
N.T. Wright's "Surprised by Hope": The Pirate Review, Day 1

As frequent visitors to this blog will be well aware, I have always had the utmost respect for N.T. Wright and had considered him not only the foremost Christian scholar working today, but someone who genuinely possessed the desire to see the Gospel of Jesus Christ put to fresh and powerful application in the world today, and to that end has worked to "abolish the law with its commandments and ordinances, that He might create in Himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it."
That was all before I learned that this wretched man had the audacity to authorize his newest book, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, to be released in the U.K. some two months earlier than in the U.S.! I guess all that talk about ecumenism, the unity of God's people, etc., what just a bunch of hot air, eh, good Bishop?
Well, I've never been one to let the dastardly schemes of such blatant nationalists as Dr. Wright stand in my way. By counter-intelligence-style planning and a blatant disregard for a number of principalities-and-powers-based international publishing treaties, I, a United States citizen, have jeopardized my very freedoms and liberties by ordering and receiving a copy of the U.K. version of the book, a full week before it's U.S. release, from Amazon.com.uk. Ha!
So before I get picked up by the secret, shadowy enforcement leg of the New World Order and get sent to a cold, deserted outpost of Antarctica to live out the rest of my days, I will, for the next few days/weeks, be posting The Complete, Unauthorized Pirate Review of "Surprised by Hope."
I anticipate going a chapter or two at a time, giving a brief summary of Wright's thoughts and maybe throwing in a few riffs off of what he says. I covet your prayers to help me outwit the authorities until this mission is complete.
As this first chapter is more an overview/setting-the-stage kind of thing, and extremely familiar to us N.T. Wright buffs, I really can't think of much to say vis-a-vis thoughts on the subject. I assume that as Wright develops these themes in the chapters to come, I'll have more in the form of commentary/thoughts. But please, feel free to chime in on the introductory stuff.
Just make sure your firewalls are up.
Grace and Peace,



Hey Raffi
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'd love to have you as part of the conversation on my blog. I'm actually doing my review/interaction as part of an independent study for one of my (last) seminary classes. So, the more interaction I can have, the more beneficial it will be for me.
Blessings to you!
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