Episode 68: Time for Judgement: An interview with Paul Yeulett
Paul recently did a blog for us on his new book. Hear Darren and Josh talk to him about the book and what promoted him to write it. You can buy it here.
Episode 66: What's so special about the book of James?
Michael, Phil, and Jim get together to discuss the great power in a small book, the Epistle of James—though, oddly Jim just remains quiet the whole time.
We hope this will serve as an able introduction to the book of James, with more in depth treatment to follow soon.
Episode 65: A Godly Response to Accusations - What the Psalms Teach Us?
The Christian and even the secular media contains many sad stories of Christian leaders being accused of all sorts of things. Bullying, sexual immorality and financial irregularities. On a smaller scale, within congregations people find themselves accused. It is a mine field to make sure that injured parities are heard whilst innocent accused protected.
Darren and Andy speak to Steffen Jenkins from Union School of Theology about how the Psalms guide us through and set important markers for us.
Episode 64: Reformed Worship with Jonty Rhodes
Josh and Darren sit down and talk to Jonty Rhodes (Minister of Christ Church Central, Leeds, IPC) about worship. What is distinct about Reformed Worship, what’s meant by the regulative principle and such like. Jonty has written a helpful little book called Reformed Worship, which we recommend.
Episode 63: Revival in the UK? Is the changing landscape of belief good?
Justin Brierly’s book: The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God
Glen Scrivener’s book: The Air We Breathe
Episode 62: Can Our Desires Be Sinful in Themselves? Or how to pronounce Concupiscence
A recent area of controversy in Evangelical circles, including conservative, confessional and Reformed, is the issue: can our desires (including unwanted ones) themselves sinful? Can we help them or be accountable for them? Jim and Darren talk with Matthew Mason (of Pastor’s Academy and Crosslands) about just this issue as he and Jim try to get a man from Essex to pronounce concupiscence (the technical word for what we’re thinking about).
Episode 61: Pregnancy & the Fall - Christians Showing Compassion in Crisis
In this episode Darren and Michael interview Fi Thomas from Assure. They are an openly Christian organisation that provide information and counselling to those who have experienced a miscarriage or after an abortion (often years later) or for those experiencing a crisis pregnancy and feel abortion is the only route open to them. Assure are unusual in offering an independent service.
This is a challenging and sensitive topic of how Christians can compassionately engage. Listen to some of the challenges faced. It was also interesting to hear Michael’s contribution, himself adopted after his biological mother put him up for adoption.
For more information, the other organisation mentioned by Fi was: Pregnancy Centres Network
Talk 3: How we speak to the World (Darren Moore)
In the final talk of the conference, Darren Moore (of GRUK & Chelmsford Presbyterian) thinks about how we, the Church, speak for God into the world. He draws on the previous two talks, and shows from 1 Peter 2:1-12, that to have anything to say to the world we need to know (and keep knowing) that the Lord is good and be responding to him.
Talk 2: How we speak to God (Steve Hayhow)
In the previous talk, having laid the ground work, Steve Hayhow (Emmanuel Cockfosters) shows how we respond to God. He gives a sweep of this big idea from Eden, to Temple, through to New Creation, how we respond to God with our whole lives, yet worship is distinct. This is very practical theology!
Talk 1: How God Speaks to us (David Thomas)
Well, if you missed the conference you missed out. However you can catch up on the talks themselves (obviously not the fellowship, Q&A, Songs of the Folk performance, or freebies)
Here, David Thomas from Christ Church takes about “How God speaks to us”, what God has said he is saying and how the Bible is consistently relevant.