How can we pray in light of the images coming from the Middle East? How are new online checks good news for our churches? What does a recent Coldplay concert teach us about sin?

In this episode of In:Dependence, Phil Topham (FIEC Executive Director), Andy Hunter (FIEC Director for Scotland and the North of England), and John Stevens (FIEC National Director) discuss stories in the news and how they relate to church leadership.

Show notes

• FIEC Leaders' Conference (fiec.org.uk)
• Rising Lights (fiec.org.uk)
• Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns (bbc.co.uk)
• As porn sites apply new age checks, will users hand over personal ID? (bbc.co.uk)
• How porn-addicted men can learn true intimacy (thetimes.com)
• What do we know about the Epstein files? (bbc.co.uk)
• Are they ‘having an affair’ or just shy? The couple caught on Coldplay’s kiss cam (theguardian.com)

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00:00 - Keswick Convention

03:45 - How to pray for Gaza

09:11 - Age checked for adult content

13:24 - The problem of porn in churches

16:41 - Should the Epstein files be released?

20:55 - Are Christians more susceptible to conspiracy theories?

26:34 - Affair exposed at a Coldplay concert