Justification: God's Plan and Paul's Vision by N.T. Wright

I came into this discussion a little late in the game. You see, author N.T. Write wrote a book called, Surprised by Hope in which he shared some teachings on justification.

Another author, John Piper, wasn't in agreement with some of the ideas found in Surprised by Hope so he wrote a response titled, The Future of Justification: A Response to N.T. Wright in which he attempted to refute these ideas.

N.T. Wright, then, responded to Piper's book with Justification: God's Plan Paul's Vision.

And unfortunately, I entered this debate with N.T. Wright's response. So I was missing what the argument was in the first place.

In this book, Wright explains how Paul understood and taught this idea of being justified by God. It's all part of a plan.

For N.T. Wright, he calls it, "God's-plan-through-Israel-for-the-world". Israel let God down. They didn't hold up their end of the deal so God needed to solve the problem. Enter: Jesus.

This is a scholarly book. I would consider reading it in college or some other higher level of education. It took me a while to get attached to the style of writing (Wright is British) and how his thought process works.

In the end, Justification is a book that will be a benefit for anyone searching for what Paul was telling his audience in the letter to the Romans...