“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven” (King James Version, Matt. 6:10). These words in small part epitomize the meaning of “good news” by N.T. Wright in his “Simply Good News”. Jesus Christ, the Son of God in full divinity and humanity, came to Earth as God incarnate and proved His authority as a part of the Trinity by dying and resurrecting three days later. Wright thus argues that Jesus’s coronation in addition to His teachings are more than merely advice; they are in fact good news. Advice implores while news informs; in opposition to being told do’s and don’ts, the gospel potently points us to a scandalous love that gives us the realization that sanctification is our fulfilment through the story of Jesus Christ. Humanity’s reception of the
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My favorite quote from this book is profound: “‘. . . [H]umans sinned, so they will now go to hell.’ The problem is ‘Humans sinned, so the whole creation will fail to attain its proper goal.’ Perhaps that failure, if not dealt with, is part of what we should mean by hell” (98). Furthermore, Wright contends the mistake to wish returning to Heaven now so that all present suffering may be terminated. The Gospel proves to be so much more than dying and being shipped off to Heaven, and once we grasp the heart of it, we will begin to understand that Heaven is closer now to us than we can discern.
Titled “Surprised by God”, the second to last chapter describes the juxtaposition between the normal connotation of “God” and how the gospel represents Him. Our function is smaller than we realize sometimes in the light that “God is not an object in our universe. We are objects in his universe” (136). Lastly, Wright implores his readers to pray the gospel according to Matthew 6:9-13: the Lord’s prayer. Too often we pray beginning at the location of our current emotion, but the author insists we “pray this prayer in the order Jesus taught it”
My favorite quote from this book is profound: “‘. . . [H]umans sinned, so they will now go to hell.’ The problem is ‘Humans sinned, so the whole creation will fail to attain its proper goal.’ Perhaps that failure, if not dealt with, is part of what we should mean by hell” (98). Furthermore, Wright contends the mistake to wish returning to Heaven now so that all present suffering may be terminated. The Gospel proves to be so much more than dying and being shipped off to Heaven, and once we grasp the heart of it, we will begin to understand that Heaven is closer now to us than we can discern.
Titled “Surprised by God”, the second to last chapter describes the juxtaposition between the normal connotation of “God” and how the gospel represents Him. Our function is smaller than we realize sometimes in the light that “God is not an object in our universe. We are objects in his universe” (136). Lastly, Wright implores his readers to pray the gospel according to Matthew 6:9-13: the Lord’s prayer. Too often we pray beginning at the location of our current emotion, but the author insists we “pray this prayer in the order Jesus taught it”