Can Christians serve unjust governments?

Ask NT Wright Anything

Premier Unbelievable

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, History

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🗓️ 8 February 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Can Christians work within unjust governments? What actually changes with the New Covenant? And what does the future hold for Anglicanism amid global shifts and internal tensions? Today on the podcast, Tom Wright and Mike Bird are answering your questions on faith, politics, and church life. How should Christians think about power and conscience? How did Jesus approach to political authority? How do the Old and New Covenants relate to one another, and why does Anglican liturgy continue to shape Christian faith across cultures? The conversation also addresses the challenges facing the Anglican Communion today including, authority, unity, leadership, and global growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.4	Hello and welcome to another episode of Ask Anteerite Anything, the program where we try to answer your questions on Jesus, the Bible and the Life of Faith.
0:44.3	I'm Mike Bird from Ridley College here with...
0:47.6	With Tom Wright from Whichafall in Oxford.
0:50.0	We're still enjoying these lovely new premiere studios.
0:54.2	It truly is wonderful. It's crazy. So much better than Zoom is that Tom. Face face. Yes. We're still enjoying these lovely new premiere studios.
0:55.5	It truly is wonderful.
0:56.0	It's great.
0:57.4	So much better than Zoom, isn't it, Tom?
0:58.1	Face face.
0:59.1	Yes, yeah, absolutely.
0:59.7	Absolutely.
1:02.1	You can only take so much of a screen.
1:03.8	I know, I know. And I'm usually having to stare into it about 11 p.m. at night sometimes.
1:09.9	And getting my Tom Wright, you know, interpretive lens on and recalling all sorts of
1:16.7	biblical facts as we do this.
1:18.0	It's a lot easier to do in the middle of the day, I have to say.
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