Archives: Episode

May 27, 2020
‘Culture Shock’ and Ministry in Hard Places

Culture shapes us in significant ways, but we often don’t realise just how significant until we leave it and enter a new one.

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May 20, 2020
Why Modern Christian Music Needs More Lament

Let’s give people real, meaningful songs to sing through life’s various trials and tribulations.

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May 13, 2020
Preaching in Working-Class Communities

Mez McConnell talks with Andy Constable, Graham Thomson, and Ian Williamson about exposition vs. application, the importance of language, and whether it’s okay to cry in the pulpit.

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April 15, 2020
One Church’s Response to the Lockdown

Mez McConnell talks with Andy Constable, Jason Nelson, and Tasha Davidson about how Niddrie Community Church has responded to the lockdown.

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March 11, 2020
What is ‘Spiritual Abuse’?

‘Spiritual abuse’, though not easy to define, must be taken very seriously.

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February 26, 2020
The Role of Women in a Gospel Church

In this episode, Mez McConnell and Sharon Dickens discuss complementarianism, why women can’t be pastors/elders, the difference between submission and oppression, and why many churches tend to box women into certain roles.

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December 18, 2019
How to Endure Dark Days in Ministry in Hard Places

Pastoral ministry in poor communities is brutal. It‘s a war. But in the gospel, we have real, meaningful hope.

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November 27, 2019
Could 20schemes Work in Northern Ireland?

In this episode, Mez McConnell and Marty McNeely discuss Brexit, housing-estate ministry in Northern Ireland, religious and political boundaries, and who they’d choose in an international WWE Baptist v Presbyterian smackdown.

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November 13, 2019
How Do We Disciple Addicts?

In this episode, Mez McConnell talks with Joel Kurz about being a white pastor in a predominantly African-American neighbourhood, whether the term ‘complementarian’ actually means anything anymore, and how to disciple addicts in the local church.

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November 6, 2019
Does Complementarianism Oppress Women?

Should Christian women be allowed to dye their hair? Should they stay at home to cook and clean?

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