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A discipleship podcast for beginners, doubters, confused and long term established Christians. In this podcast we talk about everything related to growing in faith but in a really simple way. We are honest with our struggles, learn from some wise people and hit some brick walls… a little bit like the original disciples. Cris Rogers is a church leader in East London and has been described as a Urban Practical Theologian. wearemakingdisciples.com
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Welcome to The Youth Workshop Podcast. The Youth Workshop is a youth ministry organisation dedicated to helping youth leaders and pastors navigate the rough terrain that is youth ministry and committed to equipping and growing the next generation of leaders through events, resources and mentoring. On this podcast you will hear interviews and conversation with the most innovative and creative youth experts from around the world. If you are ready to take your youth ministry to the next level, ...
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227. Dez Brown - Convicted or Condemned to Forgiven and Free. Dez Brown is the CEO and Founder of Spark2Life. Dez founded and has pioneered the Spark2Life project since 2006 while leading a large inner-city youth ministry with 80+ in attendance. Dez is a reformed offender is married with four adult children; he has an autobiography – ‘Convicted or …
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226. Are the Ten Commands Really Rules And Not Just Ten Outcomes? In this episode, we take a look at the Ten Commandments. In recent years there has been some teaching on the commands that questions if they are commands or rules but maybe outcomes or promises. In this episode we look at why we have the name Ten Commandments, what they are and how b…
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225. It Turns Out People Are Far More Interested In Jesus Than You Think. Interview With Dr Rachel Jordan-Wolf. This is a confidence-building episode. In this episode, we talk with Dr Rachel Jordan-Wolf about the talking Jesus research, which shares some amazing news for any Christian hoping to share their faith. Dr Rachel Jordan-Wolf is the execut…
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224. What will heaven be like and what will God look like? In this episode, we explore some big ideas of what we imagine when we think of heaven and God. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a copy of The Bible Book By Book head here...https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/bible-study/bible-study-ref…
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223. Do not ask me to obey. We don’t like to be told to obey someone do we. So why is it that we find it hard to obey and why does God want us to obey? These are all great questions we will expore in this weeks episode. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a copy of The Bible Book By Book head here...…
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222. How To Become More Compassionate When We Are Burnt Out? This week's episode explores the concept of transforming a "heart of stone" into a "heart of flesh," drawing inspiration from the biblical verses Ezekiel 36:26 and 11:19. We delve into the characteristics of a hardened heart, discussing how past traumas, hurts, and overwhelming experience…
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221. Understanding Jesus' Hebrew Culture with Michele Guinness (Part 2). This week’s episode is a fantastic interview with Michele Guinness exploring Jesus' life as a Hebrew man. Michele was brought up in a practising Jewish family which means she has a unique way of seeing Jesus within his own Jewish culture. Check out more from Michele at: https:…
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220. Seeing Jesus in the Jewish festivals, interview with Pete and Michele Guinness. This week’s episode is a fantastic interview with Pete and Michele Guinness looking at the Jewish festivals and seeing Jesus in the context of them. Michele was brought up in a practising Jewish family which means her and Pete being a unique way of seeing Jesus wit…
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219. Do We Have To be Devided On The Big Issues? We live in a world that is becoming more and more polarised on politics, identity politics, religion, theology and much more. We look to find people that agree with us and then we point their club, church, party. What if kingdom unity isn't about agreeing but on loving each other through disagreement…
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218. How To Embrace Hope For The Impossible. In this episode, we explore what Christian hope looks like. Many people get stuck in a way of thinking that is more reflective of their past problems than a God filled and hope fulled future. If life has been a let down then sometimes we can behave like our tomorrow will be the same. Therefore we look at…
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217. Does Jesus really say He hasn't come for peace to bring a sword? In this episode, we explore Matthew 10:34-36 where Jesus seems to confuse us with a statement that sits in contrast to much of his teaching on peacemaking. We will look at how the Jewish teaching technique of Allusion and the book of Isaiah gives us keys to understanding what he …
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216. How to understand what Jesus didnt say. REMEZ. This is a much longer episode than usual. In it, we explore how we can understand not just what Jesus says but also what he didn’t. We will see why there are times when Jesus seems to give an unoffencive response to the Pharisees but they respond with anger. To understand all of this we will need …
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215. Why Is My Life So Difficult? Jesus Doesn’t Seem To Help Me. Life so often feels like it’s such hard work and then we become a Christian and wonder why it doesn’t get much easier. It often can feel like it’s getting harder. In this episode we explore this topic and ask how do we work out our faith so that at least we aren’t causing our own issu…
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214. The Truth In True Crime with Jim Warner Wallace Part 2 Jim Warner Wallace is an American homicide detective and Christian apologist. Giving so much of his life to Cold Case work Jim turns his skills to Christianity. Today we talk with Jim about his new book, The Truth in True Crime. The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us …
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213. Evidence for Christianity with Jim Warner Wallace Jim Warner Wallace is an American homicide detective and Christian apologist. Giving so much of his life to Cold Case work Jim turns his skills to Christianity. What evidence is there for Jesus outside of the Bible? The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning …
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212. How Do We Forgive Ourselves? In this episode we explore a listeners question on "how do we forgive ourselves"? It can be so hard to let ourselves move on when we have done something stupid. Here we will explore how we might forgive ourselves as we forgive others. A Monkeys Orientation - https://amzn.eu/d/dlVF8yN Support the podcast with a coff…
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211. An Interview with Joy Blundell on Discipleship and the Kingdom of God Welcome to Episode 211 where we chat with Joy Blundell from Alive Church in Lincoln about discipleship and the Kingdom of God. Joy is Location Pastor of Alive Lincoln North. https://www.alivechurch.org.uk/ Founder @actstrust. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www…
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210. An Interview with Matt Britton About The Gospel of Mark Welcome to episode 210 featuring Matt Britton, an award-winning theatre-maker with over 25 years of experience. As the former artistic director of In Yer Face Theatre Co, Matt is renowned for staging theatre in unconventional spaces and engaging underserved audiences. His socially conscio…
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209. How Do We Go About Loving Ourselves? Jesus calls us to love our neighbour as ourselves. If we actually loved our neighbour in the way we loved ourselves, we often would simply make enemy's of our neighbours. In this episode we explore how to love ourselves. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a …
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208. Can Or Should Christians Have Therapy? This Episode is an interview with Jo Hargreaves @the.Faith.Filled.Therapist. In it we talk about faith, mental and emotional well being and if Christians should be opening themselves up to therapy. https://johargreavestherapy.com Instagram- @the.Faith.Filled.Therapist Discount code - discipleship Support …
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Seven Ways To Overcome Envy What do we do when we find ourselves envious of others? Especially people we love and care for. In this episode, we look at 7 Biblical antidotes to envy. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a copy of The Bible Book By Book head here...https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books…
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206. How To Recover From Spiritual Attack. In today's episode we explore the question of "How to recover from a season of spiritual attack". Here are 6 ways to heal your spiritual warfare wounds: 1. Find healing in His presence Psalm 73:28 "But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your d…
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205. How Do I Become A More Generous Christian. In today's episode we explore the question of generosity. What can we do to become more generous. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a copy of The Bible Book By Book head here...https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/bible-study/bible-study-reference-b…
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204. Can we find Jesus in the Old Testament? Are we able to find Jesus in the OT? The answer is yes through metaphors, images, story archetype and 'Allusion". The OT points to Jesus throughout each book. In this episode we see how and why. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for new episodes. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.b…
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203. Is the Bible Out of Date? Why should we follow the Bible if it has contradictions and horrible texts within it? Is there a way of us understanding it better so we don't misunderstand what its saying? In this episode we look at how we handle the Bible not as a rule book but as a story of Gods active work in the world. Asking ourselves how do I …
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202. How Do We understand Gods Character And Nature In this weeks episode we aim to answer the following question and see why its important for us. “Dear Making Disciples, I hear lots of long words describing God and his nature but they make no sense to me. Can you help me to understand terms like Omnipotence and Omnipresence?” Support the podcast …
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201. Interview with Adrian Semerene On The Topic Of Humility This episode is an interview with Adrian Semerene of Gamlingay Baptist Church. What does humility actually look like in our lives? @asemerene on Instagram Gamlingay Baptist Church - www.gbchurch.org.uk Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a …
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200. This Is A WAW Episode - How Creation Backs Up Scripture In this episode we look at two ways creation backs up what the Bible says about Sabbath and the blood of the Lamb. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a copy of The Bible Book By Book head here...https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/bible…
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199. How Does Jesus' Death Even Mean I am Saved? What is The Equation? One final episode on Salvation. This time we look at what's the 'equation' for salvation. How does this all add up, how does it work and why? Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a copy of The Bible Book By Book head here...https:/…
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198. What is Salvation? A podcast episode listener asked the question we will explore today, “What is Salvation". We will look at how we can understand it, why its needed, historically what we have believed and what are the fruits of it for us today. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a copy of The …
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197. How Can I Know That I Am Saved? A podcast listener asked the question we will explore today, “How can I know that I am saved". This is a great questions and one that many of us will ask ourselves. In this episode we look at our Assurance of faith and the evidence of genuine faith. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.…
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196. Can We Lose Our Salvation? A podcast listener asked the question we will explore today, “What happens when a Christian sins? Does it mean God no longer loves them or that they have lost their salvation? We will talk about ways of approaching this topic as well as how do we repent and become more like Jesus in our salvation. Support the podcast…
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195. How To Reconstruct Faith After Doubt Or Loss Of Faith. In this episode we look at how we go about rebuilding out faith when we have has a serious season of doubt or lost faith. In this episode we talk about how to rebuild your spiritual foundations, make sure to seek out healthy community and remember rebuilding will look different for each pe…
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194. Interview With Marie Aitken From Alpha UK On Sharing Our Faith. Marie Aitken is head of England at Alpha UK, a wife and mum of two. In this interview we talk about sharing our faith, why its important how we can go about doing it. Oh and yes.... we talk a little about Alpha. You can read more about Marie here...... https://www.marieaitken.com/…
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193. Do you want to be less stagnant, less lonely, less bitter and more confident in your faith in 2024? In this episode we look at some research on the impact of reading the Bible 4 or more times a week on our lives. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a copy of The Bible Book By Book head here...ht…
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192. How To Make The Bible The Foundation Of All Your Decisions. There is a massive danger that Christians are not allowing the Bible to form their views and their understandings. If we only let the Bible become something we dip into, it will never have the power or authority in our lives, and then we drift towards confusion. In this episode, we lo…
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191. An episode about Deconstruction of the Christian Faith. There has been a lot, especially in young adults, talking about deconstructing the Christian faith. Sadly many have deconstructed to the point of having nothing but rubble left. In this episode we talk about what is healthy deconstruction and what might we need to do to make sure those wh…
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190. The Sermon On The Mount (Dramatic Reading). In this episode, we hear the sermon on the mount from beginning to end. Why don’t you ask yourself…. 1. What stands out? 2. What do you need to really really hear? 3. What are you going to live out differently in the coming weeks? Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cri…
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189. Jesus Says Have You Looked At Your Foundations? (Matt 7:24) Jesus now lands the sermon on the mount with a diagnosis of our foundations. What is it you are building your life on… truthfully! Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a copy of The Bible Book By Book head here...https://www.eden.co.uk/c…
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188. How To Discern False Teachers and Prophets (Matt 7:15) In Jesus' 3rd warning he tells us to be aware of false prophets. But how to we do that? In this episode we look at 6 things to do to discern false teachers and prophets. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a copy of The Bible Book By Book he…
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187. Jesus Tells To Seek Out The Narrow Way (Matt 7:13) Jesus finishes the sermon the mount with 3 warnings. 1, The importance of persistence, 2, to avoid the wide road of culture and 3, be aware of false teachers. In this episode explore the narrow way of Jesus. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a…
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186. Jesus Tells Us To Knock Hard (Matt 7:7) Asking, Seeking and Knocking is at the heart of today’s passage. What does it mean to do this and how do put it into practice? Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers To get a copy of The Bible Book By Book head here...https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/bible-stu…
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185. The Kingdom Of God In The Every Day, conversation with Martin Young Martin Young was senior leader of the Rising Brook Community Church in Stafford for many years. He is also a regular host and speaker at Spring Harvest as well as a number of national and international conferences. Martin is a fantastic guy are we are super excited to have him…
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184. Jesus Warns Us Not To Throw Pearls At Pigs - An Episode On Discernment(Matt 7:6) I have to admit, throwing pearls at pigs has never been something I have felt I needed to worry about. How about you? Jesus uses this image as a way of helping us to see that we need to discern when someone is ready to receive the good news rather than giving away…
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183. Jesus Warns Us About Being Judgemental (Matt 7:1) We are now entering our final chapter on the sermon on the mount. Here Jesus disciples us in the Godly life of not being judgemental. He teaches us the problems with being judgemental and calls us not to be hypocrites. Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisroger…
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182. Jesus Says Do Not Worry About Anything (Matt 6:57) As we keep walking through the sermon on the mount and Jesus' teaching on the Upside Down Kingdom we get to Jesus' teaching on worry. The world is full of worry and simply telling us to not worry doesn't always help us not to worry. Here we explore what Jesus is inviting us into as disciples w…
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181. Mike Pilavachi - When an influential leader fails what do we do? This is a very difficult and live issue but one to look at from a discipleship perspective. If you are someone who has been hurt by a church leader, please please please speak to the appropriate people. If they don’t listen, tell more people. Bring any abuse into the light. For o…
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180. How To Talk About Jesus Without Looking Like An Idiot With Andy Bannister Are you looking for a panic-free guide to how to have a conversation about Jesus? If yes then this interview is for you. We talk with Andy Bannister from Solas Centre for Public Christianity. https://www.solas-cpc.org/ You can pick up a copy of the book here. Support the…
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179. Jesus Says Have You Got Good Eyes (Matt 6:19) As we have seen in other episodes sometimes what Jesus says can be heard differently when we know a little more about the culture of Jesus' day. In this episode we explore our relationship with money but also what Jesus meant when he said we needed good eyes. Support the podcast with a coffee.... h…
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178. Jesus Says Stop With Your Religious Performance (Matt 6:16) As Jesus continues to walk us through his upside down kingdom He now talks about the dangers of religious performance. Jesus introduces to the word hypocrite which ultimately came into English from the Greek word hypokrites, which means “an actor” or “a stage player.” Support the podc…
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