Mark Driscoll - "My Thoughts on Easter Preaching and Study Help"

[annsni]

My encouragement to all Christian preachers is to not get too fancy on Easter.

It is the day we want to be incredibly clear about the death of Jesus for our sins and the resurrection of Jesus for our salvation. We do not need to be clever. We need to be clear. And we need to add to that clarity a fitting and authentic excitement for the victory of Jesus Christ over Satan, sin, death, hell, and the wrath of God while calling sinners to be saved.

For those preachers wanting to do a good job this Sunday, I felt compelled to share with you bits from a summary of N.T. Wright’s amazing tome on the resurrection, as they could be most helpful. I also want to thank my researchers at the Docent Group for doing the summary on which this blog is based. I would encourage all pastors who can afford it to consider their services.

I would encourage every preacher to go out and buy this unprecedented book. Despite his views on justification, which I disagree with, this book is so outstanding that it has to be read, as even Tim Keller evidenced by making his chapter on the resurrection in A Reason for God basically a series of summaries and quotes from Wright’s book.

N.T. Wright’s The Resurrection of the Son of God looks at why Christianity began and why it took the shape it did. N.T. Wright (a renowned New Testament scholar) answers these questions: What precisely happened at Easter? What did the early Christians mean when they said that Jesus of Nazareth had been raised from the dead? What can be said today about this belief?

read the rest here http://theresurgence.com/easter_nt_wright_resurrection

 

[Revmitchell]

N.T Wright? Good grief

 

[annsni]

N.T Wright? Good grief

Why? What's up? I thought it was an interesting article - and one where the first paragraph is of utmost importance, IMO.

 

[preachinjesus]

One of the things that I appreciate most about Pastor Mark is his undeniable passion for spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Here he demostrates it again.

This is a great link and terrific statement. Thanks for posting it.

I thoroughly enjoy Tom Wright's book listed as well as the other two. They are lengthy but absolutely worth it. I might (and do) disagree with Wright on certain theological issues, but find him a tremendous evangelical scholar who never forgets who has called and comissioned him to this ministry.

 

[Pastor Larry]

N.T Wright? Good grief

N.T. Wright's book on the resurrection is almost universally recognized as one of the best books available on the resurrection. It is completely different than his other book on NPP.