Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship

by N. T. Wright

Overview

Featuring a brand-new cover design, this edition of N. T. Wright’s popular Following Jesus -- first published in 1995 -- includes a new preface in which Wright reflects on the book’s origin and significance for him personally and on its continued relevance to believers even though our global context has changed.

Wright first outlines the essential messages of six major New Testament books -- Hebrews, Colossians, Matthew, John, Mark, and Revelation -- looking in particular at their portrayal of Jesus and what he accomplished in his sacrificial death. In the second part of the book Wright takes six key New Testament themes — resurrection, rebirth, temptation, hell, heaven, and new life in a new world — and considers their significance for the lives of present-day disciples.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802871206
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	07/30/2014
Edition description:	New
Pages:	138
Sales rank:	532,957
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

N. T. Wright, one of the most highly respected biblical scholars in the world today, is research professor emeritus of New Testament and early Christianity at the University of St. Andrews and senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He is the author of over eighty books, including Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, Paul and the Faithfulness of God, and The New Testament in Its World.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: LOOKING TO JESUS

1. The Final Sacrifice: Hebrews
2. The Battle Won: Colossians
3. The Kingdom of the Son of Man: Matthew
4. The Glory of God: John
5. The Servant King: Mark
6. A World Reborn: Revelation

PART TWO: A LIVING SACRIFICE

7. The God Who Raises the Dead
8. The Mind Renewed
9. Temptation
10. Hell
11. Heaven and Power
12. New Life—New World

Editorial Reviews

Cistercian Studies Quarterly
"Lucid, lively, and provocative."

— Lawrence Cunningham in America
"A beautiful meditative work on Christian discipleship."

— Christian Library Journal
"The slender size of this book belies its deep content. . . . A book to be read, reread, pondered, and lived."

— Publishers Weekly
"Many unarguably sound insights."

From the Publisher

"Encouraging, startling, unnerving—but always inviting.... The richly biblical fruit of much working through of "the meaning of the life and death of Jesus and the gift to his people of the Spirit" in the modern world.... Tom Wright offers insights valuable to Christians across the spectrum between literalism and mere metaphor in their view of Scripture."

Anglican Journal