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"The Day the Revolution Began" by N.T. Wright. A Review

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The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus's Crucifixion N.T. Wright HarperOne ISBN: 978-0062334381; October 2016; $28.99 Reviewed by the Rev. Dr. Michael W. Philliber 5 Stars of 5 While taking up a scholarly book, I find it helpful to read it with two minds simultaneously. The first simply tackles the work as a reader/learner to appreciatively gain as much as possible from the author’s investigation, insights and inferences. The second is a more studied approach that withholds verdicts until the end, looks for streams of developing thought, repetition of concepts, and seeks out answers to questions the manuscript raises. Both minds are needed when reading N.T. Wright’s latest 448 page hardback, “The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus’s Crucifixion.” This document is intended to reach a wide audience, carrying them along well-reasoned trails that travel smoothly and without any footnotes to turn their ankles on, unti

"WE Worship You for There Is None Like You" - 19 March 2017

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We worship you for there is none like you, O God, who rides through the heavens to our help, through the skies in your majesty. You, O eternal God, are our dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And you thrust out the enemy before us and say, ‘Destroy’ (Deuteronomy 33.26-27). It is to you we pray. Look, O Good Shepherd, with compassion on your one flock all around the world, and around the OKC area to include: New Point Church; Newchurch; Nicoma Park Christian Church; Nicoma Park Church of Christ; Norman Christian Fellowship; Norman Community Church; North Haven Church and North MacArthur Church of Christ . With rod and staff, comfort the people of your pasture and the sheep of your hand. Seek out your sheep, and rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. Seek the lost, and bring back the strayed, and bind up the injured, and strengthen the weak (Ezekiel 34.12, 16). Look, O Good Shepherd, with compassi