Book of revelation Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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)…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.”…

— N.T. Wright