Is Salvation fair?

Ask NT Wright Anything

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, History

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🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Who can be saved? What about those who have never heard the gospel? Do Christians earn rewards in heaven and what does God’s wrath really mean at the cross?In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird tackle some of the most challenging and emotionally charged questions in Christian theology.They explore whether salvation is limited by geography or history, how God’s justice and mercy relate to those outside the Christian story, and why the New Testament speaks about “rewards in heaven” without turning faith into a transactional system. The conversation also digs into the meaning of God’s wrath at the cross, showing why the cross must be understood as both victory over evil and substitution for humanity.This episode invites listeners to hold together faith, humility, mission, and mystery... without easy answers or simplistic formulas.Support us: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/geolink/donateGot a question for Tom? Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠askntwright.com⁠⁠⁠Start going deeper in the Bible with a free trial at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠logos.com/NT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👉 Refer a friend to become a subscriber like you - they can get 10% off by clicking here: https://askntwright.supportingcast.fm?sc_promo=ASK10) SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unbelievablefeFacebook: / https://facebook.com/premierunbelievable Instagram: / https://instagram.com/premierunbelievable Tik Tok: / https://tiktok.com/@premier.unbelievable Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.1	Welcome to another episode of Ask Anteerrite Anything, the program where we try to answer your
1:08.2	questions about Jesus, the Bible and the life of faith. And I'm here
1:13.6	in London with Tom Wright. No more podcast recording for us, Tom. We are in person. No Zoom, no ether,
1:23.1	no virtual world. We're face-to-face, Tom, in London. And I was trying to figure out when we last actually met face-to-face, and I think it was actually something like five or six years ago. I know. Extraordinary, because we talk online such a lot. But it's very good to be here and, as you say, to see the new studios taking shape and got a lot of intriguing questions lined up, which we do. Yeah, quite challenging.
1:47.9	Yeah, I think we must have seen each other like three British prime ministers ago,
1:51.6	which could be at least a week, depending on what's happening in the news. And in these
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2:03.4	things. I mean, you can still smell the fresh paint. Yeah, but you're right, Tom. We've got
2:07.6	great questions this week on, is Christianity bad? What's the deal with the coming of the
2:14.3	son of man? And why isn't all Israel saved? So let's jump straight into it.
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