So you call yourself a Christian? What does it really mean to call oneself a Christian? That word – Christian – has come to stand for many realities in various cultures across time, but there are distinguishing marks we might point to. In this episode of Thinking Through the Christian Life, Prof. N.T. Wright considers how the categories of belonging, belief, and behavior are defining for the Christian life.This 13-episode series examines the key elements of the Christian life and how we can think about each of them from a uniquely Christian perspective, letting them transform the way we live in the world. We'll cover everything from common Christian activities, such as prayer, baptism, and attending church, to more universal human experiences, including work, rest, and lament. Join us every Monday to think together about the Christian life.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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John opens his Gospel with a declaration that hope has arrived, but, scandalously, it has arrived in human flesh! John roots his claim about Jesus in the Hebrew Scriptures, weaving together the themes of Torah to showcase Jesus as the fulfillment of original Creation and the launch of New Creation.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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Is there a specific part of our identity that corresponds directly to the “image of God” in which we were made? Theologians have puzzled over the precise details of “the image of God” for millennia, but this image might not be the kind of image we’re used to thinking of. In this video, Prof. N.T. Wright explains the context of the ancient world, in which statues, icons, or images functioned to make those represented present throughout the wider world.Reading the Images is a series of videos from Admirato and N.T. Wright Online which explores the common images that run throughout the Biblical narrative.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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What if our prayer can remind God of the amazing things he's done for us in the past? What can this prayer from Moses teach us about how to have hard conversations with God? Welcome to Reading Scripture Together, a new series of weekly devotions from Admirato and N.T. Wright Online. Reading scripture in public is not just about feeding our own spirits and minds, but about rehearsing the mighty acts of God for God's glory. Join N.T. Wright every week to think together about what God has done, and is doing, among us.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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In the ancient Roman world, the introduction of new gods was considered a criminal offense. This put Paul in a tough position during his speech on the Areopagus. Never shy, he goes on the offensive and sows what seeds of faith he can, navigating between affirmation and calls to repentance.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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Paul explains in 1 Corinthians 15, through an admittedly complex discourse, that God’s long-awaited era of New Creation has officially begun with Jesus’s resurrection. What this means for us is a call to live in the balance of the now and not yet, never too much in the now nor too focused on the future hope that we forget the now.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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Jesus’s resurrection changes everything! In the first century world of Roman occupation, this wasn’t always welcome news to everyone. The idea of resurrection now, already beginning in the person of Jesus, carried substantial consequences, including the inbreaking of God’s world into our own. This is what we should expect when the signs of new life spring up: some people rejoice, while others are threatened.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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Peter’s denial is an infamous passage in the passion narratives. Mirroring and redeeming this event is Jesus’s post-resurrection call for Peter to feed his sheep. More than anything, the triple repetition of Jesus’s question, with variation, showcases Jesus’s grace to, once again, meet the disciples where they’re at. Even when Peter can’t quite bring himself to declare his full love for Jesus.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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Thomas is often labelled the doubting disciple, but Prof. Wright reinterprets John 20 to see Thomas as a model of very real faith, with consequences for all of our evangelism. Jesus’s action in this passage point to a God who meets us where we are, and respects our belief, however it comes about. Thomas is, after all, the first person in John’s Gospel to call Jesus God.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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Several of the Easter stories contain the hint that the disciples don’t quite recognize Jesus right away. In the story of the dinner at Emmaus, Luke provides us with the new way by which we recognize Jesus, the breaking of the bread among believers, and the warming of our hearts at the unfolding of the scriptures.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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