N. T Wright's Analysis

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N.T Wright makes the fascinating conclusion that those of the Christian faith are blind to the basic elements of what Christianity is (Wright 2). Unseeing to what Christianity offers, Wright suggests that Christians are internally dead, for say. Losing touch of the basic elements, Christians around the world have a distorted view of the religion. Churches are unaware of what the good news is. Mistaking it for just the death of the Messiah, or other important factors in Christian history, there is more to this good news than just that. Wright claims that the good news is, the news that something has happened as a result of which the world is a different place (Wright 16). How do Christians miss this? Christians can miss out on this good news

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