Ask NT Wright Anything

#140 Q&A on racial reconciliation and female leadership with Pastor Miles McPherson Pt 2

20 Oct 2022
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Tom speaks on the role of the church in racial reconcliation in the USA and why he believes the Bible affirms the leadership roles of both men and women. This is the second part of Tom's on-stage interview with Pastor Miles McPherson, recorded at Roc...

#139 Q&A on New Creation & Salvation with Pastor Miles McPherson Pt 1

13 Oct 2022
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NT Wright was interviewed by Pastor Miles McPherson at Rock Church San Diego. They talk about Tom's work to redescribe the gospel in terms of new creation, and what that means for the concept of 'getting saved'. Recorded in 2019. Used with permission...

#138 An evening with NT Wright at The Rock Church

6 Oct 2022
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Recorded at The Rock Church, San Diego, Tom Wright challenges us to think like first-century Christians, to imagine Jesus and the early church within the history, culture, and religion of Second Temple Judaism and the Greco-Roman world. Recorded in N...

#137 Atheist asks: Was Jesus’ death just a ’bad weekend at human camp’?

29 Sep 2022
1805

Tom Wright talks about his book The Day The Revolution Began and answers listener Qs on Penal Substitution, the Old Testament sacrificial system, Christ’s ‘descent to the dead’, and an atheist’s claim that Christ’s death was ‘just a bad weekend at hu...

#136 Talking to kids about New Creation & responding to William Lane Craig

22 Sep 2022
1959

Tom Wright answers listener questions on how to teach children about new creation, where our loved ones go after they die, and responds to a critique from William Lane Craig in a replay of an early edition of the show from 2018.  • Subscribe to the A...

#135 My weekend with Queen Elizabeth II

15 Sep 2022
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NT Wright shares his memories of preaching for the Queen while he was the Bishop of Durham. He reflects on her strong Christian faith and how the church can respond in faith and hope at this time of national mourning. For the Unbelievable? show featu...

#134 Should we cancel Luther & Calvin?

8 Sep 2022
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Should we value the theology of Luther and Calvin given the anti-semitism and killing they both endorsed? How do I convince my Lutheran friend that not all 'works' are bad? Is it a problem that the Lutheran baptistmal rite uses the disputed ending of...

#133 Is faith anti-intellectual?

1 Sep 2022
1736

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
1436

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...

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