This advent Tom and Stuart discuss preaching, fireworks, mental health, entertainment and people hurt by church. This will be the final episode of 1st Friday - thanks for listening! Find more of our programmes at gnba.net

Tom and Stuart kick up the dust from an old and contentious topic.

In light of the Queen's recent death Tom and Stuart talk about the church’s response to various times of national crisis.

Tom and Stuart discuss whether the recent photos from the James Webb telescope challenge the 6 day creation account in Genesis.  

Tom and Stuart discuss an article about why people shouldn’t have children and also the recent court decision in the US around abortion.  

Tom and Stuart are joined by special guest Heather Reynolds to discuss the CCLI top 100 worship songs.

https://songselect.ccli.com/search/results?List=top100

https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=6201713982

Tom and Stuart talk about a recent Barna poll around pastors and their world view.  

https://opentheword.org/2022/05/16/poll-how-many-pastors-have-a-biblical-worldview/

Some statistics suggest that as many as 50% of pastors want to leave the ministry. Tom and Stuart discuss why this is the case and what can be done about it.

Tom and Stuart discuss three separate questions around theological differences, western Christianity and conspiracy theories.

00.00 Intro

01.00 Theological Differences

40:20 Western Christian culture

58:20 Conspiracy theories

Tom and Stuart discuss whether evangelistic courses are a good idea or not.