Luke for Everyone

Luke for Everyone
by Tom Wright
SPCK

Reading this exposition/commentary on the Gospel of Luke was my first taste of Tom Wright's series of popular-level commentaries on the books of the New Testament and I enjoyed the light meal Bishop Tom served up here.

Leaving aside Wright's distinctive and controversial teaching on justification (as part of the New Perspective on Paul), Wright was an interesting and stimulating companion as I read through Luke's Gospel once again. Although Wright's New Perspective on Paul teaching comes through a few times, thankfully, it did not spoil the book for me. Time and again in reading this I enjoyed fresh insights and soul-uplifting material. And many's the preacher who would benefit from Bishop Tom's gift for hooking the reader before going on to explain the passage.

No-one should be under any illusion - these are slight, lightweight expositions for the most part. This is not a detailed commentary or exposition. The nearest comparison I can think of were also written by an evangelical Anglican bishop - Bishop J. C. Ryle's Expository Thoughts on the Gospels - which are very similar in style though the theology is a bit different. Ryle was very Old Perspective on Paul!

All in all, very good devotional reading. I actually read this on by daily commute to work on the bus. It was helpful and refreshing having Wright's own translation of Luke within the book.