S2E4 s salvation for everyone? Predestination, Free Will and Inclusion Theology

Ask NT Wright Anything

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🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Tom Wright and Dr. Mike Bird dive into deep theological questions in this episode, tackling Inclusion Theology, Universalism, Predestination, and the question of Free Will. 💡 Is salvation universally available? Does predestination mean some are excluded? How do free will and God’s purposes coexist? Tom and Mike unpack these complex questions, shedding light on biblical perspectives that emphasize transformation, assurance, and the church’s role in reflecting God’s image in the world. Key themes in today's episode: Why determinism vs. free will is often a misleading debate. How predestination is about God’s purpose, not exclusion. The Holy Spirit’s role in salvation and human responsibility. Why the New Testament presents salvation as both universal and personal. The Biblical view of the soul vs. Platonic philosophy. 🎧 If you’ve ever wrestled with questions about election, inclusion, or what it means to be human in God’s plan, this episode offers fresh insights to challenge and encourage your faith. 👉 To ask your question go to: askntwright.com #AskNTWrightAnything #predestination #freewill #christiantheology #holyspirit #salvation FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDA: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unbelievablefe Facebook: / 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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0:42.4	The Ask NTryte Anything Podcast.
0:55.6	Hello and welcome to the Ask Entryte Anything podcast, the show where we cover your questions on the Bible, theology and the Christian life.
1:00.4	I'm Mike Bird from Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia, and I'm joined, of course, with Tom Wright here in my study in Oxford.
1:03.3	Tom, how are you?
1:05.0	I'm doing all right. We're quite busy. We're recording this right at the end of the university
1:09.7	term, and my wife and I are getting
1:11.4	ready to move some of our stuff up to our new house in the Outer Hebrides, where we're going to
1:15.5	be then to and fro between there and Oxford. So it's an exciting time. Okay, well, you've had an
1:20.4	exciting time. I've just finished a tour of Turkey and Greece, traveling some of the ancient
1:25.1	Bible lands, looking at Ephesus, Athens, Corinth.
1:29.4	It was fantastic. It was good. Some of these places I've never been to. And it's a place
1:35.0	which left me with a lot of questions about what was it like to worship in Ephesus.
1:39.1	What was it like for the Apostle Paul to go, you know, walk around Galatia, Pasadian Antioch and all those cities.
1:46.4	And so it was a great thing.
1:48.1	But we've got some people, have got some questions for us, Tom.
1:51.7	The first question comes from Kelly Anderson from St. Charles, Illinois.
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