Why would God tell Israel to kill its enemies? The Book of Acts and the missing end of Mark's Gospel
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Why would God tell Israel to kill its enemies? The Book of Acts and the missing end of Mark's Gospel

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 21, 202645 min
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How can the God revealed in Jesus command acts of violence in the Old Testament? And what should Christians do with some of the Bible’s most troubling passages? Tom Wright and Mike Bird tackle three major biblical puzzles in today's episode. First, why does Mark’s Gospel appear to end so abruptly, with the women fleeing the empty tomb in fear? Tom explains why he believes Mark’s original ending — and perhaps even its original beginning — may have been lost. Then, what is the book of Acts actually for? Is it simply a history of the early chur...

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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. I'm joined by... Tom Wright from Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. Tom, how would you be this day?

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Well, it's been a long day already for various reasons. reasons. We've had families staying and they had to leave very early this morning to catch a boat. So I've been up quite a while. But as long as there's exegesis on the table waiting to be done, that's okay.

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That's good. That gets you out of bed in the morning. Exegesis gets you out of bed. Yes. Often, yes. I'm not an early morning person. Nothing is more terrifying than the words breakfast meeting. I don't mind a brunch meeting, a lunch meeting, maybe an afternoon tea meeting, but I don't

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