Remembering Queen Elizabeth II - NT Wright, Gavin Ashenden & Ruth Jackson

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🗓️ 9 September 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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As the world marks the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Justin Brierley presents a special edition of Unbelievable? speaking to New Testament scholar NT Wright about his memories of the queen when he preached for her as Bishop of Durham. Former chaplain to the queen Gavin Ashenden asks whether the end of her reign marks the end of Christendom in the UK, and Ruth Jackson reflects on the hope that comes with grief. For Ruth Jackson's article: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/articles/we-mourn-the-queen-but-not-as-those-without-hope/13812.article To offer prayers and tributes: https://www.premier.org.uk/prayers-of-thanksgiving-for-the-queen/ • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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0:00.0	I have nothing but respect for her, quite apart from the extraordinary service. I mean, to
0:15.8	say, when you're 25, I'm going to dedicate myself to you, my people, and then to spend the
0:23.3	next 70 years doing it. That's an extraordinary example. So I don't think the monarchy is going to
0:30.8	survive very long. I'm not sure how long our culture and our civilization is going to survive in a
0:38.0	recognisably present form. I think people will talk about the second Elizabethan age as bringing
0:44.2	down the curtain on everything that we knew up to this point. You're listening to unbelievable
0:51.5	with Justin Briley. Well, hello there and welcome to a special edition of Unbelievable,
0:58.0	brought to you, of course, in light of the passing away of Queen Elizabeth II. This has been a
1:04.4	significant moment in the life of the UK and indeed has been recognised globally. And on today's
1:10.0	show, rather than the original show, we were going to bring you this weekend. We're actually
1:14.1	bringing you some reflections on the life of her majesty, Queen Elizabeth, from a number of
1:18.6	significant individuals. We'll be hearing from NT Wright, the former Bishop of Durham, significant
1:24.3	Bible scholar. We do a regular show with him, ask NT Wright anything. But I was able to sit down
1:29.5	with him just earlier today to talk about the significance and the life and faith of her majesty,
1:35.9	Queen Elizabeth II. We'll also be hearing a conversation I've just recorded with Gavin Ashendon.
1:41.5	He's a former chaplain to the Queen between 2008 to 2017. He's interesting because Gavin adds
1:47.8	that a lot of interesting views on the cultural direction of Christianity and the church and the
1:53.9	country in general. But he's got some great reflections on his time serving as a chaplain to the
1:59.5	Queen as well. You'll hear that. And later on, I'm also going to be joined by Ruth Jackson, who
2:04.8	is back with the unbelievable team after being offered just over a year on maternity leave.
2:09.6	But coming back as our youth specialist and she's going to be reflecting on her own thoughts
2:14.1	on the passing away of Queen Elizabeth. An article she's written recently for premier unbelievable.com
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