C.S. Lewis and “Mere Christianity”
C.S. Lewis: The Man Most Americans, when they hear the name “C.S. Lewis,” immediately think of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” from his children’s serie...
Category: Book Review
Book Review: N.T. Wright’s “Surprised by Scripture”–Wrapping Things Up
Even though N.T. Wright has three more chapters to Surprised by Scripture, I believe I can adequately cover them in this post. “How to Engage Tomorrow’s World” ...
N.T. Wright’s “Surprised by Scripture” Ch. 9: Our Politics are Too Small
Yes, it was only a matter of time…but you knew the subject of politics was due to come up at some point. After all, if the two things you never talk about in pu...
Book Review: N.T. Wright’s “Surprised by Scripture” Ch. 8–Idolatry 2.0
Unlike chapter 7 in Surprised by Scripture, where Wright took a look at a really big “worldview” issue, chapter 8 gets pretty specific and to a direct point. So...
N.T. Wright’s “Surprised by Scripture”–Ch. 7: The Bible to the Modern World
***Let me first apologize for the long post, but it is such a good chapter! If you have read all my posts on Surprised by Scripture, chances are your head is sp...
N.T. Wright’s “Surprised by Scripture”: Ch. 6–The Problem of Evil
In chapter 6 of Surprised by Scripture, N.T. Wright tackles the problem of evil: how can you reconcile the reality of evil with a belief in a good God? That is ...
N.T. Wright’s “Surprised by Scripture” Ch. 5: Jesus is Coming—Plant a Tree!
If you do any amount of reading of N.T. Wright, you will quickly see that one of the biggest things he emphasizes about the original gospel proclamation of the ...
N.T. Wright’s “Surprised by Scripture” Ch. 4: Should Women be Ordained?
Should women be ordained as ministers? Should women have leadership positions in the church? Generally speaking, your answer to that question pretty much pigeon...
N.T. Wright’s “Surprised by Scripture” Ch. 3: The Resurrection
In N.T. Wright’s third chapter of Surprised by Scripture, he asks the question, “Can a scientist believe in the resurrection?” In fact, this question does not n...
Book Review: N.T. Wright’s “Surprised by Scripture”: Ch. 2–Do we need a historical Adam?
The second chapter in N.T. Wright’s Surprised by Scripture tackles a subject that tends to be an extremely hot-button issue within American Evangelicalism today...