All Bible: New Testament articles – Page 18
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ShowsUnbelievable? Are martyred apostles good evidence for the resurrection? Sean McDowell vs Paulogia
Would the followers of Jesus have been willing to suffer and die for something they knew to be false? Can we be historically confident they were martyred at all?
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #36 Has the resurrection been debunked?
It’s Eastertide so Tom is answering questions on the resurrection, including one listener who believes that the evidence of the women at the empty tomb has been debunked by modern scholarship.
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ArticleThe resurrection may make sense of history. More importantly, it makes sense of me
Dr. Erik Strandness says it’s not just historical facts that need to be harmonized.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #35 Questions on Crucifixion and Atonement
Just in time for Easter we bring you a show (recorded before lockdown) in which Tom answers listener questions on the crucifixion, the nature of atonement and forgiveness.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Is the resurrection unbelievable? Jonathan McLatchie vs David Johnson
Christian apologist Jonathan McLatchie and atheist sceptic David Johnson debate the evidence for the resurrection in an Easter weekend edition of the show.
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ShowsUnbelievable? An evening with NT Wright live in London
Justin recently hosted An Evening with Tom Wright at Westminster Chapel in London (pre-Coronavirus restrictions!). In this podcast special Tom delivers a talk on ‘Jesus, Paul and the Question of God’ and then sits down with Justin to answer audience questions
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ArticleWhy doesn’t God stop Coronavirus and mend the world?
It’s the most natural question in the world: If God is good and all powerful, then why doesn’t he just stop bad things happening? It’s something that individuals often ask at times of personal tragedy. As the Coronavirus sweeps across the world Justin Brierley offers an answer to the questions being asked by people all over the globe.
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ShowsUnbelievable? God, Gay Christians and the Church - Brandan Robertson and David Bennett
Two gay Christians on either side of the ‘Side A and Side B’ view, join Justin to talk about their stories and why they take different views on sexuality and the gospel.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #29 The charismatic gifts of the Spirit
Tom answers question on whether gifts of prophecy and tongues are for today, the roles of signs and wonders, and talks about his own experience of the Holy Spirit.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Controversies in Jesus studies – John Dickson, Lydia McGrew and Jonathan McLatchie
In the first part of the show Australian Bible scholar John Dickson talks to Justin about his new book ‘Is Jesus History?’ They discuss Jesus mythicism and Bart Ehrman’s views on oral tradition.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #28 Satan and the powers of evil
Are we supposed to believe in a literal Satan? What do the New and Old Testament say about the devil? In what ways does Jesus counter the forces of evil in his ministry and at the cross?
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ArticleWas Jesus’ claim to be God an invention? Examining Ehrman’s arguments
Peter S. Williams reviews The Big Conversation between New Testament scholars Bart Ehrman & Peter J. Williams
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ArticlePeter J Williams, Bart Ehrman and the Gospels: A critical analysis
James Bejon breaks down the key arguments made by Ehrman and Williams in their Big Conversation on the Gospels.
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ArticleThe Right Way to Debate Bart Ehrman
Lydia McGrew reviews a recent debate with Bart Ehrman, and argues that Bible scholar Peter J Williams offers a model for dispensing common sense
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #24 The New Testament In Its World
In a one–year anniversary special of the show, Justin and Tom are joined by Australian Bible scholar Mike Bird to talk about their major new collaborative book ‘The New Testament in its World: An introduction to the history, literature and theology of the first Christians’.
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ArticleFake News? Did the Gospel writers get the facts right but their stories wrong?
Catholic blogger K Albert Little examines the difference between the stories of Jesus and the stories of President Trump…
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ShowsAre the Gospels historically reliable? | Peter J Williams and Bart Ehrman
Arguably, no individual has influenced the course of history more than Jesus of Nazareth. But, can we trust the accounts of his life, death and resurrection?
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #23 Tom talks about life, faith and atonement
In this interview with NT Wright from The Profile podcast, Justin Brierley interviews Tom about his life and faith, as well as his theology of atonement in his book The Day The Revolution Began.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Has the church misunderstood St Paul? Steve Chalke vs Phil Moore
Church leader Steve Chalke isn’t afraid of causing controversy in the evangelical circles he once moved in. His new book ‘The Lost Message of Paul’ claims that the church has misunderstood the theology of St Paul when it comes to faith, hell and Christian universalism.
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ShowsWhy women should be church leaders and preachers ∕∕ Ask NT Wright anything
Bible scholar NT Wright answers a listener question on whether the Bible allows women to teach in churches, including the passage from 1 Timothy 2 v 11-12 “A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.


