Simply Jesus
A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters
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Narrated by:
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James Langton
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N. T. Wright
About this listen
We have grown used to the battles over Jesus - whether he was human or divine, whether he could do miracles or just inspire them, whether he even existed. Much of the church defends tradition, while critics take shots at the institution and its beliefs. But what if these debates have masked the real story of Jesus? What if even Jesus’s defenders have been so blinded by their focus on defending the church’s traditions that they have failed to grapple with what the New Testament really teaches?
Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T. Wright summarizes a lifetime of study of Jesus and the New Testament in order to present for a general audience who Jesus was and is. In Simply Jesus, we are invited to hear one of our leading scholars introduce the story of the carpenter’s son from Nazareth as if we were hearing it for the first time.
“Jesus - the Jesus we might discover if we really looked,” explains Wright, “is larger, more disturbing, more urgent than we had ever imagined. We have successfully managed to hide behind other questions and to avoid the huge, world-shaking challenge of Jesus’s central claim and achievement. It is we, the churches, who have been the real reductionists. We have reduced the kingdom of God to private piety; the victory of the cross to comfort for the conscience; Easter itself to a happy, escapist ending after a sad, dark tale. Piety, conscience, and ultimate happiness are important, but not nearly as important as Jesus himself.” As the church faces the many challenges of the twenty-first century, Wright has presented a vision of Jesus that more than meets them.
©2011 Nicholas Thomas Wright (P)2011 HarperCollinsPublishersWhat listeners say about Simply Jesus
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- Anonymous User
- 15-07-2024
So many nuggets. I am going to have to listen to this again.
It was challenging hearing the scriptures from the middle eastern perspective. So thankful to have them explained.
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- Rosalie T.
- 23-01-2020
Profoundly simple and erudite
Wright is expert at Making biblical themes simple enough to grasp, without dumbing down or eroding essential, profound truths and meaning. Wright’s approach to the the biblical Jesus is still refreshing and inspiring to me, a long time Christian. I will keep referring to this text and be more than happy to pass it on to non-believers as well.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-07-2019
Well worth the effort
Was slightly put off by the sample of the narration style, but once I became used to the narrators cadence, ended up being very good. Listened at about an hour at a time whilst running, and found that anything less than this was difficult to really get into. Definitely the sort of audio book that needs to be listened to at length, not taken in small bites and chunks.
Overall great book but that hardly needs to be said of NT Wright
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- Dion Fowles
- 18-10-2021
A great resource
This was my first book by NT Wright and will not be my last, this is how I love to be taught, great biblical references and historical facts. I was suitably impressed and will listen to this book again. I am inspired to be a better person and Representative for Jesus.
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- Mary Collis
- 29-11-2022
A new way of being human
I don't know why this book was about my 20th of Wright's books. I thought I knew what there was to know about Jesus. But this one nailed it down better. How He wasn't the Messiah they wanted because He had a far different plan, how it was no more business as usual now He'd arrived, what it meant for Him to become king of the world, and what it meant to be His follower, and what it means today. It is far different from what most Christians think - at least in the evangelical world. If you want your faith shaken up and refreshed, read this book.
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