Sex, LGBTQ+, Pre-Marital Relationships and Identity... Ask NT Wright ANYTHING!

Tom Wright, a renowned theologian and scholar, tackles all your questions about sexuality, pre-marital relationships, and whether the Bible is anti-gay. 📖 In this episode, he dives deep into why society is so sex-obsessed 🔍 Christian sexual ethics and explores the complex and often misunderstood issues of sexuality and identity 🌈 from a Christian perspective. ✝️ Join us as Tom Wright sheds light 💡 on these crucial topics and clarifies common misconceptions about what the Bible really says. Don't miss this insightful discussion! 🎧

00:00 Intro
01:34 How can we discuss sensitive topics, perhaps disagree and still get along?
03:10 The Church and moral discourse
06:21 Will the Church divide on sexuality?
07:15 Advice for new Christians in pre-marital relationships and pre-marital sex?
09:28 The lie at the heart of our sex-soaked society! Aphrodite worship!?
11:21 'One-fleshness' in the Bible is more than legalism - God created sex chemicals to bond us more physically!
13:07 The Bible and homosexuality
14:04 A brief history of the modernist term 'homosexuality'
16:44 Is the New Testament's writings on sexuality still applicable today
18:35 Transgender, identity politics and gnosticism
22:03 Early Christians pathed the way us to make sense of identity politics today
24:09 Transgender questions in culture: sports, TERFs, feminism and biology
25:09 The Bible offers us equality but recognises our unique differences

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Ask NT Wright Anything Podcast
The show that connects you to NT (Tom) Wright’s thoughts and theology through your questions. Produced by Premier Unbelievable in partnership with SPCK and NTWrightOnline.

About NT (Tom) Wright: Tom Wright is one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars and the author of numerous books including Surprised by Hope, The Day The Revolution Began, Paul: A Biography and most recently Jesus and the Powers. He is senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford. Wright is ordained in the Church of England and, among other roles, served as Bishop of Durham between 2003 – 2010. He is much in demand as a lecturer around the world and the author for the bestselling For Everyone commentary series and the New Testament For Everyone Bible translation. Wright is married to Maggie and they have 4 children. As well as being a voracious reader, he loves classical music and opera and enjoys playing the guitar!

[johannamills]

It is very wise to give a clear opinion but then to see the person. Thank you Tom for always pointing to the pastoral need and situation of the individuals

[Kulring]

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”
― Thomas Sowell

[francoisvanderbank]

Very good nuanced discussion. Thank you for hosting this.

[sarvomar]

Excellent! NT Wright brilliant as always!

[benjaminspears]

Are there no new Ask NT shows? It seems that since Justin moved on, they are all replays. Would love new content.

[robertferguson]

I do like Tom Wright, but I feel disappointed; this conversation (like some of the others in this series) tried to cover way too much ground for the time allowed. At so many points, Tom is just about to get to explore a point, and then the conversation moves on to a different question without any clear guidance. Does anyone know which books of Tom's have more detail about his thoughts on Christian responses to homosexuality (yes, I know - an "ity"!). I love Tom considering the ancient historical contexts, and bringing his insights into the 21st century, but he wasn't able to do that in enough detail this time.

[dmacnet]

Brilliant and careful analysis. The Gnosticism connection especially.

[rwestbrook]

I’ve listened to Heiser’s lecture on Gnosticism, but haven’t thought about it in light of the sexual identity movement. Loved the Stott pastoral advice given. Thank you for posting this!

[supersmart]

Once had a seminary professor say that gender is a human construct and sex is something God created...

[andrewbrown]

What we have recorded in scripture is what God has said is best for us. Any deviation from what are clear commands will not guide us to health and wellbeing - Gods best for us. We behave in other ways at our peril. Our behaviour is our responsibility. The consequences will be inevitable. Loving moral guidance is the role of the church ( christians). Judgement remains with God.

[fredcline]

"...ever-learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth"

[mvj]

If Gender is a “Social Construct” and Gender and Sex are not the same thing (as some people claim), …then why does sports and the Olympics have a Gender Eligibility Test that is specifically used to determine a person’s Sex?

[YorgosSimeonidis]

Homosexuality is a 19th century construct? The word is, but the phenomenon definitely isn't. What kind of love is expressed in the poetry by Sappho in the 5th century BCE?

[lindaramos]

Not sure he ever answers the question!!

[grahamstuart]

An interesting discussion but far too short and superficial to cover such complex issues. Thank you for remembering the importance of kindness and respect for our brothers and sisters who are gay or transgender. It would be great to have a deeper discussion of both sexuality and sexual identity with expert medical and other input as well as the wisdom and understanding of theology and history from Prof Wright. Intersex is complex and not new and much Christian discussion is ill informed and unkind. This was an exception.

[edwardstewart]

I was hoping to listen to some helpful answers on some of these topics, but I was pretty much disappointed. In the area of sexuality, if someone decided to commit to Christ and follow him, but struggled with some of these issue and was looking for some direction, I heard nothing new from Dr. Wright. When you asked about the difference between the old testament and new on the topic of Homosexuality, I thought it was headed somewhere, but it felt like a dance around of intellectual words and thought that never really came together with a clear thought. Is the topic of Homosexuality in Lev 18:22 the same Gen 19, and how does it connect to Rom 1:18? All that I heard from Dr. Wright was, things are very complicated, which for people dealing with some of these issues, based on this conversation, leaves them still at square one. Please try and ask more thought provoking questions. If you need some suggestion, please ask!

[TheNaishproductions-tnyb]

If only we could get back to a point where being offended wasn't the end of the world. As mentioned, have the discussion, and understand you may not agree, and that is okay.

[tedclemens]

All well reasoned. Thank you.

There is an angle to all this that might be explored better. We make sex, and the relationship between a man and a woman, exclusively a moral issue (just as the world does). But shouldn't we view is as a spiritual one first? God has consistently used it to fundamentally compare the relationship between himself and his people. Begin there.

[arewakowako]

Language of this discourse is couched so brilliantly in scholarly linguistic superiority to condone homosexuality. Tom just cannot simply say it's morally wrong by biblical standard before articulating the pastoral process of loving the sin away from the victims to set them free. The academic study of the WORD of God undercuts its (Gospel) reliability to save people from sin and from the wrath of God. A deformed Gospel has no rescuing power it invalidates Christianity. C'mon, say the truth precisely and clearly - it is the only liberating agency. Enough of this longwinded discourse.

[barringtonthompsonbedascba]

I am still unclear as to if Dr Wright says homosexuality is wrong.