How God Became King The Forgotten Story of the Gospels

Name: How God Became King The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
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ISBN: 9780061730573

ISBN-10: 0061730572

ISBN-13: 9780061730573

Edition: 2012

Authors: N. T. Wright

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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…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/13/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.01" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

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 now severing as the Chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews; he has been featured on ABC News , Dateline , The Colbert Report , and Fresh Air . Wright is the award-winning author of The Case for the Psalms , How God Became King , Simply Jesus , After You Believe , Surprised by Hope , Simply Christian , Scripture and the Authority of God , and The Meaning of Jesus (coauthored with Marcus Borg), as well as translator for The Kingdom New Testament .



Preface



The Empty Cloak



The Missing Middle



The Opposite Problem


All Body, No Cloak



The Inadequate Answers



adjusting the volume



The Story of Israel



The Story of Jesus as the Story of Israel's God



The Launching of God's Renewed People



The Clash of the Kingdoms



The Kingdom and the Cross



Where We Get Stuck


Enlightenment, Power, and Empire



Kingdom and Cross in Four Dimensions



Kingdom and Cross


The Remaking of Meanings



Creed, Canon, and Gospel



How to Celebrate God's Story


Further Reading


Scripture Index