Comments on: Remixing the Empire: A New Legalism?

By: Wright & Walsh « GOSPEL | COMMUNITY | MISSION

Wright & Walsh « GOSPEL | COMMUNITY | MISSION — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:20:05 +0000

[...] 17, 2009 in Uncategorized | by Rob Davis Here is part of an email dialogue between NT Wright and Brian Walsh: For years and years people kept asking us, “What does this vision of the Kingdom mean in day to [...]

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:08:13 +0000

Nice. Thanks for posting this, it was an insightful read.

While I’m not a student in Bishop Wright’s class, I do live in Pasadena. My wife attends Fuller, and we went to Bishop Wright’s lecture on virtue last week. All that to say, I have enough of a personal connection to this story that it put a smile on my face.

I was actually surprised the first time I heard people discuss Colossians Remixed and legalism in the same breath. My community’s experience with the book was wholly positive. In fact, we followed it up by reading Simpler Living, Compassionate Life. I absolutely agree that “serious reading of Colossians requires us to think long and hard about what such virtues look like in every dimension of our lives.”

Thanks again for this. It was an edifying and entertaining article (for me, at least). I will be referencing it on my site soon.

By: Josh Husmann

Josh Husmann — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:36:23 +0000

As one of the students in the class with Bishop Wright I can tell you we had more than one good laugh with this entire discussion… particularly as the bishop shared his e-mail and your response with us. Most of us not only thoroughly enjoyed Colossians Remixed we thought your response on legalism was well thought. Interestingly enough the discussion on a theology of baby diapers was begun when one student mentioned his only struggle with the book was that it lined up TOO MUCH with his own theological and political views, which made him suspicious of whether this was found in Colossians or was just making him happy because it agreed with his life style. Eventually the conversation led to the e-mail Bishop Wright sent. Needless to say, thank you for the book and the comments they were both enjoyed.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:26:20 +0000

Re: Nazarean Candidate

Great… I can just see the baby T-shirt with WWJW (What would Jesus wear?).

By: well, i’d imagine jesus wore a cloth diaper . . . « The Nazarean Candidate

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:54:48 +0000

[...] short exchange between N.T. Wright and Brian Walsh about Wright’s students’ response to Walsh’s [...]

By: cyr

cyr — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:12:30 +0000

hmmmm this is very interesting, i’ve definitely felt that some times people pushing their enviro-ways border on legalism. at the same time when my wife and i decided to go with cloth diapers i really felt that it tied into my faith and my seeing ourselves as stewards of God’s creation. i think with any path forward, and any call to prophetic action, there is the danger of legalism, but there is the danger of being legalistic about never letting people give out a list about concrete ways of living out the gospel!

all that to say … great read

By: revnace

revnace — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:26:30 +0000

Thanks for the text!