The Crown and the Fire
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Instead of the seven words that Jesus spoke from the cross, Tom Wright invites you to consider seven words that people spoke to the cross—people like Mary and the Roman centurion who witnessed the crucifixion, and Pontius Pilate, who helped to instigate it. The result is a powerful sequence of meditations that will move you to reassess your own response to Jesus’ death, his resurrection, and the continuing influence of his Spirit on those who follow him today.
Top Highlights
“And so, ironically, the Romans wanted to get rid of him because he was a nationalist Messiah, and the Jews wanted to get rid of him because he wasn’t.” (Page 18)
“We only understand the cross when we see it as the climax of Jesus’ life-work, his kingdom-project; we only understand that life-work when we see it as the climax of God’s plan for Israel and, through Israel, for the world.” (Pages x–xi)
“The Romans didn’t crucify burglars or handbag snatchers. They did crucify revolutionaries.” (Page 18)
“He, as it were, takes human uncleannesses, so that other humans can take his wholeness. He absorbs our impurity in himself so that it becomes lost without trace, and his own purity flows into us instead.” (Page 20)
“If you are the Messiah—if you are the Son of God—then you’re not supposed to be on a Roman cross! You’re supposed to be leading your people to victory over the Romans!” (Page 5)
Nicholas Tom Wright, commonly known as N. T. Wright or Tom Wright, is 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 forty 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.
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