An Appreciation of Chris Wright’s The Mission of God

Abstract

"That there is a grand narrative in the Bible, that there are key biblical themes, and that both these can be related to Jesus were convictions I came to whilst studying ‘A’ level Religious Studies. The syllabus was primarily focused on the Old and New Testaments and I had the good fortune to be taught by someone who loved the Old Testament, and who kept returning to the larger story and key themes of the Bible as a whole. That this whole is best seen in the light of God’s mission was something that only became clear to me later. It is this conviction that is central to The Mission of God"