Get reading!

Ok, short post to start the week off as I don't have much time. Over the last week, I've been writing about getting to grips with the whole Biblical story. If you are interested in finding out more about it (as you should be), you may want to check out the following books:

(1) Gospel and Kingdom by Graeme Goldsworthy

This is a very easy read and will give you a great framework to figure out how to read the story of the Bible. The book Gospel and Kingdom is no longer available on its own so you need to get it as part of The Goldsworthy Trilogy. 


(2) Knowing Jesus through the Old Testament by Chris Wright

Chris Wright is an Old Testament scholar and is an excellent writer. I often find that Old Testament specialists have a much deeper grasp of the Gospel than New Testament specialists and Chris Wright definitely has an incredibly big view of the Gospel. Christ Wright explains very clearly that Jesus is the focus of the Old Testament mainly in the sense that he brings the Biblical story to a climax. A must read!

(3) The Mission of God by Chris Wright

Quite possibly the best book I have ever read! This is not a light read (it's over 500 pages long and it is written in a semi-academic way), but if you are able to battle through it you will not regret it. Chris argues that the Bible is essentially the story of God's mission and that his mission is to fill the earth with his glory. If you are happy reading big books, get this book and read it! If you are not too comfortable with big books, get this book and wrestle with it until your head explodes; the payback will be far greater than the effort it takes to read it. If you really can't manage, his smaller book Salvation Belongs to our God will be a great alternative.