The vast hoards of readers of this blog will know that during Lent earlier this year, we read our way, one day at a time, through Fleming Rutledge’s marvellous The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
I don’t do end or year lists, but I can say that it is easily the best book I read this year – in fact in quite a few years.
So I’ve been looking forward to reading her Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ (2018). Of disappointment there has been none.
The introduction to thinking theologically about Advent is excellent. Most of…
