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Jun
2008

Tom Schreiner on N.T. Wright’s Surprised by Hope

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26 Jun 2008

Here is Tom Schreiner’s review of Wright’s Surprised by Hope. I would encourage anyone interested in Wright to read this review.

You can also find many of Schreiner’s articles online here. I would especially recommend Did Paul Believe in Justification by Works? Another Look at Romans2, Paul and Perfect Obedience to the Law, Was Luther Right? , and The Fulfillment of the Law

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Nick Batzig is the senior pastor of Church Creek PCA in Charleston, SC and an associate editor for Ligonier Ministries. Prior to serving at Church Creek, Nick was a pastor at Wayside PCA on Signal Mountain, TN. Formerly, Nick served as the founding pastor of New Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Richmond Hill, GA and as the editor of Reformation21 and the Christward Collective--sites of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. He frequently writes for Tabletalk Magazine, Reformation 21, He Reads Truth, and the Christward Collective. Nick was also the host of East of Eden, a podcast devoted to the Biblical and Systematic Theology of Jonathan Edwards. You can friend him on Facebook here and follow him on Twitter @nick_batzig

1 Response

  1. Doug
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    On the recommendation from a friend, I just read this book and found it to be good overall. However, I do agree with most of Tom Schreiner’s comments. On a different note, am I the only one that feels the title “Surprised by Hope” was a bit awkward and contrived? Was it a coincidence that this book hit the market shortly after Barack Obama’s wildly successful book “Audacity of Hope” or was the title a product of clever marketing strategy? If it introduces non-Christians to Christianity, then I guess it is a good thing. Moreover, all authors and publishers need to stay in business by boosting their potential audience and sales/royalites with catchy titles. After all the publisher, HarperOne, is not a charity.

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