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How God Became King: The Forgotten Story Of The Gospels

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New Testament scholar N.T. Wright challenges centuries of misreading the Gospels by revealing their central story: the coronation of God through Jesus as the climax of human history. Tracing a narrative from Eden to Jesus and into the present, Wright calls readers to refocus spirituality on cooperating with God's kingdom here and now, rather than on the afterlife. This fresh perspective realigns Christian mission and belief with the original Gospel message.
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This book is essential reading for Christians seeking a deeper understanding of their faith and mission, particularly those interested in biblical scholarship and the theological implications of the kingdom of God as presented in the Gospels.

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New Testament scholar N.T. Wright reveals how we have been misreading the Gospels for centuries, powerfully restoring the lost central story of the Scripture: that the coronation of God through the acts of Jesus was the climax of human history.

Wright fills the gaps that centuries of misdirection have opened up in our collective spiritual story, tracing a narrative from Eden, to Jesus, to today. Wrightโ€™s powerful re-reading of the Gospels helps us re-align the focus of our spiritual beliefs, which have for too long been focused on the afterlife. Instead, the forgotten story of the Gospels reveals why we should understand that our real charge is to sustain and cooperate with God's kingdom here and now.

Echoing the triumphs of Simply Christian and The Meaning of Jesus, Wrightโ€™s How God Became King is required reading for any Christian searching to understand their mission in the world today.

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Booklist praises Wright's eloquence and persuasive argument, calling this work a capstone to his theological career. Christianity Magazine finds it scholarly, accessible, and thought-provoking, while The Washington Post highlights Wright's call for a serious rethinking of Christian views on heaven. Tremper Longman III commends the book for illuminating the Gospel message in a way that informs the intellect and transforms life.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780061730603

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 March 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 304

About the Author

N. T. Wright is the former bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world's leading Bible scholars. He is now serving as the Chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. For twenty years he taught New Testament studies at Cambridge, McGill, and Oxford Universities, and he has been featured on ABC News, Dateline, The Colbert Report, and Fresh Air. Wright is the award-winning author of Surprised by Scripture, The Case for the Psalms, How God Became King, Simply Jesus, After You Believe, Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, Scripture and the Authority of God, The Meaning of Jesus (coauthored with Marcus Borg), as well as being the translator for The Kingdom New Testament.

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