US EditionNT Wright: What if the Point of Christianity Isn’t Getting to Heaven?
N.T. Wright emphasizes that Christianity calls for unity and renewal on earth, challenging centuries of focus on escaping the world and urging the Church to embody reconciliation.
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NT Wright: What if the Point of Christianity Isn’t Getting to Heaven?
For generations, Christians have framed faith as a question of destination. Believe, behave, endure — and someday you’ll make it to heaven. But N.T. Wright wants to reframe the story entirely. “The whole point,” he says, “was never for your soul to get to heaven. Jesus’ point was for the Kingdom of God to come on earth as in heaven.” It’s the kind of statement that sounds simple until you realize how much of modern Christianity it contradicts. T…
From Osnabrück to Belém: While the UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil discusses the future of the Earth, a papal appeal for the salvation of the planet shines at the Cathedral of the City of Peace.
Christian hope shows that the earth can resemble heaven, pope says
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The hope that comes from true faith “breaks the chain of evil,” promoting forgiveness and righteousness, Pope Leo XIV said. “It is a new kind of strength that confounds the proud and casts down the mighty from their thrones,” he said. “In this way, hope arises.” At a Jubilee general audience in St. Peter’s Square Nov. 8, Pope Leo particularly welcomed pilgrims from the Jubilee of the Wo…
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