I am reading this. I haven't got very far but I am really enjoying it. I wanted to read this because I realized this past semester that my thoughts about death, and whatever is next, were not only muddled at best, but also hardly Christian. I have been interested in reading some of N.T. Wright's work, so I thought that this book would help me to begin the journey towards forming distinctly Christian ideas about death that I can clearly articulate to others.
Two thoughts that struck me as significant so far...
1. what you think about death , and life beyond it, is the key to thinking seriously about everything else, it provides one of the main reasons for thinking seriously about anything at all. (pg. 6)
2. that Christmas has now far outstripped Easter as the celebratory center of the Christian year is a move that completely reverses the New Testament's emphasis. (pg. 23)
I told Whitney in the car as I took her to work this morning that if I did plant a church some day, it would be an Easter church. I also hope that in the near future I will be able to answer the question, "What happens when I die?".
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"Wright" on. I had some weird thoughts/experience about death the other night...I'll have to share once I get back from Denver...for a funeral ironically.
So going neo-orthodox on us huh?
I disdain categories, but if they are helpful for you, c'est la vie.
sorry just referring to mr. wright. it is always good to know context with theologians- i recommend a book called heaven - randy alcorn
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