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

Ask NT Wright Anything

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🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Tom answers listener’s pastoral questions including a person racked by guilt over whether his wife’s miscarriages were a judgment on his porn addiction, a family wrestling with the death of a family member, and someone on a journey back to faith but unsure where to begin. • Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: https://pod.link/1441656192 • More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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0:00.0	Welcome to this replay of Ask NT Write Anything, where we go back into the archives to bring you the best of the thought and theology of Tom Wright, answering questions submitted by you, the listener.
0:11.3	You can find more episodes as well as many more resources for exploring faith at premier unbelievable.com, and registering there will unlock access through the newsletter to updates, free bonus videos and
0:22.9	ebooks. That's premier unbelievable.com. And now for today's replay of Ask EntieWrite Anything.
0:34.2	The Ask EntieWrite Anything podcast.
0:47.1	Hello and welcome along to the podcast. This is Justin Briley.
0:50.7	Sitting down with Tom Wright for your fortnightly Theology Fest. The show brought to you by
0:55.1	Premier in partnership with SBCK and Entie Wright Online. And today's show kind of wrapping up a little
1:01.4	series really of more pasturally focused episodes of the podcast. And today's questions include
1:07.0	questions on sexual sin, tragedy and coming back to faith. So do be aware, if you're
1:12.1	listening with others, especially young ones, that some of today's questions include adult
1:16.2	themes and sensitive issues.
1:26.1	Well, today on the show, we're going to be tackling some of your pastoral questions.
1:30.1	And we do this every so often.
1:32.0	We sort of did it a little bit last time, actually, Tom, looking at some specific marriage issues.
1:35.8	But today, it's a whole range of different questions that have come in.
1:39.2	And right at the top, we're going to make our usual caveat when we discuss these kinds of questions,
1:43.5	that you're not here to be anyone's pastor online.
1:47.3	We always recommend people have someone they can speak to, go to.
1:51.9	I mean, this is essentially part of the duty of a parish priest, isn't it, in the Anglican tradition.
1:56.4	Certainly.
1:57.2	At least if not to personally be that, they can put you on to someone. They can put you on somebody who can yes yes and it seems to part of the pastor's job is to know when to say this is above my pay grade and certainly in terms of sitting here with a microphone this is not how to do pastoral work but so we can nudge in the right direction, but the local person who can pray with you and
2:18.4	follow you in your journey is what you need. But nevertheless, people do often write in
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