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Episode 31 — Grieving with Hope
We live in an age where grief is handled in bizarre ways, from sentimental cliches with little basis in reality to cold-hearted approaches that effectively see the passing away of a person as little …
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 30 — The Six Challenges for the Church in 2022
A new year often brings with a raft new intentions, motivations, and resolutions. In a secular culture, this always looks suspiciously "religious". What lies behind our continuous need to mark our ti…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 30 - What Are Three White Men Allowed To Talk About?
There seem to be numerous unspoken "rules" today about who is allowed to express an opinion about what, depending on their personal experience. People groups deemed privileged (e.g. white men) are in…
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 29 - What's Gone Wrong With Climate Change?
Climate change has dominated the headlines for a good while, particularly in light of the COP26 summit. There are clearly many serious issues to address on it, but are there also problems in how it's…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 28 - How Different Are Men and Women?
It is popular today to suggest that men and women are fundamentally the same. Yet while this view may be popular among sociologists it is being challenged by some biologists who suggest there are rea…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 27 - Do We Have a Death Problem?
How does the dominance of secularism affect how human beings understand death? With little hope beyond the grave, many Westerners often spend much of their lives merely trying to stay alive for as lo…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Bonus Episode: The Bible In 25 Bond Movie Titles
As a special bonus to celebrate our recent episode which looked at some of the cultural questions raised in the 25th Bond movie ("No Time to Die"), Aaron, Michael and Andy decided to set themselves a…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 26 - Have We Become Too Risk-Averse?
Has our culture become too risk-averse? So much of our decision-making today (whether about public health, education, parenting, and virtually everything else) now seems to be filtered through the le…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 25 - James Bond and the Death of Culture
The latest James Bond movie, "No Time To Die" has deeply divided audiences given its controversial interpretation of the globe-trotting super spy. Fresh from the cinema, still smelling of popcorn, An…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 24 - Why You Should Read Old Books
We live in an age of unprecedented access to interesting things to read. Millions of books, blogs, and streaming articles lie a click away. Most people are barely able to sift through the very latest…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago