N. T. Wright is the former bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world's leading Bible scholars. He is now serving as the Chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. For twenty years he taught New Testament studies at Cambridge, McGill, and Oxford Universities, and he has been featured on ABC News, Dateline, The Colbert Report, and Fresh Air. Wright is the award-winning author of Surprised by Scripture, The Case for the Psalms, How God Became King, Simply Jesus, After You Believe, Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, Scripture and the Authority of God, The Meaning of Jesus (coauthored with Marcus Borg), as well as being the translator for The Kingdom New Testament.
"Wright explores a universal human experience that is difficult to
express--the sense that the world ought to be different, it ought
to be better, as broken signposts pointing to transcendent
realities . . . a readable apologia for the Christian faith.
Recommended."--Library Journal
A rich and encouraging book. With his great theological and
interpretive erudition, Wright shows that our desire for goods like
justice, love, and truth isn't futile. Broken Signposts will deepen
readers' understanding of God's kingship, the unity of Scripture,
and the nature of Christian engagement in the life of the
world.--James Davison Hunter, author of To Change the World
"An instant classic! I can think of no better book for those who
are struggling to make sense of the world and our place within it.
I will be recommending this book for many years to come!"--Jason
Harris, senior pastor, Central Presbyterian Church, New York
City
"More like a fast-paced sermon than a lecture, Wright's insights
into John's account of Jesus and human life flow lucidly to the
reader through analogies that are pertinent, illustrations that are
contemporary, and a conviction that Jesus is the bearer of really,
really 'good news.'--David Renwick, Senior Pastor, The National
Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC
"Some writers are perceptive commentators on human affairs. Some
are perceptive interpreters of Scripture. In this book, Wright is
both. His interweaving of these two strands is masterful; his
exegesis is often amazing. This reader had no intimation of the
richness and subtlety of John's Gospel that Wright brings to
light." --Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of
Philosophical Theology, Yale University and Senior Fellow,
Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of
Virginia
"Wright paints an evocative picture of the intersection of our
yearning for redemption with the Jesus revealed in John's Gospel.
Wright's charcoal sketch of our fractured glimpses of truth,
beauty, and freedom (among others) is richly overlaid with lush
brush strokes of the Word made flesh."--J. Richard Middleton,
author of A New Heaven and a New Earth
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