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Ask NT Wright Anything

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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. Produced by Premier Unbelievable and hosted by Mike Bird.


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  • Oct 13, 2022 · 25 min

    #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

  • Oct 6, 2022 · 27 min

    #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

  • Sep 29, 2022 · 28 min

    #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

  • Sep 22, 2022 · 30 min

    #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

  • Sep 15, 2022 · 24 min

    #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

  • Sep 8, 2022 · 27 min

    #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

  • Sep 1, 2022 · 26 min

    #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

  • Aug 25, 2022 · 21 min

    #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

  • Aug 18, 2022 · 24 min

    #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

  • Aug 11, 2022 · 27 min

    #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

  • Aug 4, 2022 · 24 min

    #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

  • Jul 28, 2022 · 26 min

    #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

  • Jul 21, 2022 · 29 min

    #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

  • Jul 14, 2022 · 42 min

    #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

  • Jul 7, 2022 · 22 min

    #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

  • Jun 30, 2022 · 25 min

    #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

  • Jun 23, 2022 · 33 min

    #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

  • Jun 16, 2022 · 37 min

    #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

  • Jun 9, 2022 · 27 min

    #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

  • Jun 2, 2022 · 31 min

    #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