EP: 482 Your God Is Far Too Small with NT Wright

One of the most important New Testament scholars alive returns to Blurry Creatures, bearing a rebuke straight from Isaiah: your God is far too small. N.T. Wright joins Luke and Nate to walk through the heart of Isaiah, chapters 40 to 55, and the message the prophet delivered to exiles who were convinced their God had lost. Stand back, Isaiah says, and remember who actually made the nations, the One before whom empires are a drop in a bucket. Wright shows how that ancient call to a bigger imagination runs straight through the Gospels, because the whole story of Jesus is the story of Yahweh finally coming home. From there the conversation opens wide. Wright explains his three focal lengths for reading prophecy, why Isaiah may be the fifth gospel, and the day God’s glory abandoned the temple and left a centuries-long ache that only the suffering servant would answer. He also turns the knife on the present, naming the three idols he says the modern West still bows to: Mars, Mammon, and Aphrodite--war, money, and sex, each one still demanding its human sacrifices. It is a soaring, challenging conversation about reading the Bible as one vast story instead of a handful of proof texts, and about how much of that story the Western church has quietly left in the back kitchen. This Episode is Sponsored By: https://uncommongoods.com/blurry - Get 15% off your next gift! https://preborn.com/blurry - Visit the PreBorn! website or dial #250 and use keyword BABY to donate today. https://fondregenerative.com/ - Use the code BONEZONE for 15% off your order of real, nourishing bone broth and more! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices