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Simply Good News

Why the Gospel Is News and What Makes It Good

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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.

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    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2015

      Wright (New Testament and early Christianity, Univ. of St. Andrews; Paul and the Faithfulness of God), a retired bishop of the Anglican Church and a busy author of scholarly books on New Testament subjects and more accessible theological works, has been criticized for his outspoken opposition to liberalizing tendencies within the Anglican communion, especially in matters of sexuality. In his latest book, Wright states that the good news is not simply of God's grace or love, but that God came to earth as Jesus, and therefore is like Jesus: complex, real, loving, and utterly unlike--as the author takes pains to point out--the gods of the pagan world. All of this, according to Wright, is part of the Lord's larger project, for Christians to see that God wants to save the world through the actions of the faithful. VERDICT Far from Wright's most profound or effective contribution to theological dialog, this title should nevertheless prove of interest to students and pastors.

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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