

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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Jul 13, 2020 • 1h 12min
“This Survey Will Uncover Deeply Held Racist Views” – SLP314
This week free speech is on everyone’s lips. Many on the right and left of politics are worried about cancel culture. In this episode of the LIVEcast, Glen and Paul discuss the results of an anonymous survey in which people were encouraged to write down opinions that they believed were unsayable. Here’s what we found.Continue ReadingSupport the show

Jun 29, 2020 • 37min
Building Faith In Kids: Interview With Ed Drew – SLP313
Last week, Glen and Paul had the privilege of sitting down with Ed Drew to discuss his work with Faith In Kids and how we as churches and parents can be better at nurturing our children’s faith. Subscribe to the Speak Life Podcast now! iTunes feed AndroidOther Feed Looking for More Podcasts? CLICK HERE! WouldContinue ReadingSupport the show

Jun 25, 2020 • 1h 4min
Epicurus Must Fall || SLP312
Alex O’Connor (Cosmic Sceptic) recently debated Michael Jones (Inspiring Philosophy) on the question ‘Would God Allow Evil?‘ Here Glen Scrivener points to Alex’s Epicurean assumptions and questions whether anyone — least of all God — should hold to them. Subscribe to the Speak Life Podcast now! iTunes feed AndroidOther Feed Looking for More Podcasts? CLICK HERE!Continue ReadingSupport the show

Jun 20, 2020 • 57min
Christianity is the Problem || SLP311
Christianity has built the modern world, therefore the problems of this world (as well as their solutions) have a Christian origin. In this episode Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey discuss 6 elements from Christianity that, when secularised, cause many problems: Christianity is: Christianity is Totalising Universalising Principlising Internalising Revolutionising, and Equalising. The west hasContinue ReadingSupport the show

Jun 9, 2020 • 55min
Preaching In Lockdown || SLP310
Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey discuss some of the pros and cons of preaching online during lockdown. Subscribe to the Speak Life Podcast now! iTunes feed AndroidOther Feed Looking for More Podcasts? CLICK HERE! Would you consider leaving us a rating on itunes, or stitcher?Continue ReadingSupport the show

Jun 6, 2020 • 54min
George Floyd, Racism and the UK Church || Interview with Jason Roach and Richard Awoyemi || SLP309
Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey talk to Revd Jason Roach and Richard Awoyemi about race and the UK church. Jason Roach pastors The Bridge church in Battersea. Richard Awoyemi is part of Black Berea: blackberea.com Jason’s article on Covid-19 and Ethnicity: https://co-mission.org/article/featured/ethnicity-and-covid-19/ Subscribe to the Speak Life Podcast now! iTunes feed AndroidOther Feed Looking for MoreContinue ReadingSupport the show

Jun 3, 2020 • 1h 9min
How To Face Your Fragility || Adjusting To The New Normal || SLP308
Glen Scrivener talks to Dr Jo Jackson and Rev. Dr Paul Blackham in the third of these webinars on Adjusting to the New Normal. Subscribe to the Speak Life Podcast now! iTunes feed AndroidOther Feed Looking for More Podcasts? CLICK HERE! Would you consider leaving us a rating on itunes, or stitcher?Continue ReadingSupport the show

Jun 2, 2020 • 1h 5min
How To Pray, Perhaps For The First Time || Adjusting To The New Normal || Paul Blackham & Jo Jackson || SLP307
In this live webinar, Glen interviews Dr. Paul Blackham and Dr Jo Jackson about how to pray for the first time, as part of a series called “Adjusting To The New Normal.” This webinar was recorded live on 8 April, 2020. Subscribe to the Speak Life Podcast now! iTunes feed AndroidOther Feed Looking for More Podcasts? CLICKContinue ReadingSupport the show

Jun 1, 2020 • 59min
How to Face Anxiety || Adjusting To The New Normal || SLP306
This webinar was recorded live on 6 April, 2020. Glen Scrivener is an experienced online host of hundreds of conversations — the kind that really matter. He’s joined by psychologist Dr Joanna Jackson and church leader, Rev. Dr Paul Blackham. Subscribe to the Speak Life Podcast now! iTunes feed AndroidOther Feed Looking for More Podcasts? CLICK HERE!Continue ReadingSupport the show

May 29, 2020 • 37min
Dominic Cummings and the Profound Agreements Fracturing Our World || SLP305
In this episode we talk about what everyone is talking about: Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson, that Durham trip, the media and the tidal wave of splenetic rage engulfing the UK! But into that context we discuss the 10 standards which everyone in the west acknowledges, whatever side they take on the culture wars. We’re actuallyContinue ReadingSupport the show


