N. T. Wright's Simply Good News

Simply Good News: A Response In his book, Simply Good News, N.T. Wright sets out to explain the Gospel–or the “good news”–of Jesus. However, he does so in a way that Jesus and the first century believers would have done, instead of using a modern (and dethatched) context. In so doing, Wright demonstrates the duplicity of the modern view, which renders good news into mere good advice. This is Wright’s main point; the Gospel is not mere advice, instead it is good news that should spark in us a joy, love, and desire for our unique and loving God. To substantiate this claim, Wright uses a variety of evidence, and provides logical reasoning to relate his evidence to his claims. In one instance, he states, “There is a famous verse in John’s Gospel that says, ‘God so loved the world that he sent his only son.’ Not, please note, ‘God so hated the world.’” (Wright 69) Here, Wright uses scripture coupled with a logical statement, to counter the modern claim that people need a savior because of God’s wrath. This is just one …show more content…
Firstly, I agree with him because of his appeal to authoritative sources. In any argument, scripture, will seriously convince me of one side over another. Wright constantly uses scripture in his argument, and often quotes the Apostle Paul, or Jesus himself. The second reason I agree with him, is because he logically uses scripture within the context that it was supposed to be read in. Many times, throughout the book, Wright explains the cultural context of the various aspects of Jesus’ good news. In the chapter Surprised by King Jesus, Wright thoroughly explains the Jewish understanding of the future Messiah, and how because of that, the Jews missed Jesus. All throughout the book, Wright combines extraordinary exegesis with logical explanations of how it applies, and therefore has given me no area in which I find fault in his