Reflecting the Glory

by Tom Wright

'You can't love an abstraction. You can't even love the idea of love. You can only truly love a person. The deepest, richest meaning of love must be personal love. The relevance of knowing God in Jesus is that when we love God in Jesus we discover how that love, that personal love, is given to us in order that it may be given through us.' This book of Bible readings and reflections, for every day from Ash Wednesday to the first Sunday of Easter, explores how we reveal Jesus even at the lowest and weakest points of our lives. Drawing on New Testament passages, with a particular focus on Paul's letters to the church in Corinth, Tom Wright shows that through God's Holy Spirit, the suffering but also the glory of Christ can be incarnate in our lives, enabling us to be the people of God for the world.

Genres: Theology, Spirituality, Christian Living, Christian, Devotional, Nonfiction

252 pages, Paperback

First published November 21, 1997

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

He also publishes under N.T. Wright.

Reviews

[Maria Copeland · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent Lenten reading!

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably one of the best devotionals I have ever worked through and would recommend to anyone interested.

[Ryan Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

N. T. Wright continues to deliver sound exegesis and offers a vision of the eschaton that is at once profound and inspiring. He unpacks a number of passages in this Lenten devotional with a mastery of the text that is found nowhere else. Each of his insights and discussions lead to a deeper understanding to what Jesus came to do in this world and is doing in this world. It is a great devotional that I recommend highly to anyone who is seeking a devotional for the season of Lent or is simply looking for a devotional during the year.

[Jeremy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is definitely not your every day devotional. It is substantial theological exposition written at a level that is accessible for most leaders. Rather than being primarily inspirational, Wright uses daily passages of Scripture from various New Testament books to help the reader understand the events of the first Lenten season in a deeper, more historically/culturally grounded way.

[Whitney T · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay, but a lot of the "deeper thoughts" he had were not written well enough to find many applicable points for this to be an actual devotional. I appreciated the scriptures used, but found it hard to dig and find applicable points or things to dwell on. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it, but can see where others deeper in theological thought may enjoy it.

[Aaron Cummings · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent devotional. The central point, that we who are in Christ bear His glory in our persons has found its way into my thinking at countless turns. It's simply a way I look at the world at this point.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has been a very helpful book for life these days. I really like N.T. Wright's perspectives and insights.

[Joshua · Rating 2 out of 5]

I tried to read this during Lent and simply didn't find the devotions all that coherent or cohesive.

[Nathan Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great devotional book, with some real teeth to it. N.T. Wright does a great job of painting a picture of what a missional life of the follower of Jesus looks like.