We are incredibly complex creatures. Everything we choose to say and do is motivated by an potentially irreducibly complicated entanglement of motivations, desires and perspectives. As Christians it’s really important to be self reflective, and in this episode we’re thinking about The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life by Jeremy Pierre, a book that attempts to […]

This week on Ordinary, as well as catching up on each other’s lockdown feelings, we’re talking about transgender. There seem to be several specific areas of Christian thought for each generation upon which secular views seem to press hard. At this time we see things like same-sex relationships, abortion, and and transgender issues directly challenging […]

What comes to mind when you think about holiness? Most us have some kind of sunday-school definition in our heads but what does it mean to be progressing in holiness? Is progression possible? And if it is, how can it be measured?

COVID-19 is absolutely dominating our lives at the moment. Our work lives, our social lives, and of course our church lives. Every element of what the church is and does has been upended by the virus. Today we hear from Graham and Mark about some theological views of the crisis. Also about how the church […]

Today we have the pleasure of speaking to Simon Ward. As Chief Operating Officer of the British Fashion Council, Simon ran London Fashion Week for 30+ years. We’re going to be talking about fashion, aesthetics and lots of deep questions.

I hope you’re all doing OK in what is clearly a really difficult time for so many people in lots of different ways. But don’t worry, Ordinary is still here for you, and as promised at the end of last week’s podcast, this week we have evolution part 2. We felt there was lots more […]

Evolution is a topic of great interest for Christians. Views on the development of life and the age of the Earth are many and varied in the Christian world. So today we ask the question “Is it ok for Christians to believe evolution happened?” and even more broadly we discuss if there is any conflict […]

Statistics might suggest that if you’re listening to a podcast like this then you may well fall in the to millennial age bracket. Maybe not – people of ages listen, but millennials make a big percentage of those listening to podcasts. Today we’re taking a look at what studies have suggested millennials are like – […]

We recently had the pleasure of being joined by Chap Bettis as he shared some biblical wisdom on parenting. He is the author of The Disciple-Making Parent, but he’s also relatively recently produced a book called Parenting with Patience. Today we’re talking with Chap about anger in parenting. Why is anger a serious issue? Is […]

The topic of spiritual gifts has been something that divides Christians. In today’s episode we define what is meant by spiritual gifts, and then outline and evaluate 3 potential viewpoints that Bible believing Christians hold to when it comes to their uses in the lives of Christians and in the church today.