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by: N. T. Wright See Larger Image List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $16.47 You Save: $8.48 (34%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $15.86 Third Party New Price: $14.04 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 236.8 EAN: 9780061551826 ISBN: 0061551821 Label: HarperOne Manufacturer: HarperOne Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: February 01, 2008 Publisher: HarperOne Release Date: February 05, 2008 Sales Rank: 1099 Studio: HarperOne Related Items: The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism Christians at the Cross: Finding Hope in the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope Evil And the Justice of God see more Editorial Review: Product Description: For years Christians have been asking, 'If you died tonight, do you know where you would go?' It turns out that many believers have been giving the wrong answer. It is not heaven. Award-winning author N. T. Wright outlines the present confusion about a Christian's future hope and shows how it is deeply intertwined with how we live today. Wright, who is one of today's premier Bible scholars, asserts that Christianity's most distinctive idea is bodily resurrection. He provides a magisterial defense for a literal resurrection of Jesus and shows how this became the cornerstone for the Christian community's hope in the bodily resurrection of all people at the end of the age. Wright then explores our expectation of 'new heavens and a new earth,' revealing what happens to the dead until then and what will happen with the 'second coming' of Jesus. For many, including many Christians, all this will come as a great surprise. Wright convincingly argues that what we believe about life after death directly affects what we believe about life before death. For if God intends to renew the whole creation—and if this has already begun in Jesus's resurrection—the church cannot stop at 'saving souls' but must anticipate the eventual renewal by working for God's kingdom in the wider world, bringing healing and hope in the present life. Lively and accessible, this book will surprise and excite all who are interested in the meaning of life, not only after death but before it. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Good Book N. T. Wright is a great author and most knowledgeable within the Christian ranks. At the same time he can sometimes speak a little over my head. The book is worthwhile if you want to work while you read it. Rating: - Powerful insights & lifechanging truth I believe this book is destined to be a "Christian classic" along the lines of C.S. Lewis's best works. Being more succinct than Wright's previous tomes, it is much easier to digest and has, in turn, a greater impact on the reader. I say this having read most of what N.T. Wright has written. The central of truth of the kingdom of heaven being inaugurated with Christ's life, death and resurrection is one of the most powerful truths ever -- and will change our lives, if we'll let it. ... Read More Rating: - LOOK AT MY COMMENT I posted on Bookguy's review I looked at this book at B and N...I would never subject my soul to such ideas. I wish to inform christians that what you read affects the soul. Please read Jung and the history of the church, you christians may come to know some things about your shadow...which is deep and dark, 1700 yr period. European *christians* have been persecuting jews for the past 1700 years. Violent persecutions. Of course you do not wish to look at that, truth hurts. This book ... Read More Rating: - refreshing and insightful We often view the afterlife in very narcissistic terms, as some kind of self-centered, individualistic reward for personal holiness. Bishop Wright blows that theory right out of the water. Its not about us at all, but the Kingdom of God and our expanding role in it. Having just finished this excellent book, I highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about what the Bible actually teaches about what resurrection really means for the life of the world. You may be surprised, as the ... Read More Rating: - Good for evangelists The premise of this book is that most people, including most Christians, don't understand the revolutionary nature of the faith's core beliefs. Those beliefs being, Christ physically died, Christ was physically resurrected, and that Christ will come again to physically raise the dead, who will then live on a new earth that is cojoined to a new heaven. The first part of the book attempts to prove -- without success -- that most Christians don't understand these core beliefs. The subsequent ... 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