credocovenanter, you said you saw your friends "view of works role in salvation grow" because of nt wright. While i agree with J Edwards that wright denies the forensic part of justification, I do not think he teaches a salvation by works. Am I wrong though? I am now reading his article, "Romans_Pauls_theology" that can be found here http://www.ntwrightpage.com along with a lot of his other writings. I have not seen him teaching a salvation of works, although he does believe Jews in Jesus's time believed this. I hope i am not "losing" my friend who wrote that email i posted to wrights teachings. He goes to WTS and apparently some of his professors embrace a lot of what right says as well.
