Sacred Energy
During the industrial revolution William Blake described energy as ‘God's eternal delight'. If we are to prevent the planet burning up from climate change we need to recover a deep reverence...
Speaker(s): Michael NorthcottJohn
Now a frail, blind old man, John lives in exile on desolate Patmos with some loyal disciples. The group has endured banishment because of its preaching, but after years awaiting Christ's return...
Scottish identity and spirituality
‘Nations and peoples are largely the stories they feed themselves. If they tell themselves stories that are lies, they will suffer the future consequences of those lies' says Ben Okri in Birds of...
Why There is Almost Certainly a God
Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion has been a worldwide bestseller but its arguments are flawed. Keith Ward explains why and argues that the existence of God is our best safeguard for the...
Rising sun, rising hope?
Kerry Anthony has been working in homeless services for more than 12 years, particularly with people with acute substance misuse and mental health issues. She is currently the chief executive of...
Real youthwork: walking with the urban poor
Is it possible for a middle class church to get alongside young people from underprivileged backgrounds? Niki Gollings talks through the practical issues of working with hurting young people and Jude...
Of Gods, gods and Galactica
Judith Gunn has worked for all the BBC radio networks and published five books on subjects ranging from Dostoyevsky to the voyage of the Mayflower. She has written for the Radio Times and Time Out...
Walking with the psychogeographers
Last autumn John Davies took a two-month walk across the country from Hull back home to Liverpool, following the M62 corridor. The diary of his journey was published as Walking the M62 and John reads...
Speaker(s): John DaviesThe Body Of Christ Has Down’s Syndrome
Healing was central to the ministry of Jesus and a vital ministry of the church, but it can be confusing and contradictory. We often assume that Jesus' healing is the same as the healing carried...
Why are some healed and others not?
Why do we think that disability is a problem to be solved rather than a way of life to be valued and lived out? And why do we think it is an issue of social justice to accept and value people with...
God is not Racist
For some the subjugation of the Palestinian people is acceptable because God is on the side of the Jews. But the occupation of the Palestinians includes segregation between Jew and Arab. How do we...
60 years: celebration or catastrophe?
Israel's birthday is understood rather differently in Palestine, whose inhabitants have experienced 60 years of catastrophe (‘nakba'). Jonathan Kuttab discusses the largest refugee group in the...
What are Evangelicals For?
People should recognise us as good news citizens who are integral to our communities and the public square. Our future as Evangelicals is to be at the heart of spiritual and social transformation for...
Dangerous Inclusivity
In an era when asylum-seekers and foreigners are suspected in Britain, are there Gospel perspectives on the ‘outsider' that Christians need to rediscover? John Bell was born within smelling...
Speaker(s): John BellThe Need to Disbelieve in Miracles
In previous eras, miracles were suspected because they couldn't be scientifically disproved, but there are perhaps deeper reasons about what it is they address that encourages us to avoid looking...
Speaker(s): John Bell