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> [“We have to grow into Scripture, like a young boy inheriting his older brother's clothes and flopping around in them, but he gradually builds out and grows up. Perhaps it's a measure of our maturity when parts of Scripture that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/we-have-to-grow-into-scripture-like-a-young-boy-inheriting-his-older/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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> [“The author extols the power of having significant portions of God's Word read in public worship with the following analogy. He says that by reading a few short verses, we are like someone glimpsing nature through window from across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-author-extols-the-power-of-having-significant-portions-of-god-s/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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## More by N.T. Wright

> [“This means that the church, the followers of Jesus Christ, live in the bright interval between Easter and the final great consummation. Let's make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/this-means-that-the-church-the-followers-of-jesus-christ-live-in-the/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“The very mention of crucifixion was taboo in polite Roman circles, since it was the lowest form of capital punishment, reserved for slaves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-very-mention-of-crucifixion-was-taboo-in-polite-roman-circles/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“Sunday, kept as a commemoration of Easter ever since that event itself (a quite remarkable phenomenon when you come to think about it), is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/sunday-kept-as-a-commemoration-of-easter-ever-since-that-event-itself/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“The point of trying to understand the cross better is not so that we can congratulate ourselves for having solved an intellectual crossword puzzle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-point-of-trying-to-understand-the-cross-better-is-not-so-that-we/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“there is no such thing as a god’s-eye view (by which would be meant a Deist god’s-eye view) available to human beings, a point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-god-s-eye-view-by-which-would-be-meant-a/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“The “goal” is not “heaven,” but a renewed human vocation within God’s renewed creation. This is what every biblical book from Genesis on is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-goal-is-not-heaven-but-a-renewed-human-vocation-within-god-s/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“having a hard enough time explaining to his disciples that he had to die; they never really grasped that at all, and they certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/having-a-hard-enough-time-explaining-to-his-disciples-that-he-had-to/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“If we are talking about the victory over evil and the launch of new creation, it won’t make much sense unless we are working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/if-we-are-talking-about-the-victory-over-evil-and-the-launch-of-new/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“The personal message of Good Friday, expressed in so many hymns and prayers which draw on the tradition of the Suffering Servant (Isaiah 53)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-personal-message-of-good-friday-expressed-in-so-many-hymns-and/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“To recognize that the Psalms call us to pray and sing at the intersections of the times--of our time and God's time, of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/to-recognize-that-the-psalms-call-us-to-pray-and-sing-at-the/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“Successful resistance to temptation may result in an increase of moral muscle, but that is because one is going to need it. A temptation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/successful-resistance-to-temptation-may-result-in-an-increase-of/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“Blessings on the poor in spirit! The kingdom of heaven is yours” (Matt. 5:3) doesn’t mean, “You will go to heaven when you die.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/blessings-on-the-poor-in-spirit-the-kingdom-of-heaven-is-yours-matt-5/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“As C. S. Lewis regularly remarked, the chronological snobbery of the modern age (i.e. the assumption that anything that comes after around 1750 is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/as-c-s-lewis-regularly-remarked-the-chronological-snobbery-of-the/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“The kingdom of God is, at its heart, about God’s sovereignty sweeping the world with love and power, so that human beings, each made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-kingdom-of-god-is-at-its-heart-about-god-s-sovereignty-sweeping/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

> [“pre-Christian Judaism, including the disciples during Jesus’s lifetime, never envisaged the death of the Messiah. That is why they never thought of his resurrection,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/pre-christian-judaism-including-the-disciples-during-jesus-s-lifetime/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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