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If there is any one subject that has been central to N. T. Wright’s teaching and writing ministry, it just might be the gospel. From academic books and articles to semi-academic and more popular works, explorations of themes related to the gospel fill the pages of Wright’s works. And after years of paragraphs and chapters explaining the gospel, Wright published a full-length, popular-level book on the subject, titled plainly enough, Simply Good News.

Much of Wright’s efforts when teaching about the gospel have been to clear up common misunderstandings about the gospel in modern Christianity. For example, it is common to talk about sharing the gospel in the church today, and more often than not, sharing the gospel refers to giving someone the plan of salvation (usually in terms of sin, forgiveness, and going to heaven). Wright reminds us very simply, however, that the gospel is good news, not good advice, and news is about something that happened.[1] So most precisely, the gospel is about what happened to Jesus and through Jesus. Another common misunderstanding Wright steadfastly seeks to clear up—perhaps one of the most well-known and staunchest themes of his writings—is that the goal of God’s saving work in Christ is not “going to heaven when you die”; rather, it is new creation, specifically resurrection and a new heavens and new earth.

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