N.T. Wright says of the first century Jews and Christians: "They were not understanding themselves as living in a narrative which said, 'All humans are sinful and will go to hell; maybe God will be gracious and let us go to heaven instead and dwell with Him'." The view of first century Jews and Christians is radically different than our modern, Western view. They did not see themselves as living in a world in which humanity was doomed to burn in the flames of God's wrath, unless God...

Sin is certainly a reality and isn’t something to be ignored, but the western gospel of salvation places a great deal of focus on what it...