From Wilderness to Glory: Lent and Easter for Everyone

by N.T. Wright

Think, pray, and reflect through the stories of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection.



In this volume, N. T. Wright guides you on a journey through the Gospels and Scripture, compiling passages from his widely popular New Testament for Everyone series. We reflect on the practice of lament during Lent, the celebration of Easter, and how you cannot have one without the other.



Wright provides a daily devotional for the Lent and Easter season. Each day includes his translation of a Scripture passage, words of reflection, and questions for reflection or discussion.

Genres: Faith

259 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 7, 2025

About the author

N. T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England (2003-2010) and one of the world's leading Bible scholars. He is now serving as the chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. He has been featured on ABC News, Dateline NBC, The Colbert Report, and Fresh Air, and he has taught New Testament studies at Cambridge, McGill, and Oxford universities. Wright is the award-winning author of Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, The Last Word, The Challenge of Jesus, The Meaning of Jesus (coauthored with Marcus Borg), as well as the much heralded series Christian Origins and the Question of God.

He also publishes under Tom Wright.

Reviews

[Chelsea Hopkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't have much to say about this one. There's some thoughtful commentary that I hadn't considered before, so I appreciated some new perspective, and I valued the discussion we got out of it in my Sunday school class.

[Larry White · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Lenten and Easter Season Devotional

Renowned Bible scholar and Christian author N.T. Wright offers a helpful daily (except Sundays, other than Easter itself, following a strict definition of Lent) devotional to guide the reader with a disciplined approach through the most important season of the faith in “From Wilderness to Glory”. My church selected it for the 2025 season, and I found it a good addition to my normal ongoing devotionals. Beginning in prologue on Ash Wednesday, Wright follows a spiritual journey with Jesus using weekly themes (wilderness, crowds, prayer, friends, enemies, and Holy Week in Jerusalem), Holy Week itself centers on the culminating events of the end of that week, and a final Easter season week is added to consider the most important theology of Jesus’ purpose. Each daily reading ends with thoughts for specific reflection. It covers many thoughtful topics in a highly relatable and accessible form and is a recommended addition to the season often thought of as a time for giving up something.

[Kate M. Colby · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was my first Lenten study, and I enjoyed the experience. Each day from Lent through Easter Week (except for Sundays), N.T. Wright guides the reader through the life and ministry of Jesus with carefully chosen Bible passages and mini sermons on each. He provides thoughtful questions, which I wish I would have been in a group setting to discuss, as well as always provides the reader with a clear message of "This is what this means for us today." Would recommend to new Christians or anyone who needs a refresher on the core messages of Jesus's ministry.

[Michael Heidle · Rating 5 out of 5]

4..7 Very Good seasonal devotion for Lent and the first week of Easter

A defy solid daily devotional for Lent; but my expectation were high because the author was N T Wright! I just kept feeling the messages should have dug deeper Ingo the vast treasures of scripture and brought forth more gems Gor people; I especially found the addition first week off waste (without continuing throughout the season of Easter to be underwhelming and to have missed the point of resurrection ANF ascension almost entirely!!

[Kristin Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful Lent devotional.

The scripture reading for the day was written out, followed by "unpacking" it and commentary.

Wright is intentional about looking at scripture through the eyes of the intended audience, their culture and world view.

As a result, my heart was encouraged and filled with hope as these familiar scriptures took on new and deeper meanings.

[Carol Cooper · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great daily devotional for Lent and Easter!

[Jennifer King · Rating 5 out of 5]

the best reflection questions leading up to Easter.

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent devotional for Lent and the first week of Eastertide.

[Logan Chagdes · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautifully reflective journey through Lent and Easter.

[Wesley Ekström Santos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful and inspiring devotional for Lent and Easter. I love the way N.T. Wright always starts with a tale and manages to explain profound truth with simple words.