Scripture and the Authority of God

How to Read the Bible Today

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Newsweek has dubbed Wright “the world’s leading New Testament scholar.” As a trusted authority, pastors and laypeople alike have come to look to this author for thoughtful, accessible scholarship on the Bible and Jesus. He has been featured on ABC News, Dateline, Fresh Air, and can speak with authority on the surprisingly neglected question of how Christians ought to live in the here and now.

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“But what does Scripture say?” That question has echoed through a thousand debates in the life of the worldwide church in recent decades. All Christian churches are officially signed up to strong statements about the centrality of scripture and its authority in their mission, life, doctrine and discipline. But there is no agreement on what this might mean or how it might be worked out in practice.

N. T. Wright, Bishop of Durham, one of the leading Bible scholars of our day, gives new life to the old, tattered doctrine of the authority of Scripture, delivering a fresh, helpful, and concise statement on the current “battles for the Bible,” and restoring Scripture as a place to find God’s voice. Removing the baggage that the last 100 years of controversy and confusion have placed on this doctrine, he renews our confidence in the Bible, and shows that the Bible can still be a guide for our lives.