After completing N.T. Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God there is one question that is central, what exactly serves as the vindication of Jesus? He spends much ink in the second half of the book outlining what the eschatological/apocalyptic/messianic means in terms of 1st century Judaism and then how Jesus likely understood and redefined. Within [...]

It is no surprise when we read the story about the rich young ruler, Jesus tells him to sell all his possessions and follow him. We are so familiar with the story we don’t recognize the underlying narrative. Sometimes God asks us to give up what is good, even that which he has given us. [...]

One of the saddening things experienced listening to N.T. Wright lecture at Wheaton College was his poor response to the critique of not working more with the Christian tradition and other disciplines/scholars besides a narrow set of New Testament scholars. While he seemed amiable towards the other speakers at the conference (not to mention that [...]

In the middle of N.T. Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God (JVG), he has a discussion about repentance, as it is in Jesus’ proclamation found in Mark 1.15: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” The contemporary connotations abound rather negatively towards this word repent. It [...]

There has been this nagging question for many years, which is better {or rather which is right} to sacrifice one’s self & aspirations for those around you or to sacrifice it all for some great accomplishment. Translated, is it better to be the family man or hero (be it politically/militarily, defeating fascism; or scientifically, curing [...]