Christopher J. H. Wright

The God I Don't Understand

Reflections on Tough Questions of Faith

Many Christians believe that they have to understand everything about their faith for that faith to be genuine. This isn't true. There are many things...

The Mission of God's People

A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

Chris Wright’s pioneering 2006 book, The Mission of God, revealed that the typical Christian understanding of “missions” encompasses only a smal...

Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament

Has the Bible bound Christians to a narrow and mistaken notion of Jesus? To answer this question we need to know what story Jesus claimed for himself....

The Mission of God

Unlocking The Bible's Grand Narrative

Winner, 2007 Christianity Today Missions / Global Affairs Book The Bible doesn't just provide a basis for mission. Mission is much bigger! Mission is ...

Old Testament Ethics for the People of God

Christopher Wright examines a theological, social and economic framework for Old Testament ethics. Then he explores a variety of themes in relation to...

God's People in God's Land

Family, Land, and Property in the Old Testament

In recent sociological approaches to the Old Testament, Christians have been finding unexpected resources for their ethical reflection and action rela...

Exodus

A new commentary for today's world, The Story of God Bible Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible's grand...

Deuteronomy (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series)

Section by section exposition with key terms and phrases highlighted and all Hebrew transliterated. A separate section of notes at the close of each c...

Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit

Growing in Christlikeness

How should Christians live? Some Christians stress the importance of keeping all the rules, while others see the Christian faith as setting us free fr...

Knowing God Through the Old Testament

Three Volumes in One

Combining three volumes into one, Knowing God Through the Old Testament brings together three of Christopher J. H. Wright's best loved books: Knowing ...

Four Views on the Church's Mission

What is the Church's mission? What does it mean to participate in God's mission personally? How do "mission" and culture interact and conflict? This b...

Hearing the Message of Habakkuk

Living by Faith in a Violent World

What does it mean to be faithful disciples in a violent and unjust world? Habakkuk described an era of rampant moral and social evil among his own peo...

Hearing the Message of Daniel

Sustaining Faith in Today’s World

In many corners of the world these days the climate of hostility hangs over any overt Christian faith commitment. Any kind of Christian commitment is ...

Christian Mission in the Modern World

Jesus sends us into the world just as God the Father sent him - and yet Christians continue to disagree on what this involves. Some believe that the f...

The Message of Jeremiah

A replacement volume in the Bible Speaks Today Old Testament commentary series, this book offers a new exposition on Jeremiah, a book of the victory o...

The Message of Jeremiah

Grace In The End

The Prophet Jeremiah addressed the people of Judah and Jerusalem over a forty-year period leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC. The bo...

Knowing God – The Trilogy

Knowing Jesus, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament

Some people think the Old Testament has nothing to say about God as our Father, or about the Holy Spirit, whilst others try to find Jesus somewhere on...

The Message of Lamentations

Honest To God

The destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 587 BC is the likely setting for the book of Lamentations. This was the most traumatic event in the...

The Message of Lamentations

The destruction of Jerusalem is the likely setting for the book of Lamentations, delivered from a place of unspeakable pain in poetry of astonishing b...

The Old Testament in Seven Sentences

A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic

It's easy to see the Old Testament as confusing, out of date, or irrelevant. Using seven key sentences drawn straight from the Old Testament, Christop...

Salvation Belongs to Our God

Celebrating the Bible's Central Story

Christopher Wright uses this verse as a lens through which he surveys the Bible’s teaching on 'salvation’. Every phrase in the verse resonates wit...

To the Cross

Proclaiming the Gospel from the Upper Room to Calvary

With the expertise of a veteran biblical scholar and the wisdom of a seasoned pastor, Christopher Wright skillfully guides us on Jesus' journey from t...

Let the Gospels Preach the Gospel

Sermons around the Cross

Preaching about the cross of Christ is one of the greatest privileges and responsibilities any preacher can have! The four Gospel writers who wrote ab...

John Stott

Pastor, Leader and Friend : a Man who Embodied 'the Spirit of Lausanne'

In this book, Lindsay Brown, Ajith Fernando, Bill Lewis, Mark Greene and others share stories, insights and personal appreciation for what John Stott ...

Here Are Your Gods!'

Faithful Discipleship in Idolatrous Times

How should Christians be faithful disciples in the political turbulence of Trump and Brexit? Christopher J H Wright unpacks the Biblical theme of idol...

The Message of Ezekiel

Christopher Wright opens our eyes to see and understand the message of Ezekiel. Ezekiel's vision of the glory of God—its departure and return—is s...

Sweeter than Honey

Preaching the Old Testament

Many preachers steer clear of the Old Testament because they feel it is outdated in light of the New Testament and difficult to expound. On the other ...

Walking in the Ways of the Lord

The Ethical Authority of the Old Testament

Christians engaged with their contemporary world have renewed their interest in the ethical authority of the Old Testament. In the midst of various an...

How to Preach and Teach the Old Testament for All Its Worth

Many preachers ignore preaching from the Old Testament because they feel it is outdated in light of the New Testament and difficult to expound. On the...

Ezra and Nehemiah

Two features especially distinguish the Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary series: theological exegesis and theological reflection. Both of these f...

Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament

We first meet the Holy Spirit in the second verse of the Bible, hovering there, speaking the world into existence. Christopher Wright begins here and ...

Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament

Christopher Wright explores in depth the Father images that pervade the biblical narratives, psalms and prophetic texts of the Old Testament. God is a...

The Shortfall

Owning the Challenge of Ministry Funding

Inadequate funding remains one of the most significant challenges facing Christian ministries around the world. Yet who bears responsibility for this ...

Knowing God - The Trilogy

Knowing Jesus, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament

Some people think the Old Testament has nothing to say about God as our Father, or about the Holy Spirit, whilst others try to find Jesus somewhere on...

Becoming Like Jesus

Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit

In the last sermon he ever preached, John Stott echoed the Apostle Paul when he said that God’s greatest desire and plan for us is to become like hi...

An Eye for an Eye

The Place of Old Testament Ethics Today

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The Message of Ezekiel

A New Heart And A New Spirit

This prophetic biblical book was written in a land awash with false gods and groaning under all kinds of social evil. Eventually, the inevitable happe...

Living as the People of God

The Relevance of Old Testament Ethics

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Deuteronomy

Publisher's description: Section by section exposition with key terms and phrase highlighted and all Hebrew transliterated. A separate section of note...

John Stott

A Portrait By His Friends

Thirty-five of John Stott's friends open their hearts and share significant memories of a unique man, mentor, speaker and author, creating a vivid gal...