What Is Moral Theology And The Gospels By N. T Wright Book Summary

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N. T. Wright Book Review Jonathan H. Fletcher PH610 – Moral Theology and the Gospels Wesley Biblical Seminary Steve Blakemore Friday, September 25, 2015 Wright gives the believer (or nonbeliever alike) a very clear picture of morality. In this book, he shows how we are to keep our moral conduct. Not only is he showing us how to keep our moral conduct. He is also showing us how to be true to ourselves as Christians. As a result, Wright incorporates truth about how one can see or view Christian character. Wright at one point says, “I hope to show in this book that the biblical vision of what human life is ultimately or will open up a perspective in which questions of behavior on the one hand, and of a fulfilled human life on the …show more content…

Through the transformation of our life, Wright is showing that the life of a Christian is learned. He is showing what is learned is; life in Christ, Worship to the Father, and the daily walks. Wright goes further to show that as Christians that this is a duty. The duty of a Christian is merely a joy of serving one another, and being that person that is there for one another. This duty that Christians have comes through love. The author goes further to say, “Love is not a ‘duty,’ even our highest duty. It is our destiny” (Wright, 2014, pp. 188-189). What exactly is the author getting when he says, “Love is not a duty, but it is our destiny”? Wright is getting at that love is more of a destiny that one gets when one looks to the Father, and realizes that with the Sprit of God there is Love and that this Spirit is nothing but love in itself. If we are unable to love, and this what Wright is addressing, then one has no saving knowledge of God. As Christians, one needs to be reminded that God’s nature is kind, because there is no evil in God, and this what is being pointed out in the entire book of After you Believe: Why Christian Character

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