Category Archives: Paul and the Faithfulness of God

We are continuing to reflect on N. T. Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God. The impact of Wright’s teaching on the Churches of Christ and the church in America, regardless of denomination, should be simple and yet profound. Like … Continue reading →

Perhaps the central teaching of Paul and the Faithfulness of God is that Paul was essentially a Second Temple period Jewish thinker, steeped in the Scriptures, and absolutely persuaded that Jesus is the Messiah promised by the prophets and that the … Continue reading →

I’m continuing to attempt to summarize N. T. Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God. It’s rather like attempting to summarize the Encyclopedia Britannica — or for my younger readers, the Wikipedia. Wright’s book is truly encyclopedic (or Wikipedic). And so … Continue reading →

Chapters 3-5 of the book are all about the Greco-Roman world in which Paul worked. It’s history — and I love it. I’m a history buff. The significance for Paul’s writings is not as obvious as the Jewish background covered in chapter … Continue reading →

It’s been nearly a year and 7 hospitalizations since my copy arrived from Amazon on November 6, 2013, but I finally finished the 1,700-page book. Having a one-week vacation helped, but what helped more was Amazon’s offer to sell me … Continue reading →

This video is from a Q&A session at Oklahoma Christian University, which is affiliated with the Churches of Christ and historically has been fairly conservative. It’s truly fascinating viewing. Among other topics, Wright discusses predestination, the organic church vs. the … Continue reading →

We’ve been considering N. T. Wright’s newly released Paul and the Faithfulness of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God) — a massive and masterful consideration of Paul’s theology. Wright briefly (by his standards) discusses the connection of justification with … Continue reading →

We’ve been considering N. T. Wright’s newly released Paul and the Faithfulness of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God) — a massive and masterful consideration of Paul’s theology. Well, we were and then I had surgery and then I … Continue reading →

We are considering N. T. Wright’s newly released Paul and the Faithfulness of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God) — a massive and masterful consideration of Paul’s theology. A Summary of Paul’s Worldview We’ve considered in the recent posts … Continue reading →