How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
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Book Overview
New Testament scholar N.T. Wright reveals how we have been misreading the Gospels for centuries, powerfully restoring the lost central story of the Scripture: that the coronation of God through the acts of Jesus was the climax of human history. Wright fills the gaps that centuries of misdirection have opened up in our collective spiritual story, tracing a narrative from Eden, to Jesus, to today. Wright's powerful re-reading of the Gospels helps us re-align the focus of our spiritual beliefs, which have for too long been focused on the afterlife. Instead, the forgotten story of the Gospels reveals why we should understand that our real charge is to sustain and cooperating with God's kingdom here and now. Echoing the triumphs of Simply Christian and The Meaning of Jesus, Wright's How God Became King is required reading for any Christian searching to understand their mission in the world today.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0061730602
ISBN13:9780061730603
Release Date:March 2016
Publisher:HarperOne
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.54 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Nice book,
Published by Scott , 11 months ago
I felt that the author utilizes an excessively large number of pages to set up the argument/purpose for writing this book. I’m not sure that I would have been interested in finishing the book, had I not known of the author beforehand. Of the “meat” of the work, I think he is convincing for pretty much whatever he chooses to tackle. There are a couple of times where he momentarily injects a reference to related Christian practices/beliefs and quickly brushes them off, and I think he would have been better to avoid them (and/or provide reference to another work of his).
Overall I enjoyed the book/subject matter, however expect that another editor (or author) could condense it. Being “long winded” required the author to repeat himself often, which seemed to make matters worse for those who read the book in a small number of sittings.
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