"the work of salvation, in its full sense,……" — N. T. Wright
"the work of salvation, in its full sense, is (1) about whole human beings, not merely souls; (2) about the present, not simply the future; and (3) about what God does through us, not merely what God does in and for us."
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121 Quotes by N. T. Wright
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For the Deist ... prayer is calling across a void to a distant deity. This lofty figure may or may…
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The only sure rule is to remember that the Bible is indeed God's gift to the church, to equip that…
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The church isn't simply a collection of isolated individuals ... we need to learn again the lesson that a hand…
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