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Welcome to the final part of my blog series on Dallas Willard's book "The Divine Conspiracy". Please look at the chapter list to move between the other parts of this series. What I learnt From This Chapter The final chapter is an attempt to create a vision of what the divine conspiracy is working towards. It is an incredibly powerful vision and speaks of a life that begins now and carries on into eternity. For me personally the conversation around materialism and the kingdom of heaven were very helpful (I particularly enjoyed the "God doesn't have a brain, and he has never missed it" line). I love Dallas's description of ourself becoming more christlike towards death and the end quote from Augustine's City of God is truly wonderful. Chapter List Introduction Chapter 1 - Entering the Eternal Kind of Life Now Chapter 2 - Gospels of Sin Management Chapter 3 - What Jesus Knew: Our God-Bathed World Chapter 4 - Who is Really Well Off? - The Beatitudes Chap...

For anybody who is planning on reading some N. T. Wright and want's to know if this book is for them, or if you have read it and want a quick review to keep it fresh, or if you just want to get a quick grip on N. T. Wright's thought, then this post is for you. If you want to buy the book here is a link (please note that this is an affiliate link, which means that if you do buy the book then I get a little of money from wordery) My Top Five Takeaways The importance of Creation and Covenant throughout scripture . - I will never be able to read Psalm 19 in the same way again. What I love about this is the combination both of what God has done and what God is doing; what is taking place within the Church, but also, what God is doing outside of the Church Jesus is Lord means that Caesar is not - and the associated political ramifications of this. We set up many "Lords" in our life, but there can only be one. Don't just write off books claiming Pauline au...