Simply Jesus

A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters

By: N. T. Wright

Narrated by: James Langton

In Simply Jesus, bestselling author and leading Bible scholar N.T. Wright summarizes 200 years of modern Biblical scholarship and models how Christians can best retell the story of Jesus today. In a style similar to C.S. Lewis’s popular works, Wright breaks down the barriers that prevent Christians from fully engaging with the story of Jesus. For believers confronting the challenge of connecting with their faith today, and for readers of Timothy Keller’s The Reason for God, Wright’s Simply Jesus offers a provocative new picture of how to understand who Jesus was and how Christians should relate to him today.

Jesus' Ministry Makes Sense Now

How did I go my first 30 years of Christianity without knowing this? Learning about Jesus in his culture is transformational. This book has brought me a whole new depth to the gospels. All of the stories in the gospels and the way they are presented makes sense now.

Great eye-opening work!

this is my favorite work of NT right yet. He puts the vocation of Jesus in congruency with the Church, and the every-day-ness of believers, which I feel has been key to the biblical theme and God‘s desire for the world from Genesis 1:1 forward.

Yes! The Kingdom is here and God is in charge!

You will be inspired to join in what Jesus is doing because it is the best thing ever done.

Some new perspectives

I enjoyed this book. It brought to mind some new perspectives on the life and times of Jesus. The narrator was a bit slow, but was easy to follow.

Expansive view

This book takes my neat faith and beliefs out of the boxes I have put them in and gives me a glimpse of the expansiveness of scripture and God. It makes me want to know God better and live out my faith better.