God's Homecoming with N.T. Wright

“Most people today imagine that the point of Christianity is ‘to go to heaven when you die.’ That’s what most believers believe. It’s what most unbelievers believe. They are all wrong. The point of Christianity is not that we should go to heaven. The point of Christianity is that heaven should come to us.” - God's HomecomingThis sentence is the opening of the new book, God’s Homecoming, by N.T. Wright. This central theme continues a message that Dr. Wright started sharing in Surprised By Hope and continues now with even more fervor and urgency as he focuses in on how understanding this message affects how we read the Bible. He says, “The Bible speaks with one voice of God coming to live with humans. Of God coming to be at home with us humans.” I’m honored today to be joined by N.T. Wright. Dr. Wright is one of the world’s leading Bible scholars, currently serving as senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall at Oxford University. He is the former Bishop of Durham and author of many books including Simply Christian, Simply Jesus, Paul: A Biography, and the New Testament for Everyone Commentary series. Today I talk with Dr. Wright about this theme of God’s homecoming and the implications it has for how we read the Bible, what we think about God, what we think about ourselves and all of creation, and much more. Plus, stay through to the end as I have Dr. Wright answer some fun speed round questions and you may even get to hear him sing. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 450 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).Subscribe to the Doable Discipleship podcast at Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doable-discipleship/id1240966935) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1Zc9nuwQZOLadbFCZCmZ1V)Resources Related to This Episode: https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Homecoming-Forgotten-Promise-RenewalRelated Doable Discipleship Episodes: Navigating the Bible: Romans - https://youtu.be/hQXntME3GocNavigating the Bible: Acts - https://youtu.be/u7ujU81hvjUNavigating the Bible: John - https://youtu.be/0Q8CqUMoTdENavigating the Bible: Luke - https://youtu.be/TKp9FbT3J2kNavigating the Bible: Mark - https://youtu.be/TfD2cHzAFmcNavigating the Bible: Matthew - https://youtu.be/TopzGlIuhYgNavigating the Bible: Psalms - https://youtu.be/oZeesooAYUINavigating the Bible: Job - https://youtu.be/14jaf2T1eCQNavigating the Bible: Exodus - https://youtu.be/NB9UTpS1F3MNavigating the Bible: Genesis - https://youtu.be/ddhjMfOoasAKnowing God Through the Old Testament - https://youtu.be/1IhG2EsPv8cThe Invitation of Confession - https://youtu.be/9be9_2k57VIThe Urgency of Grace in a Worn-Out World - https://youtu.be/kiOQU4TO3QUInspiring Dreams by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoonMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Photo Credit: Ken Sharp