All Ask NT Wright articles
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ShowsWho are Abraham’s children? Did Jesus make mistakes? Is apostolic succession essential to the Church’s faithfulness?
Tom Wright and Michael Bird tackle three big questions: Did Paul convert, or was his identity as Abraham’s child transformed by Jesus? Did Jesus ever make mistakes? And is apostolic succession essential - or is the church’s faithfulness anchored elsewhere?
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ShowsCan I attend Catholic church? Jews vs Judeans in translation? Why did Paul circumcise Timothy but not Titus?
Tom Wright tackles questions about attending different churches, translating key biblical terms, and puzzling choices in Paul’s ministry. He explores Protestant-Catholic unity, why some Bibles say “Judeans” instead of “Jews,” and the lessons behind Paul’s decisions with Timothy and Titus.
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ShowsWhy Do Prayers Go Unanswered? Tom Wright & Mike Bird on Grief, the Eucharist, and Bible Characters’ Reality
In this deeply pastoral episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird tackle some of the most sensitive and difficult questions Christians face.
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ShowsWhy did Jesus turn water into wine? Did Paul invent Christianity? Are Christian hymns wrong? NT Wright Explains
In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright answers listener questions about John’s Gospel, worship music, and the relationship between Jesus and Paul.
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ShowsWomen in ministry, Church unity & Paul’s “End of the World” Ask NT Wright Anything
In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird tackle three major questions: Should Christians stay in churches that disagree about women in leadership? How can the global church pursue deeper unity?
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ShowsCan you lose your Salvation, hyper-calvanism and did Jesus actually preach Hell?
Today on Ask NT Wright Anything, N.T. Wright and Mike Bird tackle three major theological questions: Can Christians lose their salvation? What did Jesus actually mean when he spoke about hell? Is hyper-Calvinism a distortion of biblical teaching?
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ShowsWhat’s the fine print on the Second Coming, the Transfiguration, and Michael Heiser’s Unseen Realm
In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird tackle three fascinating theological questions: What actually happens at the Second Coming? Were Moses and Elijah resurrected at the Transfiguration? How should Christians understand the “unseen realm” of angels and spiritual beings?
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ShowsThe death of Judas, Biblical Inerrancy and how to avoid being too “heavenly minded”?
How did Judas really die, by hanging or by falling and bursting open? Does the Bible contain contradictions? And what does it really mean to “set your mind on things above”?
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ShowsPuzzled by Dispensationalism: is our suffering redemptive? The rapture, new creation & becoming “Divine”
In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird tackle three profound theological questions that sit right at the heart of Christian hope.
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ShowsWhat do you get from Church that you can’t get from another community?
What makes Church different from any other community? In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird explore the church’s unique role in spiritual protection, salvation, and navigating tricky issues like infant baptism and bad teaching.
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ShowsCan Christians serve unjust governments?
Can Christians work within unjust governments? What actually changes with the New Covenant? And what does the future hold for Anglicanism amid global shifts and internal tensions?
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ShowsStill waiting… for Jesus’ return?
Does your everyday work really matter to God? Why did Jesus have to be fully human and fully divine? And how should Christians live faithfully while waiting for Jesus’ return?
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ShowsIs Salvation fair?
Who can be saved? What about those who have never heard the gospel? Do Christians earn rewards in heaven and what does God’s wrath really mean at the cross?
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ShowsIs Christian History objectively bad?
Also on today’s episode, listeners ask whether the “coming of the Son of Man” in Matthew 24 is about Jesus returning or Jesus being enthroned? And why isn’t “all Israel” saved?
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ShowsWhy doesn’t the Bible punish men for adultery?
In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird tackle three tough questions: Why does the Old Testament seem to treat women unfairly in adultery cases? What’s the meaning behind the Nazirite vow? And how is Christ really present in the Eucharist?
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ShowsWhat was John the Baptist doing when he baptised Jews before Jesus’ ministry began?
Do ordained ministers have “more” of the Holy Spirit than lay people? What exactly was John the Baptist doing when he baptised Jews before Jesus’ ministry began? And are the Thirty-Nine Articles still fit for purpose today?
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ShowsWhat did Paul mean by our “Earthly Tent”? And where is Eden?
Where is the Garden of Eden? What did Paul mean by our “earthly tent”? And does Genesis contain later edits, and if so, does that undermine Scripture?
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ShowsWas the Nativity invented to fulfil Prophecy? NT Wright answers
Was Jesus really born in Bethlehem, or did the gospel writers “invent” the story to fit prophecy? Did a Roman census ever force people to travel back to their ancestral towns? And what about Herod’s massacre of the innocents – pure theology, or plausible history?
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ShowsIs Christianity bad?! Has religion done more harm than good? NT Wright and Mike Bird LIVE in London
N.T. Wright and Mike Bird and reunited together in person in Premier’s new London studios for a big Ask NT Wright Anything episode.
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ShowsWhy does the New Testament show so much demonic activity? and why are so many young Christians turning to high church traditions?
Demonic activity in the New Testament, the surprising rise of “high church” worship, and whether Christians should be keeping Saturday as the Sabbath…
