Books 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