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After You Believe by N.T. Wright
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Sep 01, 2016

it was amazing

Loved it. Answers huge questions that every fledgling believer wants to know in incredible scholarly detail and makes it so accessible at the same time. A real gift.
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N.T. Wright
“Forget happiness. You were called to a throne. How will you prepare for it? That is the question of virtue, Christian style.”
N.T. Wright, After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters

N.T. Wright
“We have to grow into Scripture, like a young boy inheriting his older brother's clothes and flopping around in them, but he gradually builds out and grows up. Perhaps it's a measure of our maturity when parts of Scripture that we found odd or even repellent suddenly come up in a new light. Our sense is overtaken by a sense of the whole thing, wide, multicolored, and unspeakably powerful.”
N.T. Wright, After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters

N.T. Wright
“We applaud patience but prefer it to be a virtue that others possess.”
N.T. Wright, After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters

N.T. Wright
“we have developed a corollary that is neither love nor forgiveness—namely, tolerance. The problem with this is clear: I can “tolerate” you without it costing me anything very much. I can shrug my shoulders, walk away, and leave you to do your own thing. That, admittedly, is preferable to my taking you by the throat and shaking you until you agree with me. But it is certainly not love.”
N.T. Wright, After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters


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