I've just finished reading Tom Wright's book entitled 'Simply Jesus'. I've been reading it for some time now, because of other commitments and general business it's taken longer to read - believe me it's not due to being bored with the book.
I always appreciate Wright's relevence and accute theological understanding. In these 230 pages he looks at the historical context of Jesus' life, the 1st century Jewish messianic expectations and how Jesus fulfilled the Divine Kingdom-project which didn't quite fit the assumptions of his contempories.
The wonderful thing is that we as human beings are very much part of the Kingdom-project. We were created to be God's image-bearers and Jesus delegates his authority to us.God intended from the very beginning of the creation that He would rule the world through human beings. This original creation plan is to be fulfilled both through the church and outside the church.
These are just a few ideas that come from the book. There are many more!
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