Tag: N. T. Wright

Is Wright’s view broad enough to include both Roman Catholics and Protestants?  A position broad enough to include Roman Catholics is insufficiently Protestant. Protestants believe that our acceptance with God is by faith alone while the best (Augustinian) Roman Catholics say it is faith and works (yet still grace alone).  If Wright’s view is broad…

My second question is this: Does Wright downplay biblical support for grace alone and faith alone? Wright says that he believes in grace alone and faith alone, but he dismisses the classic texts which others use to support it. Consider the following quotes: “There is no problem in adding the word ‘alone’ to the word…

If you are an American and you are reading this today you probably don’t like your in-laws very much.  If you post a comment the whole world will know who you are, so carefully weigh the cost and benefit of doing so.  It would probably be best for you to shut down your computer, grit…

1. General Description:  Wright says that we are saved by faith, though it is unclear what role he gives to baptism (see the following two quotes).  He typically says that we are saved when we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and that God raised him from the dead (see quote c). a. “Paul’s conception…

As far as I can tell, How Wright usually the following terms to explain the event of being accepted by God.  1. Salvation/Saved a. “Paul discovered, at the heart of his missionary practice, that when he announced the lordship of Jesus Christ, the sovereignty of King Jesus, this very announcement was the means by which…

Immediately after Wright’s paper he dialogued with Tom Schreiner and Frank Thielman for two more hours.  I won’t include everything they said, but here are the highlights from my notes (see Collin Hansen for a summary of all three papers and Marc Cortez for a concise theological summary.  Scroll down the comment section on Denny Burk’s…