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N.T. Wright on How an Ancient Prophet Explains Our Crazy World

What if everything we think we know about power is wrong?

In a world captivated by political strongmen, military might, and the promise of technological salvation, the ancient prophet Isaiah offers a startlingly different picture of what happens when God comes to set the world right.

For Russell Moore, Isaiah has been one of the biblical books keeping him sane in unsettling times. And in his new book, ⁠Into the Heart of Isaiah⁠ (October 27), renowned biblical scholar N. T. Wright argues that the prophet’s message is even stranger—and more hopeful—than many Christians realize.

Moore and Wright explore why Isaiah mocks the idols people trust, how money and military power can become objects of worship, and whether artificial intelligence might be creating idols of its own. They also take up a particularly contemporary question: What should Christians make of the claim that God raises up modern-day versions of Cyrus, the pagan king who delivered Israel from exile?


⁠Watch this conversation on YouTube ⁠


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About Russell Moore

Russell Moore is Editor at Large and columnist at Christianity Today and is the author of Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America (Penguin Random House).

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