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N.T. Wright

(1948) Theologian

278 quotes in 364 categories

N.T. Wright is a theologian.

Quick Facts About N.T. Wright

Born: December 1, 1948
Profession: Theologian

About N.T. Wright

[Wikidata] Anglican bishop... | [Wikipedia] Nicholas Thomas Wright, known as N. T. Wright or Tom Wright, is an English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of Durham and Lord Spiritual in the UK Parliament from 2003 to 2010. He then became research professor of New Testament and Early Christianity a

Quotes by N.T. Wright · Page 3

“[Christians] must become, must be known as, the people who don't hold grudges, who don't sulk. We must be the people who…

Christian church

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“The point [of the gospels] is not whether Jesus is God, but what God is doing in and through Jesus. What is…

Christianity

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“All this, I suggest, is Luke’s way of saying that with the death, resurrection, and exaltation of Israel’s Messiah and with the…

Believe in jesus

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“Whether we believe in Jesus, whether we approve of his teaching, let alone whether we like the look of the movement that…

Believe in jesus

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“I've met people in the last year or two who have stopped going to their local church because people have started singing…

Different people

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“Belief in the bodily resurrection includes the belief that what is done in the present in the body, by the power of…

Faith

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“Author says writing about Jesus is difficult because it is like writing about a friend "who is still liable to surprise us.”

Bible

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“Whatever precise reconstruction we offer of the situation Paul envisages in Rome, the point is clear: at the heart of his work…

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“Worship” was and is a matter of gazing with delight, gratitude, and love at the creator God and expressing his praise in…

Creator god

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“Not only was the theory of evolution not invented by Darwin himself; it wasn’t invented by his Enlightenment predecessors either. It was…

Buddhism

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“True freedom is the gift of the Spirit, the result of grace: but, precisely because it is freedom FOR as well as…

Christianity

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“The future goal is the thing which produces character in the present.”

Character

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“Note, though, something else of great significance about the whole Christian theology of resurrection, ascension, second coming, and hope. This theology was…

Christian theology

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“with this event the one true God had suddenly and dramatically put into operation his plan for the rescue of the world.”

God

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“Conservatives have said that Jesus was bodily raised, while liberals have denied it, but neither group has seen the bodily resurrection as…

World order

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“The weakness of God is stronger than human strength. And it leads, as Jesus said it would lead, to a life of…

Human strength

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“At the end, he insists in both cases on secrecy. He’s reached the point where it’s vital that word doesn’t leak out.…

Blind man

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“In my own academic field, it is much easier to get a doctorate in biblical studies if you do a relentlessly left-brain…

Big picture

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“People who believe that Jesus is already Lord and that he will appear again as judge of the world are called and…

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“It is quite clear, whether you read Christopher Hitchens or Friedrich Nietzsche, that the image of God running the world to which…

Buddhism

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“The church's task in the world is to model genuine humanness as a sign and an invitation to those around.”

Authenticity

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“In the New Testament it is clear: because of Christ and the Spirit, every single Christian is welcome at any time to…

Bible

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“We might already have figured this out from the careful placing of Philippians 2.8b, thanatou de staurou, “even the death of the…

Absolute power

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“The great creeds, when they refer to Jesus, pass directly from his virgin birth to his suffering and death. The four gospels…

Death

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“If you want to know why the “new atheists” like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Atkins sell so many books, the…

Religion

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N.T. Wright by topic

Christianity (54) Time (29) Bible (20) Resurrection (17) Life (17) Books (17) N-t-wright (16) Eastertide (16) Death (16) Religion (15) New testament (14) Faith (13) Nature (12) Love (12) God (12)