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Presented by Justin Brierley

#165 A pastor losing his faith writes in, plus more pastoral questions

13 Apr 2023
39:46

In a special pastoral Q&A edition Tom responds to various questions on difficult family situations, unforgiveness and a church pastor who doesn’t know if he believes any more. Plus a musical treat from Tom. An archive show first broadcast in 2019...

#164 Easter questions on the resurrection of Jesus

6 Apr 2023
31:59

As Easter approaches Tom answers a variety of listener questions on the Biblical resurrection accounts, the nature of the resurrection body, why Jesus didn’t stay with us, and also shares his thoughts on popular psychology professor Jordan B Peters.....

#163 Theology of worship, church and unity

30 Mar 2023
25:39

Do you have to go to church to be a Christian? What should our theology of worship be? How do we know we are in the ‘correct’ denomination? Tom Wright answers these and more questions from listeners about Christian unity. An archive show first broa.....

#162 Questions on sexuality and LGBT

23 Mar 2023
28:34

In this replay podcast from 2019 Tom answered listener questions on how to have better conversations on sexuality in the church, co-habitation, whether the New Testament understanding of homosexuality was different to today and his thoughts on Tran.....

#161 Housebound prayers, computer programming, art and music - what counts as kingdom work?

16 Mar 2023
24:03

Tom answers practical questions about the role of those unable to be physically active - does their prayer and meditation make a difference in the kingdom? A computer programmer questions whether his work is a worthwhile activity in Kingdom terms? .....

#160 Why bother improving the world? Can Christians attain perfection?

9 Mar 2023
26:46

Why bother with earth and not just create heaven? Why try to make the world a better place if God is going to fix it? Is the world getting better or worse because of Christianity? Can Christians achieve perfection in this life, as Wesley claimed? T.....

#159 What difference does prayer make? Tom shares his prayer habits

2 Mar 2023
27:18

Tom answers listener questions on prayer including: 'Is prayer just telling God what to do?' and 'What difference does prayer make if God has already decided what to do?'. Kelly is nervous about praying out loud before a meal in public, and Jennife.....

#158 Why don’t I hear from God any more?

23 Feb 2023
24:08

CORRECTED AUDIO UPLOADED! Tom and Justin are back with a fresh batch of questions from listeners who are having trouble hearing from God. Nicole asks why 'Ask and you shall receive' doesn't seem to work in practise? Shelagh says she doesn't hear fr.....

#157 Making sense of Adam, Eve and the Genesis creation story

16 Feb 2023
33:38

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 guit.....

#156 Have you ever struggled with your own faith Tom?

9 Feb 2023
26:37

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.   • Subs.....

#155 Making sense of Old Testament violence

2 Feb 2023
28:08

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 .....

#154 Tom answers Qs on universalism, hell and salvation

26 Jan 2023
56:45

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.....

#153 Is the Bible inerrant? Is ’Sola Scriptura’ correct? What about verses endorsing slavery?

19 Jan 2023
32:29

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.....

#152 - Can women lead in church? Why does 1 Timothy tell women to ’be silent’?

12 Jan 2023
28:23

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.....

#151 NT Wright Q&A with Bishop Joseph D’Souza on global mission - Oxford Conference Session 3

5 Jan 2023
58:49

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 Gl...