When God the Son became flesh, it started not in Bethlehem but nine months before, in pregnancy. Joseph, as husband to Mary and an earthly father to Jesus, is a fascinating example. Providing, protecting, leading and loving his family through difficulties, cultural shame and death threats. 

Our friends at Evangelical Alliance join us on the Legacy Podcast LIVE at Elmwood Presbyterian. From our changing society to the desire for wholesomeness amongst young people, from a fetus to the saviour of the world. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation on faith and fatherhood. 

Evangelical Alliance and Both Lives have a new resource called God Unborn, which looks at the impact of Joseph on the story of the incarnation. Download a seven-day devotional - God Unborn - here. Also available for churches is a video resource you can play on a Sunday morning in March - 9 months before Christmas at the same link.   

The Evangelical Alliance is a membership organisation of which we are a member - and you can be too! As a church, an organisation or an individual. Find out more on their website.  

Both Lives is an initiative of Evangelical Alliance: a pro-women and pro-life movement – imagining a people and place that values the life and health of women and unborn children, and pursues the wellbeing of both. Find out more here.

And Legacy… that’s us! A ministry for fathers. We provide programmes for churches to help faith and fatherhood thrive. Find out more on our website. www.legacyfathers.org


Today’s guests

DAVID SMYTH
David is head of the Evangelical Alliance in Northern Ireland and coordinates their Public Leader course. A former solicitor who represents the Evangelical Alliance on a range of government, civic, and charitable forums. He serves in the space where faith, law, politics, and culture intersect. He is also an elder in Legacurry Presbyterian Church. 

DAWN MCAVOY
Through her own story of pregnancy crisis, Dawn is now convinced that both lives matter during pregnancy. She lives and worships on the Ards peninsula in Northern Ireland with her husband Peter and their growing family.

ANDY LAMBERTON
Andy directs the work of Legacy and has been hosting the Legacy podcast since it started, with conversations on faith and fatherhood. Author of Letters for Exiles (a book on Daniel), married to Debbie, they have four children raising them along the Donegal shoreline. 


LINKS:

• A previous episode Fathers and the Unexpected with David and Dawn
• Download a seven-day devotional - God Unbo
• Evangelical Alliance
• Both Lives
• Legacy

We are hosting another Legacy Podcast LIVE event in February 2025. 

• Magherafelt Baptist, Mid-Ulster – Friday 28th February 2025, 7:30pm.

BOOK YOUR SEATS HERE

A Derry man, a Yorkshire man, and a Donegal man walk into a church… Today, a Derry man bravely shares his story from brokenness to finding his identity in Christ–Tim’s story pulses with the restoring heart of our Heavenly Father. Also, you’ll get to hear Rob’s story as he shares about the heart of Legacy, his journey of faith, fostering and having young kids. Fasten your seatbelt!

TIM SHIELS
A former drug addict who experienced radical grace-driven transformation when he made the decision to follow Jesus. Tim and his wife, Jennie, now lead a growing church in Omagh. Tim is a father and UCB radio host.

ROB FRASER-BINNS
A Yorkshire man comes to Ireland. After over a decade of connection with a local church, Rob decided to follow Jesus. Having been a youth pastor in Scotland, he has just relocated to Northern Ireland to take up Legacy's Head of Programmes position. Rob, along with his wife Lisa, fostered children before they had their own.

ANDY LAMBERTON
Andy directs the work of Legacy and has been hosting the Legacy podcast since it started, with conversations on faith and fatherhood. Author of Letters for Exiles, married to Debbie, they have four children raising them along the Donegal shoreline.

We are hosting two Legacy Podcast LIVE events in January and February 2025. 

• Elmwood Presbyterian, Lisburn – Thursday 23rd January 2025, 7:30pm.
• Magherafelt Baptist, Mid-Ulster – Friday 28th February 2025, 7:30pm.

BOOK YOUR SEATS HERE

Today’s guests hold significant roles in society and church. Join us for this uplifting conversation as Andy speaks with Shane and Fanta about their story of faith, the theme of fatherhood across Scripture, and what it means to be a grandfather and a father today.


SHANE LOGAN
Former head of Ulster Rugby, Shane Logan, is the new chief executive of the Bryson Group, one of Northern Ireland's biggest and oldest social enterprises. During his time at Ulster Rugby, Shane oversaw the £15m redevelopment of Ravenhill, now the Kingspan Stadium, as well as a period of strong success on the field, which culminated in the side reaching the 2012 Heineken Cup Final. 


BISHOP KEN CLARKE
Ken (aka Fanta) became a minister in 1972 and has served in a number of roles across the evangelical church, including time spent in Chile as a missionary, local church leadership on both sides of the Irish border, became Bishop of Kilmore, Elhpin and Ardagh in 2001 before directing SAMS UK and Ireland (South American Mission Society). Now Re-Fired, he is married to Helen, they have four daughters, and grandchildren.


ANDY LAMBERTON
Andy directs the work of Legacy and has been hosting the Legacy podcast since it started, with conversations on faith and fatherhood. Author of Letters for Exiles, married to Debbie, they have four children and usually have icepops for deserts.

Faith in the public square, a weekend for fathers and their 11y/o moving into year 8, and the small question of what it means to be human…Welcome to the first of our LIVE Podcasts.

Kicking things off with Peter Lynas at the Regular Joes men's conference run by our friends at RUMbLE. Peter trained and worked as a barrister. Married to Rose with two daughters. He has sat on various boards over the years, including the board of Regent College, where he and his wife studied for a season. He also sits on our board at Exodus. His passion for faith in the public square compels him as a regular commentator in the media. He now directs the work of Evangelical Alliance across the UK and is co-lead of Being Human.

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Guest: Peter Lynas is the director of Evangelical Alliance in the UK and co-lead of Being Human. 

Host: Andy Lamberton is director of Legacy and author of Letters for Exiles. 

Links:
Being Human
Evangelical Alliance

The Christian life is no anti-climax. Jesus invites us to life in all its fullness.When Jesus calls Peter to ‘come follow me’ he doesn’t leave Peter in the dark. He says come follow me, and I will make you into a fisher of men. Jesus had a journey of transformation in mind for Peter. Discipleship.

If you’re feeling stuck, your faith stagnant – listen to this episode. Sometimes we need a nudge to awaken us again. To grow in the freedom of putting Christ first. To live a generous and grateful life with God and our family. 

Chapters
0:00 - 5:32 Introductions
5:33 - 10:48 The main things that help Christian men grow
10:49 - 12:08 You’re from Scotland but your accent's American?
12:09 - 21:22 PRESS and Men Behaving Dadly
21:23 - 39:59 More things that help spiritual growth for men

Guest: Joe Barnard
Joe Barnard is the pastor of Holyrood Evangelical Church in Edinburgh and the executive director of Cross Training Ministries, a discipleship ministry focused on training men in spiritual fitness. He is also the author of ‘The Way Forward: a Road Map of Spiritual Growth for Men in the 21st Century’. Married to Anna, they have four children.

Host: Andy Lamberton
Andy Lamberton is the director of Legacy. He goes to the same church his parents, grandparents, great and great great-grandparents went to. Married to Debbie, they are raising their four children in Donegal with ice-pops for dessert most days. Author of Letters for Exiles: Faithful Living in a Faithless World.

Links: 

• Legacy
• Cross Training Ministries

Join Andy, Rob and Stephen as they read through The Heart of the Father: Seven Reading to Celebrate Father's Day.

1. As a Father – so the LORD
2. Fathers Know
3. Fathers Speak
4. Fathers Desire
5. Fathers Do Not Leave
6. Fathers Run
7. Fathers Turn

Links:

• Legacy

Join Andy, Rob and Stephen as they read through The Heart of the Father: Seven Reading to Celebrate Father's Day.

1. As a Father – so the LORD
2. Fathers Know
3. Fathers Speak
4. Fathers Desire
5. Fathers Do Not Leave
6. Fathers Run
7. Fathers Turn

Links:

• Legacy

Join Andy, Rob and Stephen as they read through The Heart of the Father: Seven Reading to Celebrate Father's Day.

1. As a Father – so the LORD
2. Fathers Know
3. Fathers Speak
4. Fathers Desire
5. Fathers Do Not Leave
6. Fathers Run
7. Fathers Turn

Links:

• Legacy

Join Andy, Rob and Stephen as they read through The Heart of the Father: Seven Reading to Celebrate Father's Day.

1. As a Father – so the LORD
2. Fathers Know
3. Fathers Speak
4. Fathers Desire
5. Fathers Do Not Leave
6. Fathers Run
7. Fathers Turn

Links:

• Legacy

Join Andy, Rob and Stephen as they read through The Heart of the Father: Seven Reading to Celebrate Father's Day.

1. As a Father – so the LORD
2. Fathers Know
3. Fathers Speak
4. Fathers Desire
5. Fathers Do Not Leave
6. Fathers Run
7. Fathers Turn

Links:

• Legacy