
Ask NT Wright Anything
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S1 Ep 158#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 pulls out the guitar once more for a Genesis-themed song. First broadcast in 2019. Tom's recommended resources mentioned in this show: John Walton: 'The Lost World of Genesis One'Gregory K Beale: 'The Temple and the Church's Mission'Jon D Levenson: 'Creation and the Persistence of Evil' • 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• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 156#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? First broadcast in 2019. • 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• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 155#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 2019. • 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• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 157#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. • 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• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 153#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 church tradition, and whether there is a ‘trajectory hermeneutic’ when it comes to issues like slavery in the Bible. First broadcast in 2019, this episode includes a bonus bit of 'Tom Unplugged' at the end! • 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• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 152#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 as Ephesians 5: 22 ‘wives submit to your husband’? First broadcast in 2019. • 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• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 151#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 South, hosted by Bishop Joseph D'Souza of the Good Shepherd Church network in India, in partnership with Premier.Watch the video: https://youtu.be/HTFvFT0I7VAFor Bishop Joseph D'Souza: http://www.gsi.org/• 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• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 150#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 by Bishop Joseph D'Souza of the Good Shepherd Church network in India, in partnership with Premier.Support our End Of Year Appeal: https://gtly.to/aAxRk0kQsWatch the video: https://youtu.be/fd-iIxpaDvcFor Bishop Joseph D'Souza: http://www.gsi.org/• 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• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 149#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 a show first broadcast December 2018 Support our End Of Year Appeal: https://gtly.to/aAxRk0kQs • 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• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S1 Ep 148#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 Tom speaks on how the story of Jesus through scripture should shape our approach to global mission. Support our End Of Year Appeal: https://gtly.to/aAxRk0kQs Watch the video: https://youtu.be/AtPxCU7ps3oFor Bishop Joseph D'Souza: http://www.gsi.org/ • 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• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 147#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? Justin Bass joins for a final time. For the book 'Harvesting The Fruits' mentioned by Tom: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Harvesting-Fruits-Christian-Ecumenical-Dialogue/dp/1441162720 • 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• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 146#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 can't be a Christian and vote for Joe Biden? How do I talk to post-Christian friends who have rejected US evangelicalism? • 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• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 145#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 raised? Tom answers listener questions along with guest scholar Justin Bass. Support the show for Giving Tuesday: https://gtly.to/t4eSg7RRc • 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 USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 144#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 conflict? And what did Paul know about Jesus? New Testament scholar Justin Bass also joins the conversation. • 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 USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 143#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 as historical evidence for the truth of the resurrection For 'The Bedrock of Christianity': https://justinwbass.com/ • 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 USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 142#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. • 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 USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 141#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 broadcast in 2019. And Tom gets his guitar out again… • 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 USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 140#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 Miles McPherson, recorded at Rock Church, San Diego in 2019. Used with permission of Rock Church, San Diego https://www.sdrock.com • 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 USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 139#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. Used with permission of Rock Church, San Diego https://www.sdrock.com • 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 USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 138#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 2019. For 'The New Testament In Its World': https://zondervanacademic.com/pages/new-testament-in-its-worldUsed with permission of Rock Church, San Diego https://www.sdrock.comWatch the video: https://youtu.be/D1kSQwgZNSM • 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 USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 137#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 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://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: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 136#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 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.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 135#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. 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: 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 USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 134#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 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://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: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 133#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: 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 USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 132#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 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.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: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 131#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 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.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 130#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 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 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: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 129#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 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 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: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 128#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 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 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.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 127#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 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: 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: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S1 Ep 126#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 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'.We hope to see 100 children sponsored through Compassion and the Ask NT Wright Anything Show. Thankyou! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 125#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 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.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 124#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 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.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 123#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_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-events• Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 122#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 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://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: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 121#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 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/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 120#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?• 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: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 119#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 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: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 118#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' 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 in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow• Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 117#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• 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 videos from SPCK & NT Wright Online• Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via your preferred podcast platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 116#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 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 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 videos from SPCK & NT Wright Online• Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via your preferred podcast platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 115#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 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 videos from SPCK & NT Wright Online• Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via your preferred podcast platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 116#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 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 offers on Tom’s books and videos from SPCK & NT Wright Online• Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via your preferred podcast platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 113#113 Was Judas predestined to betray? Did the disciples hallucinate?
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.premierinsight.org/ntwright• Rest of the world: https://my.premier.org.uk/donate/donate-unbelievable-2022• Exclusive podcast offers on Tom’s books and videos from SPCK & NT Wright Online• Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via your preferred podcast platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 112#112 How do I pray for Ukraine?
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 videos from SPCK & NT Wright Online• Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via your preferred podcast platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 111#111 Why can’t Christians agree on doctrine?
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 · Exclusive podcast offers on Tom’s books and videos from SPCK & NT Wright Online· Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via your preferred podcast platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 111#110 I feel guilty about evangelism
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 sign up at www.askntwright.com · Exclusive podcast offers on Tom’s books and videos from SPCK & NT Wright Online· Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via your preferred podcast platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 109#109 Am I guilty of my friend’s suicide?
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 question sign up at www.askntwright.com · Exclusive podcast offers on Tom’s books and videos from SPCK & NT Wright Online· Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via your preferred podcast platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1 Ep 109#108 What if I’m not really saved?
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 offers on Tom’s books and videos from SPCK & NT Wright Online· Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via your preferred podcast platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices