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Is Christianity making a comeback? Ananias & Sapphira and church unity
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Is Christianity really experiencing a “quiet revival” in Britain? Tom Wright responds to reports of increased interest in church and asks what genuine spiritual revival should look like. Tom and Mike Bird also tackle the disturbing story of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5. Why were they struck dead for lying, and what does the passage tell us about holiness, judgement and the presence of God? Finally, they turn to Jesus’ prayer that his followers “may be one”. Tom reflects on decades of ecumenical conversation and explains why Christian unity is not an optional extra but...
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Hello and welcome to Ask NT Wright Anything, the program where we try to answer your questions about Jesus, the Bible and the life of faith. I'm Mike Bird from Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia and I'm joined by... Tom Wright from Whitley Hall in Oxford and also the West of Scotland. Tom, what's possibly the worst lie you've ever heard?
I mean, I can think of some big ones like Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. Don't worry, when you turn 18, you'll know exactly what to do. I've been told a few lies in my life. Do you have a particular one that comes up? Oh, I've been told one or two interesting half truths by, say, second-hand car salesman and
that sort of thing about how well this car is going to last. I mean, the one that we now all tell every day is I have read all the terms and conditions of this thing. We all click on that. I don't know anyone who actually has read all the terms and conditions, but legally, if they'd stuck something tricky in there, then we're all signed up to it.
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