Wherever St. Paul went, there was a riot. Wherever I go, they serve tea.

Fortunately, Paul is much more interesting than most of his interpreters, myself included.

I accept the historical challenge, and with that, I accept the essentially Christian position that God always has more light to break out of his holy Word.

Hope, for the Christian, is not wishful thinking or mere blind optimism. It is a mode of knowing, a mode within which new things are possible, options are not shut down, new creation can happen.

All human governments are intended by God to do justice and mercy - to look after, in particular, the needs of the poor and disadvantaged.

I believe we face the question: if not now, then when? And if we are grasped by this vision, we may also hear the question: If not us, then who? And if the gospel of Jesus is not the key to this task, then what is?

If you ask people in England where does Tom Wright sit on the theological spectrum, they say, "Well he's an evangelical of course," as though, come on, get used to it.