Fellow scholar Scot McKnight has devoted a lot of space on his blog to The Day the Revolution Began. Take a look at what he has to say.

Then head over here to get started on the book and the course.

“I am predicting that N.T. Wright’s newest, The Day the Revolution Began, will become more significant than his justly and widely-read Surprised by Hope. Wright has taken the tradition of Christian atonement theories back to the Bible to challenge the theories and to reframe the whole discussion — not by way of rejecting that Jesus has died for our sins but by way of putting it all into his larger understanding of the Bible’s own narrative. E.g., end of exile, kingdom of God on earth as it is i n heaven, new heavens and new earth, and not going off to some surreal heaven when we die.”

NT Wright: Atonement Re-Worked

“At the heart of God’s work with Israel is the Presence of God, a theme coursing through the whole Old Testament — from Genesis 3:8 to Genesis 12 to the house of God with Jacob to the tabernacle’s and the temple’s ark of the covenant and especially with the temple and on and on. God’s Presence is at the heart.

And this Presence vacates the temple as an act of judgment in Exile.”

NT Wright: Forgiveness Re-Framed

“What are the themes of the Evangelists?

1. Israel’s God returning at last.
2. Compassion and love as one embodying God’s love.
3. Hostility toward Jesus and evil and the dark forces of evil.
4. Thus, the kingdom inaugurated over against evil warring against its arrival: Jesus’ victories are seen in exorcisms, healings, and then finally in resurrection and ascension.
5. Climax of this dual narrative in Passover and in Son of Man theme.”

Jesus, the Evangelists, and Modern Evangelists’ Atonement Theories

“I believe NT Wright’s statements in DRB will become both a central point of affirmation as well as something that will garner some pushback. What is sin? Is it missing the mark? is it violating the law of God? is it besmirching the honor of God? is it failing to love God, self, others and the world properly? I want to collect here today a few important observations by Wright about the nature of sin.”

At the Heart of NT Wright’s Newest: Sin Re-defined

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David P. Seemuth, PhD

David Seemuth is the Founder and President of the Wisconsin Center for Christian Studies, Inc, which exists to bring transformation to Christian believers through the renewal of the mind. He and Prof. N.T. Wright collaborate in online course development and launched N.T. Wright Online in 2015. David has been an Adjunct Professor at Trinity International University for over 35 years and teaches in the area of Biblical Studies, specializing in the New Testament. He also served as an Associate Pastor at Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, WI, for 30 years.

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