n Episode 6 Matt & Nigel talk to Hannah & Ben and ask the question how do we remember the poor? Hannah used to live and work in Uganda and set up a charity there while living and serving in the country, whilst Ben currently works for the Red Cross and has been involved in the humanitarian sector for the last 20 years. They talk about different types of poverty and give advice on what we can do to help and remember the poor.

In Episode 5 we talk to Rowan & John who run their own business. Matt & Nigel unpack how they have managed to run their business during covid and now, in a world of austerity post covid. They discuss the weapons they choose from their spiritual armoury to come against feelings of anxiety and fear. For all of us, life is hard at times and it can be uncertain, particularly if you're running businesses right now. Life  can make us fearful and anxious and the temptation can be to look for certainty in the way we live. How do we live in the freedom of the Spirit when we live in fear and anxiety?

In this episode of the Playmakers Podcast Matt & Nigel talk to Barbara, Noelle & Tom about the fruit of the Spirit and nurturing a healthy root to produce good fruit. We hope you enjoy the episode.

Kindness is actually only mentioned once in the entirety of Galatians and it's as a part of the fruit of the spirit where it says in Galatians chapter five, 'But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law.'

At the beginning of Galatians, Paul sets out his testimony as evidence of the truth of the gospel of Jesus and it's the same with us as disciples. The gospel of Jesus is true and our testimony of life is part of the evidence which illustrates that it's true. As Jesus says in Matthew chapter seven, "By their fruit, you will recognise them."

So as we think about the message of Galatians in this Playmakers podcast, we're talking to real people and thinking about how the gospel of Jesus has transformed, underpinned and built the lives of men and women of God, men, and women in our community. How do they live in freedom and guard that freedom in Christ?

These are not the testimonies of people who are far away. But people who sit next to us at Community Church Bishop's Stortford on Sundays and in small groups. Real people who show that Jesus is Lord in their daily lives.

In this episode of 'Playmakers'  we talk about offense. That's in the American football sense of the word offense. In American football offense means attack. So we ask the question about what is the best form of attack you have when the sins of the flesh try to tackle you. We talk about eating, we talk about alcohol. We even talk a little bit about pornography.

We were talking to Mark and Christine who are an amazing couple from our church. 

This is the first episode of a six part mini-series exploring the New Testament book of Galatians. Over the course of the series we will discuss how, as followers of Jesus Christ, we carry the ball of grace, walk by the Spirit and navigate not gratifying the desires of the flesh.

Hello and welcome to the Playmakers Podcast Show!