#25 When Christians lose their faith

Ask NT Wright Anything

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History, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 19 November 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In the wake of two high profile Christians who have renounced their faith, Tom responds to listener questions on what defines being a Christian, whether we can lose our salvation, and what to do when a loved one cannot respond to the Gospel because of dementia.Tom also talks about his new book ‘History and Eschatology’ based on his 2018 Gifford Lectures.For ‘History and Eschatology: Jesus and the promise of natural theology’ by NT Wright https://spckpublishing.co.uk/history-and-eschatologyFor the newsletter, bonus content, prize draws and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via PodBean, iTunes or RSS Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.0	Pottcast. The Ask Nty Anything Podcast. Hello there and welcome to your fortnightly catch up with me Justin Briley of
1:04.9	Premier and N. T. Wright aka Tom Wright the new senior research fellow over
1:09.7	at Whitcliffe Hall at Oxford University and this is the show where you get to ask the questions
1:14.7	and today your questions on being a Christian and falling away from faith.
1:20.2	That's what we'll be exploring today on the program.
1:23.0	Now Tom's actually currently out in the US on a tour for his new book with Mike Bird, The New Testament in its world.
1:28.6	We talked about that on the last show with Mike.
1:31.6	If you're listening in time, you still might be able to get him in
1:34.5	San Diego. He's at the ETS and SBL conferences there from the 21st to the 25th of
1:40.5	November and finishing it up with a special evening at Rock Church in
1:44.5	San Diego as well. So if you want the dates and the details it's at New Testament
1:49.0	world.com scroll to the bottom of that website and you've got all of the speaking dates for both
1:53.7	Tom and Mike Bird there. Yes if you enjoy your New Testament debate you might want to
2:00.0	check out a recent edition of my other podcast, The Unbelievable Podcast, a few weeks ago.
2:04.8	In a special edition of the show that we call the big conversation, I was joined by Bart Airmen
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