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The Last Word: Scripture and the Authority of God--Getting Beyond the Bible Wars | 
 enlarge | Author: N.t. Wright
Publisher: HarperOne
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Pages: 160
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0060872616
Dewey Decimal Number: 220
EAN: 9780060872618
ASIN: 0060872616
Publication Date: November 1, 2006
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N.T. Wright Scores Again! May 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For anyone unfamiliar with N.T. Wright, this would be a great introduction to the thoughts of perhaps the premier theologian of our time. While an Anglican bishop, his theology as personified in this little volume is Biblically based 100%, with just enough insight to irritate both wild eyed liberals and equally wild eyed conservatives. The best of theologians
A way out - a priest's review November 1, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Both in scholarship and general life styles, liberals and conservatives are locked in hopeless battle. "You don't care about people!" vs "You ignore God's word!" is common rhetoric throughout the declining churches of North Amercia. Bishop Wright offers a new way of stepping beyond these unity destroying, fruitless debates about the Bible, a way of hope and new life.
Bishop Wright takes a fresh look at the Bible and its purposes. In doing so he offers a new way to work together to fulfill God's purposes that goes beyond both entrenched positions. His way of doing so offers hope for all, liberal and conservative. He challenges us all to fulfill God's purposes in creating the Bible.
While it is a stand alone book, this book is best read in combination with Wright's *Simply Christian*. New hope and new life are there in abundance in both books, a way out of the trap of liberal vs conservative dogmatized thinking.
Yes, as another reviewer commented, this book is meat instead of milk. It is meat tenderized for a toddler, when compared with the meat offered in scholarly theological books. This book is for anyone and everyone who wants hope and new life.
One reader at a time, we can change the world around us for the better. That, in the end, is what we are commanded to do. This book offers us a new way to do so.
 The Last Word...maybe February 15, 2007
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
This author is a renowned scholar of Scripture and as such carries a weight of many books and articles. I thought that he brought up many points that were valid, but he seems to "pick on" the church in the United States as the culprit for mis-readings. I think the Anglican Church, headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury has just as many problems and just as many "discussions" as the Episcopal Church. But that aside, this book is for Meat Eaters not Milk Drinkers. He does call for calm discussion and not mean rhetoric, listening rather than just talking to be heard. His take on some subjects are different than mine, but that is what it is all about...the Holy Spirit talking to him in one way, and to me in another.
Wright On Target January 3, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
N. T. Wright always has a lot to say, and much we should hear. While some of his works get quite lengthy and detailed, this little book is a gem, getting right to the point, and challenging all Christians to reclaim a positive understanding of Biblical Authority. If all believers could claim such a perspective, we would have much less dis-unity in the body of Christ. A must read for anyone who takes the Bible seriously, and hopes everyone else will, too.
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