Tom Wright

Jesus’ Death Reveals God’s Love and Guarantees Final Salvation ROMANS 5.6-11 I have heard it said – one hears all sorts of strange things in church – that John’s gospel is all about the love of God, but Paul’s letters are all about law, justice and hard, sharp things like that. W…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Peace and Hope

by SPCK - N T Wright

Peace and Hope ROMANS 5.1-5 I recently heard of a famous comedian who had been a familiar figure on radio and television for many years. His quick wit and endless supply of jokes guaranteed him a big audience. But when he died, the published obituaries told a darker story as well…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Abraham's Faith - and Ours

by SPCK - N T Wright

Abraham’s Faith – and Ours ROMANS 4.18-25 When my family and I emigrated to Canada in the early 1980s, we frequently thought about the early pioneers, arriving in a new and unknown country with no idea what they would find, what the weather would be like, what crops might grow, o…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Abraham is the Father of All Believers

by SPCK - N T Wright

Abraham Is the Father of All Believers ROMANS 4.13-17 I had an angry email today from a Jewish Christian who objected strongly to something I had said, very cautiously, about the current problems in the Middle East. (I lived and worked in Jerusalem some years ago, and I still hav…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Abraham the Father of Both Uncircumcised and Circumcised

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Abraham the Father of Both Uncircumcised and Circumcised ROMANS 4.9-12 One of the most solemn moments of a wedding ceremony comes when the bride and groom give or exchange rings. I have taken many weddings in my time. I have also stood there as a proud father for the weddings of …

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - God's Covenant with Abraham

by SPCK - N T Wright

God’s Covenant with Abraham ROMANS 4.1-8 Imagine a four-year-old boy who has lost his parents in a terrible war. He is old enough to understand, and to grieve, but nothing like old enough to fend for himself. Some distant relatives look after him for a while, but they haven’t got…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - The God of Both Jew and Gentile

by SPCK - N T Wright

The God of Both Jew and Gentile ROMANS 3.27-31 One of the things that regularly confuses Christians when they cross from Britain to North America, or vice versa, is that, as a friend of mine put it, ‘they sing the right hymns to the wrong tunes’. Sometimes there are quite differe…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Jesus' Death Reveals God's Covenant Justice

by SPCK - N T Wright

The Unveiling of God’s Covenant Justice ROMANS 3.21-24 Sometimes – and today, as it happens, is one of those times – my desk, and the other tables in the room, are piled so high with papers that I know I will never get them in order by just picking one or two of them up now and t…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - The Unveiling of God's Covenant Justice

by SPCK - N T Wright

The Unveiling of God’s Covenant Justice ROMANS 3.21-24 There are many plays and movies which turn, often at the last minute, on a sudden intervention. Someone arrives, perhaps galloping in on horseback into a trial or a wedding or a lynching, bringing news of a reprieve, or a mes…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Jews as well as Gentiles Are Guilty of Sin

by SPCK - N T Wright

Jews as well as Gentiles Are Guilty of Sin ROMANS 3.9-20 Only twice in my life have I been in a court of law. Neither time was pleasant. Once I was up against a gardening contractor who had ruined my garden and then demanded payment. When I refused, he sued. The proceedings were …

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - God's Determined Faithfulness

by SPCK - N T Wright

God’s Determined Faithfulness ROMANS 3.1-8 I once carried some valuable jewellery half way round the world. My wife and I were going to New Zealand. Friends of ours in England were wanting to send something – I think it was a necklace – to another part of the family. They didn’t …

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - The Badge, the Name and the Meaning

by SPCK - N T Wright

The Badge, the Name and the Meaning ROMANS 2.25-29 From time to time one of the big supermarket chains decides to try to pass off its own products as though they were made by one of the regular manufacturers. I remember one store a while ago which sold breakfast cereal with a pac…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - The Claim of the Jew - and Its Problems

by SPCK - N T Wright

The Claim of the Jew – and Its Problems ROMANS 2.17-24 In my country, the police struggle hard to maintain their credibility. It used to be quite easy. The police force had a great tradition of community service; they were known and respected. They knew when to be gentle and let …

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - How God's Impartial Judgement Will Work

by SPCK - N T Wright

How God’s Impartial Judgment Will Work ROMANS 2.12-16 ‘I mentioned not long ago the mad Emperor Caligula, who had new laws pinned up in places where people couldn’t read them. Well, once Paul has declared that God will judge the whole human race with complete impartiality, he has…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - God's Coming Judgement Will Be Impartial, the Same for All

by SPCK - N T Wright

God’s Coming Judgment Will Be Impartial, the Same for All ROMANS 2.1-11 ‘Couldn’t we just give him one more chance?’ The young man had been working at the factory for just over a month. He was performing reasonably well, but there was a problem. He had a violent temper, and he wo…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Darkened Mind, Darkened Behaviour

by SPCK - N T Wright

Darkened Mind, Darkened Behaviour ROMANS 1.28-32 Some years ago I attended a prize-giving at a local school. The headmaster made an entertaining speech, in the course of which he read out, without telling us who had written it or when, a long description of how the younger genera…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Unclean Desires, Dishonoured Bodies

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Unclean Desires, Dishonoured Bodies ROMANS 1.24-27 Imagine someone who knows nothing of music coming across a violin bow. It would be very puzzling. It has obviously been carefully made, they might think; but what is it for? It’s too narrow to be a kind of polishing implement; it…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Humans Reject God and Embrace Corruption

by SPCK - N T Wright

Humans Reject God and Embrace Corruption ROMANS 1.18-23 I have just watched a large copper beech tree being felled. It was a difficult and dangerous job for those engaged in it, and I was fascinated to see how they went about their work, with ropes and other climbing equipment as…

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