A Great Quote to Ponder
“For too long we have read scripture with nineteenth-century eyes and sixteenth-century questions. It’s time to get back to reading with first-century eyes and twenty-first century questions.” – N.T. Wright
(Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision p. 21)
So when you think about this quote, what kind of things pop into your mind?
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Any new convert or a seeker coming to the Bible today IS reading it with 21st century eyes, and – rest assured – 21st century questions.
It takes special academic learning to look at it with 19th- or 1st-century eyes.
N.T. Write is probably bookish enough to be able to do that.
So what hope is there of us, simpletons?
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