Challenge of Jesus
Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is

I appreciate N.T. Wright because he makes me think. He presents a compelling macro perspective of God's story with Jesus as the focus. He's intellectual, but understandable. The last few chapters of this book are in particular very compelling. He nearly made me jump out of my chair and fling open my......more

This was a great book, one of the best theologically-oriented books I've ever read. The idea behind it is to look at how the things Jesus did and said would have challenged his 1st century audience and then from that discuss how Christians are called to follow in His footsteps today. There was a lot......more

This book, as the title would suggest, is a challenge, for a couple of reasons. First it is a challenge because Wright's intense historical analysis leads him to say some unexpected things about Jesus and early Christianity, casting doubt on the traditional understandings of certain passages in the......more

N.T. Wright’s brilliant work about the historical and spiritual meaning of Jesus is definitely going in my favorites of the year pile. This is one that I’ll come back to time and time again both because it took all my mental space to absorb what I could and because his writing is beautiful and meani......more