No other topic is as vital as the Gospel. If there is one thing which Christians must know, believe and live out it is the Gospel. In fact one of the greatest problems in the Church today is the fact that most believers do not know the Gospel and have no idea of what it means to live it out. This is precisely what makes N. T. Wright so interesting. For all his faults, Wright forces his readers to contemplate the definition of the gospel and consider its implications for living. My introduction to Wright has been limited to one of his works on Pauline theology. However, rapidly rising in my reading list is Wright’s most recent work “Surprised by Hope“.
On this side of the Atlantic Mark Dever at Captiol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D. C. gives a more conservative view of the gospel and offers an interesting counterpoint to Wright (or at least an interpretation of Wright) in his lecture available on-line here.
According to Christianity Today’s blog, Tim Keller provides a middle ground between Wright and Dever. However, due to my lack of spare reading time I can offer little on the difference between Keller and Dever. My hunch is that the analysis of CT is probably correct. Regardless, reading all three of these men, Wright, Keller and Dever, should provide thoughtful reflection for Christians who urgently need to understand in their own minds what the gospel is and how it affects their lives.
C512 
4 Jan
Helpful Links from Between Two Worlds
Posted by David in Book Reviews, Scattershooting, Uncategorized. Tagged: commentaries, Justin Taylor, N. T. Wright, New Perspective. Leave a comment
Justin Taylor has a couple of interesting posts over at his blog (Between Two Worlds). The first is a list of forthcoming commentaries. The list is certainly worth perusing as several of the commentaries look excellent. Of interest to me in particular is the forthcoming commentary from G. K. Beale (my advisor at Wheaton) on Colossians and Philemon and a volume by Douglas Moo (another prof from Wheaton) on Hebrews.
The second post of interest involves N. T. Wright’s latest defense of his New Perspective on Paul and the docrtrine of justification. Hopefully, I’ll post a bit more on the New Perspective in the near future. But for now I’ll just refer you over to Justin Taylor’s blog to get the latest. Cheers!