How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
Jesus is obedient because God’s being is found in God’s act and this God of Israel is a minister (the being of God is revealed as minister, as one who reaches out to embrace and be with humanity—“ministry” and “minister” throughout the rest of this project will mean this act of sharing in the life of another for the sake of love and communion). Jes
... See moreAndrew Root • Faith Formation in a Secular Age : Volume 1 (Ministry in a Secular Age): Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness
Paul expressed what the apostles all discovered: that this retelling of the ancient story, climaxing now in Jesus, carried power—power to change minds, hearts, and lives. “The gospel is God’s power to salvation” (Romans 1:16; compare 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 2:13). The “word” did not “offer itself” in a take-it-or-leave-it fashion, any more than Caesar
... See moreN. T. Wright • Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today
when Israel was restored, the whole creation would be restored.195 Thus it is not surprising that we find echoes in the gospels of strange events in which Jesus exercises power over the natural order, bringing it into a new harmony with itself and with the divine saving purpose only previously seen at odd moments such as the crossing of the Red Sea
... See moreN. T. Wright • Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God
Like any good Jew, he believes that if he faces this, in obedience to the divine plan, he will be vindicated. And the word for that is ‘resurrection’.