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Zusatztext "Wright's got another masterful book under his belt with Simply Good News ." 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 The bishop, Bible scholar, modern heir to C. S. Lewis, and revered author of Simply Christian and Simply Jesus offers a fresh look at the Gospel, explaining why Jesus' message is ?good news? and why it is more timely and transforming today than we know. The Gospel means good news. But if the message has been around for 2,000 years, what makes it significant today? What's so ?good? about stories involving damnation, violence, and a God who sacrifices his only son? Noted Bible scholar N.T. Wright shows us how Christians today have lost sight of what the ?good news? of the gospel really is. In Simply Good News, he takes us back in time to reveal how the people of the first-century?the gospel's original audience?would have received Jesus' message. He offer a clear and thoughtful analysis of what the ?good news? really is, and applies it to our lives today, revealing its power to transform us. Zusammenfassung The bishop! Bible scholar! modern heir to C. S. Lewis! and revered author of Simply Christian and Simply Jesus offers a fresh look at the Gospel! explaining why Jesus’ message is “good news” and why it is more timely and transforming today than we know. The Gospel means good news. But if the message has been around for 2!000 years! what makes it significant today? What’s so “good” about stories involving damnation! violence! and a God who sacrifices his only son? Noted Bible scholar N.T. Wright shows us how Christians today have lost sight of what the “good news” of the gospel really is. In Simply Good News ! he takes us back in time to reveal how the people of the first-century—the gospel’s original audience—would have received Jesus’ message. He offer a clear and thoughtful analysis of what the “good news” really is! and applies it to our lives today! revealing its power to transform us. ...
