Dave sits down with Dr Delroy Hall to look at the spiritual discipline of Pastoral Journaling. Delroy shares how paying attention to your walk with God can be so helpful for us as followers of Christ trying to live healthy lives. Dr Hall is Lecturer, freelance trainer, academic, counsellor and pastoral counsellor He has worked in a variety of setti…

Dave & Theo sit down with Matt Hatch to discuss his excellent book Metamorphosis. Many of us want to grow and mature in our faith yet feel stuck or have plateaued spiritually. We long for a more meaningful spiritual life yet feel frustrated and exhausted at the lack of growth. We can feel disappointed and even guilty from our lack of progress. Or w…

In this Episode Dave sits down with Abi Flavell a church planter and leader who shares her story of living with disagreement while maintaining church unity particularly in the area of women in Leadership. Abi helps to lead River City Church Hull https://www.rivercityhull.co.uk/ a vibrant Christian church in the East of Hull that wants to bring life…

In this episode Dave sits down with our very own Dr Daniel McGinnis to talk about his new book "Missional Acts". In this study of the Book of Acts Daniel analyses Luke’s story of the first Christians in light of ancient rhetorical conventions, concluding that Luke presents his stories to strengthen the missional commitment and practice of his reade…

Ian Parkinson joins the podcast to share his wealth of expertise on all things Christian Leadership. Sharing insights from his book "Understanding Christian Leadership" along with many years of leadership in a variety of contexts this is a helpful introcution to some of the big ideas within the field. https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334058…

Dave and Theo talk about the hugely popular Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Podcast from Christianity Today. We begin to try and think about how we can learn from the Mars Hill experience and what healthy church leadership cultures could look like. Our Dayschool is open for registration and is back in person. To sign up head to the website https://leeds…

What makes us human? How do we understand what it means to be made in God's image and how does that affect how we answers questions of ethics, disability, sexuality, relationships and much more...

Welcome to Chat Theology! We have relaunched the podcast and have lots of exciting content and guests coming up, on this episode we look at the question of why study theology? So often it is seen as irrelevant, academic and boring but it doesn't have to be! (reuploaded due to audio error)

We sat down with James Barnett to chat about how his rule of life helps him grow as a disciple of Jesus. We discuss how to sustain your faith when you don't "feel it" and how important it is to be proactive and intentional. James Barnett is a vicar at St Matts Leeds and is a member of the Order of St Cuthbert, a non residential religious order base…

In this episode Theo sits down (virtually) with the Rev Alex Shiells to discuss how his faith and theology interact with his passion for football. Alex has been following the controversy surrounding the takeover of Newcastle United and so we chat about how as Christians we could respond to ethical questions around the sports teams we support. Alex …

In this second part Dave and Theo went through another set of great questions that had been sent in by students. In this episode we covered. Does God know the future? Does prayer change anything? How do you deal with the questions that arise in study? Should christian technologists be involved in bio-printing organs?…

Dave and Theo sat down with some questions from Students. In this episode we covered: Why is Jesus called ‘everlasting Father’ in Isaiah 9:6? Where does authority lie? With Jesus(all authority on heaven and earth has been given to me), Satan (the prince of this world), us? When Jesus did miracles, did he do them as the Son of God, or in the power o…