Thursday, January 13, 2005
I am very impressed with N. T. Wright's writings and 
teachings. Russ Holden, the preacher at the Church of Christ in Grandville, Michigan, recommended him to me as a good Anglican writer. The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is is the first N. T. Wright book I have read. Seeing Jesus in his historical context through the eyes of this author was very eye-opening for me. I have read and heard many lessons on the first century, but none of them were able to link Jesus' thoughts and sayings so well to the contemporary thinking and events.
How I got the book is an interesting story, too. Joyce checked the online catalogs of the local libraries in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and found only one book listed. She went to the Windsor library to pick it up, but it was neither checked out nor on the shelf. She asked the librarian for help. After some investigation and a query of "do you really want this book?", they informed Joyce that they would repurchase it - it appeared to be lost. They called Joyce two or three weeks later and said the book was in. I thought it was a new copy, but after carting it with me to Germany and then the US I finally realized that it had return dates of 2002 stamped in the front cover. So, they found it after all! I wonder where? My suspicion is the librarian knew where it was, but didn't want to admit she had taken it home without checking it out.
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teachings. Russ Holden, the preacher at the Church of Christ in Grandville, Michigan, recommended him to me as a good Anglican writer. The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is is the first N. T. Wright book I have read. Seeing Jesus in his historical context through the eyes of this author was very eye-opening for me. I have read and heard many lessons on the first century, but none of them were able to link Jesus' thoughts and sayings so well to the contemporary thinking and events.
How I got the book is an interesting story, too. Joyce checked the online catalogs of the local libraries in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and found only one book listed. She went to the Windsor library to pick it up, but it was neither checked out nor on the shelf. She asked the librarian for help. After some investigation and a query of "do you really want this book?", they informed Joyce that they would repurchase it - it appeared to be lost. They called Joyce two or three weeks later and said the book was in. I thought it was a new copy, but after carting it with me to Germany and then the US I finally realized that it had return dates of 2002 stamped in the front cover. So, they found it after all! I wonder where? My suspicion is the librarian knew where it was, but didn't want to admit she had taken it home without checking it out.
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