We have grown used to the battles over Jesus--whether he was
human or divine, whether he could do miracles or just inspire them,
whether he even existed. Much of the church defends tradition,
while critics take shots at the institution and its beliefs. But
what if these debates have masked the real story of Jesus? What if
even Jesus's defenders have been so blinded by their focus on
defending the church's traditions that they have failed to grapple
with what the New Testament really teaches?
Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T.
Wright summarizes a lifetime of study of Jesus and the New
Testament in order to present for a general audience who Jesus was
and is. In Simply Jesus, we are invited to hear one of our leading
scholars introduce the story of the carpenter's son from Nazareth
as if we were hearing it for the first time.
"Jesus--the Jesus we might discover if we really looked,"
explains Wright, "is larger, more disturbing, more urgent than we
had ever imagined. We have successfully managed to hide behind
other questions and to avoid the huge, world-shaking challenge of
Jesus's central claim and achievement. It is we, the churches, who
have been the real reductionists. We have reduced the kingdom of
God to private piety; the victory of the cross to comfort for the
conscience; Easter itself to a happy, escapist ending after a sad,
dark tale. Piety, conscience, and ultimate happiness are important,
but not nearly as important as Jesus himself." As the church faces
the many challenges of the twenty-first century, Wright has
presented a vision of Jesus that more than meets them.
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