Surprised by Hope - NT Wright

Has anyone read this? What did you think?

I'm reading it now and enjoying the brain exercise. Quick thoughts:

• eschatology determines ecclesiology

• the church is the sign/foretaste of and also the means by which God brings about ultimate salvation (sign + instrument = sacrament)

I think it's important to link ecclesiology with eschatology. What we believe about our future influences how we live in the present. (I argued for this in my MTS thesis.)

More thoughts later...


~lg