Posted on 05/27/2025 7:28:18 PM PDT by Morgana
In a recent episode of his podcast, Ask N.T. Wright Anything, Wright was asked by a self-described trans-identified woman—who now lives as a man and has undergone surgeries including a hysterectomy—whether her current lifestyle is sinful, and how the Bible might speak to her situation. According to The Christian Post, Wright responded not with clarity, but with the kind of theological oatmeal that tries to nourish everyone and ends up feeding no one.
Wright affirmed that “God meets us where we are and loves us as we are,” insisted this wasn’t an “anything goes” situation, then promptly refused to say what actually goes. He acknowledged that “females quite clearly have XX chromosomes, males have XY chromosomes,” then immediately backpedaled with “I’m not a scientist.”
Wright then said, “God may want to say to us… now, there are certain ways forward that you now need to travel,” but wouldn’t dare say what direction that road ought to point. He emphasized grace and love and bloviated about complexity. What he didn’t stress—or even remotely mention—was repentance.
And in the words of John MacArthur, N.T. Wright is N.T. Wrong.
What Wright offers here is a case study in academic cowardice. A theologian who has spent his life writing volumes about Paul’s epistles, no matter how off-base they may be, somehow can’t muster the courage to apply them. Romans 1? First Corinthians 6? Galatians 5? No time for that. But there’s always time for vague appeals to “wise pastoral help” and “moving forward” in a direction that remains as undefined as Wright’s commitment to biblical authority.
He acknowledges the existence of chromosomes. Great. That’s the biological equivalent of acknowledging the sky is blue. But then he tries to spin a gospel around feelings, as though inner confusion were somehow more trustworthy than God’s revelation.
Has it really come to this? A theologian of Wright’s stature, one who is bafflingly lauded in Evangelical circles as one of the church’s greatest gifts, after decades of study, now dances around the most basic truths of the faith because someone’s feelings might be hurt?
To be clear, yes, a “transgender” person can be saved. Of course they can. If God can save Saul the persecutor of Christians, or even a once-rebellious fool like me, for that matter, He can save someone struggling with gender confusion. The blood of Christ is sufficient. But here’s the thing—salvation is always accompanied by repentance. Real repentance. Not the PR-version that apologizes to your followers for saying the wrong pronoun, but the blood-bought kind that says, “Lord, not my will, but Yours.”
When God saves someone, He changes them. The Holy Spirit doesn’t enter a heart just to kick back and watch you mutilate your body in peace. He convicts. He sanctifies. And yes, that takes time. Sanctification isn’t instant—I know I still sin, and I know I do. But what defines a Christian is not the absence of struggle. It’s the presence of war. It’s the hatred of sin and the longing to be conformed to Christ, not to carve out a theological loophole for rebellion.
That’s the piece Wright doesn’t just miss—he refuses to touch it. His so-called “pastoral care” is like a doctor who tells a stage-four cancer patient, “You’re fine just the way you are. Let’s just talk about love and see where the tumor leads you.”
And what do we even make of this? Wright says, “God may want to say to us… now, there are certain ways forward…” May want to say? Certain ways? The gospel is not a “choose your own way” adventure.
This isn’t just soft. It’s spineless. It’s not humble. It’s heretical.
The tragic irony is that N.T. Wright has spent years fighting off caricatures of his theology from more conservative critics, insisting that he holds to the core doctrines of the faith. But when the moment comes to draw a line—to stand on truth, to call a man a man and sin a sin—he turns into a theological fog machine, obscuring everything with sentimental platitudes and academic evasion.
This isn’t compassion. It’s spiritual malpractice.
So let me offer what Wright apparently will not…if you’re a confused “transgender” person and you’ve come to Christ, praise God. You are loved beyond measure—but you are also called to repent. You are not called to continue in your delusion with a theological permission slip signed by N.T. Wright. You are called to take up your cross, deny yourself, and follow Jesus. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard.
If you’re not willing to go to war against your sin, and instead, you’re seeking loopholes, or seeking out theologians who will dance around your sin, you’d better examine yourself to see if you’re truly in the faith. Because the real gospel doesn’t wrap your chains in lace and call it freedom. It breaks them.
So who is he?
He does meet us where we are.
He expects us not to stay where we are though...
He met whores where they were. He didn’t say “keep on whoring, I made you to be a whore.” He met thieves where they were. He didn’t say “keep on stealing, I made you to be a thief.”
amen..
and he also said
Genesis 1
27 And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
It sounded as though the Reverend was being baited to answer a loaded question in a certain kind of way that would (to some) justify suing that Church organization for transphobic harassment/ hate speech. That’s why he sounded like a Hostage trying to read a quickly scribbled script.
“Troublemaker - incoming!!”
A theologian and author of many books, including Bible commentaries. He is NOT of the Calvinist persuasion.
I seem to recall that he wrote a large book where he examined and refuted every possible secular reason for the early expansion of the church.
Back to the article:
“a self-described trans-identified woman—who now lives as a man and has undergone surgeries including a hysterectomy—whether her current lifestyle is sinful”
I can see that he was put on the spot. It doesn’t sound like this woman can easily reverse course. For starters, she can’t get her ovaries back. Perhaps her breasts were surgically removed. Telling her that she is living in sin might lead to her suicide. It’s a mess and I don’t blame him for waffling.
If he had time to devote to her case, he could ask if she had a partner and if the partner knew her situation. If so, perhaps they could transition to being female friends. Women living with women does not necessarily imply that they are lesbians. This woman, currently pretending to be a man, could slowly manage to extricate herself from her situation and return to a more traditional life.
I know two women who are married to each other. The one who is more Tomboyish admires manly men. She says she thinks everyone is born with a dose of crazy. She simply got an extra dose. I won’t assume anything about their sexual relations. Instead, I’ll refer to the lyrics of a song:
“God is great. Beer is good. And people are crazy.”
quien es N. T. Wright?
COE Bishop of Durham, in England. Was anyway, I guess he's moved on to academia now. He's written a few things that people know him for.
What I see his name come up most is "new persoectives on Paul" and his views on justification.
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