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

#122 Tom Holland & NT Wright talk about Paul: 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 th... by Ask NT Wright Anything

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#123 How St. Paul changed the world Pt 2 - Tom Holland & NT Wright: 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_ULB26cU For Mikhai... by Ask NT Wright Anything

30 min listen

#129 Would God need to redeem aliens? Life beyond earth and the cosmos: 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! ... by Ask NT Wright Anything

21 min listen

#117 I can’t shake my sinful addiction: Tom answers pastoral question from listeners about how to develop spiritual disciplines, escaping the cycle of besetting sin, and how to respond to homeless people with substance addiction and mental health problems. • For Conference & live events:... by Ask NT Wright Anything

27 min listen

#118 Mental health: Am I failing God by taking medication?: Does taking anti-depressant medication mean I'm failing to trust God? I was told to read the Bible to cure my eating disorder - how do we educate the church? How do I reconcile the Biblical command 'do not be anxious' with chronic anxiety? Tom answers ... by Ask NT Wright Anything

19 min listen

#125 - Situation, Theology, and Hermeneutics in Galatians: 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 •... by Ask NT Wright Anything

19 min listen

#140 Q&A on racial reconciliation and female leadership with Pastor Miles McPherson Pt 2: 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 Rock ... by Ask NT Wright Anything

26 min listen

#134 Should we cancel Luther & Calvin?: 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 M... by Ask NT Wright Anything

24 min listen

#124 - Medieval questions and the subject of Galatians: 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 sho... by Ask NT Wright Anything

22 min listen

#148 NT Wright on Reimagining Mission in the Global South - Oxford Conference Session 1: NT Wright was keynote speaker at an Oxford conference on Reimagining Mission in the Global South, hosted by Bishop Joseph D'Souza of the Good Shepherd Church network in India, in partnership with Premier. In this opening lecture from the ... by Ask NT Wright Anything

63 min listen

#130 Do I need to tithe? Church rules, covenants and leadership: 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. ... by Ask NT Wright Anything

24 min listen

#119 Old Testament Q&A: Noah, Moses and where to start: 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://premie... by Ask NT Wright Anything

23 min listen

#155 Making sense of Old Testament violence: Tom responds to listener Qs on Andy Stanley ‘unhitching’ Christianity from the Old Testament, the historicity of the Exodus, and the way that Greg Boyd interprets violent portraits of God in ‘The Crucifixion Of The Warrior God’. First broadcast in ... by Ask NT Wright Anything

28 min listen

#121 Making sense of The Trinity: 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? • M... by Ask NT Wright Anything

25 min listen

#132 Is the Bible anti-women? Does God hear the prayers of agnostics?: 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 e... by Ask NT Wright Anything

19 min listen

#135 My weekend with Queen Elizabeth II: 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 f... by Ask NT Wright Anything

21 min listen

#128 Why did God make childbirth difficult? More questions about Eden and the Fall: 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 story... by Ask NT Wright Anything

23 min listen

#145 Should I use the word ’heaven’? Will we know everything in the new creation?: A listener wants to know if the suggestion of Old Testament prophets being raised from the dead presents a problem for the uniqueness of Jesus' resurrection? Is 'heaven' the in-between-state before new creation? Will we know everything once we are ... by Ask NT Wright Anything

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#137 Atheist asks: Was Jesus’ death just a ’bad weekend at human camp’?: 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 huma... by Ask NT Wright Anything

25 min listen

#141 How do I talk to Muslims about Christ? Is Jesus the only way?: Tom answers questions on evangelism in a post-Christian world, returning to a message of repentance, whether we can know that Jesus is the only way to God, and how to talk about Jesus with a Muslim in a show first broadcast in 2019. And Tom gets his gu... by Ask NT Wright Anything

31 min listen

#120 New Testament Q&A: Pharisees, contradictions & oral tradition: 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, reli... by Ask NT Wright Anything

28 min listen

#152 - Can women lead in church? Why does 1 Timothy tell women to ’be silent’?: Tom answers questions on what the New Testament says about the role of women in church leadership. Does 1 Tim 2:13-15 forbid women from preaching? What does he make of complementarian vs egalitarian theology? How does he treat passages such as Ephe... by Ask NT Wright Anything

28 min listen

#126 - From the slums of Kenya to new life - NT Wright meets Jey Mbiro: 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 Compassion... by Ask NT Wright Anything

39 min listen

#158 Why don’t I hear from God any more?: Tom and Justin are back with a fresh batch of questions from listeners who are having trouble hearing from God. Nicole asks why 'Ask and you shall receive' doesn't seem to work in practise? Shelagh says she doesn't hear from God the way she used to... by Ask NT Wright Anything

24 min listen

#133 Is faith anti-intellectual?: 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... by Ask NT Wright Anything

24 min listen

#138 An evening with NT Wright at The Rock Church: 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 Nov... by Ask NT Wright Anything

25 min listen

#151 NT Wright Q&A with Bishop Joseph D’Souza on global mission - Oxford Conference Session 3: Tom Wright and Joseph D'Souza host a Q&A at the Reimagining Global Mission conference in Oxford covering questions on the theology of mission and discipleship. NT Wright was keynote speaker at an Oxford conference on Reimagining Mission in the Global... by Ask NT Wright Anything

59 min listen

#131 Help! I’m on the brink of atheism... Deconstruction and suffering: 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/14416... by Ask NT Wright Anything

21 min listen

#127 How do I reconcile Evolution, the Fall and Original Sin?: 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? ... by Ask NT Wright Anything

27 min listen

#154 Tom answers Qs on universalism, hell and salvation: In an extended edition of the show originally broadcast on the Unbelievable? podcast, Justin asks a variety of listener questions on dispensationalism, John’s gospel, inerrancy, salvation, hell, universalism and Tom’s favourite books, music and muc... by Ask NT Wright Anything

57 min listen

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

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