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Zusatztext "Wright is a scholar who writes as if the material he engages actually matters for the church and the world it lives in? and has again done the church a great favor in presenting the gospel story as the story of God and his kingdom on earth." Informationen zum Autor N. T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world’s leading Bible scholars. He is Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University, and Senior Editor at Saint Andrews. He has been featured on ABC News, Dateline , The Colbert Report, and NPR’s Fresh Air. Wright is the award-winning author of many books, including Paul: A Biography, Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, The Day the Revolution Began, Simply Jesus, After You Believe, and Scripture and the Authority of God. Klappentext Foundational: The four gospels come directly fromthe ancient church and are among the primary sourcesfor the church's teachings. Familiar: Since Christian worship services began! areading from the gospels has played a central role. Studied: For over two hundred years scholars havechallenged and defended the central claims of thegospels: miracles! historical accuracy! the divinity ofJesus! and more. But Forgotten: Still! leading Bible scholar N. T.Wright reveals shocking news: We have all forgottenwhat the four gospels are about. "Despite centuries of intense and heavy industryexpended on the study of all sorts of features of thegospels!" Wright writes! "we have often managed tomiss the main thing that they! all four of them! aremost eager to tell us. What we need is not just a bitof fine-tuning! an adjustment here and there. We needa fundamental rethink about what the gospels aretrying to tell us." What Wright offers is an opportunity to confront thesepowerful texts afresh! as if we are encountering themfor the first time. How God Became King reveals thesurprising! unexpected! and shocking news of thegospels: this is the story of a new king! a new kind ofking! a king who has changed everything! and a kingwho invites us to be part of his new world. Zusammenfassung New Testament scholar N.T. Wright reveals how we have been misreading the Gospels for centuries! powerfully restoring the lost central story of the Scripture: that the coronation of God through the acts of Jesus was the climax of human history. Wright fills the gaps that centuries of misdirection have opened up in our collective spiritual story! tracing a narrative from Eden! to Jesus! to today. Wright’s powerful re-reading of the Gospels helps us re-align the focus of our spiritual beliefs! which have for too long been focused on the afterlife. Instead! the forgotten story of the Gospels reveals why we should understand that our real charge is to sustain and cooperating with God's kingdom here and now. Echoing the triumphs of Simply Christian and The Meaning of Jesus ! Wright’s How God Became King is required reading for any Christian searching to understand their mission in the world today. ...
