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’. First broadcast in 2018. • Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: https://pod.link/1441656192• More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://ww...
Sep 29, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 137
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 from 2018. • Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: https://pod.link/1441656192• More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• For online learning: https://www.pre...
Sep 22, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 136
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 featuring other perspectives on the death of the Queen: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/unbelievable/unbelievable-remembering-queen-elizabeth-ii-nt-wright-gavin-ashenden-and-ruth-jackson/13807.article • Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast:...
Sep 15, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 135
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 Mark? Tom answers listener questions on the influence of the reformers. • Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: https://pod.link/1441656192• More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelie...
Sep 08, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 134
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/1441656192• More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events• Support...
Sep 01, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 133
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 even sure I believe? • Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: https://pod.link/1441656192• More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable...
Aug 25, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 132
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 shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events• Support us in the U...
Aug 18, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 131
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. • Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: https://pod.link/1441656192• More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• For online lea...
Aug 11, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 130
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! • Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: https://pod.link/1441656192• More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• For online lear...
Aug 04, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 129
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. • To sponsor a child text JUSTIN to 83393 (USA only) or visit https://www.compassion.com/justin• Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: https://pod.link/1441656192• More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questio...
Jul 28, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 128
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? Tom answers listener questions on evolution, creation and Genesis. • More Ask NT Wright Anything: https://pod.link/1441656192 • More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events...
Jul 21, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 127
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.Please sponsor a child: Text JUSTIN to 83393 (USA only)Or visit http://www.compassion.com/justinEvery sponsor from the USA will receive a copy of Justin's book 'Unbelievable? Why, after ten years of talking with Christians, I'm still a Christian'....
Jul 14, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 126
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 to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events• Support us in the USA: h...
Jul 07, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 125
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 up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events• Support us in the USA: http://www...
Jun 30, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 124
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_ULB26cUFor Mikhaila Peterson & John Mccray live event: http://www.unbelievable.live• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-eve...
Jun 23, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 123
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 that took place in 2018.Watch the conversation between Tom Holland and NT Wright: https://youtu.be/nlf_ULB26cUFor Mikhaila Peterson & John Mccray live event: http://www.unbelievable.live• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievab...
Jun 16, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 122
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?• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbeli...
Jun 09, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 121
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?• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsig...
Jun 02, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 120
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://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: h...
May 26, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 119
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 listener questions about mental health.• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com• For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events• Support us i...
May 19, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 118
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• More podcasts, free eBook, newsletter & ask a question: https://premierunbelievable.com• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/ntwright• Rest of the world: https://my.premier.org.uk/donate/donate-unbelievabl...
May 13, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 117
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 but don't believe? It the Kingdom of Jesus is here, why is the world still a mess?• For Conference & live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• More podcasts, free eBook, newsletter & ask a question: https://premierunbelievable.com• Get 'Surprised by Hope' when you support u...
May 04, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 116
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 podcasts, free eBook, newsletter & ask a question: https://premierunbelievable.com• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/ntwright• Rest of the world: https://my.premier.org.uk/donate/donate-unbelievable-2022• Exclusive podcast o...
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 115
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 PDX.• For Conference & live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• More podcasts, free eBook, newsletter & ask a question: https://premierunbelievable.com• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/ntwright• Rest of the world: https://my.premier.org...
Apr 21, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 116
NT Wright answers question about the Easter story. Is it fair that Judas was predestined to betray Christ? Did the resurrection need to be physical? Could the disciples have hallucinated the risen Jesus? Is it significant that Jesus' mortal body was continuous with his resurrection body... but ours won't be? • For Conference & live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• More podcasts, free eBook, newsletter & ask a question: https://premierunbelievable.com• Support us in the USA: http://www.premi...
Apr 14, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Tom shares his thoughts on the Ukraine conflict and answers listener questions on how to pray for Ukraine and whether such events are evidence of the 'end times'.• For Conference & live events: http://www.unbelievable.live• More podcasts, free eBook, newsletter & ask a question: https://premierunbelievable.com• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/ntwright• Rest of the world: https://my.premier.org.uk/donate/donate-unbelievable-2022• Exclusive podcast offers on Tom’s books and vi...
Apr 07, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 112
How important is it to get our doctrine right? Why read the Bible if theologians can't agree on its interpretation? Whose books do you disagree with that you'd still recommend? NT Wright responds to questions about differences on doctrine and theology.· Support the show – give from the USA or UK & Rest of the world· For Premier Unbelievable? live events & conference: www.unbelievable.live · For bonus content, the newsletter, prize draws and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com · Excl...
Mar 31, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 111
How far should Christians seek to impose their moral beliefs on a secular society? How do I evangelise without being a 'Bible Basher'? I've been made to feel guilty about evangelism - so how do we fulfill the great commission? Tom answers practical questions on outreach and evangelism.· Support the show – give from the USA or UK & Rest of the world· For Premier Unbelievable? live events & conference: www.unbelievable.live · For bonus content, the newsletter, prize draws and to ask a question sig...
Mar 24, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 111
NT Wright responds to a variety of pastoral questions around ethical dilemmas and regrets: Should I boycott the Qatar world cup? What do about the fact my job involves working on the cell line of an aborted baby? Was I responsible for my friend's suicide after I rejected his romantic advances?· Support the show – give from the USA or UK & Rest of the world· For Premier Unbelievable? live events & conference: www.unbelievable.live · For bonus content, the newsletter, prize draws and to ask a ques...
Mar 17, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Can we lose our salvation? What if I don't feel worthy to be a disciple of Jesus? Could I think that I'm saved, but not be? Like those that Jesus says 'depart from me' in Matt 7:21-23? Justin asks the questions and NT Wright responds. · Support the show – give from the USA or UK & Rest of the world· For Premier Unbelievable? live events & conference: www.unbelievable.live · For bonus content, the newsletter, prize draws and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com · Exclusive podcast off...
Mar 10, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 109
