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# NT Wright and his Reformed Critics
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/nt-wright-reformed-critics/
- Published: 2014-07-09T13:24:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T20:34:07.000Z
- Description: Are there ways to learn from NT Wright and his Reformed critics?
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Fidelity

This week's show follows up on the conversation about NT Wright and locates him among his Reformed critics. Who's right, who's wrong, and are there paths between that can learn from both?

Various links from topics that came up during the show.

1\. [N.T. Wright on Penal substitution](http://derekzrishmawy.com/2012/09/11/n-t-wright-on-penal-substitution/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com).  
2\. [Wright's most recent stand-alone summary article on justification](http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/54/54-1/JETS%5F54-1%5F49-63%5FWright.pdf?ref=mereorthodoxy.com).  
3\. D.A. Carson's [The Vindication of Imputation on the difference between exegetical and theological levels of discourse](http://s3.amazonaws.com/tgc-documents/carson/2004%5Fvindication%5Fof%5Fimputation.pdf?ref=mereorthodoxy.com).  
4\. [Michael Horton's Review of Wright's Justification](http://www.whitehorseinn.org/images/Horton-WrightReview.pdf?ref=mereorthodoxy.com).  
5\. [Michael Bird's comparison of John Piper and N.T. Wright](http://www.academia.edu/4574669/What%5Fis%5FThere%5FBetween%5FMinneapolis%5Fand%5FSt.%5FAndrews%5FA%5FThird%5FWay%5Fin%5Fthe%5FPipe-Wright%5FDebate?ref=mereorthodoxy.com).

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