N.T. Wright on Cruciform Theocracy

After reading a few blog feeds I made the mistake of googling “N.T. Wright” and “Theocracy” and the hysteria from critics is something to behold.

You can read about it on the UK’s Christian Today and see the reaction at the UK’s National Secular Society.

Andrew Perriman has his own take on the debate here.

Truth be told, Wright isn’t saying anything he hasn’t already said earlier like in Surprised by Hope. I actually like how Wright puts it, we don’t build the kingdom, rather, we build for the kingdom, we try to clear the path and prepare for when God himself brings in his kingdom.

The whole lecture is below, it gets into theocracy stuff around 22 mins.