Since all human governments, like all human individuals, are subject to temptation, especially the temptation to use this God-given role for their own ends, there must be clear and wise critique, and holding to account.
N. T. WrightThe 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. WrightDeism, historically, produces atheism. First you make God a landlord, then an absent landlord, then he becomes simply absent.
N. T. WrightChrist's resurrection doesn't mean escaping from the world; it means mission to the world based on Jesus's lordship over the world.
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