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Scripture and the Authority of God - Appendix
Scripture and the Authority of God - Appendix
by SPCK - N T Wright
Appendix Getting Started on Bible Study Those who want to get into the study of scripture for themselves – and studying scripture is, in the end, far more profitable than theorizing about it – will find a wealth of material to help them. What follows is only a small selection, wh
Scripture and the Authority of God - Authority of Scripture as Part of a Larger Whole
Scripture and the Authority of God - Authority of Scripture as Part of a Larger Whole
by SPCK - N T Wright
“Authority of Scripture” as Part of a Larger Whole ‘Authority of Scripture’ is a Shorthand for God’s Authority Exercised through Scripture We now arrive at the central claim of this book: that the phrase ‘authority of scripture’ can only make Christian sense if it is a shorthand
Scripture and the Authority of God - How to Get Back on Track
Scripture and the Authority of God - How to Get Back on Track
by SPCK - N T Wright
How to Get Back on Track The Need for an Integrated View of Scripture’s Authority We urgently need an integrated view of the dense and complex phrase ‘the authority of scripture’. Such an integrated view needs to highlight the role of the Spirit as the powerful, transformative ag
Scripture and the Authority of God - Misreadings of Scripture from Today's Context
Scripture and the Authority of God - Misreadings of Scripture from Today's Context
by SPCK - N T Wright
Misreadings of Scripture in Today’s Context The Growth of Misreadings Within this complex cultural context, it is not surprising that all kinds of misreadings of scripture have grown up, both among those who count themselves as Bible-believers and among those who distance themsel
Scripture and the Authority of God - Preface
Scripture and the Authority of God - Preface
by SPCK - N T Wright
Preface Scripture and the Authority of God Writing a book about the Bible is like building a sandcastle in front of the Matterhorn. The best you can hope to do is to catch the eye of those who were looking down instead of up, or those who were so familiar with the skyline that th
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture and Jesus
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture and Jesus
by SPCK - N T Wright
Scripture and Jesus Jesus Accomplishes That to Which Scripture had Pointed ‘When the time had fully come, God sent forth his son . . .’ (Galatians 4.4). Understanding Jesus within his historical context means understanding him where, according to scripture itself, he belongs. A h
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture From the Second to the Seventeenth Century
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture From the Second to the Seventeenth Century
by SPCK - N T Wright
Scripture from the Second to the Seventeenth Century Early Challenges (Marcion, the Gnostics, etc.) were Met with Response from Scripture, and (When Scripture Itself was Contested) with an Appeal to Early Tradition and Good Exegesis We must now compress a very long and complicate
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture within Christianity
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture within Christianity
by SPCK - N T Wright
Scripture within Christianity: the First 1,500 Years The place and role of the Bible within the church’s mission and common life is once again heavily contested. Current ‘battles for the Bible’ in various parts of the church – not least, but not only, within debates about sexual
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture within Contemporary Culture
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture within Contemporary Culture
by SPCK - N T Wright
Scripture within Contemporary Culture Scripture in Today’s World: Five Areas The Bible doesn’t just live within the church, because the church (if it is true to its own nature and vocation) is always open to God’s world. Our contemporary culture impinges on the questions that are
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture within the Christian-People,BC
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture within the Christian-People,BC
by SPCK - N T Wright
Scripture within the Kingdom-People, BC ‘God’s Kingdom’, in Old Testament and Judaism, Affirms God’s Victory over Evil The question of God’s ‘kingdom’ or ‘kingship’ is raised, in the Old Testament and in subsequent Judaism, by the presence of radical evil within the good creation
Scripture and the Authority of God - The Challenge of Enlightenment
Scripture and the Authority of God - The Challenge of Enlightenment
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Challenge of the Enlightenment The Enlightenment (a) Insisted on Historical Readings and (b) Attempted Thereby to Undermine Orthodox Christianity through Rationalism – a New Twist to ‘Reason’ We are all children, grandchildren or at least stepchildren of the eighteenth-centur
Scripture and the Authority of God - Word of God and Scripture in the Apostolic Church
Scripture and the Authority of God - Word of God and Scripture in the Apostolic Church
by SPCK - N T Wright
“Word of God” and Scripture in the Apostolic Church Apostolic Preaching of ‘the Word’: the Jesus-Story Fulfils the (OT) Scripture-Story The earliest apostolic preaching was neither a standard Jewish message with Jesus added on at the end, nor a free-standing announcement of a new
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