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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

N.T. Wright on Nightline

A year or so ago Bishop N.T. Wright was interviewed by Nightline. Here is the link to the video on YouTube. There was no embed code, unfortunately.

The report seems a bit inaccurate where the so-called "Rapture" is concerned (and no, I do not believe in a "Rapture"), but overall it was pretty good. I noticed that although the resurrection and new creation were discussed, the name of Jesus didn't really appear.

Your thoughts?
Posted by Adam Gonnerman at 6/11/2008 07:00:00 AM
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3 comments:

  1. As usual, Wright is right. That his "non-traditional view" is treated like an oddity should make us wonder, "What else are we misreading?"

    I was intrigued that the biblical position, as explained by Wright, was contrasted with dispensationalism. There are plenty of amillennialists who take the "traditional" view (i.e., that we're going to heaven for good when we die). But, of course, 6-minute media pieces have space for only an either/or.
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  2. I have read almost all of "Surprised By Hope" and believe Wright's thesis is correct.

    As for their being know specific mention of Jesus in the ABC news clip, that may be just the product of the news editor. Having read several books by N.T. Wright, I know for sure that he is a staunch defender of the historic Christian faith (orthodox) and has taken to task those liberal theologians (e.g., John Dominic Crossan) who want to make a distinction between the historic Jesus of Nazarreth and the Christ of Faith.

    Grace and peace,

    Rex
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  3. Frank,

    I assume the contrast was between premillenialism and N.T. Wright's statements because of the "Left Behind" series and the assumption that this is the prevalent view among evangelicals. What bothers me is listening to hymns that talk about going to our "eternal home" and then speak of it as "heaven."

    Rex,

    I didn't mean to imply that NT Wright wouldn't mention Jesus. I thought it odd that the report didn't mention him. He is central to the events and theories being described.

    I've actually read quite a bit of NT Wright's work and listened repeatedly to several of his lectures. Except for his ideas on the sacraments, I've found his thoughts thoroughly biblical and accurate. What he wrote and has said about the historical Jesus revolutionized my thinking. Eventually I'm going to try to blog more about this.

    Thanks to both of you for reading and commenting.
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