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Here is a brief review of Surprised by Hope by someone who admires and agrees with Wright: Book Review: Surprised by Hope[/i]. I offer this because he unabashedly admits that Wright's views are contrary to the historic Reformed view of eschatology and all other views, the Church, the afterlife, etc. The writer doesn't get into a great deal of detail but he does reveal enough to give one a clear warning that what Wright advocates is to be rejected. You will also find, if you do a little research on Google that there are some "notables" today who are agreeable to Wright's views on this subject, e.g., Tim Keller, whose name has been mentioned here just recently in regard to C.S. Lewis, who coincidently is referenced in Wright's book.

The bottom line is that a recommendation to read this book by your pastor is very disturbing and [i]may indicate a dangerous move on the part of your pastor from orthodoxy to heterodoxy and eventual heresy. One rarely makes a major leap from orthdoxy to unorthodoxy. The path is most often slow, subtle but definitely downward.

1 John 4:1 (ASV) "Beloved, believe not every spirit [teaching], but prove the spirits [teachings], whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world."

Addendum: Here is another "positive" review of Surprised by Hope which goes into much more detail and thus reveals much of what should immediately raise the proverbial 'red flag' for those of us who hold to historic biblical Calvinism. This review should give you enough information concerning the book, without having read it, to make a reasonable judgment about it. Go here: Surprised by Tom Wright - a review of Surprised by Hope.