NT Wright: What if the Point of Christianity Isn’t Getting to Heaven?

For generations, Christians have framed faith as a question of destination. Believe, behave, endure — and someday you’ll make it to heaven. But N.T. Wright wants to reframe the story entirely.“The whole point,” he says, “was never for your soul to get to heaven. Jesus’ point was for the Kingdom of God to come on earth as in heaven.”It’s the kind of statement that sounds simple until you realize how much of modern Christianity it contradicts. Theologians, sermons and even worship songs have spent