{"id":4965,"date":"2006-02-02T10:45:44","date_gmt":"2006-02-02T10:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/02\/the-monk-and-the-bishop.html"},"modified":"2006-02-02T10:45:44","modified_gmt":"2006-02-02T10:45:44","slug":"the-monk-and-the-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/02\/the-monk-and-the-bishop.html","title":{"rendered":"The Monk and the Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Internet Monk reviews N.T. Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God…my thoughts exactly.<\/a><\/p>\n

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I have been reading the Bible since I was a child. I\u2019ve been reading the words of Jesus for at least 40 years of my life. I have clear memories of reading those \u201cred letters\u201d in my KJV Bible as a child. Ive listened to thousands of sermons. I\u2019ve majored in religion in college. I did almost 5 years of seminary and graduate study. I\u2019ve taught the Gospel of Mark at least 50 times, and I have a passion for that particular Gospel. I\u2019ve read ??? books on Jesus and the Gospels. I\u2019m in my second year of teaching the Gospel of John now. I\u2019ve preached many many hundreds of times from the Gospels.<\/p>\n

I am at home in the Gospels. Too much at home. It is hard for me to feel the excitement and power of the New Testament. I have lived in the New Testament so long, I am innoculated against much of its Good News. Jesus is there, but he is not living, breathing and real<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The effect of Wright\u2019s book is inestimable. Speaking for myself, it has done a remarkable job of shaking my notion of Jesus loose from the museum display where it tends to end up. Perhaps you can relate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

By the way, IM has sent me an email interview that I promise<\/em> I will finish in the next day or so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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