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If you set yourself to read NT Wright you will be blessed and most certainly challenged.

 

That is a good book, but very heavy and a lot of info that some may find unimportant. He truly left no stone unturned. If you were inclined to read Wright, he does write on the lay level as well as the academic level. For example, his book Surprised by Hope hits on the salient points that I think you, Evan####, would benefit the most that is similarly related to the resurrection. Give it a look see.

Wright's academic books (especially his Christian origins and the question of God series) is VERY heavy. It is a slow read b/c there is so much on every page. I think the first two books, NT and the people of God & Jesus and the victory of God are better. I still haven't read the newest volumes on Paul.

PS I finished my ThM this summer. So I'm out of school until I go on for a PhD (if ever).

 

Yes there are lay people that read such heavy books. I started reading seminary level books in high school during the summer. It was not unusual to see me with a 7 or 800 page book. My husband I both read and discuss books. We are working on Systematic Theology right now. While it is written at an accessible level it sparks a lot of discussion.

 

And you find that hard to believe because???? I actually gradumakated after finishing "hukt on foniks".

 

Oh that is an easy question (for most). Anything that does not line up with what I believe to be absolute truth. :smilewinkgrin:

 

I think you will enjoy this. It will help give a good understanding of life after life after death (and yes I meant to put it like that).

Now that I'm finished w/ my ThM, I haven't been reading that much. And my library is quite small because I use my pastor's library (he's a PhD in theology from Marquette) and a seminary library. I wish I owned everything I read. But alas, I do not. In fact, I only own 2 NT Wright books (How God became King & Climax of the Covenant), the latter I have not even read yet b/c I left it in the States (grrrrrr). All the rest, I have checked it out from other sources. That's one reason why you go to a church w/ an educated pastor.

 

I'm in the ministry, and while I consider it a full time calling, I also have a job to pay the bills. I would have no problem reading a book of this magnitude (length, heaviness of content, etc.). I typically have 2 or 3 books going at one time. It's like watching several TV shows. Of course, I don't always have theological books in the rotation. I read for leisure/pleasure as well as spiritual growth.

I will admit that I place a lot more emphasis on what the Scripture says than on what someone else says the Scripture says.

 

That is silly... b/c you are interpreting Scripture and thus you are just one more person of "what someone else says the Scripture says." The spiral continues. God gave to the church teachers for a reason.

 

Ummm...what? I'm not saying that I don't listen to what others say, I'm just saying I would rather emphasize Scripture over someone else's interpretation. Or are you saying that me simply reading the Scripture will taint what the Scripture says, because I'm going to apply previous lessons to what I read?