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A New Year’s repentance
In our first episode for 2023, Tony takes a typically roundabout trip through New Year's resolutions, repentance, self-denial and John Calvin, and en…
3 years, 2 months ago
Is it the season to be jolly?
In our end of year episode, we talk about the positives and negatives of Christmas and ministry.
Plus some book recommendations for summer reading:
T…
3 years, 3 months ago
What we stand for
What are the fundamentals that we share as evangelical Christians—the beliefs that bind us together as partners in the gospel, and which enable us to…
3 years, 3 months ago
Does religion cause wars?
Religion causes wars.
It’s a common accusation flung at religion generally but at Christianity in particular. And figuring out how to answer this kind…
3 years, 3 months ago
The kingdom of mercy
When Peter asks Jesus "How many times should I forgive my brother?", it's another example of Peter being sort of perceptive but also missing the poin…
3 years, 4 months ago
Gullible cynicism
In this week's conversation, Phillip and I talk about the value and dangers of academic scholarship -- particularly the kind of biblical and theologi…
3 years, 4 months ago
Detoxing masculinity
Phillip is away this week, so Tony flies solo as he interacts with Al Stewart's fascinating and impressive new book The Manual: Getting masculinity r…
3 years, 4 months ago
The gospel call to ministry
Sometimes evangelicals are accused of making such a big deal of full-time Christian work that it sends an implicit (or even explicit) signal that peo…
3 years, 4 months ago
What's wrong with tribalism anyway?
In last week's episode, we touched briefly on 'postmodern progressive tribalism' -- a description that sounds mostly negative, especially about triba…
3 years, 5 months ago
The freedom to speak
The first edition of Two Ways News, a new podcast and newsletter collaboration between Tony Payne and Phillip Jensen.
Find out more, subscribe, and r…
3 years, 5 months ago