Misconceptions about the resurrection and the role of an apostle

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🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom and Mike dive into two foundational topics: the resurrection and the role of apostles in the early church. What did first-century Jews believe about resurrection? Tom responds to William Lane Craig’s argument that individual resurrections weren’t expected before the End Times. He unpacks how Jesus’ resurrection differs from all others, marking the beginning of God’s new creation. What makes someone an 'Apostle'? The discussion explores Paul’s apostleship, the fluid roles of teachers, prophets, and elders, and the importance of apostolic succession in church leadership. 🎧 If you’ve ever wondered about the resurrection, Paul’s authority, or how church leadership was established, grab your headphones and go ahead and press play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Ask Entirite Anything Podcast.
0:13.0	Well, welcome to another episode of Ask Entie Write Anything.
0:20.0	This is the program where we answer your questions about
0:22.9	the Bible theology and living Christian life. I'm Mike Bird from Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia,
0:28.7	and as always, I'm joined with. Tom Wright, and I'm here in my study in Oxford in England.
0:34.1	It's great to be with you, Tom. Well, the program is going well. We keep getting
0:38.4	questions in, so people still have things that bother them, baffle them. And Tom, they want
0:44.6	to hear what you think on these things. So this is a pleasure. It's an honor to keep working
0:50.1	with you on this program. And we've got a couple of good questions today, one about resurrection and another one about
0:57.7	apostles and ministry.
1:00.4	So let's jump straight in.
1:02.4	Let's jump straight in.
1:03.3	Our first question this week comes from Bradley Bowen in Kirkland, Washington, USA, and he's got a question on the topic of resurrection.
1:15.2	And he asked this, in light of individual resurrections in Jewish tradition, do you agree with
1:22.1	William Lane Craig's view that first century Jews wouldn't have considered individual resurrection of possibility
1:29.5	before the end times.
1:32.5	Now, for those who don't know, William Lane Craig is a very famous Christian philosopher and
1:37.5	theologian.
1:38.4	He does a great job debating atheists and agnostics and various critics.
1:44.8	He's a very smart guy, very philosophically savvy, a very good communicator as well.
1:52.9	He seems to have said at some point that Jews would not have considered resurrection
1:58.4	before the Eschaton, before the end times, before the great restoration and
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