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The New Interpreter's Bible : Acts - First Corinthians (Volume 10)

5 reviews
Robert W. Wall, J. Paul Sampley, ...

Abingdon Press, 2002

The latest volume
The New Interpreter's Bible is a twelve-volume series, updating the popular Interpreter's Bible from a few decades ago. There are several key features common to all of the volumes of this series. First, each includes a two-column, double translation of the Biblical text (NIV - New International Version, and NRSV - New Revised Standard Version) arranged by topical unit or story. Then, they ...

The Way of the Lord

5 reviews
N. T. Wright, Tom Wright

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999

Powerful and Moving
This book starts out good and then just gets better and better with each new Pilgrimage. Wright takes the reader on a journey with such descriptive writing that one wonders if his degree is in literature, instead of theology and history. Wright deals with the idea of Pilgimage on the road to Damascus, at the Jordan, in the Wilderness, in Galilee where most of Jesus minsitry took place, in ...

Paul for Everyone: The Pastoral Letters : 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus (For Everyone)

2 reviews
Tom (N. T.) Wright

Westminster John Knox Press, 2004

Good work
Tom Wright has written a series of New Testament commentaries that are easy and enjoyable to read. He combines excellent scholarship and insight with reader friendly simplicity. I highly recommend the Everyone series to everyone. In each book a very readable translation of the New Testament book being discussed, is provided by Tom Wright. He follows this by a story or anectedote and then ...

The Crown and the Fire: Meditations on the Cross and the Life of the Spirit

2 reviews
N. T. Wright, Tom Wright

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1997

worth contemplating
The Crown and the Fire by N.T. Wright is a book well worth not only reading, but contemplating for some time. As the extended title says, this book is a collection of "Meditations on the Cross and the Life of the Spirit." Each of these meditations are wonderfully instructive. One reason why is that none of them come at a given topic from the same perspective. Each piece is not only well thought ...

Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians (For Everyone)

6 reviews
Tom (N. T.) Wright

Westminster John Knox Press, 2004

Right Interpretation from Wright
Tom Wright (aka N T Wright)is the most insightful and unique conservative scholar to come along. He has shared with us his great gift of, not only his theology, but his whimsical writing, anectdotes, story telling and of course the most important of all correct interpretion of the text itself. Wright is not only a theologian, but is as much a historian. I recommend the entire everyone series ...

Paul: In Fresh Perspective

20 reviews
N. T. Wright

Fortress Press, 2006

Challenge Accepted
As a serious student of the apostle Paul, I have been reluctant to rethink key Pauline concepts like justification, soteriology, and especially Paul's view of Jesus Christ. But, N. T. Wright makes a convincing case for doing just that. He simply asks that we set aside our theological commitments and try to understand Paul in terms of his own context. That much any honest exegete ought to be ...

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense

72 reviews
N.t. Wright

HarperOne, 2006

Good primer for Christian faith
As a university instructor in Bible, I found Dr. Wright's book to be a good start for someone not fully understanding Christianity, the development of the redemption story, who Jesus is, the formation of the Bible, and other doctrines of importance to Christian faith. NT Wright is one of the world's leading scholars on the Bible. As an instructor, I found his book to be unapologetic for the ...

Acts for Everyone, Part 2

3 reviews
N. T. Wright

Westminster John Knox Press, 2008

Great Book from one of the best
Tom Wright has written a series of New Testament commentaries that are easy and enjoyable to read. He combines excellent scholarship and insight with reader friendly simplicity. I highly recommend the Everyone series to everyone. In each book a very readable translation of the New Testament book being discussed, is provided by Tom Wright. He follows this by a story or anectedote and then gives ...

The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, Vol. 3)

33 reviews
N. T. Wright

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2003

Brings Unity to History, Philosophy & Theology
N.T. Wright recovers the original traction that the idea of resurrection has upon the mind by his masterful integration of many fields of study. Resurrection is not merely the idea of life after death, but the very overthow of death. Comparing the different concepts of resurrection surrounding the resurrection of Jesus Christ, he avoids anachronistic traps of reading one age upon another. ...

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

24 reviews
N. T. Wright

HarperOne, 2008

Surprised by Hope
I loved N.T. Wright's newest book, Surprised by Hope. He explores the meat of the Christian hope, what he calls the after-afterlife. Wright addresses the misconceptions (a.k.a. bad theology) that's infiltrated not just the world (i.e. reincarnation), but also Christianity (i.e. when we all get to heaven). The belief in Jesus' physical resurrection is on the line here, folks. If you believe ...

The Resurrection of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan And N.T. Wright in Dialogue

6 reviews
Robert B. Stewart, John Dominic Crossan, ...

Fortress Press, 2006

More scholars like NT Wright, please!
Many thanks to the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary for making this dialogue possible. It was done in "real time," with opportunity for Frs. Crossan and Wright not only to state their own positions, but to discuss them with each other. They treated each other with dignity and respect, but did not hesitate to make clear their profound differences. N.T. Wright has also been in ...

Evil And the Justice of God

20 reviews
N. T. Wright

IVP Books, 2006

Profound Insight
NT's book approaches the subject in a different way than anything I have read. His insights are myriad and profound. I appreciate his commitment to a thoroughly biblical understanding, tempered by a deep understanding of history and culture.

Christians at the Cross: Finding Hope in the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus

4 reviews
N. T. Wright

Word Among Us Press, 2008

More Beautiful Music by N.T. Wright
I just got my hands on N.T. Wright's newest book, Christians at the Cross: Finding Hope in the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus. I made it about halfway through last night. The book is essentially a collection of a series of sermons delivered during Holy Week 2007 in the town of Easington Colliery in the Northeast of England, a town who's economic lifeline, a mammoth coal mining pit that ...

What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity?

40 reviews
N. T. Wright

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1997

sheds much light, but be cautious
I enjoy so much of what Wright says, but he doesn't go far enough. We could all learn from his knowlege of second temple Judaism and what things were like during the times of Paul. It is a refreshing read that would be helpful to a much needed overly Americanized view of Christianity. But to say that the entire history of the church including the Reformers got it wrong and to say that the ...

Hebrews for Everyone

2 reviews
Tom Wright, N. T. Wright

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2005

Very Readable, but great scholarship
As a pastor I feel comfortable recommending this commentary and the entire Everyone series to them, because not only are these commentaries excellent scholarly interpretation, but are very readable. N T Wright has the ability to write in a very technical scholarly style or in a manner that everyone can understand and he masterfully demonstrates that fact with the Everyone series. Wright ...

Jesus and the Victory of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, Volume 2)

33 reviews
N. T. Wright

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1997

Jesus and THe Victory of God
It is a very comprehensive and informative book. Apart from all the critics, Wright has provided a much needed balanced overview of recent writings re the Historical Jesus and outlines a challenging pisture of the Central message of christianity.

The Last Word: Beyond the Bible Wars to a New Understanding of the Authority of Scripture

20 reviews
N.t. Wright

HarperOne, 2005

Here's Why This Particular Wright Book Should Be Read in Thousands of Our Small Groups
There are many great reader reviews of N.T. Wright's "The Last Word" and I won't repeat what's been covered so well by other reviewers -- but here's another perspective that I think you may find helpful. Over the years, I've worked with many small groups, classes, workshops and seminars -- and the trickiest issue for most participants to grasp in Bible-study sessions is an articulate ...

The New Testament and the People of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God)

19 reviews
N. T. Wright

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1992

Great scholarship, shoddy book making
I find Tom Wright's work exciting and challenging. I just wish the publisher spent a bit more money on the book binding and covers. Both my NTPG and JAVG have delaminated covers and spines (and I treat them very gently). Surely works as fine as these deserve better!

Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship

20 reviews
N. T. Wright

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1997

Wow.
This is my first time reading N.T. Wright's books, though I've read an essay and heard him speak. This is an unbelievable book. The first half of the book walks through the New Testament and describes each author's view of Jesus and what it looks like to follow Him. The second half seems to walk through some of the major issues of discipleship and what it actually looks like to follow Jesus. I ...

The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is

38 reviews
N. T. Wright

InterVarsity Press, 1999

greatest book on jesus i've ever read
seriously, i haven't read any of the other reviews but there is no book that compares to this one. for some reason before i started reading it i decided that i would hi-lite the "wow" moments. that was a big mistake. everything got hi-lited. wright opens up scripture the way i wish i would've discovered when i was in college. too many christians today read scripture through biased lenses. ...

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