Ask NT Wright Anything

#160 Why bother improving the world? Can Christians attain perfection?

Mar 9, 2023

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We Are Not Building God's Kingdom. We Are Building for the Kingdom

02:29

How Long Are Lord, How Long?

03:48

Christian Perfection

07:28

Introduction

3min

How Long Are Lord, How Long?

4min

We Are Not Building God's Kingdom. We Are Building for the Kingdom

2min

Do We Do Social Justice or Are We Here to Get People Saved?

2min

Against the Flow by John Lennox

5min

The Secular World Is Now Doing Everything Else

5min

Christian Perfection

7min

Why bother with earth and not just create heaven? Why try to make the world a better place if God is going to fix it? Is the world getting better or worse because of Christianity? Can Christians achieve perfection in this life, as Wesley claimed? Tom Wright answers listeners questions on the 'now-and-not-yet' of new creation.

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