My chosen title for this article, I confess, might well give the impression that I am writing on an abstruse topic, abstruse in the sense of being obscure, technical, of interest only to those with a mind bent on theological niceties, and of little or no practical interest or concern to the ‘ordinary' – how I hate that word in this context – believer. This, to say the least, would be unfortunate, for nothing could be further from the truth. Indeed, the consequences of going wrong on this subject are horrendous – and horrendous for all men, not just believers. I make my case by reference to the work of N.T.Wright, the arch-advocate of the New Perspective. |