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NT Wright and Tom Holland: How St Paul changed the world

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 20 July 2018

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Renowned New Testament scholar NT (Tom) Wright returns to Unbelievable? to talk about his latest book Paul: A Biography (SPCK). Joining Wright is historical writer Tom Holland, author of popular books on the rise and fall of the Roman empire such as Rubicon and Dynasty, Tom Wright unpacks the life, character and untold story of Paul. Tom Holland explains why as an agnostic, he is nevertheless convinced of the massive cultural significance of Paul’s message in Roman culture and how it would positively shape Western culture for centuries to come. Watch the discussion on video! https://youtu.be/nlf_ULB26cU  For Paul: A Biography: https://spckpublishing.co.uk/paul-a-biography  For Tom Holland: https://www.abdumurray.com/ For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: http://www.thebigconversation.show  Unbelievable? the Conference USA, Portland, 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: www.unbelievablebook.co.uk  For Unbelievable? the Conference 2018 DVD / Digital download: www.premier.org.uk/shop  For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

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we've got on offer from the website. But of course links there to our big conversation

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series which we had a milestone event in the life of this last week because we had our

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live audience debate between Professor John Lennox, Christian and our atheist Professor

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Michael Rousse on Science, Faith and the Evidence for God. What a wonderful evening it was.

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Thanks to all those who came along to our venue in Central London, a lively engaging

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spirited discussion between the two guests and some brilliant questions as well from the

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audience. If you can't be there, fear not, we will be airing it as audio, as video, as

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part of the big conversation in early September. And can I encourage you to sign up to our

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book, special blogs and much more besides lots of exciting building around our big conversation

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series. Well here's some of your feedback as well to the episode featuring atheist

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illusionist Darren Brown and pop star turn priest The Revon Richard Cole's later on in

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the program. Well it's an exciting edition of the program today as well because as you'll

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hear me say, we've also videoed today's edition of the program in fact a clip of one of

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my guests Tom Holland describing why he changed his mind about Christianity. Has been

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