[Magdalen] NT Wright quote

[Eleanor Braun]

Scott, that sounds consistent with the description of Surprised by Hope on
Amazon.  Thanks.

Eleanor

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Probably in his book Surprised by Hope.
>
> He emphasizes that the Scriptural vision is of a new heaven and a new
> earth, that Almighty God will do for all creation what God did for Jesus
> Christ on the day of his resurrection.
>
> He critiques hymns for their view, and one hymn that gets it right (in his
> opinion) is For All The Saints, Who From Their Labors Rest.
>
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Also posted on Episcopalians on Facebook...
> >
> > Need crowd-sourced help... N.T. Wright is given credit for this quote:
> >
> > "Our culture is so fixated on dying and going to heaven when the whole
> > Scripture is about heaven coming to earth."
> >
> > Does anyone know where he said it? And while you're at it, do you agree?
> >
> > Eleanor
> >
>
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> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>