The Speak Life Podcast
Speak Life with Glen Scrivener, Naomi Brehm, Thomas Thorogood and Nate Morgan Locke.
Connecting the Christian faith and modern life.
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Nov 17, 2020 • 1h 5min
Katharine Birbalsingh | "There is a better world. There is a truth" | RESET || SLP334
Katharine Birbalsingh is the founder and head teach at Michaela Community School in Brent, London. Here she talks about truth, education and why original sin matters.Support the show
Nov 10, 2020 • 1h 3min
The Power of Story in the Grip of Suffering || SLP333
Glen and Paul discuss the power of story to drive us during our darkest hour. We take a look at Wendy Alsup's testimony of how Jesus walked with her at her lowest moments. Her interview can be viewed here (https://youtu.be/TWXTmADIvik).Support the show
Nov 6, 2020 • 1h 10min
Can We Save Christmas? || SLP332
Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey discuss the latest lockdown, our culture's definitions of life and death and the hope of the gospel. Throughout they'll be helped by John Behr's latest interview for the RESET series. (https://youtu.be/tNLx1olpWOQ)The RESET series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4zD5797LHdfMAdMokPT9wtUl5TxJ5_npPrevious LIVEcasts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4zD5797LHddCTEN-_V8IvPDFww4x8IADSupport the show
Oct 27, 2020 • 54min
Cain, Abel & The Culture Wars || SLP331
With the help of Jordan Peterson, Miroslav Volf, Russell Brand and the book of Genesis Glen and Paul discuss conflict and peace in the current culture wars.Support the show
Oct 23, 2020 • 60min
Surrendering To The Story || SLP330
On this week's podcast, Glen & Paul talk more about what Tom Holland had to say to us during his recent interview for our RESET series.Support the show
Oct 16, 2020 • 1h 13min
Douglas Murray | We're Moving From One Belief System To Another | Facing The God-Shaped Hole | RESET - SLP329
RESET is a series of conversations exploring the meaning crisis. With the help of cultural analysts and biblical scholars we're going back to the beginning — to Genesis, the West's great origins story — to see whether the ancient text can speak today. Here Glen and Douglas Murray explore the themes of Douglas's book, The Madness of Crowds, and how theological our current crises are.Support the show
Oct 8, 2020 • 1h 5min
Should We Distance From Social? || SLP328
In this episode Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey discuss the Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma, and explore the blessings and curses of the online world. We also dive into the mailbag and discuss our RESET interview with "Britain's strictest headteacher", Katharine Birbalsingh. Support the show
Oct 2, 2020 • 1h 6min
Making Sense Of Equality & Diversity ||SLP327
On this episode, Glen & Paul take a deeper look at Glen's interview with Douglas Murray and discuss the recent controversy surrounding the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court Justice.Watch the full Douglas Murray interview: https://youtu.be/B810MLbgj4ESupport the show
Sep 25, 2020 • 46min
There IS A Secret Cabal Ruling the World (It's Not QAnon) || SLP326
Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey discuss the attraction of conspiracy theories, what they get right, why we're all suckers and how Jesus makes a difference. Clip from QI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSm7Y...Clip from Lutheran Satire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0-Eg...Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world. Learn more about us here: https://speaklife.org.uk/Join our internship programme here: https://speaklifefoundry.com/Subscribe to Speak Life and get our regular videos: http://tiny.cc/ecjbgzSocial Mediafacebook.com/speakLifeuk/twitter.com/speaklifeuk/instagram.com/speaklifeuk/Support the show
Sep 18, 2020 • 46min
Who Let Cuties Happen? We Did || SLP325
Cuties / Mignonnes is the new French film by director Maïmouna Doucouré recently released on Netflix. It spotlights the outrageous sexualisation of young girls both in traditional Islam and on secular, social media platforms. Unfortunately it makes the point by outrageously sexualising young girls. Listen in as Paul Feesey and Glen Scrivener go beyond the hype to discuss the intentions of the director, the car crash of the film, the source of this controversy and the solution to the oppressive male gaze.Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world. Learn more about us here: https://speaklife.org.uk/Join our internship programme here: https://speaklifefoundry.com/Subscribe to Speak Life and get our regular videos: http://tiny.cc/ecjbgzSocial Mediafacebook.com/speakLifeuk/twitter.com/speaklifeuk/instagram.com/speaklifeuk/Support the show
