Simply Christian: Step-by-Step Basics of Christian Faith and Practice

by N.T. Wright

This is how God’s ancient promises are to be fulfilled. There will come a new king, anointed with oil and with God’s own Spirit (the Hebrew for “anointed one” is “Messiah”; the Greek is “Christ”), and he will put the world back into proper order. The echoing voice that calls for justice will be answered at last.

Christianity is all about the belief that the living God, in fulfillment of his promises and as the climax of the story of Israel, has accomplished all this—the finding, the saving, the giving of new life—in Jesus.

In listening to Jesus, we discover whose voice it is that has echoed around the hearts and minds of the human race all along. What Can We Know About Jesus?