Early Christian Letters for Everyone: James, Peter, John, and Judah
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
Writing in an accessible style, N. T. Wright opens up the wisdom of the letters of James, Peter, John, and Judah (Jude). A vital resource for every church and every Christian, these letters are full of clear, practical advice. Written for those new to the faith, they warn of the dangers and difficulties a young church community would face both within and without, while reveling in the delight of budding faith, hope, and life. Today, these letters are just as relevant as they were 2,000 years ago. They continue to help Christians live with genuine faith in a complex modern age.
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Key Features
- Examines the writings of James, Peter, John, and Judah
- Offers new translations of the text
- Discusses background information and modern text relevance
- Includes a glossary of words and phrases for further study
Product Details
- Title: Early Christian Letters for Everyone: James, Peter, John, and Judah
- Author: N. T. Wright
- Series: New Testament for Everyone
- Publisher: SPCK
- Publication Date: 2011
- Pages: 240
About N. T. Wright
N. T. Wright is a professor of New Testament and early Christianity at St. Andrews University. Previously, he was the bishop of Durham. He has researched, taught, and lectured on the New Testament at McGill, Oxford, and Cambridge Universities, and has been named by Christianity Today a top theologian. He is best known for his scholarly contributions to the historical study of Jesus and the New Perspective on Paul. His work interacts with the positions of James Dunn, E. P. Sanders, Marcus Borg, and Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Wright has written and lectured extensively around the world, authoring more than 40 books and numerous articles in scholarly journals and popular periodicals. He is best known for his Christian Origins and the Question of God series, of which three of the anticipated six volumes are finished.
Top Highlights
“The challenge of faith is the challenge not to be a wave.” (Page 3)
“Translating belief into action, even when it seems impossible or downright dangerous. That is the faith that matters. That is the faith that justifies (verse 24). That is the faith that saves (verse 14). This is near the heart of the message of James: the challenge to make sure that faith is the real thing, that it does what it says on the packet.” (Page 19)
“This is God’s purpose: to set people aside from other uses so that they can be signposts to this new reality, this new world.” (Page 50)
“The Christian faith grows directly out of, and must directly express, the belief that in Jesus the Messiah the one true God has revealed himself to be—love incarnate.” (Page 158)
“The meaning of that statement is striking: we don’t really know who ‘God’ is—until we look at Jesus. Now we see the meaning of our present statement in 1 John 4:12: people don’t really know who ‘God’ is—until they see it revealed in the life of Christians. Until, that is, ‘his love is completed in us’. What God launched decisively in Jesus, he wants to complete in and through us. As Jesus unveiled God before a surprised and unready world, so must we. Love is that important.” (Page 159)
Reviews
4 ratings
Uwe Bayer
8/25/2022
My favored quote form the German translation is (page 62) and the final words in his book about James (or Jakobus in German): "Mit Jakobus „das königliche Gesetz“ der Liebe zu lernen, zu verstehen und ihm zu gehorchen heißt, Jesus selber kennenzulernen. Und wenn das geschieht, werden die Geduld und Demut, die Liebe und das Gebet, die Weisheit und die wahre Redeweise, auf denen er bestanden hat, Teil unseres Lebens. Dies sind die „Werke“, die unseren Glauben zeigen." This quote alone justify the lecture of this book.Jonathan Ochieng Göhner
3/22/2018
Andrew
9/14/2016
David Song
4/10/2014
