What happens when you die? Near-death experiences, Jesus' sonship and Satan's temptation
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What happens when you die? Near-death experiences, Jesus' sonship and Satan's temptation

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 10, 202646 min

Are near-death experiences genuine glimpses of heaven and hell? Has Jesus always been the Son of God? And could Satan have prevented him from completing his mission? In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird explore three substantial questions about death, the identity of Jesus and spiritual evil. Tom explains why Christians should remain open but cautious about near-death experiences, before tracing the biblical meaning of “Son of God,” from Israel and the Davidic king to the New Testament’s extraordinary claim that God’s eternal Son became human in Jesus. Finally Mike and Tom c...

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Hello and welcome to the Ask Anti-Right Anything podcast, 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 joined by Tom Wright from Wycliffe Hall in Oxford though currently in the north of Scotland. Now Tom I just

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saw the movie The Odyssey and I tell people if you go see it you need to take in two pairs of socks because the first pair will get blown off. I really enjoyed it in the same way that the wind's blue Odysseus, of course, they will blow your socks off is a great epic movie.

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And no, I am not sponsored by Hollywood to say that. I really enjoyed it. But Tom, I've got to be honest with you. I'm now a little worried about you because if you read Homer's Odyssey,

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