Church ahead

Welcome back to Church ahead.
Time we talked about time.  
1st of 3 episodes about time and church.
How long do you want your church to be?
Are all church minutes 60 seconds?
Does your church ever advertise the finish time?

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6th of 6 episodes on Jesus' death as the most important thing.
Meet Matthew the accountant and gospel writer.  
Has the Christian gospel been good news for Jewish people?  Or Muslims?
Where did German anti-semitism come from?
Is looking to the cross helpful for aggressor or victim?

Congratulations to Church ahead on its first birthday.

No broadcast 14 April 2023. 
Next episode 21 April 2023  How often do you go to church?

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Can a true Christian ever relax?
5 of what is now 6 episodes on the death of Jesus.
Today we look at the effect of our obsession with death and pain.
Meet Shaun the bus passenger on his way home from rehab.
Next week what does our obsession with violence do for Christians as we meet the 4th member of the Evangelists group.  

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4th of 5 episodes for Lent 2023 about the death of Jesus.
Was Jesus' death God's idea?
Good idea?  Bad idea?
Does any atonement cut it?
Do you want a relationship with the God who killed Jesus?
Next time the last in this series ; what does Jesus' death do for us?

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Is Christianity a death cult?
Compare the end of Jesus life with Christopher Marlowe, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and  Martin Luther King.
Interview with historian gospel writer Luke.
What does our concentration on the death of Jesus do for our relationship with him?
Are we making Christ hard for people to find?
Have we made his greatness invisible?

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Aesthetics.   What does it look like? 
2nd of 5 episodes in our Lent series about the death of Jesus.
In a visual world what does Church look like if Jesus' death is the most important thing about him?
What category of film is the crucifixion?
What age classification would it have?
What use is this to Elsa on her last bus journey?
Can you cope with the street facing crucifix of St Anne's Openshaw?

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Is Jesus death the most important thing about him?
That's our question for Lent 2023.
Here we consider the history of this idea...
Next time what does Christianity LOOK like when Jesus death is centre stage?

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3rd of 3 episodes about evolution.
Survival of the Fittest is controversial.  Does it apply to religion?  
Is our faith fit enough to thrive?  Survive?
Meet bus passengers Maria & Brian.  
Bus passengers will help us consider how fit  the big Christian beliefs are?
Next time the death of Jesus Christ.

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2nd of 3 episodes on evolution.
Shtisel is so successful in passing down his biological and spiritual genes he has a Netflix series named after him.  How successful has this generation of Christian parents been at passing on their faith?  Is the church gene failing to reproduce?

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This is a pivot episode ; 3rd of 3 on the zeitgeist but also 1st of 3 on evolution.
How big a threat is evolution to church?
Is  Judeo Christianity an ancient religion?  
How far has church adapted to bottom up?
If the world needs a religion able to adampt is Christianity the best candidate?

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