N.T. Wright's How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels claims that Christians have downsized the true story of the Gospels—the tale of God finally becoming king of the world—into a simple how-to guide for personal salvation. For Wright, former Anglican Bishop and current Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrews in Scotland, the Gospels tell a story even bigger than the birth and death of Jesus—they reveal what the world is supposed to look like when God is in charge.
How God Became King calls for a reading of the Gospels that focuses on this bigger story. We asked Wright more about his book and what this reading means for today's church.
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