--- title: "13 Mean Quotes By N. T. Wright" description: "13 Mean quotes by N. T. Wright. Plus more from N. T. Wright and more Mean sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/n-t-wright-2-2245_justice_justice-never-means-treating-everybody-t_93301.jpg" --- > [Justice never means "treating everybody the same way", but "treating people appropriately".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/justice-never-means-treating-everybody-the-same-way-but-treating/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/n-t-wright-2-2245_justice_justice-never-means-treating-everybody-t_93301.jpg) > [The cross is the place where, and the means by which, God loved us to the uttermost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/the-cross-is-the-place-where-and-the-means-by-which-god-loved-us-to/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c9/n-t-wright-2-2245_crosses_the-cross-is-the-place-where-and-the-mea_1852756.jpg) > [Christ's resurrection doesn't mean escaping from the world; it means mission to the world based on Jesus's lordship over the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/christ-s-resurrection-doesn-t-mean-escaping-from-the-world-it-means/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/n-t-wright-2-2245_christ_christ-s-resurrection-doesn-t-mean-escap_493331.jpg) > [By all means write new songs. Each generation must do that. But to neglect the church's original hymnbook is, to put it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/by-all-means-write-new-songs-each-generation-must-do-that-but-to/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/n-t-wright-2-2245_church_by-all-means-write-new-songs-each-genera_479323.jpg) > [Resurrection means bodily life after ‘life after death,’ or, if you prefer, bodily life after the state of ‘death’](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/resurrection-means-bodily-life-after-life-after-death-or-if-you/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/n-t-wright-2-2245_after-death_resurrection-means-bodily-life-after-lif_1807582.jpg) > [People have been told so often that resurrection is just a metaphor, and means Jesus died and was glorified - in other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/people-have-been-told-so-often-that-resurrection-is-just-a-metaphor/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/721/n-t-wright-2-2245_died_people-have-been-told-so-often-that-resu_325363.jpg) > [The Christian is prepared to say, 'I don't like the sound of this, ... but if this is what it really means,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/the-christian-is-prepared-to-say-i-don-t-like-the-sound-of-this-but/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/n-t-wright-2-2245_christian_the-christian-is-prepared-to-say-i-don-t_1021303.jpg) > [We British say "to put the world to rights." I've discovered that that's not the way Americans say it and people scratch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/we-british-say-to-put-the-world-to-rights-i-ve-discovered-that-that-s/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/n-t-wright-2-2245_british_we-british-say-to-put-the-world-to-right_2480050.jpg) > [Jesus' death was seen by Jesus himself ... as the ultimate means by which God's kingdom was established. The crucifixion was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/jesus-death-was-seen-by-jesus-himself-as-the-ultimate-means-by-which/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/n-t-wright-2-2245_answers_jesus-death-was-seen-by-jesus-himself-as_1130375.jpg) > [Many Christians in the evangelical tradition use words like "conversion," "regeneration," "justification," "born-again," etc. all as more or less synonyms to mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/many-christians-in-the-evangelical-tradition-use-words-like/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/n-t-wright-2-2245_becoming_many-christians-in-the-evangelical-tradi_1503987.jpg) > [My proposal is not that we understand what the word ‘god’ means and manage somehow to fit Jesus into that. Instead, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/my-proposal-is-not-that-we-understand-what-the-word-god-means-and/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/n-t-wright-2-2245_crazy_my-proposal-is-not-that-we-understand-wh_309962.jpg) > [Again and again the Sermon on the Mount calls and challenges us to a life of radical discipleship. Note: when Jesus says…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/again-and-again-the-sermon-on-the-mount-calls-and-challenges-us-to-a/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d9/n-t-wright-2-2245_again-and-again_again-and-again-the-sermon-on-the-mount_2334109.jpg) > [If you want to know who God is, look at Jesus. If you want to know what it means to be human,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/if-you-want-to-know-who-god-is-look-at-jesus-if-you-want-to-know-what/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc5/n-t-wright-2-2245_character_if-you-want-to-know-who-god-is-look-at-j_410290.jpg) ## Other authors on Mean ## More by N. T. Wright > [Wherever St. Paul went, there was a riot. Wherever I go, they serve tea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/wherever-st-paul-went-there-was-a-riot-wherever-i-go-they-serve-tea/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Rest you well, beloved Jesus, Caesar’s Lord and Israel’s King, In the brooding of the Spirit, in the darkness of the spring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/rest-you-well-beloved-jesus-caesar-s-lord-and-israel-s-king-in-the/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Art is love creating the new world and justice is love rolling up its sleeves to heal the old one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/art-is-love-creating-the-new-world-and-justice-is-love-rolling-up-its/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [It is faith that looks up at the creator God and knows him to be the God of love. And it is faith that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/it-is-faith-that-looks-up-at-the-creator-god-and-knows-him-to-be-the/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Scripture is, at its heart, the great story that we sing in order not just to learn it with our heads but to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/scripture-is-at-its-heart-the-great-story-that-we-sing-in-order-not/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/most-of-the-things-that-really-matter-require-faith-how-do-i-know/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Justice never means "treating everybody the same way", but "treating people appropriately".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/justice-never-means-treating-everybody-the-same-way-but-treating/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [People often get upset when you teach them what is in the Bible rather than what they presume is in the Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/people-often-get-upset-when-you-teach-them-what-is-in-the-bible/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [The word "salvation" denotes rescue. Rescue? What from? Well, of course, ultimately death. And since it is sin that colludes with the forces of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/the-word-salvation-denotes-rescue-rescue-what-from-well-of-course/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [We cannot worship the suffering God today and ignore him tomorrow. We cannot eat and drink the body and blood of the passionate and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/we-cannot-worship-the-suffering-god-today-and-ignore-him-tomorrow-we/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Part of Christian belief is to find out what's true about Jesus and let that challenge our culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/part-of-christian-belief-is-to-find-out-what-s-true-about-jesus-and/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/if-you-ask-people-in-england-where-does-tom-wright-sit-on-the/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [True worship is open to God, adoring God, waiting for God, trusting God even in the dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/true-worship-is-open-to-god-adoring-god-waiting-for-god-trusting-god/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Jesus of Nazareth ushers in not simply a new religious possibility, not simply a new ethic or a new way of salvation, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/jesus-of-nazareth-ushers-in-not-simply-a-new-religious-possibility/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [All our language about the future ... is like a set of signposts pointing into a bright mist ... the New Testament image of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/all-our-language-about-the-future-is-like-a-set-of-signposts-pointing/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mean/n-t-wright-2/#itemlist", "name": "13 Mean Quotes By N. T. 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