Miscarriage, the Eucharist & did all the biblical characters really exist?

Ask NT Wright Anything

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🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this deeply pastoral episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird tackle some of the most sensitive and difficult questions Christians face.How should believers respond when heartfelt prayers seem unanswered, especially in the tragedy of miscarriage and pregnancy loss? Tom reflects on grief, prayer, and the mysterious work of the Spirit in the midst of suffering.The conversation then turns to the Eucharist: what really happens in Holy Communion? Is it merely symbolic, or does something deeper occur when the church shares the bread and wine?Finally, Tom and Mike explore a question often raised in modern discussions about the Bible: did the characters of scripture, figures like Moses, Jonah, or Job, actually exist?Support & Subscribe👉 Support thought-provoking conversations and help keep the show going at www.premierunbelievable.com/geolink/donate💡❓Got a question for Tom? Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠askntwright.com⁠⁠⁠👉 Refer a friend to become a subscriber → They can get 10% off by clicking hereFollow usInstagram: https://instagram.com/premierunbelievableFacebook: https://facebook.com/premierunbelievableTik Tok: https://tiktok.com/@premier.unbelievableX: https://x.com/UnbelievableFE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.5	Hello and welcome to another episode of Ask Entryte Anything, the program where we try to answer your questions about Jesus, the Bible and the life of faith. I'm Mike Bird from Ridley College, and I'm here with Tom Wright from
0:45.5	Wickliff Hall in Oxford. Tom, once more, it's great to be with you. We've got some more
0:51.5	questions coming in. And I'm always really impressed the way we get these
0:55.9	questions in batches. And you may have a bunch of people all asking questions about, you know,
1:02.5	the rapture or about, you know, divisions in the church or about Paul and justification.
1:09.3	We've got one episode where we've, well, one question, where
1:12.7	there's a number of people asking about the same topic, particularly on the Lord's Supper.
1:18.4	But let's dive into it because today we're looking at grief in lost during a pregnancy,
1:24.6	where is Jesus in the Lord's Supper, and did all of the biblical characters
1:29.1	really exist? Our first question, let me do that again. This week we're looking at grief
1:38.5	and loss during a pregnancy. Where is Jesus in the Eucharist, and did all the biblical characters really exist?
1:48.1	Our first question is from Matthew Sherd from Teport in the United Kingdom, and this is a
1:54.2	question about grief and lost and pregnancy, particularly and uniquely from a male perspective.
2:02.3	And Matthew says this. Two years ago, my wife and pregnancy, particularly and uniquely, from a male perspective. And Matthew says this.
2:09.3	Two years ago, my wife and I went for a pregnancy scan after several previous miscarriages.
2:15.8	The sonographer told us that the baby didn't have a heartbeat and went to get someone to offer a second opinion. While she was away, I desperately prayed that the
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