CNLP 772 | The Making of NT Wright: His Calling, What He Gave Up, His Influences, And His Views on Spiritual Warfare and Demonizing Your Enemies
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Carey Nieuwhof
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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In this episode of the podcast, N.T. Wright discusses the forces that formed him into the scholar, priest, and writer he is today: his early influences, his calling, and what he gave up to pursue his writing.
He also shares his views on spiritual warfare and the problem of Christians demonizing their enemies.
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network. |
| 0:03.0 | Each time Paul lists principalities and powers, you know, thrones, dominions, |
| 0:07.7 | authorities, rulers, etc., etc. |
| 0:09.9 | It's just that he is aware of a shadowy world just behind the veil, as it were, where |
| 0:18.2 | there are, whether he called them daimoni or whatever, shadowy little figures |
| 0:24.3 | who are not divine themselves, but they're trying to lure you into the paths of folly |
| 0:31.6 | and of unfruitfulness for the gospel. |
| 0:38.6 | Welcome to the Kerry Newhoff Leadership Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | It's Carrie here, and I hope our time together today helps you thrive in life and leadership. |
| 0:45.3 | Well, today, and T. Wright, I am so excited about this. |
| 0:48.7 | We went way back. |
| 0:50.4 | He was calling what he gave up to do what he is doing now. |
| 0:55.5 | His influences, you know, one of my great concerns is where's the next generation of |
| 1:00.7 | NT rights coming from? |
| 1:02.1 | And to do that, you need to understand what made NT write who he is. |
| 1:05.3 | I mean, his books are just, they're going to be read 100 years after. |
| 1:08.6 | So we go back and do his whole life story, talk about his views on spiritual warfare, demonizing |
| 1:14.0 | your enemies, and a whole lot more. |
| 1:16.0 | So if you're interested in the making of one of the greatest theological minds alive today, |
| 1:21.3 | you come to the right place. |
| 1:22.7 | And make sure you subscribe. |
| 1:23.9 | If you want show notes to this, by the way, you can find them at my Art of Leadership |
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