N. T. Wright Quotes

The Christian life is not knowing or hearing, but doing.

There's a difference between freedom of worship and freedom of religion. Worship is an event that happens inside the house of worship. Religion is a lifestyle. It is a way of living.

I pray. Prayer is a time to connect with the divine, but also time, I'm sure, to concentrate one's thoughts, to meditate, and to imagine what might be.

My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different countries like India and China. I think that would be a shame not to take advantage and do something... not unique, because I don't have this pretension.

Some people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case.

I had friends who only listened to hip-hop. I had friends who only listened to musicals, and I stood proudly in the middle.

It is not easy to be a Witch, a bender, a shaper, one of the Wise; nor is it safe, comfortable, laid back, mellow, uplifting, or a guarantee of Peace of mind. It requires openness, vulnerability, courage and work. It gives no answers, only tasks to be done and questions to consider....It functions in those deeper ways of knowing which our culture has denied and for which we hunger.

Faith that doesn't affect your life isn't really faith.

Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion.

I can listen to all different sorts of music. I don't really care about The Next Big Thing.

There is not one thing that's Beatle music. How can they talk about it like that? What is Beatle music? Walrus or Penny Lane? Which? It's too diverse: I Want to Hold Your Hand or Revolution Number Nine?

Worship seals all prayers at the front and at the back. Always pray with praise beginning and praise ending.

Ultimately, the transcript of your prayers becomes the script of your life.

It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests it

Looking back, I think I tried to be too eclectic. Sometimes I'd sing thirty songs, and fifteen of them were not in English.

Erykah Badu projects don't even sound like Erykah Badu projects. I don't even have one album that sounds like another one of my albums.

I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the effect it has on one's prayers.

Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected.

Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life.

Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God, here and now.

Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.

For the Christian, worship is co-extensive with life. Life is already an expression of worship.

In truth you cannot read too much in Scripture; and what you read you cannot read too carefully, and what you read carefully you cannot understand too well, and what you understand well you cannot teach too well, and what you teach well you cannot live too well.

If I just think of the churches in my little town here because I've been to every one of them, there are 27, there aren't that many where you walk in and say wow, people are excited about their faith. A lot of them, it's just what you do on Sunday at 10:00 or 11:00 and that's not true in other countries. In some other countries, it's still a very lively, vibrant experience.

I don't only like rock music. There are other forms of music that I find interesting. I would want to do everything, every kind of music. I wouldn't want to be limited to like playing heavy metal or whatever.