confession of a poor pietist
first, let me expound on my previous post. n.t. wright has shaped the way i read the Bible. as a result, whenever i exegete or talk about Scripture, his thought will shine through. yesterday's post was no different. thumbs up to n.t. wright. two thumbs up. as one person said, "if n.t. wright is right, then martin luther is wrong." maybe....maybe. ah, crap. this is a post in itself. confession of a poor pietist will have to wait until later.
posted by Aaron Perry at
10:29 PM
5 Comments:
ha. i'd drink to that! (if i were lutheran...) oh wait, i am supposed to be lutheran....but chose to be wesleyan (allegedly out of rebellion), so, i will to not drink.
i didn't know you were an nt-wright-appreciatin' kinda guy. thumbs up to you AP. thumbs up. (at least for today).
yes, i am a huge n.t. wright fan. you will meet many at asbury. the problem is that they don't remember he's an anglican with anglican political theology.
I'm through 2 of his shorter books and I like him. Sometimes I feel like the ideas he expresses are very new, other times it feels like he's just taking the long way home. I don't know.
I think maybe more than anything, he's responding to a faith that has been reduced to one-liners and cliches. He's demolishing them and then putting them back together in a more meaningful manner.
But I'm still processing him.
One thing is for sure though, he provides a theology that supports my eschatology very well.
i feel out of the loop, who's nt wright? and what would you suggest i read first?
i might even be able to find a copy since there is an anglican universtity nearby
matt: wright is indeed saying new things, but taking the long way home. well said. Christo-metaphysics which started getting out of hand (at least by) the middle ages (guy from mb can straighten me out), have led to a poor reading of the gospels which wright tries to correct.
liz, read "The Challenge of Jesus" first. hard read, but worth it.
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