What if I desire other things more than God? Can I work in war and weaponry? Where did Pilate judge Jesus?
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What if I desire other things more than God? Can I work in war and weaponry? Where did Pilate judge Jesus?

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 24, 202641 min

What if you genuinely want to love God, but find yourself more excited by your work, hobbies or a good novel than by reading the Bible? Does that mean something is wrong with your faith? In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird respond to a listener wrestling with fear, assurance and what it really means to desire God. Tom offers a refreshingly different way of thinking about prayer, Scripture and ordinary human passions — including why loving your vocation or even enjoying a crime novel need not compete with loving God. They als...

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Hello and welcome to the Ask NT Wright 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 and I'm joined by... Tom Wright from Wootlett Hall in Oxford, currently in Scotland. Tom, is there any aspect of your life where you feel like you've got to put more oil on the fire?

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Is there some aspect of your life where I just need more energy or juice or assistance in this? Is there anything? All kinds of things. I'm in my late 70s now and so I have learned not to be surprised by the fact that I run out of energy more quickly now than I did say 20 years ago. 20 years ago, I used to be able to work 90 or 100 hours a week quite, if not comfortably, at least perfectly adequately.

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I simply couldn't do that now. My doctor tells me I have an underactive thyroid. It was news to me that I had something called a thyroid anyway, news that it was graded in terms of its overall performance.

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