Top 25 Quotes by N. T. Wright

About N. T. Wright

These are some quotes by British author N. T. Wright Clergyman, who was born on December 1, 1948.

I think future generations will say the late 20th century and the early 21st century was a time of great convulsions and upheavals.

I think future generations will say the late 20th century and the early 21st century was a time of great convulsions and upheavals.

N. T. Wright

Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear.

Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear.

N. T. Wright

The Bible is the book of my life. It's the book I live with, the book I live by, the book I want to die by.

The Bible is the book of my life. It's the book I live with, the book I live by, the book I want to die by.

N. T. Wright

You can't reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty.

You can't reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty.

N. T. Wright

Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.

Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.

N. T. Wright

While some who downplay Christ's divinity have imagined Jesus as a great social worker 'being kind to old ladies, small dogs and little children,' orthodox Christianity has not wanted Jesus to have a political message.

N. T. Wright

It's very easy for a church just to slide along from week to week, taking it for granted that we do our services like this and that, and we celebrate the sacraments like this and that.

It's very easy for a church just to slide along from week to week, taking it for granted that we do our services like this and that, and we celebrate the sacraments like this and that.

N. T. Wright

Death is a monster; death is horrible.

Death is a monster; death is horrible.

N. T. Wright

Western Christians have imagined that, at the end of the day, God is going to throw the present space-time universe into a trashcan and we'll be sitting on clouds playing harps. The ultimate future that we're promised is much more interesting than that. It's new heavens and a new Earth with new bodies to live in.

N. T. Wright

Love is not just tolerance. It's not just distant appreciation. It's a warm sense of, 'I am enjoying the fact that you are you.'

Love is not just tolerance. It's not just distant appreciation. It's a warm sense of, 'I am enjoying the fact that you are you.'

N. T. Wright

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