All Episodes

Jesus as the glory of God, Do we need to rethink the Trinity, being a force for theological sanity in your Church

What happens when you die? Near-death experiences, Jesus' sonship and Satan's temptation

The Bible and self-forgiveness? The Ascension and were the Samaritans really Israelites?

Where do Christians go when they die? Jesus kept healing on the Sabbath? And is 'faith' enough?

Why was Jesus so cryptic? Is divorce ever OK? Does Isaiah 53 predict Jesus? And which theologian is hardest to understand?

Is the Greek Orthodox Church biblical? Are icons? Was John's Letter written to a woman? And should Christians judge?

What Did Jesus Mean By "My Father's House"? How should we think about euthanasia, and what are the rewards of Heaven?

Jesus and God's wrath, was the Holy Spirit in the OT and did God really command violence?

Are Catholics saved? Is the Bible missing books? And will there be a third temple?

More than marriage, how to find a true biblical lens and what's Tom's next book?

Is Patriarchy part of the fall? Should Christians tithe? And are Oneness Pentecostals saved if they don't believe in the Trinity?

Has the Gospel reached the 'Ends of the Earth'?  Where's my transformation? Will my children be with me into eternity?

Biblical Theology vs Systematic Theology? Romans 7 explained and whether Calvinism is Biblical?

Kingdom of Heaven vs. Secular Humanism; How to brush up on Greek, and should we pray to the Holy Spirit?

MAGA, Meaning and the End Times

Can you clarify substitutional atonement, Tom?  Which OT should Christians use? Northern tribes question

Does God repent? What does ekklesia mean? Talking about biblical words and what they mean?

Who are Abraham's children? Did Jesus make mistakes?  Is apostolic succession essential to the Church's faithfulness?

Can I attend Catholic church? Jews vs Judeans in translation? Why did Paul circumcise Timothy but not Titus?

Miscarriage, the Eucharist & did all the biblical characters really exist?

Why did Jesus turn water into wine? Did Paul invent Christianity? Are Christian hymns wrong? NT Wright Explains

Women in ministry, Church unity & Paul’s “End of the World” Ask NT Wright

Can you lose your Salvation, hyper-calvanism and did Jesus actually preach Hell?

What's the fine print on the Second Coming, the Transfiguration, and Michael Heiser's Unseen Realm

The death of Judas, Biblical Inerrancy and how to avoid being too "heavenly minded"?

Puzzled by Dispensationalism: is our suffering redemptive? The rapture, new creation & becoming “Divine”

What do you get from Church that you cant get from another community?

Can Christians serve unjust governments?

Still waiting... for Jesus' return?

Is Salvation fair?

Is Christian History objectively bad?

Why doesn’t the Bible punish men for adultery?

What was John the Baptist doing when he baptised Jews before Jesus’ ministry began?

Where is the Garden of Eden? NT Wright on Genesis, editing & authority

Tom Holland vs the Nativity: NT Wright answers

Is Christianity bad?! Has religion done more harm than good?

Why does the New Testament show so much demonic activity? and why are so many young Christians turning to high church traditions?

Is Online Church REAL Church?

Was Peter Really the Rock? Did Mary Stay a Virgin?

Where Do We Go When We Die?

Who wrote Hebrews? and who goes to Hell?

Help N.T. Wright! Please clarify salvation

Should we abandon our parents?

Gender Hierarchy,  Habakuk 2:4, What bits of the Bible did Paul write? Did Paul write the Pastoral Epistles?

Bishops, Priests, finding a Church, and the Universalism Question

The Vision of Ephesians: What is “Sola Scriptura”?

What happens at the End of the Age?

Tom, Should We Work Out? Why Is The Bible Authoritative?

Did God create 100 billion people just to send them to hell?

Should Church Leaders Be Ordained? Are We Needed To Usher In The New Creation?

Did Jesus Know He Was Divine?

Can you lose Salvation? Why do churches keep splitting? What is covenant theology?

The Big Bible episode: Canon, Contradictions & Tradition

Jesus and the powers, Why does it take the Anglicans so long to choose an Archbishop? What are healthy spiritual practices?

Faith, belief, and the fall of Jerusalem: what are we missing?

Will I Still Be Married in Heaven? NT Wright responds

God’s Word, Human Words, and Political Idols

Who were "the sons of God" in Genesis 6?

What does the Bible mean by a hardened heart, 'filled' by the Spirit and to be 'holy'?

Can we read Jesus into every Old Testament story?

Is God male? NT Wright on gender and divinity

When is Jesus going to return?

Will the resurrection be for all, or just for believers? NT Wright Answers

Is abortion ever justified? Can Lucifer be forgiven? NT Wright answers your questions

Suicide and Salvation: What does NT Wright say?

"I am a transgender man, can I get married to a woman?"

Will God resurrect my cremated body?

Jesus' Jewish identity, Paul's commands to women and Bonhoeffer's dilemma: Tom Wright answers

Does Tom Wright consider belief in the bodily resurrection of Jesus essential to Christian faith?

BONUS Subscriber only Easter Show: What does Easter mean for the mission of the Church today? Tom Wright and Mike Bird

NT Wright on the Resurrection: History, Theology & Why It Still Matters with Tom Wright and Mike Bird

Sin, Sex, and Salvation? NT Wright on Contraception, the Cross, and the Church

God’s Love: Universal, Personal, or Both? NT Wright Answers

Were Adam and Eve doomed to sin, or did their sins doom humanity? NT Wright and Mike Bird on questions of sin and universalism

Between death and resurrection - where was Jesus? NT Wright explains

What happens when we die? NT Wright on the Afterlife and NDEs

Resurrection, judgment, and salvation— NT Wright and Mike Bird break it down

Misconceptions about the resurrection and the role of an apostle

The Alpha and Omega: NT Wright on Jesus’ lineage and life after death

NT Wright answers: Was Paul a false apostle?!

Did Jesus claim to be the Son of God? Tom Wright responds to Bart Ehrman and other questions

Is salvation for everyone? Predestination, Free Will and Inclusion Theology

Questions about Heaven, Hell and the Rapture?!

Denominational Differences: Anglicans, Catholics, Works, Faith and The Holy Spirit

🎙️ Season 2 Premiere: Exploring the Historical Context of the Bible

#237 Christmas special - your Qs about Tom‘s life and work (Classic)

#236 Icons, praying to saints & dividing over sexuality (Classic)

#235 The New Testament in its World with special guest and co-author Mike Bird (Classic)

#234 Is the Bible anti-women? Does God hear the prayers of agnostics? (Classic)

#233 Free Will and the Problem of Evil (Classic)

#232 Making sense of Adam, Eve and the Genesis creation story (Classic)

#231 Mental health: Am I failing God by taking medication? (Classic)

#230 I can’t shake my sinful addiction (Classic)

#229 Making sense of Old Testament violence (Classic)

#228 Baptism: What happens? Should we baptise infants? Ask NT Wright Anything (Classic)

#227 Why don’t I hear from God any more? (Classic)

#226 Why bother improving the world? Can Christians attain perfection? (Classic)

#225 Will animals go to heaven? Are NDEs real? Is there 'free will' in heaven? (Classic)

#224 Is the world doomed? Global justice and climate change (Classic)

#223 Pastoral questions on porn, personal tragedy and coming back to faith (Classic)

#222 What if I’m not really saved? (Classic)

#221 Big Questions for Tom from Children: why did God make mosquitos? why does this world suffer?! did God create hell? (Classic)

#220 Understanding the Concept of Satan in the Bible (Classic)

#219 Why don’t I hear from God any more? (Classic)

#217 Dear Tom: I've got questions about Marriage (Classic)

#216 Dear Tom: What does the Bible say about the Spiritual Gifts? (Classic)

#215 Should we take the devil seriously? (Classic)

#214 Is the Old Testament history or metaphor? (Classic)

#213 Which Bible Translation is the best one? (Classic)

#212 The New Testament in its World with special guest and co-author Mike Bird (Classic)

#211 Singleness, dating and being unequally yoked. Should christians date non-christians? What's the point of it all? Puzzled and pastoral questions this week with Tom (Classic)

#209 Israel and the Second Coming of Christ (Classic)

#210 The Problem of Evil and Suffering: questions with NT Wright (Classic)

#208 Questions about Doctrine, the Trinity and Baptism (Classic)

#207 Conversations about the afterlife with Tom Wright (Classic)

#206 How do I share my faith with my New Age, Muslim and Atheist Friends? (Classic)

#205 What is Prayer, really? (Classic)

#204 A pastor deconstructs his faith, questions of sin and strugging with unforgiveness and other pastoral questions with Tom Wright (Classic)

#203 Christian unity, denominations and the modern Church (Classic)

#202 LGBTQI+, Transgender and Questions of Sexual Ethics (Classic)

#201 Interpreting Genesis, Adam and Eve, Suffering and the Fall (Classic)

#200 A Christmas Special - Tom answers your questions about his life and work (Classic)

#199 Can we trust the Christmas Narratives? Responding to questions about Christmas and Bart Erhman on the historical Jesus (Classic)

#198 Veganism, ethics and activism (Classic)

#197 US politics, conspiracy theories and prophecy (Classic)

#196 Pain and suffering Part 2 (Classic)

#195 Pain and suffering Part 1 (Classic)

#194 Icons, praying to saints & dividing over sexuality (Classic)

#193 Should women preach and lead in church? What about marriage? (Classic)

#192 Big questions from and about children (Classic)

#191 Donald Trump, gay cakes and white privilege (Classic)

#190 Ananias and Sapphira and more tricky theological questions (Classic)

#189 Brexit, Abortion, Race and Critical Theory (Classic)

#188 Jean Vanier and when leaders let us down (Classic)

#187 NT Wright livestream Q&A (Classic)

#186 Has the resurrection been debunked? (Classic)

#185 Questions on Crucifixion and Atonement (Classic)

#184 An Evening With NT Wright live in London (Classic)

#183 Pastoral questions on porn, personal tragedy and coming back to faith (Classic)

#182 Questions about marriage and divorce (Classic)

#181 The charismatic gifts of the Spirit (Classic)

#180 Satan and the powers of evil (Classic)

#179 Can I trust the Old Testament? (Classic)

#178 Bible Translations and Controversies (Classic)

#177 Am I Unequally Yoked? (Classic)

#176 Free will and Problem of Evil (Classic)

#175 Pastor losing faith writes in; personal Questions; Tom plays guitar! (Classic)

#174 Do I have to agree with St Paul? (Classic)

#173 Will there be animals in heaven? (Classic)

#172 Is the world doomed? (Classic)

#171 Tom answers Personal Qs on favourite preachers, authors and his own faith (Classic)

#170 Tom on his life and faith, and the meaning of the cross (Classic)

#169 Broken Signposts and questions on forgiveness and salvation (Classic)

#168 Questions on the life of St Paul, justification and predestination (Classic)

#167 Questions on Mission, Evangelism, Islam and other religions (Classic)

#166 Justin Brierley asks Tom Wright his own personal questions

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

#164 Easter questions on the resurrection of Jesus

#163 Theology of worship, church and unity

#162 Questions on sexuality and LGBT (Classic)

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

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

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

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

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

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

#155 Making sense of Old Testament violence

#154 Tom answers Qs on universalism, hell and salvation

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

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

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

#150 NT Wright on the multi-ethnic mission of the church - Oxford Conference Session 2

#149 Can we trust the Christmas story? Responding to Bart Ehrman

#148 NT Wright on Reimagining Mission in the Global South - Oxford Conference Session 1

#147 Catholics have questions

#146 Can a Christian vote for Biden? Can faith be disentangled from left vs right politics?

#145 Should I use the word ’heaven’? Will we know everything in the new creation?

#144 Why is John’s Gospel so different? What did Paul know about Jesus?

#143 The bedrock facts of the resurrection - NT Wright & Justin Bass

#142 What did St Paul believe about justification, election and salvation?

#141 How do I talk to Muslims about Christ? Is Jesus the only way?

#140 Q&A on racial reconciliation and female leadership with Pastor Miles McPherson Pt 2

#139 Q&A on New Creation & Salvation with Pastor Miles McPherson Pt 1

#138 An evening with NT Wright at The Rock Church

#137 Atheist asks: Was Jesus’ death just a ’bad weekend at human camp’?

#136 Talking to kids about New Creation & responding to William Lane Craig

#135 My weekend with Queen Elizabeth II

#134 Should we cancel Luther & Calvin?

#133 Is faith anti-intellectual?

#132 Is the Bible anti-women? Does God hear the prayers of agnostics?

#131 Help! I’m on the brink of atheism... Deconstruction and suffering

#130 Do I need to tithe? Church rules, covenants and leadership

#129 Would God need to redeem aliens? Life beyond earth and the cosmos

#128 Why did God make childbirth difficult? More questions about Eden and the Fall

#127 How do I reconcile Evolution, the Fall and Original Sin?

#126 From the slums of Kenya to new life - NT Wright meets Jey Mbiro

#125 Situation, Theology, and Hermeneutics in Galatians

#124 Medieval questions and the subject of Galatians

#123 How St. Paul changed the world Pt 2 - Tom Holland & NT Wright

#122 Tom Holland & NT Wright talk about Paul

#121 Making sense of The Trinity

#120 New Testament Q&A: Pharisees, contradictions & oral tradition

#119 Old Testament Q&A: Noah, Moses and where to start

#118 Mental health: Am I failing God by taking medication?

#117 I can’t shake my sinful addiction

#116 Questions about Surprised By Hope

#115 Part 2: NT Wright, Esau McCaulley & Tim Mackie on race and the church

#114 NT Wright, Esau McCaulley & Tim Mackie on Reading the Gospels While Black Pt 1

#113 Was Judas predestined to betray? Did the disciples hallucinate?

#112 How do I pray for Ukraine?

#111 Why can’t Christians agree on doctrine?

#110 I feel guilty about evangelism

#109 Am I guilty of my friend’s suicide?

#108 What if I’m not really saved?

#107 Baptism: What happens? Should we baptise infants?

#106 Is cremation or burial best?

#105 The theology of death

#104 Are good works evidence of saving faith?

#103 Vaccines, mandates and civil disobedience

#102 Does God predetermine everything?

#101 Sacrificial Love - NT Wright at London Bible Week

#100 Jesus the revolutionary - NT Wright at London Bible Week

#99 Jesus for everyone - NT Wright at London Bible Week

#98 Is it ok to be wealthy and go on nice holidays?

#97 Christmas special - your Qs about Tom‘s life and work

#96 Qs on Marriage - Help...I‘ve become a Christian but my partner isn‘t interested in getting married

#95 Did it really happen? Questions on the reliability of the Bible

#94 Forgiveness - Is there an unforgivable sin? Can I forfeit God‘s forgiveness?

#93 Gendered language and God as ‘father‘

#92 Why are people evil? Could God be evil?

#91 Tom‘s problems with Platonism

#90 Galatians, Tom vs Luther and gender

#89 Audience Q&A on Paul: A Biography

#88 Martin Bashir interviews NT Wright on Paul

#87 Who was the Apostle Paul and why does he still matter?

#86 Deconstructing faith and answering atheism

#85 Should I have a vasectomy? And other family questions

#84 Why did Jesus have to die? What did it achieve?

#83 How do I feel God‘s presence?

#82 Disappointed by church

#81 Do Jewish people need Jesus?

#80 Live audience Q&A on evangelism

#79 How to retell the Jesus story to a world that‘s forgotten it

#78 What did the apostles do after Acts? And Qs on the historicity of the New Testament.

#77 Gifts of the Spirit: How much should we value prophecy and tongues?

#76 Will my daughter see the child she lost? Qs about heaven and loved ones

#75 Qs about Jesus

#74 Confused by parables

#73 Vocation and calling

#72 Christianity in Africa - NT Wright meets Ugandan church leader Richmond Wandera

#71 Should the story of the woman caught in adultery be in our Bible?

#70 Wisdom literature – Proverbs, Song of Solomon and Job

#69 Live show Pt 2 – How do we get people reading the Bible again?

#68 Live audience show with Tom Wright and Tom Holland Pt 1

#67 NT Wright & Douglas Murray pt 2 - Audience Q&A

#66 A conversation with Douglas Murray on identity, myth and miracles

#65 Acts Q&A Pt 2 – Tongues, doctrine and evangelism

#64 Questions on the Acts of the Apostles

#63 Facebook Qs Pt. 2: Bereavement, other faiths & atonement

#62 Facebook has questions - New creation, souls in heaven and Torah

#61 Could Jesus have been female? What about polygamy?

#60 Should my girlfriend get baptised? What will we remember in heaven?

#59 Evangelism and sharing the gospel

#58 Genesis, 6-day creation and the first humans

#57 The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches

#56 Fasting, resting and worship

#55 Ravi, Carl Lentz & the fall of Christian leaders

#54 Veganism, ethics and activism

#53 US politics, conspiracy theories and prophecy

#52 ‘I wish I didn’t exist’. Pain and suffering Part 2

#51 Pain and suffering Part 1

#50 Icons, praying to saints & dividing over sexuality

#49 Other faiths, Judaism and Gnosticism

#48 Broken Signposts and questions on forgiveness and salvation

#47 Should women preach and lead in church? What about marriage?

#46 Big questions from and about children

#45 Worship in the age of Covid-19

#44 Donald Trump, gay cakes and white privilege

#43 Tom on his life and faith and the meaning of the cross

#42 Ananias and Sapphira and more tricky theological questions

#41 Brexit, Abortion, Race and Critical Theory

#40 Do I have to agree with St. Paul?

#39 Will animals go to heaven?... and other questions on new creation

#38 Lockdown livestream – Tom answers questions on Facebook Live

#37 Is the world doomed? Global justice and climate change

#36 Has the resurrection been debunked?

#35 Qs on Crucifixion and Atonement

#34 An Evening With NT Wright live in London

#33 Tom on Coronavirus, self-isolating and praying through crisis

#32 Pastoral questions on porn, personal tragedy and coming back to faith

#31 Jean Vanier and when leaders let us down

#30 Questions about marriage

#29 The charismatic gifts of the Spirit

#28 Satan and the powers of evil

#27 Can I trust the Old Testament?

#26 Bible translations and controversies

#25 When Christians lose their faith

#24 The New Testament In Its World

#23 Tom talks about life, faith and atonement

#22 Am I unequally yoked? What about singleness? What’s the point? Puzzled and pastoral questions.

#21 Free will and the problem of evil

#20 Israel, Christian Zionism and the return of Jesus

#19 Doctrine questions about the Trinity and Baptism

#18 Hell and Heaven

#17 Other religions, the New Age and Islam

#16 Tom answers questions on prayer

#15 A pastor losing his faith writes in. Tom responds to personal questions

#14 The Church, worship and unity

#13 Christian sexual ethics, homosexuality and transgender

#12 Genesis, evolution, Adam and Eve and The Fall

#11 Easter, the Resurrection and thoughts on Jordan Peterson

#10 Tom answers Personal Qs on favourite preachers, authors and his own faith

#9 Old Testament violence, Andy Stanley and Greg Boyd

#8 Resurrection, hell, universalism, dispensationalism (and much more)

#7 Bible infallibility, Sola Scriptura and slavery

#6 Female church leadership, complementarity and marriage

#5 Qs on the life of St Paul, justification and predestination

#4 Qs on Mission, Evangelism, Islam and other religions

#3 Qs on Christmas, the historical Jesus, Bart Ehrman & The Ascension

#2 Qs on sacrifice, crucifixion and atonement

#1 Qs on Heaven, the Kingdom of God and the return of Christ

Tom and Justin introduce the podcast