ET&N 97 Gardening with God

In Surprised by Hope, supported by other works, N.T. Wright teaches “God intends in the end to fill all creation with his own presence and love”  through the “drastic and dramatic birth of new creation from the womb of the old,” where “the redeemed people of God in the new world will be the agents of his love going out in ways, to accomplish new creative tasks, to celebrate and extend the glory of His love.”

Now that’s a hope we should all be able to celebrate and embrace!

The well-meaning focus on “personal salvation,” Jesus as our “best friend,” and the like is true as far as it goes, but Christian salvation only has meaning in the broader context of the role of the entire restored human race with God’s restored creation.

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