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
Justice never means "treating everybody the same way", but "treating people appropriately". — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Perhaps art can help us to look beyond the immediate beauty with all its puzzles, and to glimpse that new creation which… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
The point of justice and mercy anyway is not ‘they deserve it’ but ‘this is the way God’s world should be’, and… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Justice and beauty are central to God's new world and should be central to our work. Together they frame the good news… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Certainly Paul shares the view of the Old Testament prophets that God will one day flood the world with justice and joy… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for pleasure. Made for justice, we clamor for vengeance. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Paul's vision, though, is starting small, with actual communities in which reconciliation and justice has to be practiced - like the rich/poor… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
For Paul 'righteousness' and 'justice' are the same word, as they were in Hebrew. Paul clearly believes that helping the poor is… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
If you don't have properly constituted civic authorities you will encourage vigilantism and solo efforts at retributive justice - which is anarchy,… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
All human governments are intended by God to do justice and mercy - to look after, in particular, the needs of the… — 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
