Category Archives: N.T. Wright
Resurrection and Renewal: Bigger and Better Than Going to Heaven When You Die
Here’s the text of that sermon I gave at Network Vineyard Church on 12 July 2009. 1. Introduction I want to talk about an area of faith where my whole way of thinking was turned upside down. And that’s about … Continue reading
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Resurrection and Renewal
You can now hear the sermon I gave on Sunday on the Network Vineyard website. It’s about resurrection of our bodies and life on a renewed earth as the substance of our future hope, rather than eternity in a disembodied … Continue reading
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Writing novels for the kingdom
Last night I presented a paper to the Newbigin Group on “Writing novels for the kingdom.” Below is the introduction; if you like the sound of it, you can download the PDF file. It might be much more appropriate to … Continue reading
A summary of Tom Wright’s ‘Building for the kingdom’
Here’s a summary of Tom Wright’s chaper on ‘Building for the kingdom’ in Surprised By Hope. It talks about our role – our mission – as disciples in enacting signs of the kingdom here and now. 1. Introduction God builds … Continue reading
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Tom Wright on beauty
In Surprised By Hope, Wright has a chapter on ‘Building for the Kingdom’. He sees building for the kingdom as the task of Christians today. The ‘for’ is important. It’s not building the kingdom by our own effort. Instead, it’s … Continue reading
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Tom Wright’s Hell
Some cursory personal comments on a subject that deserves much better. For nine years I have believed in conditional immortality. Eternal life is a gift which God gives to those who love him. For those who don’t want to be … Continue reading
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Nothing new under the sun blog
Stumbled upon an excellent theology blog called ‘Nothing new under the sun’ by Byron Smith, a minister in Sydney. Look out in particular for an excellent series of posts about Christian hope, challenging the populist misconceptions of ‘going to heaven … Continue reading
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Eschatology in Velvet Elvis
One of the things that Rob Bell touches on in Velvet Elvis is eschatology. He does a great job of explaining the ‘new heavens, new earth’ idea, countering the popular misconception that the afterlife involves being sucked off to a … Continue reading
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Tom Wright’s Living Faith – a disappointment
http://orders.koorong.com/search/details.jhtml?code=0801065623 We bought these DVD talks introducing Christianity thinking it would be a great evangelism tool – an Alpha Course with better theology! The problem is in the presentation. With an eye on the US evangelical market, the producers have … Continue reading
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N.T. Wright on the church
The Newbigin Group meets at South Perth Church of Christ every couple of months to discuss gospel and culture. This year’s meetings are focused on the work of N.T. Wright. Tonight’s meetings will discuss Wright’s view of the church. The … Continue reading
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