Tucked away towards the end of the New Testament, 1 Peter is an easy book of the Bible to overlook. But 1 Peter also has major relevance to followers of Christ today. Former Pathways faculty member Jordan Chapman recently finished his doctoral thesis focusing on 1 Peter. Jordan has a deep knowledge of this important book and discusses with Richard how it can influence us in the present.

Few books of the Bible are as tricky to understand as Revelation—and yet our interpretations of this challenging book continue to have implications for how we follow Jesus in the present. In this podcast, Richard interviews NT scholar, and former Pathways faculty member, Jordan Chapman about how to read Revelation well. His views may be challenging, but will certainly be thought-provoking.

In the past few years, more and more churches have been gathering online - sometimes that has been our only way to connect as a community. Today, whether that’s preparing services curated for online, or streaming live services for those who cannot attend in person, leading worship online is re-shaping the role of a worship leader. How does gathering online impact the way we lead worship? How can we still encourage participation and create meaningful spaces for worship? Yvonne will be speaking into this as well as how to record and film songs for online services - and it gets better - she'll teach you how to do it on any budget.

Contemporary life often feels like an assault of appointments, deadlines, emails, social media, and headlines. Is it possible that this frenetic, crazy-making pace of life might be compromising our spiritual health? In this episode, Richard talks with Bible teacher Mark Forrest about developing a slower, more reflective rhythm of life and ways we can use that to make greater room for God.

Open Brethren churches have their own lexicon of traditional, old-timey words—like "assembly", "fellowship", and "meeting". But these old-school words often express ideas that are theologically rich and remarkably contemporary. In this episode, Richard interviews lifelong Open Brethren Bible teacher, Brian Goodwin, about these distinctive terms, what they tell us about these churches—and what they can teach us about following Jesus today.

Are we facing a crisis of character? In recent years, we've witnesseed leaders abroad, inside and outside the church, demonstrate an often remarkable lack of character—and, in many instances, ordinary believers being happy to cheer them on. It seems that virtue is in short supply. So how do we develop Christlike character? In this episode, Richard talks with veteran Bible teacher, pastor and missionary, Brian Goodwin, about cultivating the practices that gradually give rise to genuine, godly character.

The pandemic has forced churches to gather in homes. But what if that was our permanent way of "doing church"? Sarah and Nick Field, founders of "The Way" home church network, talk about home churches and the massive benefits they hold for discipleship, community and "everyday mission".

Join Ben, our Pathways Online Courses Manager as he talks about conversational evangelism with Dave Mann from the Shining Lights Trust.  

In this podcast, Dave reveals who his evangelism hero is, how to find freedom in evangelism, and some tips on how to approach evangelism in 2021 during a worldwide pandemic.  

Stay tuned to the end of the episode for a special giveaway.  

Helpful resources:  

https://alltogether.co.nz

Join Rosie, our School of Worship Leading Co-ordinator, as she chats with Malcolm Gordon about the journey of worship and reframing our understanding of liturgy. Malcolm unpacks his thoughts on how to lead in a way that honours both our emotions and our intellect, and treasures the new as well as the old. Malcolm redefines liturgy and how it adds value to gathered worship and our lives as a whole. 

Tune in to hear Malcolm share some of his story and how he became passionate about seeing worship leaders thrive and bringing together the 'best of both worlds’ from the traditional and charismatic church movements.Malcolm is a lecturer and teaches on creativity and artistic expression in worship at Laidlaw, Carey and the Knox Centre. He’s an accomplished songwriter and is currently doing his doctorate in the area of lament.

Helpful resources to find out more:

www.onevoice.org.nz

illustratedgospel.org

Welcome to the More Than Theology Podcast.  

In this weeks episode, Rory shares some thoughts around the Internet, big tech and shares his story and how that led him to launch Safe Surfer.   Safe Surfer is an incredible platform that helps family's keep safe in the digital surf. 

Rory shares about what Safe Surfer is and we preview some basic usage of the app and desktop platform at 20:04.  

To find out more, head to www.safesurfer.co.nz  

To download the Safe Surfer mobile app, head here.  

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