Category Archives: Christopher J. H. Wright
“Jesus never read the New Testament” by Christopher J.H. Wright
“In the midst of the many intrinsically fascinating reasons why Old Testament study is so rewarding, the most exciting to me is the way it never fails to add new depths to my understanding of Jesus. I find myself aware … Continue reading
“This is The Story” by Christopher J.H. Wright
“When we grasp that the whole Bible constitutes the coherent revelation of the mission of God, when we see this as the key that unlocks the driving purposefulness of the whole grand narrative, then we find our whole world view … Continue reading
“The whole Gospel” by Christopher J.H. Wright
“There is no other power, no other resource, no other name through which we can offer the whole Gospel to the whole person and the whole world than Jesus Christ crucified and risen.” –Christopher J. H. Wright, The Mission of … Continue reading
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“O, hear the music of God’s future” by Christopher J. H. Wright
“Mission means inviting all the peoples of the earth to hear the music of God’s future and dance to it today.” –Christopher J. H. Wright, The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006), … Continue reading
“Christ’s monumental cosmic claim” by Christopher J. H. Wright
“When we come to the Great Commission we find indicative followed by imperative. Jesus begins with the monumental cosmic claim, words that echo the affirmation of Moses about YHWH Himself (Deut 4:35, 39), that ‘all authority in heaven and on … Continue reading
“The cancer of idolatry” by Christopher J.H. Wright
“Only the gospel exposes the cancer of idolatry.” –Christopher J. H. Wright, The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative (Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Academic, 2006), 179.
“What a travesty” by Christopher J.H. Wright
“What a travesty it is when humans, who themselves are the work of God’s hands and were made to rule the rest of the works of God’s hands, choose instead to worship the work of their own hands (Ps. 115:4).” … Continue reading
