John Dominic Crossan & N.T. Wright on the Resurection

The last few days I have been reading The Resurrection of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan and N. T. Wright in Dialogue these two authors who represent very different theological positions provide us with a generous and spirited discussion of Jesus resurrection.

Without giving away to much i have to tell you, it is well worth the read. Both communicate clearly and with a gentle humour that does much to enliven what could be a challenging read. Theological constructs such as "eschatology" are rendered as "The great divine clean up of the world" (p.24). And lines like "We can dream of the end of the world because we can do it. We can do it atomically, biologically, chemically, demographically and ecologically, and we are only up to the letter E"

Most profound for me, was the renewal of the truth that Jesus announced that the kingdom has arrived BEFORE his crucifixion and resurrection. While I have always known this to be true it is another thing to contemplate this during lent. We are not being saved for the sweet by and by; we have been saved for kingdom work here and now.