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 Homecoming This 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 podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. 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-Renewal Related Doable Discipleship Episodes: Navigating the Bible: Romans - https://youtu.be/KLh2yjIT7IM Navigating the Bible: Acts - https://youtu.be/p9ovQQUuX2A Navigating the Bible: John - https://youtu.be/VBovsFhP0i8 Navigating the Bible: Luke - https://youtu.be/GqEnToBadPk Navigating the Bible: Mark - https://youtu.be/h1Hy9t1rbQk Navigating the Bible: Matthew - https://youtu.be/nZMtZXWx4lI Navigating the Bible: Psalms - https://youtu.be/sSB6thFWk2w Navigating the Bible: Job - https://youtu.be/AA1Q6cVWoqo Navigating the Bible: Exodus - https://youtu.be/GKJiH9LgZ9Q Navigating the Bible: Genesis - https://youtu.be/asllyh66S7U Knowing God Through the Old Testament - https://youtu.be/UwWEadWpG-c Inspiring Dreams by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Photo Credit: Ken Sharp