Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense | N.T. Wright

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense | N.T. Wright | A modern day CS Lewis

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	Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense N.T. Wright HarperSanFrancisco, 2006 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 78 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent Book

N.T. Wright provides a powerful work in the spirit of C.S. Lewis's classic Mere Christianity. For all of those who, like me, enjoy Lewis, Wright offers a more comprehensive and biblically consistent tour of Christian ideas.

He begins by identifying four things that make us suspect that this world is not all that there is. Our desire for justice, quest for spirituality, hunger for relationships, and love of beauty all leave us seeking something that we have never actually seen. In fact, we find it hard to express what we are seeking.

Wright then proceeds to unfold the story of Christianity and shows how it promises to fulfill these four desires and so much more. His presentation is necessarily brief and he is honest enough to admit his own limitations. But a thoughtful reader may find that Wright's presentation of Christianity builds a framework by which virtually all of our questions about life have real answers (if sometimes incomplete).

By the end of the book, Wright shows how the Christian story invites people to join in God's New Creation, which He has promised and ratified through the resurrection of Jesus. The implications of this New Creation are staggering and sometimes demand a complete rethinking of life.

It's worth it.

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A modern day CS Lewis

N.T. Wright is is a renowned New Testament scholar. Though he has written extensively for academia, he is also a great speaker and preacher. And he has a sincere calling to interpret Christian faith to the modern world, to those who have drifted away, to those who might be dubious. This book is an engaging conversation about the essentials of Christianity - our passion for God, justice, and hope, God's long engagement with us and the world, the gift of Jesus, the presence of the Spirit, and our life in realtionship and in service with God. This book is thoughtful, easy to read, and promotes honest reflection and discussion. It is a gracious explication of Christian faith for these complex times.

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Thoughtful Theology

I am a big fan of N.T. Wright. So when I saw this book, I had to purchase it. However, I found the opening chapter a bit dry and frankly, put the book aside for sometime. But now, giving it a second chance and plowing past the first 50 pages, I have found this work fascinating. N.T. Wright is at his best when he draws together his vast biblical knowledge into a simple message that explains the development of the Christian faith. His description of God and his apology for Christianity is excellent. He does a marvelous job explaining why the Hebrew Scriptures are relevant to the New Testament. This one is worth the time and will enlighten your understanding of Christianity. This is great for those exploring Christianity for the first time or for the life long Christian in need of deeper knowledge of the Christian faith.

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It's that simple?

If this guy has such a wonderful ability to explain the complex simply, why don't the reviewers manage to say what his main point is?

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