What is so striking in the book of Jeremiah is how many times it is impossible to distinguish between the words of Jeremiah and the words of God, when deep feelings are being expressed. That is probably intentional. The prophet… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
I think Jeremiah is for our times. But whether the church in the west will listen to the Word of God today any more than in the chaos of 7th century BC middle east... Only God knows. — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
Mission means inviting all the peoples of the earth to hear the music of God's future and dance to it today. — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
“Evil and sin weave their way into every aspect of God’s creation and every dimension of human personhood and life on earth.” — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
It's important, though, that there are not "four gospels." There is only one gospel: the good news of what God has done through Christ… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
Old Testament Israel had some foundational pillars of faith. They were true and robust and God given. The trouble was that people had come to trust in them merely by repeating them, without paying any attention to the ethical implications of what their faith should mean in how they lived. They believed God had given them their land. He had.… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share
Yahweh demanded justice for the poor, compassion and equality for foreigners and refugees, systemic redress for poverty, structural mechanisms to protect the homeless and family-less from abuse and destitution, fair and equitable distribution of land, integrity in the judicial system, humility, simplicity and morality in the government (as opposed to wealth, women and weapons), etc. etc. If you want that… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share
What is so striking in the book of Jeremiah is how many times it is impossible to distinguish between the words of Jeremiah and… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
God cannot suffer - at least not as we do. It has some roots in Greek philosophy: if God is a perfect being, suffering would reduce that perfection, so God cannot suffer. More thoughtful theologians take the phrase in the sense of one of the confessions of faith that talks of God as being "without parts or passions" - he… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share
The Jews believed they were the nation God had chosen among all the nations. And they were. But that did not give them immunity to God's judgment. Like the nations, they too would feel God's wrath if they refused to live in God's ways. Furthermore, God could deal with other nations in mercy as well as judgment. Jeremiah was full… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share
“The reality is, of course, as soon as you think seriously about it, that the mission field is everywhere, including your own street –… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
If "gospel" means good news, then Jeremiah had some for sure. He saw the judgment coming, in horrifying technicolour. But he saw beyond it… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
The trouble today is that many Christians live in a kind of bubble of assumptions about what their Christianity means, especially if it places them comfortably among "the good guys," - assumptions that are likely to be drawn as much from folk-Christianity, surrounding political culture, popular pulp-books about the "End Times," or their favourite guru writer or therapist, than from… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share
