{"product_id":"simply-good-news-why-the-gospel-is-news-and-what-makes-it-good-9780062334350","title":"Simply Good News: Why the Gospel Is News and What Makes It Good","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bishop, Bible scholar, modern heir to C. S. Lewis, and revered author of \u003cem\u003eSimply Christian\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSimply Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e offers a fresh look at the Gospel, explaining why Jesus' message is \"good news\" and why it is more timely and transforming today than we know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gospel means good news. But if the message has been around for 2,000 years, what makes it significant today? What's so \"good\" about stories involving damnation, violence, and a God who sacrifices his only son?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoted Bible scholar N.T. Wright shows us how Christians today have lost sight of what the \"good news\" of the gospel really is. In \u003cem\u003eSimply Good News\u003c\/em\u003e, he takes us back in time to reveal how the people of the first-century--the gospel's original audience--would have received Jesus' message. He offer a clear and thoughtful analysis of what the \"good news\" really is, and applies it to our lives today, revealing its power to transform us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWright, N. T.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eN. T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world's leading Bible scholars. He serves as the chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews as well as Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. He has been featured on \u003cem\u003eABC News\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDateline\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Colbert Report\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/em\u003e. Wright is the award-winning author of many books, including \u003cem\u003ePaul: A Biography\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSimply Christian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSurprised by Hope\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Day the Revolution Began\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSimply Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAfter You Believe\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eScripture and the Authority of God\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725259575570,"sku":"9780062334350","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_13369b18-9b12-450f-a4ad-c443734fbd73.jpg?v=1734822659","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/simply-good-news-why-the-gospel-is-news-and-what-makes-it-good-9780062334350","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}