parables of a prodigal world

"It is one of the great laws of spirituality that you become like what you worship." This is one of N.T. Wright's favorite sayings. And while I wouldn't go so far as to say I worship Bishop Wright, well, you'll soon see where I'm gong with this. So I got my pirate copy of Justification: God's Plan and Paul's Vision from Amazon UK a few days back. The book is to be released in the U.S. this May, but I'm not one to blindly play along with international/corporate power plays. For those unaware of the background story, John Piper wrote a book, released in late 2007, called The Future of Justification: A Response to N.T. Wright . It purported to be a defense of the Reformed view of the Doctrine of Justification against the "New Perspective" being espoused by Wright and his brethren. "Justification" is Wright's response to that book. I don't have a precise definition of "worship." But I would assume it has somethi...

One of my 10 Emergent/Missional/Post-Evangelical predictions for '09 was that N.T. Wright would release the 4th volume in his Christian Origins and the Question of God series (and Trevin Wax would review the hell out of it). Well, leave it to Bishop Wright to hit us with a surprise early in '09. Although, given the speed with which he cranks out brilliant book after brilliant book (it's been said that he can write faster than you and I can read), it shouldn't have come as that big a surprise. Next month in the UK, and in July is the US, N.T. Wright strikes back at his critics with Justification: God's Plan and Paul's Vision . As I demonstrated in '08 in my first installment of the Surprised by Hope Pirate Review Series , I'm not one to let pesky international treaties and patriotic bishops stand in my way. So I'll be getting my copy from Amazon.uk (in February). I smell another Pirate Review series in the horizon. From what I understand, this boo...