P.Oxy X 1229, excerpt, James 1.15–18Courtesy of The Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The New Testament can be divided up into three main sections. First, there is the evangelium, the four canonical gospels. Second, there is the Paulinium, the thirteen letters attributed to Paul, plus the epistle to the Hebrews (which sounded sufficiently… Continue reading The New Testament In Its World – NT Wright and Mike Bird – Early Christian Letters & Hebrews
In his Sermons, St. Anthony writes, “John is represented in the eagle, which flies higher than other birds, as he penetrated hidden things more deeply than the rest” All of the notes on this portion of this site pertaining to the work of NT Wright and Mike Bird are taken directly from: The New Testament… Continue reading THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN – Wright and Bird – The New Testament In It’s World
This photo shows how neatly the Church of Monastery of Na’akuto La’ab, Ethiopia, is tucked under the cave's ceiling. The gospel of Luke, and the Acts of the Apostles, are regularly seen as a double work from a single author. For that reason people today regularly refer to them together, as ‘Luke-Acts’. This two-volume work… Continue reading Luke’s Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles – “The New Testament In It’s World” – Wright and Bird
Newer Jerusalem and suburbs. St. George's Cathedral and Belfry. Nablus road. 1920 INTRODUCTION The gospel of Matthew was the early church’s favourite book. It was the most quoted, most copied, most read, and the most preached Christian book of the early centuries. This immense popularity can easily be accounted for. First, Matthew served then, as… Continue reading The Gospel According to Matthew – The New Testament In Its World – NT Wright and Mike Bird
Henry Ossawa Tanner (American, 1859-1937), The Disciples on the Sea, about 1910. The text contained in the post are direct quotes from "The New Testament In It's World," by NT Wright and Mike Bird, Zondervan, SPCK. The Gospels were written to invite readers to enter a worldview. In this worldview, there is one God, the… Continue reading THE GOSPELS AND THE STORY OF GOD – The Gospel According to Mark – NT Wright and Mike Bird
The Carpenter's Nail 