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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 236.8 EAN: 9780061551826 ISBN: 0061551821 Label: HarperOne Manufacturer: HarperOne Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: February 01, 2008 Publisher: HarperOne Release Date: February 05, 2008 Studio: HarperOne Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: For years Christians have been asking, "If you died tonight, do you know where you would go?" It turns out that many believers have been giving the wrong answer. It is not heaven. Award-winning author N. T. Wright outlines the present confusion about a Christian's future hope and shows how it is deeply intertwined with how we live today. Wright, who is one of today's premier Bible scholars, asserts that Christianity's most distinctive idea is bodily resurrection. He provides a magisterial defense for a literal resurrection of Jesus and shows how this became the cornerstone for the Christian community's hope in the bodily resurrection of all people at the end of the age. Wright then explores our expectation of "new heavens and a new earth," revealing what happens to the dead until then and what will happen with the "second coming" of Jesus. For many, including many Christians, all this will come as a great surprise. Wright convincingly argues that what we believe about life after death directly affects what we believe about life before death. For if God intends to renew the whole creation—and if this has already begun in Jesus's resurrection—the church cannot stop at "saving souls" but must anticipate the eventual renewal by working for God's kingdom in the wider world, bringing healing and hope in the present life. Lively and accessible, this book will surprise and excite all who are interested in the meaning of life, not only after death but before it. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Never Surprised by BrillianceI have read the much larger and more detailed Resurrection of the Son of God, Wright's scholarly version of this book. Now he has written much the same book in a more casual form. It is more accessible but still accurate, still fascinating, still Wright. Perhaps I should be surprised that one man can do both, but I'm not, because it's Wright, and he's done it before. Rating:  - OK...butRight off I would say that it is impossible for someone as prolific as Wright to have each book be successful. Having read several of his other works, I did hear some of the same music in this one. The initial two-thirds of the book aren't really much good. That being said, those portions on the Resurrection of Christ as ordering the mission of the Church were very good, although I think Bright's work "The Kingdom of God" is a much better work. You might also see "Royal Priesthood?" To his credit, ... Read More Rating:  - Premise & Contents Unscriptural and Extra-biblicalAfter reading this, extreme disappointment. No need to rethink heaven, hell, Gospel, Judgment, Salvation from God's Wrath, Resurrection, Great Commission, Restoration of Davidic Monarchy by His Majesty King Jesus the First. Desperate need on part of author to re-read the Bible with a new optometrist: The Holy Spirit and a Large Print Version. Sola Scriptura Satis: Scripture alone is sufficient without baggage of rabbinic 1st century judaism scholarship informed ... Read More Rating: - A Must ReadBishop Wright has taken one of the most important concepts of Christianity and in non-theological terms clarified the teachings Jesus and the apostles about life-after-life-after-death and what is means for the mission of the Church. Many readers will have a surprise when the learn that they will not spend eternity in a white robe, with halo and harp, playing boring music. He strips off confusing ideas added in the Middle Ages and today's pop culture and shines a light on what we should be doing now ... Read More Rating: - Good BookN. T. Wright is a great author and most knowledgeable within the Christian ranks. At the same time he can sometimes speak a little over my head. The book is worthwhile if you want to work while you read it. 
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