The Speak Life Podcast

With England cricketer, Ollie Robinson, suspended for racist tweets he made as a teenager and Maya Forstater, winning her employment tribunal appeal over transgender tweets, how can we find the way of peace in the culture wars?Support the show

With a U.S. task force set to make an announcement about UFO sightings, what do we as Christians make of alien intelligences? Paul and Glen discuss how that might impact how we view God, human, the earth, and life itself. Is "the truth really out there"? Or could the truth be calling us closer to home?See Glen's Flowchart here: https://twitter.com/SpeakLifeUK/status/1402189541788852226?s=20Support the show

Summer is Coming! In a world of doom scrolling, how can we find hope? That is the topic for this week's podcast, where Paul and Glen discuss how we can communicate hope to a world that thinks "Winter Is Coming."Support the show

Recently Richard Dawkins went on Brendan O'Connor's radio show on RTE, Ireland. https://www.rte.ie/radio1/brendan-oco...The 20 minute interview has become famous for the way the conversation developed towards the end. But here Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey discuss the entirety of the conversation which ranged over some fascinating terrain.They discuss the assumptions behind Richard Dawkins' now infamous "Abort it and try again" statement from 2014 and the way so much discussion of the controversy misses vital points.Support the show

On this week's podcast, Glen and Paul discuss what missional church actually looks like.Support the show

Could the recent issues in the church have been avoided if we placed more emphasis on building the church rather than evangelism? Glen and Paul discuss.Support the show

On what would have been John Stott's 100th birthday, Professor John Wyatt reflects on their 40-year friendship. They discuss Stott's impact and conversion, his humble character as a preacher, the importance of lay ministry, the meaning of the Sabbath, and the radical nature of his teachings.

On this week's podcast, Glen and Paul speak to Pete Nicholas, Reverend of Inspire St. James Clerkenwell. Pete has been involved with Iwerne Camps and conservative evangelical circles and so shares his wisdom on both the good and the bad within them.Pete's Zechariah Sermon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C39AwXzVnHY&t=0sSupport the show

With recent church scandals in the US and the UK, the great temptation is to identify our problems with one bad apple. But as Lee Furney said on a recent Speak Life video, bad apples grow on trees and bad trees need root and branch reformation. So how do we address cultural problems that might make abuse more probable or concealable? Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey discuss.Support the show

In today's episode, Glen Scrivener speaks to Durham University Christian Union about the difference the resurrection makes. He also fields questions about the history, hope and humanism of Easter!Find our more about our work at speaklife.org.ukSupport the show