Chris Wright - The Mission of God (N48)

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Post-evangelical, Reconstruction, Liberation Theology, Religion & Spirituality, Christian Mysticism, Progressive Christianity, Faith Shift, Deconstruction, Evolving Faith, Religious Trauma Healing, Embodied Spirituality, Spiritual Direction, Mystical Christianity, Contemplative Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 12 May 2012

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Chris Wright is an Old Testament scholar who reckons the biblical narrative only makes sense if mission is seen as its overarching theme. So we test this theory with him and ask him to explain some of the trickier Old Testament stories! The creation...

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Nomad podcast. This month we're going to be speaking with the Old Testament scholar Chris Wright, who amongst other things will be saying this. God, if you really love me, shoot me.
0:16.3	Nomad, Christian community, mission and the future of the church.
0:23.3	Now, Christopher Wright, I don't really know a lot about, actually.
0:26.9	That happens to you a lot, doesn't it, when we're interviewing people.
0:31.4	He's a theologian?
0:32.6	He is. He's an Old Testament scholar.
0:34.5	He may even be a sort of professor or something, I'm not sure, but he's smart
0:37.7	and he knows a lot about the Old Testament. Well, that's probably why I don't know a lot about
0:43.3	it, because I must admit, I really struggle with the Old Testament, and I guess I struggle with theology.
0:49.8	But to be honest, it's an area that I need to pick up on.
0:53.3	Theology is an important area, David.
0:55.2	It is.
0:56.3	It is. And I'm...
0:56.9	It is.
0:59.1	And I'm increasingly realizing that the two must go together.
1:03.5	Yes.
1:04.0	I must stop ducking the issue.
1:06.5	Well, this interview could help you tremendously then.
1:09.6	And maybe at the same time, inadvertently,
1:12.5	help some of our audience as well. Well, that's the hope isn't it?
1:16.2	Yeah, assuming there are people out there listening. I honestly don't know. Because you look
1:20.4	at the statistics, don't you? On our website and it says all these people are listening, I don't
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