Jesus is the Word of God
Such a stimulating and encouraging time talking to Mike Reeves about knowing and sharing the gospel.
We talk about his new book “Christ our Life”, as well as the exciting developments at Union Theology. In the second half of the interview, Mike puts on his church history hat and we talk about some giants of the past and how they can help us in our witness for Christ: Athanasius, Luther, Sibbes and Spurgeon.
We talk about Roger's conversion, his lifetime of evangelism, preaching, open air work, tracts and books - including his latest: Before you say “I don’t believe”
How do we discuss ethical issues without descending into moralism or banging tribal drums? How can we speak of the good news when we talk about the good life?
Andy and I discuss this in reference to recent debates over abortion and euthanasia. Is there a way of holding out Christ in the midst of the culture wars?
In our episode we discuss:
My conversation with a Dawkins defender
Giles Fraser's excellent article on euthanasia, and
Emma's blog post: In defense of Dawkins
Paul and I finish up our discussion about sharing the gospel.
Our second of three installments as I talk to Paul Blackham about sharing the good news.
This episode is part one of a three-part conversation with Paul Blackham about the good news and how to share it.
On this episode we talk about opportunities related to the WW1 centenary.
Recently David Bourne and Andy Johnston put on a wonderful event in Hailsham to mark the centenary of the First World War (see here). It was held at the Parish Church and it seemed like the whole town came out.
First Andy spoke of the causes of the war. Then David spoke of the course of the war. After a refreshments break and act of remembrance, I spoke about Jesus, the Prince of Peace. It was a very successful event generating wonderful gospel conversations afterwards.
Could you put on something similar where you are?
Here Andy Brinkley and I talk about the opportunities of this year and then listen to my 20 minute talk...
For other resources concerning the WW1 celebrations:
https://www.10ofthose.com/products/12856/Remembrance-Day-Tract/
http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/greaterlove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLwVwyrWQGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO-AYxsEqIk&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZUcOCl9kbU&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gZ1Rtk__TE&feature=youtu.be
We talk with Barry Cooper about his new book Can I really trust the Bible? Also joining in the conversation is Nate Morgan Locke from Christianity Explored's Soul course.
We discuss Barry's book - out now - and then talk about various objections raised to the Bible, like...
Can we really trust the transmission of the Scriptures through the centuries?
Can we trust the Bible in a scientific age?
What do we do with passages about war?
How can we trust the Bible morally when it was written by bronze age peasants?
Evangelism is high above our heads in the mission of Christ and it's far beneath our feet in service of others. Evangelism is not a technique to learn but a life of outgoing faith: looking up to Christ and looking out to our neighbours.
Andy and I talk about some recent evangelistic opportunities before playing a recent sermon of mine called "Outgoing God, Outgoing People" from Philippians 2:5-18.
In this episode we discuss the hot topic: Why bother with God?
We didn't get on to talking about the necessity of patient and consistent Christian witness over the long-term, but here are some thoughts on engaging the person who doesn't see any need for Christian faith...
