Episodes
Monday Apr 15, 2024
SHORTS| Where Adventure Takes You - Kate Sycamore
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Season 4 | Episode 16
Mission in the Modern Age.
For this episode Jez spoke to Kate Sycamore (not her real name) someone, who for the past 6 years has been on mission in the middle east hoping to share the gospel with muslims.
Kate shares some of the lessons she's learnt along the way as well as some encouragements from things God has done.
Monday Apr 01, 2024
The Church Needs the Holy Spirit - Dave Holden
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Season 4 | Episode 15
In this episode Jez speaks to Dave Holden about his passion for the Holy Spirit and his desire to see more churches operating in the full ministry of the Spirit.
For more information about Dave Holden, New Ground or the Leadership Conference mentioned at the start visit: www.newgroundchurches.org
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Charismatic Gifts In Church History - Lex Loizides
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
ISeason 4 | Episode 14
In today’s episode Jez speaks to Lex Loizides, elder at Jubilee Community Church Cape Town, Evangelist, Bible Teacher, Evangelist and Musician.
In the course of their conversation Lez mentioned a few books, among them:
They Speak in Other Tongues: https://shorturl.at/jouvU
9 O’Clock in the Morning: https://shorturl.at/giST9
For more information about Lex or to read his blog you can find him here: https://lexloiz.wordpress.com/
Monday Mar 04, 2024
The Unity of the Church is Spiritual - Phil Fellows
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Season 4 | Episode 13
In today’s podcast Jez speaks to Phil Fellows, pastor of Hershey Baptist church and doctorate student at Aberdeen university.
Some of the resources mentioned in the conversation are linked to below:
Timothy Ware on the Orthodox church: https://shorturl.at/ptJV9
Pope Benedict, Jesus of Nazareth: https://shorturl.at/ersO4
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Design, Creation & Alabaster Jars - Sam arnold
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Season 4 | Episode 12
In this episode Jez speaks to Sam Arnold, creative media lead at Kings Church Eastbourne (www.kings.church).
Sam is an incredible designer, a filmmaker, web designer and coder and has been on church staff producing gospel content for 20 years.
More information about Sam and his work can be found here:
and here:
Monday Feb 05, 2024
SHORTS | Small Town Jesus - Donnie Griggs
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Season 4 | Episode 11
In the first of a new series of Shorts looking at 'Mission in the Modern Age' Jez speaks to author and pastor Donnie Griggs about Contextualisation and specifically the opportunities and challenges involved in ministering in Small Towns.
Donnie Griggs is pastor of One Harbor Church: oneharborchurch.com/
and is the author of Small Town Jesus: smalltownjesus.com/ andthe newly released Pastoring in Small Towns: www.amazon.co.uk/Pastoring-Small-…er/dp/1087764920
Monday Jan 22, 2024
The Toxic War on Masculinity - Nancy Pearcey
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Season 4 | Episode 10
In today’s episode Jez spoke to Professor Nancy Pearcey.
Professor Pearcey is the author of The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes, as well as Love Thy Body, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, and Total Truth. She is professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. She has been quoted in The New Yorker and Newsweek, highlighted as one of the five top women apologists by Christianity Today, and hailed in The Economist as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual.”
For more information about Christian University go here: https://hc.edu/
And Professor Pearcey’s website: www.nancypearcey.com
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Spiritual Harm & Church Leadership - Marcus Honeysett
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Season 4 || Episode 9
In this episode Jez speaks to Marcus Honeysett about the distinctions that mark Christian leadership out from other forms of influence.
Marcus Honeysett is the founding director or Living Leadership an organisation that exists to grow disciple-making leaders. He is also the author of several books including Powerful Leaders: When Church Leadership Goes Wrong and How to Prevent It.
Helpful Links:
Spiritual Abuse report by ThirtyOneEight:
https://thirtyoneeight.org/media/4upcux21/spiritual-abuse-position-statement.pdf
Evangelical Alliance:
https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/reports/reviewing-the-discourse-of-spiritual-abuse
Living Leadership’s Spiritual Leadership Audit:
https://spckpublishing.co.uk/pub/media/PDFs/Powerful_Leaders_Digital_Resource_Final.pdf
Marcus’ Book ‘Powerful Leaders’:
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Sex Work, Women & the God of Love - Rosie Hopley
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Season 4 | Episode 8
In today’s episode Jez spoke to Rosie Hopley. Based in Bristol Rosie, for many years ran her own communications, PR and research business, whilst also founding the Christian charity ‘Beloved’ which works with women in prostitution in Bristol.
Rosie has since gone on to create networks and prayer gatherings and, more recently, has been involved speaking on and producing materials on the critical importance of God’s reconciling love lived out.
In our conversation we discuss her work with Jubilee+: www.jubilee-plus.org
Along with referencing the recent Jubilee+ conference: https://jubilee-plus.org/ctcc23/
And a WomanAlive article written by Rosie: https://www.womanalive.co.uk/reaching-out-to-women-in-prostitution/5541.article
Jez also made reference to a book written by Louise Perry on the impact of the Sexual Revolution: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Case-Against-Sexual-Revolution/dp/1509549994/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1702546720&sr=8-1
At the start of the episode Jez made reference to the conference material now available on the New Ground website. You can find that here: https://newgroundchurches.org/media/
Monday Dec 04, 2023
A Praying Church - Paul Miller & Colin Millar
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Season 4 | Episode 7
In this episode Jez speaks to Paul Miller & Colin Millar about the work of SeeJesus and the value of prayer for a local church.
Paul is Executive Director of seeJesus, a global discipleship mission which he founded in 1999 to help Christians and non-Christians alike “see Jesus.” Today, seeJesus is working in over 30 countries and has books and interactive Bible study materials translated into more than a dozen languages. Also author of Author of several books including: A praying Life, the J Curve and the Praying Church.
Jez was also joined by Colin Millar the European director for SeeJesus.
For more information about SeeJesus please visit: https://seejesus.net/