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

Ask NT Wright Anything

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🗓️ 30 December 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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How should Christians handle personal wealth in a way that honours God? Is it wrong to take time for myself and even go on nice holidays? And find out what Tom thinks about the failed European Super League! · Support the show – give from the USA or UK & Rest of the world· For bonus content, the newsletter, prize draws and to ask a question sign up at www.askntwright.com · Exclusive podcast offers on Tom’s books and videos from SPCK & NT Wright Online· Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via your preferred podcast platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the final show of the year, Justin Briley, bringing you the program

0:22.2

where I sit down with renowned New Testament scholar, NT Wrightsender. We've been doing

0:27.1

this on a more or less weekly basis during the course of 2021 and it's great to know how many new

0:32.6

listeners have joined us further journey. The program's brought you in partnership with NT Wright

0:37.0

online and SBCK Tom's UK publisher. I'm premieres theology and apologetics editor. Today's show

0:44.3

believe it or not, 98, number 98, so not long till we hit the big 100 in a couple of weeks time in

0:50.9

2022. Today on the show, questions on our responsibilities as Christians, how should we handle wealth and

0:57.6

poverty, what about the amount of time we give to ourselves, should we spend on things like holidays

1:02.8

and you'll find about Tom's thoughts on football and the proposed European super league that got

1:08.3

abandoned among accusations agreed by the clubs behind it, so look out for all of that in a moment.

1:15.5

Lovely to hear people getting in touch with the show Sue wrote in recently to say,

1:19.8

I'm so thankful for the opportunity to gain clarity from Tom Wright's careful explanations, his

1:24.6

warm encouragement and exhortation. I think of NT Wright as Christendom's bait hoven, a man with a

1:30.4

brilliant mind who has written countless symphonies that can gently and patiently explain the how and

1:35.9

why of the notes working together. Thanks for all you both contribute to listeners through this podcast,

1:41.4

but a lovely message to end the year with, thank you very much Sue. And if you do enjoy the podcast

1:47.4

and have enjoyed it during 2021, why not rate and review as it helps others to discover the show.

1:52.8

And if you want to support the show with an end of year gift and help others discover more of Tom's

1:57.4

thought and theology into 2022, you can do that from the links with today's show. We've got some

2:03.8

big plans as well for 2022 that'll tell you about towards the end of today's program. As ever,

2:10.2

you can find more from the show via our web page Ask NT Wright dot com.

2:20.9

Welcome back to today's show and we're tackling some really practical sorts of questions today on

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