In this the third part of our conversation on Education and Empowerment, we discuss how education is key to empowering people to taking control of their lives. We welcome a great guest unto the podcast to talk through her project Revive Congo which is practically educating and empowering young people to take control of their futures.

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This is the second in a series on Education and Empowerment. In this episode we continue from where we left off in Episode 1. We discuss societies response to scientific advancement over the ages and discuss why we think education as an ideal is central to empowering people to create a better world.

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This is part one in a series exploring the importance of education in establishing God's Eden ideal. In this episode we introduce the concept by exploring if modern science and education are compatible with the bible and faith in general.  We discuss the purpose of the bible and whether it is intended for explaining how the universe works and hence in conflict with some of the theories supported by modern science. 

In later episodes we discuss how education is one of the most effective tools for empowerment and speak to inspiring guests about how they are using education as a tool for advancement of God's ideals.

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This is the final episode in our series on Love for Strangers. In this episode we look at different ways we can love strangers both domestically and internationally. In the first part of the discussion we explore opportunities for supporting refugees through the Refugee resettlement scheme and then then we discuss how we can improve our ability to love strangers by learning to build real relationships with unlikely people around you.

On this episode of the podcast we continue our discussion on the ideal of Love for Strangers. We go into a bit more detail about why we think this ideal is so important, showing how it is central to God’s purpose for humanity, and how in almost all stages of the biblical story, God was reminding the people of Israel to treat strangers amongst them with love, because they too were once strangers in Egypt.

Music in order of appearance ‘Go down Moses’ by Louise Armstrong, ‘Jazz club’ by Kriss, ‘Drop Top by Yung Kartz.

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The start of a new series on the ideal of Love for Strangers. The word stranger can be applied in many different contexts. In this series we’ll be focussing the discussion on how we relate to foreigners and those outside of our communities or country. In this, the first of three episodes, we talk a bit more generally about immigration and if as Christians we should have a specific stance on it one way or another.

Music in order of appearance ‘RSPN’ by Blank Kytt, ‘Four Floss Five Six’ by Blue Ducks

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In this week's episode, we share audio from a discussion with a broader group of friends about the modern-day church and how it is perceived.  We invited a broad group of people with a diverse range of opinions to join us in the conversation.

In this discussion, we continue where we left off in the last episode, spelling out what we think the bible has to say about the complete gospel of the kingdom of God.  Why it is so important, and how it’s prompted us to set up this project, the Eden Ideal.

If you have any comments or questions, then please get in touch with us on twitter and Instagram @theedenideal or on our website www.theedenideal.com.

Music in order of appearance: ‘Raro_Bueno” by Chuzausen, “Oh Wee’ by Immortal Beats

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In this episode, we all share our experience of growing up as Christians and feeling like there was something missing, both in terms of our understanding of the good news and in our lived experience.

We discuss how a more complete understanding of the gospel has helped us to finally identify what we think is missing and steps we are taking to walk in the full gospel.

Music 'As colorful as ever' by Broke for free

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This is the final part of our discussion on Generosity, in previous episodes we deconstructed our world view on wealth creation and distribution and built it back up based on our interpretation of the system we think God was trying to set up right from Eden.

However, unfortunately the reality is we live in a world system where your quality of life and your ability to be generous to others seems to be tied in with how much money you have. In this episode we explore how we can break this apparent dependence on money and position ourselves to maximise the contribution we can make into the lives of others.

Music in order of appearance: 'For the love of money' by the O Jays, 'Jazz Club' by Kriss, 'Acid Jazz' by Kevin MacLeod, 'Wirklich Wichtig' by Checkie Brown.

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