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Cokesbury and West End United Methodist Church invite you to enjoy an evening of
conversation and fellowship with N. T. Wright

Tuesday, April 22, 2008,
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

The Anglican Bishop of Durham, Church of England, Wright is called by many the world’s leading New Testament scholar. He will discuss his latest book, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the
Church

"Surprised by Hope is a bold and vigorous articulation of the ‘blessed hope’ of the Christian witness.
Grappling with a vast array of controversial topics, this book is sure to surprise you and will, no doubt, fill you
with hope."-Richard Foster, author of Celebration of Discipline

"Tom Wright gives us a powerful account of ‘the hope that is within us.’ Here, in Wright’s masterful work, Christian hope is defended, explicated, and proclaimed with all the wit, wisdom, intellect, and grace. This is quite simply the best book we have on the substance of Christian hope."-Will Willimon, Bishop, The United Methodist Church, and author of
Conversations with Barth on Preaching

"N. T. Wright brings his enormous erudition to a most urgent contemporary question, the cluster of issues around the future and hope and resurrection, and life in the kingdom. Wright makes clear that resurrection hope cannot be understood by reference to universal categories, but only by the particular narrative of Jesus. His book is an important interpretive contribution to an ongoing theological pastoral task."-Walter Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Columbia Theological
Seminary

"This book is N. T. Wright at his finest: dismantling the tired old theologies of escapism and evacuation to help a whole generation of us more clearly grasp a Jesus revolution for here, now, today."-Rob Bell,
author of Velvet Elvis


Tuesday, April 22, 2008
7:30-9:30 P.M.
West End United Methodist Church
2200 West End Avenue
615-749-6123

i am putting it on my calendar. anyone else in the nashville area care to join me?

if you are into this thing: you might be interested in this thriving church thing with tom bandy. i might go if the schedule permits. thrivingchurchbrochure.pdf

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  3. How I remember the Bishop of Durham taking part in a march to get people to consider their carbon footprint.
    Why, even NT Wright is probably now doing no more than 40,000 miles a year by plane.

  4. How I remember the Bishop of Durham taking part in a march to get people to consider their carbon footprint.
    Why, even NT Wright is probably now doing no more than 40,000 miles a year by plane.

  5. Gavin,
    I’m going to put this on my calendar and see if I can get a couple of folks together for a road trip from Chattanooga.
    Wayne

  6. Gavin,
    I’m going to put this on my calendar and see if I can get a couple of folks together for a road trip from Chattanooga.
    Wayne

  7. steven that is kinda funny, but his flying or not doesn’t stop or start the planes. the same kinda stuff could be said for al gore. oh well
    wayne, phil, shall we do a bloggers dinner thing beforehand?

  8. steven that is kinda funny, but his flying or not doesn’t stop or start the planes. the same kinda stuff could be said for al gore. oh well
    wayne, phil, shall we do a bloggers dinner thing beforehand?

  9. Put this under the heading of “after 19 years of marriage I should know” to check the calendar before I publicly say that I’m going to put something on the calendar. Seems that the night of the 22nd, we are already engaged for the parent orientation meeting at my daughter’s new high school. OOPS!
    Gavin, I will eventually make it back to Nashville, but who knows when that will be. In the meantime, I’ll try to catch up to you at Lookout during Jr High Service week.
    Wayne

  10. Put this under the heading of “after 19 years of marriage I should know” to check the calendar before I publicly say that I’m going to put something on the calendar. Seems that the night of the 22nd, we are already engaged for the parent orientation meeting at my daughter’s new high school. OOPS!
    Gavin, I will eventually make it back to Nashville, but who knows when that will be. In the meantime, I’ll try to catch up to you at Lookout during Jr High Service week.
    Wayne

  15. i will give it a shot at recording the session if possible. then i would be able to put out onto a podcast type deal. i am sure i will alert people when i do, or am able to make it happen.

  16. i will give it a shot at recording the session if possible. then i would be able to put out onto a podcast type deal. i am sure i will alert people when i do, or am able to make it happen.

  19. it will be nice to catch up sally. though, this is at a methodist church. are you coming back over to the dark side? &:~D

  20. it will be nice to catch up sally. though, this is at a methodist church. are you coming back over to the dark side? &:~D