Piper/Wright Summaries in Christianity Today
By Trevin Wax on Jun 1, 2009 in Christianity, Reformed Theology | 
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In the current (June) issue of Christianity Today, I have two articles detailing the current debate over the doctrine of justification between John Piper and N.T. Wright.
The first article is a summary of Wright and Piper’s positions. Many laypeople have heard about this debate, but are not familiar with the actual arguments employed by the authors. I wrote the summaries as a way of helping people see the two positions ”in a nutshell.” Both Piper and Wright looked over their respective summaries and made slight revisions for the final version.
The second article is entitled “Not an Academic Question,” and features quotes from a variety of pastors and teachers on both sides of this debate, indicating how the discussion has influenced the way they preach and teach. I compiled the responses, and Ted Olsen (managing editor for CT) put together the article.
Both of these articles will probably be online within the next few weeks, and I will link to them when they are available. In the meantime, I encourage you to pick up a print copy of Christianity Today’s June edition in order to take a look at the two articles. (The cover story is on Tim Keller’s ministry in Manhattan – and that alone is worth the price of the magazine.)
I look forward to your thoughts!
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Great! I look forward to reading your summary. I kept waiting for you to post the material here on your blog, but I guess you contracted this one out.
Bradley
theophilogue | Jun 1, 2009 | Reply
Yeah… it was originally a blog post, but once CT heard that I was working on the summaries, they decided to publish them. I hope you’ll find them helpful.
Eventually, I hope to publish the summaries here as well.
Trevin Wax | Jun 1, 2009 | Reply
See also, Witherington’s latest With Justification, as well as many links here.
Paul | Jun 1, 2009 | Reply
Trevin,
As one of the more irenic voices in blogdom, you are a blessing to the church universal. Thank you.
Bill Kinnon | Jun 1, 2009 | Reply
Hey Trevin, IVP just published NT Wright’s new book “Justification” clarifying his views….
Eric
Eric Peterson | Jun 1, 2009 | Reply
Cant wait to see this in print, brother!
Tony
spurgeon | Jun 2, 2009 | Reply
Hello, I have posted a translation (portuguese): http://danieldliver.blogspot.com/2009/06/john-piper-e-nt-wright.html
Ok?
Daniel | Jun 3, 2009 | Reply
Thanks, Daniel. I know how hard translation work is!
Trevin Wax | Jun 3, 2009 | Reply
Sweet. Looking forward to it!
zoecarnate | Jun 8, 2009 | Reply
I really appreciated your summaries in Christianity Today. They were clear and straightforward. Piper’s view is very familiar to me, since I’ve grown up in his denomination. I have really loved some of Wright’s other writing and am very interested in reading his Justification book. I was trying to find more info on it when I stumbled on your site and thought I’d say thanks for the CT article.
Christy Hemphill | Aug 5, 2009 | Reply