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▼▲In this revised and expanded edition of the previously titled book The Last Word, Wright provides two case studies that delve into what it means to keep Sabbath and how Christians can defend marital monogamy. These studies offer not only bold biblical insights but also showcase Wright's new model for how to interpret scripture and restore its role as the church's main resource for teaching and guidance. Removing the baggage that the last 100 years of controversy and confusion have placed on this doctrine, Wright renews our confidence in the Bible and shows how it can once again serve as the living Word of God for our lives.
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▼▲Title: Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today - eBook By: N.T. Wright Format: DRM Protected ePub Vendor: HarperOne | Publication Date: 2011 ISBN: 9780062079060 ISBN-13: 9780062079060 Stock No: WW70552EB |
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▼▲In Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today, Widely respected Bible and Jesus scholar, N. T. Wright gives new life to the old, tattered doctrine of the authority of scripture, delivering a fresh, helpful, and concise statement on the current “battles for the Bible,” and restoring scripture as the primary place to find God’s voice.
In this revised and expanded version of The Last Word, leading biblical scholar N. T. Wright shows how both evangelicals and liberals are guilty of misreading Scripture and reveals a new model for understanding God’s authority and the Bible.
Author Bio
▼▲N. T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world’s leading Bible scholars. He serves as the chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews as well as Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. He has been featured on ABC News, Dateline, The Colbert Report, and Fresh Air. Wright is the award-winning author of many books, including Paul: A Biography, Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, The Day the Revolution Began, Simply Jesus, After You Believe, and Scripture and the Authority of God.
Editorial Reviews
▼▲The best book of its kind available. — The Christian Century
N. T. Wright opens for us a path beyond of the paralyzing polarization of liberal and conservative. — Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christian
In a fashion that is both old fashioned and new fangled at the same time Bishop Wright takes us through a sane and helpful study of what it means to treat the Bible as the authoritative Word of God. Highly Recommended! — Ben Witherington, author of The Brother of Jesus
Written by one of the leading Christian thinkers in the world today, this book is a refreshing and accessible resource concerning the perennial question of biblical authority that moves the discussion beyond the liberal-conservative impasse of our times. Highly Recommended. — John R. Franke, Professor of Theology, Biblical Theological Seminary
[P]robing, provocative, insightful This is a book of uncommon wisdom for all who read and love the Bible. — Timothy George, Dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University and Executive Editor of Christianity Today
This wide-ranging whirlwind-tour account of Scripture channeling Gods authority, with its tweaking of distortions back into shape and its first-class approach to Bible study, is masterly throughout. — J. I Packer, Professor of Theology, Regent College
Wright offers sensible insights on the transforming power of God, very necessary in these times of skepticism and confusion. — Publishers Weekly
Scripture and the Authority of God is a fabulous book. With characteristic verve and occasionally pungent grace Scripture and the Authority of God could be the beginning of a more faithful listening, as well as sustaining more fruitful conversation about the nature of biblical interpretation. — Books&Culture
Wright appeals to the reader to take another look at the Bible, not as an isolated phenomenona veritable rule book similarly applicable at all times and in all placesbut rather as a book better placed within both the contemporary cultural context and as part of a larger tradition of interpretation. — Explorefaith.org
Wright is a provocative theologian... there is so much here that you will wish that it were longer-- but its brevity makes for easy reading and it certainly deserves to be read. — Church of England Newspaper
The whole book gives further cause for gratitude for Gods gift of Wright to his Church. — ANVIL
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