Podcast: Ask NT Wright Anything

#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 …

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#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 muc…

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#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 t…

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#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 Ephe…

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#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…

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#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 Glob…

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#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. …

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#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 …

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#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? Jus…

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#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 an…

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