Ask NT Wright Anything

#133 Is faith anti-intellectual?

1 Sep 2022
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Is faith a valid way of knowing truth? Will we need faith in the new creation? Why is my church so anti-intellectual? Tom answers listener questions on faith, knowledge and reason.• Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: https://pod.link/14...

#132 Is the Bible anti-women? Does God hear the prayers of agnostics?

25 Aug 2022
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Tom offers advice to a listener who is moving away from Christianity because she believes the Bible seems to treat women as second class citizens. Another is an agnostic who has been praying for the war in Ukraine. Will God hear my prayers if I'm not...

#131 Help! I’m on the brink of atheism... Deconstruction and suffering

18 Aug 2022
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Tom offers advice to two people struggling with their faith. One is having doubts during a period of deconstruction, the other can't get past the problem of suffering.  • Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: https://pod.link/1441656192• M...

#130 Do I need to tithe? Church rules, covenants and leadership

11 Aug 2022
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Should I always tithe 10% to my church? What do you think of signing church covenants? I don't agree with my church leadership on complementarianism, but I love the members - should I stay? Tom answers listener questions on church practise and rules....

#129 Would God need to redeem aliens? Life beyond earth and the cosmos

4 Aug 2022
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If the Universe is so big why did God choose to come to a small hill called Mount Zion? If there is sentient life beyond earth would it need redeeming too? Are the Nephilim evidence of aliens and UFOs? Tom answers questions on aliens and the cosmos! ...

#128 Why did God make childbirth difficult? More questions about Eden and the Fall

28 Jul 2022
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Were Adam and Eve's pre-fall bodies like the resurrected Jesus? Was marriage a post-fall accomodation? Why does Genesis say God made childbirth more difficult after the fall? NT Wright answers more questions on the Garden of Eden and the Creation sto...

#127 How do I reconcile Evolution, the Fall and Original Sin?

21 Jul 2022
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If evolution is true then physical death existed before the Fall - how do we reconcile that with scripture? How do we reconcile evolution with the concept of a first man and woman and original sin? Did the Fall also affect the rest of the universe? T...

#126 From the slums of Kenya to new life - NT Wright meets Jey Mbiro

14 Jul 2022
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Justin and NT Wright speak to Jey Mbiro a Kenyan Christian who grew up as a street kid in the slums of Nairobi and was imprisoned aged just 9. They talk about poverty, the church in East Africa and Jey's own story of transformation thanks to Compassi...

#125 Situation, Theology, and Hermeneutics in Galatians

7 Jul 2022
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Situation, Theology, and Hermeneutics in Galatians. Another bonus edition of the podcast featuring Tom teaching on his new video course on Galatians.Get an exclusive listener discount on the course: https://www.ntwrightonline.org/askntwright• More sh...

#124 Medieval questions and the subject of Galatians

30 Jun 2022
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Medieval Questions and the subject of Galatians. A bonus edition of the podcast featuring Tom teaching on his new video course on Galatians.Get an exclusive listener discount on the course: https://www.ntwrightonline.org/askntwright• More shows, free...

#123 How St. Paul changed the world Pt 2 - Tom Holland & NT Wright

23 Jun 2022
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NT Wright and popular historian Tom Holland continue their discussion about the way the writings and theology of St Paul changed the modern world.Watch the conversation between Tom Holland and NT Wright: https://youtu.be/nlf_ULB26cUFor Mikhaila Peter...

#122 Tom Holland & NT Wright talk about Paul

16 Jun 2022
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Who was Paul? What difference did he make to the world? What do we know about his conversion? Justin sat down with NT Wright and popular historian Tom Holland to talk about NT Wright's then-recently published book Paul: A Biography in a conversation...

#121 Making sense of The Trinity

9 Jun 2022
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Ahead of Trinity Sunday, Tom answers questions about the Trinity: How do I explain the Trinity without accidental heresy? is there a hierarchy in the Trinity? Can you explain Jesus' prayer for intimacy with the Father and the Spirit in John 17?• More...

#120 New Testament Q&A: Pharisees, contradictions & oral tradition

2 Jun 2022
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Tom answers listener questions on the New Testament. Were the Pharisees all bad? How do we reconcile the different Gospel endings about where the disciples stayed after the resurrection? Is the oral tradition, before the Gospels were written down, re...

#119 Old Testament Q&A: Noah, Moses and where to start

26 May 2022
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Tom answers questions on the Old Testament - Where should a new Christian start? Did events like Noahs flood and Jonah and the whale really happen? Why did God attempt to kill Moses in Exodus 4?• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premi...

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