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The weekly podcast that connects you to NT (Tom) Wright’s thought and theology by allowing you to ask the questions. Presented by Premier Unbelievable? in partnership with SPCK and NTWrightOnline. Hosted by Justin Brierley. www.premierunbelievable.com

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#163 Theology of worship, c...

03.30.2023

Do you have to go to church to be a Christian? What should our theology of worship be? How do we know we are in the ‘correct’ denomination? Tom Wright answers these and more questions from listeners about Christian unity. ...

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03.30.2023 #163 Theology of worship, church and unity Do you have to go to church to be a Christian? What should our theology of worship be? How do we know we are in the ‘correct’ denomination? Tom Wright answers these and more questions from listeners about Christian unity. ...
03.23.2023 #162 Questions on sexuality and LGBT In this replay podcast from 2019 Tom answered listener questions on how to have better conversations on sexuality in the church, co-habitation, whether the New Testament understanding of homosexuality was different to today and his thoughts on Transgender following a ...
03.16.2023 #161 Housebound prayers, computer programming, art and music - what counts as kingdom work? Tom answers practical questions about the role of those unable to be physically active - does their prayer and meditation make a difference in the kingdom? A computer programmer questions whether his work is a worthwhile activity in Kingdom terms? ...
03.09.2023 #160 Why bother improving the world? Can Christians attain perfection? Why bother with earth and not just create heaven? Why try to make the world a better place if God is going to fix it? Is the world getting better or worse because of Christianity? Can Christians achieve perfection in ...
03.02.2023 #159 What difference does prayer make? Tom shares his prayer habits Tom answers listener questions on prayer including: 'Is prayer just telling God what to do?' and 'What difference does prayer make if God has already decided what to do?'. Kelly is nervous about praying out loud before a meal in ...
02.23.2023 #158 Why don’t I hear from God any more? CORRECTED AUDIO UPLOADED! 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 ...
02.16.2023 #157 Making sense of Adam, Eve and the Genesis creation story Tom Wright joins Justin to answer listener questions on how to interpret the early chapters of Genesis, what he believes about the nature of Adam and Eve, whether suffering and death existed before the fall and much more… He also ...
02.09.2023 #156 Have you ever struggled with your own faith Tom? Listeners want to know about Tom - Who are his favourite authors? If he could have dinner with anyone from the 20th Century who would it be? Why is he an Anglican? Has he ever struggled with his own faith? ...
02.02.2023 #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 ...
01.26.2023 #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 much more… First broadcast in 2016. ...
01.19.2023 #153 Is the Bible inerrant? Is ’Sola Scriptura’ correct? What about verses endorsing slavery? How should we treat the Bible? Inerrant? Infallible? Does it contain errors? Tom answers questions on the nature of the Bible as well as related issues such as whether the Reformers were right to concentrate solely on scripture rather than ...
01.12.2023 #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 ...
01.05.2023 #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 ...
12.29.2022 #150 NT Wright on the multi-ethnic mission of the church - Oxford Conference Session 2 In this second lecture from the Reimagining Global Mission conference in Oxford, Tom speaks on the multi-ethnic, multicultural, polychrome mission of the church. NT Wright was keynote speaker at an Oxford conference on Reimagining Mission in the Global South, hosted ...
12.22.2022 #149 Can we trust the Christmas story? Responding to Bart Ehrman Tom Wright talks to Justin about Christmas and the birth narratives, and answers listener questions on the reliability of the gospels, Bart Ehrman on textual transmission, the dating of the gospels, and whether The Ascension happened as described. Replay of ...
12.15.2022 #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 conference ...
12.08.2022 #147 Catholics have questions Catholic listeners have sent in some questions for Tom, including: Will the elusive dream of Catholic and Anglican unity ever be possible? I'm reconsidering my conversion to Catholicism... should I take my 6 year old daughter out of the church? ...
12.01.2022 #146 Can a Christian vote for Biden? Can faith be disentangled from left vs right politics? Tom is joined by Texan Bible scholar Justin Bass as they respond to questions from US listeners about right wing politics and faith. Where does patriotism fit with Christian worship? What do I say to family members who say I ...
11.24.2022 #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 ...
11.17.2022 #144 Why is John’s Gospel so different? What did Paul know about Jesus? Tom Wright and Justin Brierley are back with a fresh batch of listener questions on the gospels this week including: How do I reconcile John's portrayal of Jesus with the other gospels? Are the timings of the crucifixion accounts in ...
11.10.2022 #143 The bedrock facts of the resurrection - NT Wright & Justin Bass Justin Brierley and Tom Wright are joined by New Testament scholar Justin Bass, author of ‘The Bedrock of Christianity: The unalterable facts of Jesus’ death and resurrection’. They discuss why the appearances of Jesus and the rise of Christianity count ...
11.03.2022 #142 What did St Paul believe about justification, election and salvation? Tom Wright talks to Justin about his book Paul: A Biography and takes listener questions on ‘justification’, election and salvation and what three things he would ask Paul if he were alive today. From a show first broadcast in 2019. ...
10.27.2022 #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 ...
10.20.2022 #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 ...
10.13.2022 #139 Q&A on New Creation & Salvation with Pastor Miles McPherson Pt 1 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. ...
10.06.2022 #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 ...
09.29.2022 #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 ...
09.22.2022 #136 Talking to kids about New Creation & responding to William Lane Craig 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 ...
09.15.2022 #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. ...
09.08.2022 #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 ...
09.01.2022 #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: ...
08.25.2022 #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 ...
08.18.2022 #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/1441656192 • More ...
08.11.2022 #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 ...
08.04.2022 #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 ...
07.28.2022 #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 ...
07.21.2022 #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 ...
07.14.2022 #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 ...
07.07.2022 #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 • More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up ...
06.30.2022 #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 shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign ...
06.23.2022 #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 Mikhaila Peterson & John Mccray ...
06.16.2022 #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 ...
06.09.2022 #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 ...
06.02.2022 #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, reliable? ...
05.26.2022 #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 ...
05.19.2022 #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' ...
05.13.2022 #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: http://www.unbelievable.live • ...
05.04.2022 #116 Questions about Surprised By Hope Tom answers questions on his bestselling book 'Surprised by Hope'. Do certain Bible passages contradict the idea of a renewed earth? What method can I use to share the gospel? What is the fate of those who reflect God's love ...
04.28.2022 #115 Part 2: NT Wright, Esau McCaulley & Tim Mackie on race and the church Hear the audience Q&A that followed NT Wright and Esau McCaulley's conversation on race and the church, hosted by Tim Mackie of The Bible Project. Broadcast with permission of Together PDX. • For Conference & live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • More ...
04.21.2022 #114 NT Wright, Esau McCaulley & Tim Mackie on Reading the Gospels While Black Pt 1 In this bonus episode, hear NT Wright's conversation with Rev Esau McCaulley, author of 'Reading While Black', on race and the Bible and it's impact on the Church. Tim Mackie of The Bible Project hosts. Broadcast with permission of Together ...

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