Best Premier Christianity magazine Podcasts (2025)

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Austin Suggs and Gospel Simplicity 53:33

32m ago53:33

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Austin grew up in a Christian home but had a period of doubt in his youth. After wrestling with some of the fundamentals of faith he went on to become a theology graduate from Moody Bible Institute. He created the YouTube channel "Gospel Simplicity," which has now garnered over 40,000 subscribers and three million views. His channel features interv…

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Leadership Special Dave Landrum: ‘Leading in an anti-Christian world’ 27:45

1h ago27:45

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Andy Peck talks to the author of a new book entitled Seismos: Christian Citizenship in a Post-Christian West about his alarming analysis of how secularism ideology has pushed Christianity to the margins of society in the West. How are we to understand it and what might be the response of the church? How could Christian citizenship point people to a…

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Dr John Bergsma on the Dead Sea Scrolls 57:40

5d ago57:40

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John Bergsma grew up with a military chaplain as a father and his family were Dutch Calvinists. As an adult he went on to become a Protestant pastor but later felt the call to join the Catholic church which he joined in 2001. He's now Professor of Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Ohio in his academic life has specialised in…

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Leadership Special Simon Cross: ‘Navigating AI as a leader’ 31:55

7d ago31:55

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Andy Peck talks to the author of ‘Artificial Intelligence: a guide for the perplexed’ about his work understanding the ethical implications of AI as part of the Church of England’s Faith and Public Life Team. What do we need to be concerned about? How should we use it ourselves? How do we find material that can inform our thinking?The Profile is br…

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Elizabeth Oldfield on intentional living and 'off limits' topics 39:05

12d ago39:05

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As a writer, broadcaster and consultant Elizabeth Oldfield is passionate about helping people and organisations grow to align with their values, particularly in the third sector. She was Director of the religion and society think-tank Theos for ten years and now hosts the Sacred Podcast - a show exploring people's lives and the values that shape th…

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Leadership Special Peter Roberts: ‘Leading a new church plant’ 26:18

14d ago26:18

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Andy Peck talks to the founding pastor of Trinity Church Everton, north Liverpool, about how a small team planted a Gospel minded church in one of the poorest areas of the UK. How did they decide on Everton and what lessons has he learned over the last 12 years?The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazi…

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Alister McGrath - Why we believe. 52:42

20d ago52:42

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Alister McGrath is many things, an academic, a historian, a writer, a theologian but above all he is an apologist. McGrath was born in Belfast and went to study chemistry at Oxford University describing himself at the time as an 'aggressive atheist'. Whilst there he met Christians who were scientists but who were able to talk to him and debate his …

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Leadership Special Stewart McCulloch: ‘Stewarding finances as you lead’ 27:48

21d ago27:48

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Andy Peck talks to the CEO of Christians Against Poverty (CAP) about the need to be aware of finances as we lead. How well do we need to know our way around a balance sheet? What is wise practice with fundraising? How might your church support those in financial need?The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian …

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Brother Guy Consolmagno- The Pope's Astronomer 55:42

26d ago55:42

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As Director of the Vatican Observatory Brother Guy Consolmagno has had his fair share of stargazing. He's a Jesuit priest who has a keen interest in considering space in God's creation and how it can feed us has humans. He grew up in Detroit in the 1950s into a Catholic family where faith was not "oppressive" but part of the fabric of daily life. F…

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Leadership Special Jason Mandryk: ‘Leading intelligently to fulfil the Great Commission’ 28:10

28d ago28:10

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Andy Peck talks with the editor of Operation World, a tool that helps Christian pray intelligently and act strategically as they seek to make worldwide. As Operation World celebrates 60 years of publication, they look at where the church is growing, where it seems to be struggling and the vital role of prayer as we look to serve God’s work. Where s…

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Glyn Barrett on Church planting and growth 55:43

1M ago55:43

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With his Aussie accent you'd be forgiven for thinking Glyn Barrett was homegrown in Australia but he was in fact born to Welsh parents and spent the first two years of his life in Manchester before going down under. Glyn grew up in a Christian home and his parents were pastors. Decades later he felt the call to come back to the UK and plant a churc…

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Leadership Special Karl Vaters: Leading a small church 27:24

1M ago27:24

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Andy Peck chats with a man who has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years. Having pastored a church in the US which grew and then shrank, he founded a ministry supporting pastors of small churches. They talk about why some churches remain small, how you can be ‘heathy’ and small and what to do if you have tried to change things and faile…

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Shell Perris and Gary Spicer on Christian entrepreneurship 45:55

1M ago45:55

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Shell Perris - once a singer in a Christian girl band - now leads Alive Ministries which helps families worship. She works with Gary Spicer at The Lions which guides Christians in setting up and running successful businesses, not just to make money, but to create social change. Through their work they hope to help, mentor, train and bring ideas int…

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Leadership Special Liz Taylor MBE: ‘Providing leadership training for Diaspora Christians’ 26:19

1M ago26:19

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Andy Peck chats with the national director of Development Associates International (DAI UK) about their leadership training and support of Diaspora Christians including overseas students. They talk about her background in community health and development in rural Nepal and urban India and what led her into leadership in the first place.The Profile …

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Carey Nieuwhof on church leadership 56:25

2M ago56:25

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Podcaster Carey Nieuwhof has said being a pastor 'nearly killed' him. Not that he felt a particular call to church leadership initially. Nieuwhof grew up in a Christian home to immigrant parents who lived in Canada but it wasn't until he was 13 and his parents had moved to an Evangelical Presbyterian church that he felt he gave his life to Christ.M…

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Leadership Special Nicholas & Sheila Rowe ‘How your upbringing impacts how you lead’ 29:08

2M ago29:08

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Andy Peck chats with the authors of Healing Leadership Trauma: Finding emotional health and helping others flourish (IVP). They discuss how past trauma can impact a leader’s style and approach, what signs we should look for, and what we might do to get support.The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazin…

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Jason McCarthy on football and Jesus 26:50

2M ago26:50

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After a tough year Wycombe Wanderer's Jason McCarthy was looking to assess his priorities. He was having a successful career as a defender but after a close relative died and during a nasty spell when he got held up at knifepoint he began to question what success was. One day he overheard teammates talking about Jesus and became intrigued. He asked…

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Victory Boyd on scripture and music 27:14

2M ago27:14

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Singer and songwriter Victory Boyd grew up in a big musical family. She's one of nine children and credits her parents for her musical success and the investment they put into her and her siblings. As a family they moved to New York with little money but a lot of faith and sold CDs around the city which helped support their family. Now she's a succ…

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Leadership Special Phil Moore: ‘When what and how you lead needs to change’ 26:21

2M ago26:21

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Andy Peck chats with Phil Moore about his transition from serving as pastor at Everyday Church Wimbledon for a new kind of discipling based ministry. They explore his new book, ‘The Forgotten Manifesto of Jesus’ and how new believers can become leaders within their sphere of influence. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s…

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Isabel Vaughan-Spruce on standing up for the unborn 1:00:39

2M ago1:00:39

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Isabel Vaughan-Spruce is one of the most outspoken pro-life activists working in the UK today. She is the Director of 40 Days for Life and March for Life UK which uses volunteers and prayer to encourage women to believe that their pregnancies are important. Last year she was arrested twice for praying outside abortion centres and has fought -succes…

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Leadership Special Kate Coleman & Cham Kaur-Mann: ‘Leading in a multi-racial setting’ 28:09

2M ago28:09

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Andy Peck chats with Kate, the founder of Next Leadership and her co-director Cham.As the first black and Asian ministers in the Baptist Union of Great Britain respectively, they share their experience as pioneers. They look at what racism is, and what we can do to tackle the issue in the settings where we lead. The Profile is brought to you by Pre…

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Christine Caine on shame 51:13

2M ago51:13

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Australian-born Christine Caine is an author, and activist. She grew up to Greek immigrant parents in Sydney but from the age of 3 she was sexually abused by men living in her house. In her childhood and early adult life she lived with great shame but in this episode explains how Jesus set her free from it. As an adult she found out she and her bro…

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Leadership Special Alan Fadling: ‘Unhurried Leadership’ 25:59

2M ago25:59

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Andy Peck chats with the author of ‘The Unhurried Leader’, who is the founder of a range of ministries, resources and events for leaders who wish to slow down. They talk about Alan’s journey to near burnout, how he recovered and what he says to leaders who fear they can’t keep going at their present pace. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Ch…

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Actor David Gyasi on love 54:51

3M ago54:51

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Actor David Gyasi (pronounced 'Josse') is on a career high. He's appeared in Hollywood films such as Interstellar with Matthew McConaughey and alongside Halle Berry in Cloud Atlas. You can also catch him as UK Foreign Secretary in the Netflix series of The Diplomat. But getting there had its struggles. He and his wife - became teenage parents unexp…

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Leadership Special David Instone-Brewer: ‘A Christmas narrative for leaders’ 28:24

3M ago28:24

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In a classic re-run, Andy Peck chats with the retired Baptist minister and Cambridge scholar about how we should best understand Luke and Matthew’s portrayal of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus. Does the likely scandal surrounding the events mean that there is rather more going on that we have imagined The Profile is brought to you by Prem…

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Michelle John on music and God's Providence 47:40

3M ago47:40

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Gospel singer songwriter Michelle John has sung with some great names in the music industry including Eric Clapton and Maria Carey though as she says - she still feels like "Michelle from Peckham". John grew up on a council estate in South London and was encouraged to go to church by a neighbour and local institution 'Mr Grant'. She began singing i…

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Leadership Special Matt Hogg: ‘Enabling lay leaders’ 28:35

3M ago28:35

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Andy Peck chatted with the leadership enabler at CPAS (Church Pastoral Aid Society) about the work of equipping lay leadership to serve in the local church. They discuss how moving from Holy Trinity, Brompton to revitalise a church in Fulham helped shape his ministry and what we might look for and why it is that so are reluctant to step into leader…

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Writer Joy Marie Clarkson on connection 50:47

3M ago50:47

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With parents in full-time ministry Joy Clarkson lived in several American states growing up including Texas, Tennessee, Colorado and California. She was often home schooled which lead, as she says to a 'transitory childhood.' But moving while young also allowed her to witness different types of Christianity and people. Books became 'friends' and sh…

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Leadership Special Mark Hendley: ‘Leading through ministry uncertainty’ 28:06

3M ago28:06

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Andy Peck chatted with the founder of ‘The Stones Cry Out’ about how planned Holy Land tours were halted by the Israel v Hamas hostilities but ended up adjusting his work in even better ways. They also discuss why the traditional nativity scene is way off reality. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian mag…

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Rico Tice on Evangelism 53:25

3M ago53:25

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Evangelist Rico Tice had a classically English boarding school upbringing but his early life was more international. Born in Chile he grew up in Africa, later attending Sherbourne boarding school in Dorset in the sixties and seventies which he describes as 'tough' and 'Darwinian'. Like many men of his generation it instilled in him a sense of duty.…

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Leadership Special Ashley Cooper: ‘Theological education for leaders’ 27:39

3M ago27:39

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Andy Peck chats with the Principal of Cliff College, Derbyshire about the challenges of leading a Theological College. How has the focus changed over the years? How are issues regarding sexuality covered given the divisions with the national Church? How might character be formed alongside the necessary academic focus? The Profile is brought to you …

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Lex Renick - the pastor who turned her back on a transgender identity 42:39

3M ago42:39

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Lex Renick has lived many different lives and she's still only 27-years-old. When she was still in middle school she began to experience gender dysphoria going on to identify as a transgender man taking testosterone and even having a double mastectomy. She grew up in a Christian household in California but it was not a happy home. She experienced e…

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Leadership Special Chris Gillies: ‘Leading in the workplace’ 25:23

4M ago25:23

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Andy Peck talks to the author of ‘On the way to work: a Christian approach to thinking differently about success and fulfilment’. Chris has 30 years’ experience working at director level in financial services and shares four important principles for leading and managing well: selfless service, acting authentically, solving problems and developing d…

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Musician and Evangelist Nancy Goudie on following the voice of God. 55:27

4M ago55:27

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At the age of just six Nancy Goudie felt the powerful presence of God to the point she was unable to move. She became a Christian and later with her husband Ray set up the band Heartbeat which had mainstream, international and TV success appearing on BBC1's Top of the Pops in the 1980s.As the founder and singer, Goudie describes it as a 'vehicle' h…

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Leadership Special Dr Shola Oladipo: ‘Leading with energy’ 27:24

4M ago27:24

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Andy Peck talks with the CEO of Food For Purpose (FFP) about how our diet and exercise levels affect our life as a leader. If we are to ‘love God with all our strength’, what should be eating and not eating to ensure we are capable of leading well for years to come? The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian m…

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Bishop Guli -the Anglican with Iranian roots speaking out on injustice 59:33

4M ago59:33

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The Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani has been Bishop of Chelmsford for nearly 4 years. As a woman, she's one of 18 female bishops in the Church of England out of 42 in total. She was born in Iran in the sixties and it was her early life and experiences which shaped who she is today, a church leader who speaks out with a nuanced voice against injusti…

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Leadership Special Kat Osborn & Tania Bright: ‘Leading a merged charity’ 28:48

4M ago28:48

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Andy Peck talks with the CEOs of Safe Families and Home for Good about how God led them to merge their complementary activities helping vulnerable families and children. How did the merger come about? How did it feel to have a new set of leadership challenges? Is it easy working together with a co-CEO?!The Profile is brought to you by Premier Chris…

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Leadership Special Kate Coleman: ‘Transforming into leaders for tomorrow’ 27:43

4M ago27:43

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Andy Peck talks with the founding director of Next Leadership about her latest book, ‘Metamorph: transforming your life and leadership. Inspired wisdom from the extraordinary ordinary people of the Bible.’They look at why ‘metamorph’ is a key word for you, and how the four questions: ‘Why me? Why here? Why this? Why now?’ will help you reflect on y…

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Femi Oguns - from actor to agent 40:59

4M ago40:59

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According to the actor turned agent Femi Oguns it was God who told him to take his talents behind the screen. At 26-years-old Oguns had a great career. He had played the lead alongside Helen Mirren in the 90's hit Prime Suspect and just starred in a film alongside Dustin Hoffman. Then God told him to he had different plans, according to Oguns it wa…

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Switchfoot's Jon Foreman on music and inspiration 41:05

4M ago41:05

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American rock band Switchfoot had early success in the Christian rock scene in the late nighties and early noughties later gaining mainstream recognition. They released their major album The Beautiful Letdown with hits including 'Meant to Live' and 'Dare you to Move' exploring faith and philosophy.But the band has always questioned the 'Christian' …

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Leadership Special John Hindley: ‘Leading through disappointment’ 26:24

4M ago26:24

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Andy Peck talks with the pastor of Broad Grace Church in Norfolk, about disappointment, looking at themes from his book: ‘Dealing with Disappointment: How to know joy when life doesn’t feel great’.They look at disappointment with ourselves, with others and with God and how to not let it stunt our progress and exhibit joy instead. The Profile is bro…

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Chris DeFlorio - a real life Exorcist 46:05

5M ago46:05

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It's a unique person that answers the call to deliverance ministry but that's exactly what happened to Chris DeFlorio who writes about his experiences as a demonologist in his book Called into Darkness. The retired New York police officer had plenty experience witnesses acts of evil. On 9/11 he was working as a paramedic at JFK airport, later signi…

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Leadership Special Alan Palmer: ‘Leading through illness’ 27:35

5M ago27:35

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Andy Peck talks with the recently retired lead chaplain at James Paget University Hospital in Great Yarmouth, who has served in pastoral ministry in Suffolk, Canada, and Brussels, about the time when his wife and then he himself were seriously ill. How do we lead during such times? They also look at what Alan has come to believe about the importanc…

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Preston Sprinkle on Biblical truth, homosexuality and politics 49:49

5M ago49:49

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Preston Sprinkle isn't scared of being cancelled. In fact it seems there's no subject he isn't prepared to debate. The Biblical scholar and Theology professor regularly takes on hot-button topics ranging from sexuality, race, patriotism and hell. He co-founded The Center for Faith, Sexuality and Gender which in their own words seeks to bring togeth…

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Leadership Special Marcus Honeysett: ‘Leaders and imposter syndrome’ 26:27

5M ago26:27

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Andy Peck talks with the founding director of Living Leadership about the all-too-common phenomenon of ‘imposter syndrome’. Why might we feel like imposters? When does it start and how do we deal with it? They look at the way the Bible describes it and why its presence can derail a Christian leader. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christia…

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Frank Cottrell-Boyce on writing and providence 47:53

5M ago47:53

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Newly appointed Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce was brought up a Catholic and admits he has none of that 'burning Evangelical thing' and that his faith is just 'part of him.' The 65-year-old grew up near Liverpool and after studying English at Oxford went on to become a screenwriter starting out on the 1980's Channel 4 soap Brookside and g…

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Leadership Special Sim Dendy: ‘Simply leading a church’ 27:19

5M ago27:19

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Andy Peck talks with the senior leader of Freedom Church in Romsey,Hampshire, and author of 'Simply Church: Because it’s not meant to be this complicated'. Why do we end up complicating church leadership? Do scandals surrounding church leaders put people off aspiring to lead? How might we nurture and encourage new leadership?The Profile is brought …

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Jesse Fellingham talking God online and on the street 55:18

5M ago55:18

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Evangelist Jesse Fellingham knows Gen Z is hungry for answers about God.Jesse felt God speak to him when he was just eight-years-old. Now at 20 he's made a name for himself on The Way a Christian YouTube Channel which sees the young musician stop people on the street and ask them questions about life, faith and God. As a teen he had typical questio…

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Leadership Special Fearghal Kelly: ‘Student life as a training ground for leaders’ 27:40

5M ago27:40

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Andy Peck talks with the acting Southeast team leader for UCCF, about his work with Portsmouth University and why ‘students reaching fellow students’ remains the wisest missional model for work on campuses in the UK. How does the challenge of some students needing to work, and/or commute, affect a university CU’s outreach? The Profile is brought to…

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Finding God in the silver thread of music with Amanda Cook 49:58

5M ago49:58

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Canadian singer-songwriter Amanda Cook is best known for penning ‘You make me brave’ which she wrote at Bethel Music in California as worship leader there.The 40-year-old grew up on a grain farm in Manitoba understanding there were things bigger than humans controlling their lives, in that case it was the weather. Aged six she began playing the pia…

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