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The rule of love, I say again, is not an optional extra. It is the very essence of what we [Christians] are about

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N. T. Wright
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 1
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Justice and beauty are central to God's new world and should be central to our work. Together they frame the good news of Jesus.
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Resurrection means bodily life after ‘life after death,’ or, if you prefer, bodily life after the state of ‘death’
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By all means write new songs. Each generation must do that. But to neglect the church's original hymnbook is, to put it bluntly, crazy
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The cross is the place where, and the means by which, God loved us to the uttermost.
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My aim has been to expound Scripture and to expound Scripture in such a way that I do not set one Scripture over against another.
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Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king.
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If you want to know who God is, look at Jesus. If you want to know what it means to be human, look at Jesus. If you want to know what love is, look at Jesus. If you want to know what grief is, look at Jesus. And go on looking until you’re not just a spectator, but you’re actually part of the drama which has him as the central character.
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We have to train ourselves to use words accurately. And there's so much loose Christian talk, for which I've no doubt been as guilty as any.
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Jesus' death was seen by Jesus himself ... as the ultimate means by which God's kingdom was established. The crucifixion was the shocking answer to the prayer that God's kingdom would come on earth as in heaven.
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Logic cannot comprehend love so much the worse for logic.
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