1st Friday Podcast
1) Final Episode: Q&A
This advent Tom and Stuart discuss preaching, fireworks, mental health, entertainment and people hurt by church. This will be the final episode of 1st Friday - thanks for listening! Find more of our p...Show More
2) Women in ministry
Tom and Stuart kick up the dust from an old and contentious topic.
3) Is the UK church fit for purpose?
In light of the Queen's recent death Tom and Stuart talk about the church’s response to various times of national crisis.
4) Creation
Tom and Stuart discuss whether the recent photos from the James Webb telescope challenge the 6 day creation account in Genesis.
5) 20 reasons not to have kids
Tom and Stuart discuss an article about why people shouldn’t have children and also the recent court decision in the US around abortion.
6) What songs are churches singing in 2022?
Tom and Stuart are joined by special guest Heather Reynolds to discuss the CCLI top 100 worship songs. https://songselect.ccli.com/search/results?List=top100 https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playp...Show More
7) Why do so few pastors have a Christian world view?
Tom and Stuart talk about a recent Barna poll around pastors and their world view. Â https://opentheword.org/2022/05/16/poll-how-many-pastors-have-a-biblical-worldview/
8) Why do so many pastors want to leave?
Some statistics suggest that as many as 50% of pastors want to leave the ministry. Tom and Stuart discuss why this is the case and what can be done about it.
9) How do we deal with theological disagreements?
Tom and Stuart discuss three separate questions around theological differences, western Christianity and conspiracy theories. 00.00 Intro 01.00 Theological Differences 40:20 Western Christian culture ...Show More
10) Should Alpha be the beginning and end of evangelism?
Tom and Stuart discuss whether evangelistic courses are a good idea or not.