Ask NT Wright Anything

#18 Hell and Heaven

July 18, 2019 08:41 - 36 minutes - 16.5 MB

What is the nature of hell and what does Tom believe about it? What about annihilationist or universalist views? Can we be happy in heaven if we know that loved ones won’t be there? These and more listener questions get addressed by Tom Wright in this episode. For the newsletter, bonus content, prize draws and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For the The Lord’s Prayer free video course: www.ntwrightonline.org/askntwright For Unbelievable? The Conference 2019 www.premierch...

#17 Other religions, the New Age and Islam

July 02, 2019 19:00 - 36 minutes - 16.5 MB

What happens to those who don’t believe in Jesus? What can I say to my New Age sister? My Muslim friend gets so much comfort from her faith... do I need to evangelise her? These and more listener questions get addressed by Tom Wright in this episode. For the newsletter, bonus content, prize draws and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For the SPCK offer on Tom’s best selling titles: www.spckpublishing.co.uk/askntwright For Unbelievable? The Conference 2019 www.premierchrist...

#16 Tom answers questions on prayer

June 18, 2019 19:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MB

What’s the point of prayer if God knows our needs? Can we claim ‘anything’ by faith in Jesus name? What do Tom’s prayer habits look like? These and more listener questions get addressed by Tom Wright in this episode. For the newsletter, bonus content, prize draws and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com To get the video course on the Lord’s Prayer free www.ntwrightonline.org/askntwright For Unbelievable? The Conference 2019 www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable confere...

#15 A pastor losing his faith writes in. Tom responds to personal questions

June 07, 2019 08:52 - 42 minutes - 19.7 MB

In a special pastoral Q&A edition Tom responds to various questions on difficult family situations, unforgiveness and a church pastor who doesn’t know if he believes any more. Plus,Tom whips out the guitar again for a Leonard Cohen classic. For the newsletter, bonus content, prize draws and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For podcast listener discounts on Tom’s books: www.spckpublishing.co.uk/askntwright For Unbelievable? The Conference 2019 www.premierchristianradio.c...

#14 The Church, worship and unity

May 21, 2019 16:05 - 27 minutes - 12.8 MB

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, and chats with host Justin about Christian unity. For the newsletter, bonus content and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For Tom’s free video course on The Lord’s Prayer http://ntwrightonline/askntwright Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via PodBean, iTunes or RS...

#13 Christian sexual ethics, homosexuality and transgender

May 10, 2019 13:16 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MB

In this edition of the podcast Tom answers 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 letter he wrote to The Times newspaper. For the newsletter, bonus content and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For Unbelievable? the Conference 2019: https://premierchristianradio.com/unbelievableconference For p...

#12 Genesis, evolution, Adam and Eve and The Fall

April 24, 2019 13:24 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MB

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 pulls out the guitar once more for a Genesis-themed song. For prize draws, bonus content and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For Tom’s free video course on The Lord’s Prayer http://ntwrightonline/askntwright Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anythin...

#11 Easter, the resurrection and thoughts on Jordan Peterson

April 09, 2019 15:24 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MB

As Easter approaches Tom answers a variety of listener questions on the Biblical resurrection accounts, the nature of the resurrection body, why Jesus didn’t stay with us, and also shares his thoughts on popular psychology professor Jordan B Peterson. For prize draws, bonus content and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For podcast listener discounts on Tom’s books www.spckpublishing.co.uk/askntwright Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via PodBean, iTunes or RS...

#10 Tom answers Personal Qs on favourite preachers, authors and his own faith

March 27, 2019 11:58 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MB

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? For prize draws, bonus content and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For podcast listener discounts on Tom’s video courses www.ntwrightonline.org/askntwright Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via PodBean, iTunes or RSS Feed

#9 Old Testament violence, Andy Stanley and Greg Boyd

March 12, 2019 18:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MB

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’. For prize draws, bonus content and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For a 20% discount on The Bible For Everyone go to https://spckpublishing.co.uk/the-bible-for-everyone and enter discount code NTWRIGHT at checkout. For podcast listener discoun...

#8 Resurrection, hell, universalism, dispensationalism (and much more)

February 26, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 28.5 MB

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… For prize draws, bonus content and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For a 20% discount on The Bible For Everyone go to https://spckpublishing.co.uk/the-bible-for-everyone and enter discount code NTWRIGHT at checkout. F...

#7 Bible infallibility, Sola Scriptura and slavery

February 12, 2019 18:00 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MB

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 church tradition, and whether there is a ‘trajectory hermeneutic’ when it comes to issues like slavery in the Bible. For prize draws, bonus content and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For a 20% discount on The Bible For Everyone go to...

#6 Female church leadership, complementarity and marriage

January 30, 2019 18:00 - 30 minutes - 14 MB

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 Ephesians 5: 22 ‘wives submit to your husband’? For prize draws, bonus content and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For podcast listener discounts on Tom’s video courses www.ntwrightonline.org/askntwright For Paula Gooder and Fr...

#5 Qs on the life of St Paul, justification and predestination

January 16, 2019 18:00 - 31 minutes - 14.2 MB

Tom Wright talks to Justin about his new 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. For prize draws, bonus content and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com For podcast listener discounts on Tom’s video courses www.ntwrightonline.org/askntwright For NT Wright in conversation with Tom Holland https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Epi...

#4 Qs on Mission, Evangelism, Islam and other religions

January 01, 2019 00:00 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MB

In this episode Tom Wright fields listener 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. And Tom gets his guitar out again… For prize draws, bonus content and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com Subscribe to the podcast via PodBean, iTunes or RSS Feed

#3 Qs on Christmas, the historical Jesus, Bart Ehrman & The Ascension

December 11, 2018 16:49 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MB

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. For prize draws and bonus content sign up at www.askntwright.com Subscribe to the podcast via PodBean, iTunes or RSS Feed End music: Bach Christmas Oratorio – Wiki Creative Commons

#2 Qs on sacrifice, crucifixion and atonement

November 27, 2018 14:26 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MB

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 human camp’. For prize draws and bonus content sign up at www.askntwright.com Subscribe to the podcast via PodBean, iTunes or RSS Feed

#1 Qs on Heaven, the Kingdom of God and the return of Christ

November 13, 2018 12:30 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MB

In the first full episode of the show, 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. BONUS CONTENT: To enter the draw for a copy of ‘Paul: A Biography’ and to receive the bonus video of Tom responding to a question about The Rapture sign up at www.askntwright.com

Tom and Justin introduce the podcast

November 08, 2018 15:05 - 10 minutes - 4.75 MB

Register for updates, exclusive content and to ask your question at www.askntwright.com NT (Tom) Wright is the former Bishop of Durham, a celebrated Bible scholar, author, and Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Tom and Justin chat about the new podcast in this introductory episode. To be entered for the draw to win a copy of Paul: A Biography register at www.askntwright.com