God's Homecoming Quotes

“knowing one is supposed to behave in a certain way but also being warned not to imagine that one’s behavior could be a “work” on which one might rely, compromising one’s initial faith.”
― N.T. Wright, God's Homecoming: The Forgotten Promise of Future Renewal

“We grow into the likeness of who or what we worship, and we display that likeness to the world.”
― N.T. Wright, God's Homecoming: The Forgotten Promise of Future Renewal

“This is not simply about appealing for an “Antiochene” position over against an “Alexandrian” one.”
― N.T. Wright, God's Homecoming: The Forgotten Promise of Future Renewal

“Once you think in terms of the soul as the vital part of the person, and of heaven as the ultimate destination, the possibility of various stages of postmortem development and/or purification might be contemplated.”
― N.T. Wright, God's Homecoming: The Forgotten Promise of Future Renewal

“From Genesis to Revelation, the biblical view of the world is bipartite: “heaven and earth.” This phrase does not suggest that both spheres are part of the same space-time continuum, with “heaven” being simply a long way up in the sky. It assumes, on the contrary, that the two spheres were made to overlap and interlock.”
― N.T. Wright, God's Homecoming: The Forgotten Promise of Future Renewal

“Worship is central to Christian living. Actually, it’s central to all human life: “without worship you shrink,” wrote the playwright. “It’s as brutal as that.”4”
― N.T. Wright, God's Homecoming: The Forgotten Promise of Future Renewal

“Invoking God’s presence when it might be convenient, having ignored it when it wasn’t, is a recipe for disaster.”
― N.T. Wright, God's Homecoming: The Forgotten Promise of Future Renewal