For the final episode in our series “Thinking Through Salvation,” we revisit our opening assumptions about the link between salvation and common conceptions of heaven. If our standard idea of an otherworldly, disembodied heaven isn’t the biblical picture, is there anything wrong with hoping for something of that sort? What might we be missing out on by concentrating on that picture?To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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How, in the span of a generation, did the cross go from an obvious sign of failure, punishment, and brutality to one of victory, glory, and love? In this video, Prof. Wright explores the many meanings of the cross as history’s definitive turning point and a guiding symbol for millions of people around the world.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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Most Christians recognize prayer as a vital part of the spiritual life and desire to know not only how to pray effectively but also what our prayers actually accomplish. As for how, the Bible, somewhat unhelpfully, answers, “Constantly!” To really understand that, we’ll need to rethink what the mystery of prayer really means.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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This episode rounds out the basic questions of salvation by asking who gets saved, when that happens, and why salvation occurs and is necessary. Most Christians probably have ready answers to these questions, but Prof. Wright unpacks the deep resonances behind each of these, unfurling a robust vision of salvation for this present life.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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The Bible highlights imagery of reproductive vegetation throughout its narrative. Not only this, but it builds on this imagery to speak of God’s promises of abundance. In this video, Prof. N.T. Wright unpacks the uses of seed language in the Bible, which is often downplayed in English translations, in order to draw a throughline of God’s purposes from creation to new creation. God has put the principle of ongoing life into the world, in order to work in the world, through the world.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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“Church” can refer to the universal body of believers, individual communities, and the buildings they gather in for worship. So how should we think about the point of church, and whether or not it’s necessary, especially in a post-pandemic world? According to Prof. N.T. Wright, the being there is the point. Church is less about what we receive from going than it is about how the church benefits from our participation.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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In this episode, Prof. N.T. Wright explores the what, where, and how of salvation. Salvation is first and foremost God’s rescue plan for creation, accomplished through Jesus’s activity of embodying the Messiah vocation.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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You are going to die. All of us will. Facing mortality is rarely fun, so it’s understandable that humans throughout time have tried to soften the reality of death. But the Bible is clear in its assertion that death is the enemy, constantly reminding us that the reality of death is a consequence of creation’s broken nature. Jesus’s incarnation and resurrection, however, reveal that death does not possess the last word.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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How might we balance our work with a healthy rhythm of rest? In this episode, Prof. N.T. Wright examines the biblical evidence for rest as a crucial part of the Christian life, from God’s seventh-day rest, through the Jewish Sabbath, and on to the Christian practice of setting Sunday aside for worship.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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Bread is one of the most basic sources of sustenance for cultures around the world. In this video, Prof. N.T. Wright shows how God used the image of bread in the Bible to teach God’s people, and how we still use the image of bread today to remember God’s promises. God takes up the image of one of our most basic foodstuffs as the vehicle of something extraordinary, the very presence of God coming to be with and sustain God’s people.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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