Deeper and Wider

Apologetics. For some people, the word evokes in the imagination people having rich dialogue about the big questions of life, faith, church, philosophy, and many more topics pertaining to God, in a good natured dialogue of wrestling with honest questions. But for some, the word evokes in the imagination people having petty arguments about God’s existence, getting angry, not listening to those friends with sincere questions of faith, and having debates around secondary questions like how old the Earth is. So my question is this: is apologetics inherently bad? Are there ways of doing apologetics that avoid pettiness and getting into a ‘us vs them’ posture? We’ll be exploring this and a range of other things with Justin Brierley.

Justin has been working in radio, podcasting and video for almost two decades. He hosts the Unbelievable? radio show and podcast on Premier Christian Radio, as well as the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast. He is Theology and Apologetics Editor for Premier Christian Radio and occasionally contributes to other shows and podcasts from the London-based station. Justin was also editor of Premier Christianity magazine from 2014-2018, for which he continues to contribute articles. Justin's first book 'Unbelievable? Why, after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian' (SPCK) was published in 2017. 

To find out more about Justin, find more about him at http://justinbrierley.com or search him up on socials. 

This was preached at Sanctuary Church in 2019, and it comes from John 2, when Jesus turns water into wine. What does it look like to have subversive joy in a culture of despair?  

In this episode, I speak about church for this decade coming out of the heartache and dreaming of the young adults of the 2020's...

This will be the first of many episodes that will be released once a month, every second Friday. 

A sermon from Matthew 7. Ask, Seek, Knock. 

Another sermon from 2019, a week after Resurrection Sunday. 

Releasing an 'off season' episode of a sermon delivered in 2019, called Grief and the Resurrection. Enjoy. 

It's been a while since we have spoke- so I thought I'd give you an update on the show, including some significant changes and also a new posture to the show overall... 

We are exploring the intersection of comedy and faith, so we'll be speaking Father Chris Bedding. Father Chris is an Anglican priest, artist, and activist. He serves in a parish in the Perth hills, and has also served as an age care chaplain. However, he is also one half of a comedy duo known as Pirate Church. It's a comedy show about religion...And pirates.  needless to say, I thought you would be the perfect candidate to talk to about faith and comedy.

To find out more about Father Chris, follow him on social media @chrisbedding (IG and Facebook) and @FrChrisBeddinf (Twitter).  

In this weeks episode we talk with Karina Kreminski on urban mission and urban spirituality.

Rev. Dr Karina Kreminski has worked in the fields of English teaching and journalism, and has also been a Senior Minister in the Church. She has a doctorate in missional formation, teaches at Morling College in Sydney, and also writes and blogs about spirituality, mission and theology. Karina has also authored a book called “Urban Spirituality: Embodying God's Mission in the Neighborhood”. She loves forming people for leadership and speaks regularly at churches and conferences on neighbourhood and community mission and activism. Her and her husband live in Surry Hills, an inner city village in Sydney, where they are committed to loving their local neighbourhood and seeing it flourish- working with the neighbourhood to bring about peace, justice and mercy in the ecology of the neighbourhood through Spirit-inspired relationships and initiatives.

To find out more about Karina and the work her and her husband do, then visit www.neighbourhoodmatters.com.au   

After a hiatus, I am finally releasing some episodes of Deeper & Wider! And for this episode, we are exploring the music act of worship by interviewing David Andrew.

Composer, Artist, Producer, Full Tilt Existentialist, and collaborator/producer with Gang of Youths, and sideman with Charlie Collins, and Joji Malani's (formerly Gang of Youths, now Founder of Broth Records) upcoming project, “Pae”. David has been creating contemplative piano works for the last few years as a response to the break-neck pace of modern existence. His newest project is a post-classical dance exploration, taking where he's been and directing it into a club at 3am, aiding people's return from the peak of the night, with cinematic clouds of sound and beats that make the body move on its way back down.

The interview itself was one heck of a rise! Check it out, and also check out David on Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/44nxpJ4QALHoSoUFpWiIQc?si=bJzSmPOnSQmmiwxWSB13mA