good to be here again and to share in your worship. I confess that after I had chosen the topic for this morning’s sermon, and […]
Glory, Word and Unity
Isaiah 55; John 17.20–end a sermon at the Ecumenical Vespers, Caravita Church, Rome 22 October 2008, 7 p.m. by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright Some people today say that the ecumenical movement has run out of steam. Others say that it is only just beginning. I prefer to take the second, more […]
Benefactors and Innovators
Ecclesiasticus 44.1–15 a sermon at the Commemoration of Benefactors, Emmanuel College, Cambridge November 22 2006, 6 pm by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright ‘Let us now praise famous men.’ Yes, indeed. But there is always a paradox about Commemorations. Looking back on a famous past slides easily into nostalgia for an imagined […]
Comfort, O Comfort My People
Isaiah 40.1–11; 2 Corinthians 1.3–11 a sermon at the Commissioning of Authorised Pastoral Assistants in the Cathedral of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert, Durham on July 20 2009 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright ‘Comfort, O Comfort my people, says your God.’ That matchless and stirring opening, the opening […]
The Good News and the Good Life
Paul and His Recent Interpreters
Fortress Press has a two part interview with Tom Wright on Paul and His Recent Interpreters
St Paul’s Cathedral lecture on The Kingdom of God
Tom Wright presenting a message at St Paul’s Cathedral on The Kingdom of God.
Translation: Farewell to the Rapture
Adiós al Rapto (N.T. Wright, Bible Review, August 2001. Reproducido con permiso del autor) Traducido por Luis A. Jovel Poco sabía Pablo cómo sus metáforas coloridas para la segunda venida de Jesús se malinterpretarían dos milenios más tarde. La obsesión estadounidense con la segunda venida de Jesús – especialmente con las interpretaciones distorsionadas de ella […]
A sermon at the wedding of Alan Torrance and Margaret Leslie
His Sweet Art Psalm 103; Colossians 3.12-17 A sermon at the wedding of Alan Torrance and Margaret Leslie St Anne’s Church, Strathpeffer, July 25 2015 Rt Revd Prof N T Wright, St Mary’s College, St Andrews (with musical illustrations where necessary from Prof Jeremy Begbie) Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is […]
N. T. Wright at Google
Tom Wright speaks at Google on “Simply Good News”
NOMAD 85: Tom Wright — The Man Behind the Theology
Tom Wright is unquestionably one of the most influential NT scholars of our generation. It’s hard to overestimate the influence he has had on the Church’s understanding of Jesus and Paul. But what makes this great man tick? We asked you what you’d like to know about the man behind the theology. As a result, we ended up […]
Publications List
2014 Paul and his Recent Interpreters 2013 Creation, Power and Truth Paul and the Faithfulness of God Pauline Perspectives The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential New Testament Wisdom for Everyone 2012 Twelve Months of Sundays, Years A, B & C: Biblical Meditations on the Christian Year Lent for Everyone: Mark New Testament […]
About N. T. Wright
N. T. Wright grew up in the north-east of England and studied Classics and Theology at Oxford, where he was ordained in 1975 and took his doctorate (on St Paul) in 1981, having served as a college chaplain, and taught New Testament, in both Oxford and Cambridge. He was Assistant Professor of New Testament at McGill […]
Paul and His Recent Interpreters
This companion volume to N. T. Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God and Pauline Perspectives is essential reading for all with a serious interest in Paul, the interpretation of his letters, his appropriation by subsequent thinkers, and his continuing significance today. In the course of this masterly survey, Wright asks searching questions of all of the major contributors […]
Speaking of Good and Evil
Originally published in Bible Review. Reproduced by permission of the author. How can we gain a biblical understanding of the social and political events of our day? How should we speak of God? Theologians have struggled for years with this question, wondering whether God should be described metaphorically, literally or, perhaps, some other way altogether. In recent weeks, […]
Surprised by N. T. Wright
Interview by Jason Byassee The Bible scholar’s goal is to massively revise the way we talk about the Christian faith. By many accounts, he’s already succeeded. People who are asked to write about N. T. Wright may find they quickly run out of superlatives. He is the most prolific biblical scholar in a generation. Some […]
Videos and Discussion Guides from Fortress Press
Here are three 30-minute videos that will allow you to bring N. T. Wright directly to the students in your classroom. To assist your students, each video is accompanied by a discussion guide. To view the videos, visit Fortress Press.
Paul and the Faithfulness of God
This highly anticipated two-part fourth volume in N.T. Wright’s magisterial series, Christian Origins and the Question of God, is destined to become the standard reference point on the subject for all serious students of the Bible and theology. The mature summation of a lifetime’s study, this landmark volume pays a rich tribute to the breadth and […]
Pauline Perspectives: Essays on Paul 1978–2013
This companion volume to Paul and the Faithfulness of God and Paul and His Recent Interpreters brings together N.T. Wright’s most important articles on Paul and his letters over the last three decades. The book begins with Wright’s auspicious essay of 1978, when as a young, aspiring scholar, he gave the annual Tyndale lecture in Cambridge, and proposed, for […]
Interview with N. T. Wright on Paul and the Faithfulness of God
Interview by Michael F. Bird This is a 25-minute interview Michael F. Bird did with N. T. Wright about his forthcoming book, Paul and the Faithfulness of God. To view the video, visit Patheos.
N. T. Wright Wants to Save the Best Worship Songs
Interview by Andrew Byers The scholar urges the church to stop neglecting Jesus’ prayer book. N. T. Wright wants to see today’s media-saturated church shaped anew by a form of worship and prayer that has shaped the people of God for centuries. In The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential (HarperOne) the churchman […]
With Justification
Book Review: Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision Reviewed by Ben Witherington It is never an easy thing to write a rebuttal book if you are genuinely a Christian person. You keep hoping that people will stop misunderstanding what you have said and written, will think better of ad hominem attacks, and you keep trying the ‘turn […]
Kingdom Come: The Public Meaning of the Gospels
In his new book, The Great Awakening, Jim Wallis describes how as a young man growing up in an evangelical church, he never heard a sermon on the Sermon on the Mount. That telling personal observation reflects a phenomenon about which I have been increasingly concerned: that much evangelical Christianity on both sides of the Atlantic […]
New Testament Scholarship and Christian Discipleship
The Moule Memorial Lecture. Originally delivered on Thursday, June 5, 2008. Introduction Thank you for your welcome, and for the invitation to give this lecture, which of course makes me both sad and proud. Sad because Charlie’s death last autumn was not only a defining moment, the end of an era, but for me, as […]
Reason to Be Cheerful
When I was an undergraduate, I read a book called Clarity Is Not Enough. It challenged the prevailing linguistic philosophy which said less and less with more and more precision. Yes, we have to think and speak accurately, otherwise we go round in circles, but philosophy must be about something – life, meaning, ethics, truth. […]
Shipwreck and Kingdom: Acts and the Anglican Communion
Closing address to the meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council When I heard that you had been studying Acts in your time together, my mind went, for some reason, to acronyms. I imagined myself coming to address the Anglican Communion Theological Society, or perhaps the Anglican Council for Tea and Sympathy, which goodness knows you […]
Paul in Different Perspectives
Delivered at Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church (Monroe, Louisiana) Lecture 1: Starting Points and Opening Reflections Introduction Thank you for your warm welcome and generous hospitality. It is an enormous pleasure for Maggie and myself to be here in Monroe for the first time. I am particularly grateful to those who have worked very hard to […]
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