A-Cross Perspective/s

Should you change for your partner? Can you expect your partner to change? Does love mean total acceptance of the beloved? Should I just let God change them? What has dishes got to do with all of this? Join us as we tease apart these things.

With many services having gone online due to COVID-19, people may feel at greater liberty to tune in to the services of other churches. This raises the thorny issue of commitment to the local church - is there ever a good reason to leave your church for another? What considerations do we need to keep in mind? More deeply, what is the role of the local church with regard to the believer and the body of Christ? What are some practical handles we can look to in figuring this out in our own lives?

In lieu of World Mental Health Day, we speak to our friend Athel, who runs a social enterprise for mental health and wellness education. In the episode, we discuss what mental health is, what Christianity has to say about it and how the Church can be a space that promotes mental health. We also explore certain tensions such as self-care vs. self denial, and unconditional love vs. establishing boundaries.

"Pokemon is evil!" "Harry Potter promotes witchcraft!" How seriously should Christians take these warnings? What attitude should we adopt towards pop culture? Is there benefit in engaging it, and how do we do so while avoiding its dangers, if any? Join us to hear our thoughts on these issues and more.

What is this cancel culture we keep hearing about? What are its motivations and pitfalls? Is the church called to cancel others? What if Christians are cancelled? Join us as we talk about the good and bad about cancel culture, as well as how Christians should engage it.

Following up on our previous episode on work, we now talk about money - how should Christians relate to money? Is it wrong to pursue money? What does it mean to not serve Mammon? Can I be Christian and rich? On this episode, we are joined by our friend, Jeremy, as we explore these questions.

Work is a central part of our lives. Whether you hate your job or love it, work is here to stay. How should Christians understand work, and how are we supposed to "live out" our faith in the workplace? What metric do we measure ourselves against? Join us as we discuss some of these issues. (Note: We encountered some technical difficulties in recording the audio, we apologise for that and seek your understanding.)

What is Christian activism? Is it even a thing? Why, when, and how should we engage in it? With protests happening across the world, these are important questions to deal with. In this episode, we attempt to critically examine some of these issues. 

In this episode, we spring off a recent Youtube video where a couple authentically shared the story behind their divorce. We examine what marriage and divorce means from a Christian perspective and discuss how to reconcile that with very real concerns in people's lives. This being our first episode, the audio quality leaves much to be desired. We apologise for that, but our later episodes get better!