I believe we face the question: if not now, then when? And if we are grasped by this vision, we may also… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
I grew up in a church-going family, a very sort of ordinary, middle-of-the-road Anglican family where nobody really talked about personal Christian… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Often the Jesus-focused churches are leaning towards a 'social gospel' interpretation of the kingdom, and the 'Paul' churches are talking about being… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“Caesar's messengers didn't go round the world saying, 'Caesar is lord, so if you feel you need to have a Roman-empire kind… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Our task as image-bearing, God-loving, Christ-shaped, Spirit-filled Christians, following Christ and shaping our world, is to announce redemption to a world that… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
I feel about John's gospel like I feel about my wife; I love her very much, but I wouldn't claim to understand… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“Most Western Christians—and most Western non-Christians, for that matter—in fact suppose that Christianity was committed to at least a soft version of… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
The whole point of what -Jesus was up to was that he was doing close up, in the present, what he was… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Many Christians in the evangelical tradition use words like "conversion," "regeneration," "justification," "born-again," etc. all as more or less synonyms to mean… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
The gospel is not itself about you are this sort of a person and this can happen to you. That's the result… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
What many people today assume Christianity to be is basically Plutarch plus Jesus. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“Many people think that being Christian makes you sort of subhuman or, at least, less than fully human. Guys out there on… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
While some who downplay Christ's divinity have imagined Jesus as a great social worker 'being kind to old ladies, small dogs and… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Jesus himself, as the gospel story goes on to its dramatic conclusion, lives out the same message of the Sermon on the… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Far too many people, especially within evangelicalism, think that the individual is all that matters, and that the corporate dimension is a… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Western Christians have imagined that, at the end of the day, God is going to throw the present space-time universe into a… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
The power of the gospel lies[...] in the powerful announcement that God is God, that Jesus is Lord, that the powers of… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
I really don't care too much what the different later Christian traditions say. My aim is to be faithful to Scripture. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
To pray 'your kingdom come' at Jesus' bidding meant to align oneself with his kingdom movement. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“I feel about John ['s gospel] like I feel about my wife; I love her very much, but I wouldn't claim to… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
I accept the historical challenge, and with that, I accept the essentially Christian position that God always has more light to break… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Wherever St. Paul went, there was a riot. Wherever I go, they serve tea. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Rest you well, beloved Jesus, Caesar’s Lord and Israel’s King, In the brooding of the Spirit, in the darkness of the spring — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Art is love creating the new world and justice is love rolling up its sleeves to heal the old one. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
It is faith that looks up at the creator God and knows him to be the God of love. And it is faith that… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Scripture is, at its heart, the great story that we sing in order not just to learn it with our heads but to become… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Most of the things that really matter require faith. 'How do I know that my wife loves me?' 'How do I know that Mozart's… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Justice never means "treating everybody the same way", but "treating people appropriately". — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
People often get upset when you teach them what is in the Bible rather than what they presume is in the Bible. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
The word "salvation" denotes rescue. Rescue? What from? Well, of course, ultimately death. And since it is sin that colludes with the forces of… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
We cannot worship the suffering God today and ignore him tomorrow. We cannot eat and drink the body and blood of the passionate and… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Part of Christian belief is to find out what's true about Jesus and let that challenge our culture. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
If you ask people in England where does Tom Wright sit on the theological spectrum, they say, "Well he's an evangelical of course," as… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image