The 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.

Far too many people, especially within evangelicalism, think that the individual is all that matters, and that the corporate dimension is a distraction or diversion. Of course Christianity is deeply personal for every single Christian; nobody gets lost in the kingdom of God. But you can't play that off against the corporate dimension.

To get overprotective about particular readings of the Bible is always in danger of idolatry.

N. T. Wright Quotes