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In Episode 19 of the Equip Project Podcast. Jim and Ollie discuss the relationship between science and Christianity. The episode addresses why so many people think that there is a conflict between the two, and what Christianity’s relationship with science should be. 

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Newspaper headlines and TV news bulletins are currently dominated by one thing. A new virus, technically called COVID-19, which is starting to spread across the world. It’s part of the family of viruses called Coronavirus. Most Coronaviruses just give us ‘flu-like symptoms. But this one is different. COVID-19 isn’t as deadly as SARs, but it may well be more infectious. Ollie Neill is joined once again by Jim Crookes to talk about how we might think Biblically about this crisis.

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In episode 17 we address a whole bunch of questions young Christians ask. Why does God give us desires and tell us to repress them? Why marriage and not just a stable long-term relationships? How can we stay away from sexual sin? Should Christian couples go on holiday together? How should we think about Netflix? Can we still be useful to God if we’ve failed sexually? 

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In this two-part conversation, we will be confronting perhaps the biggest and most controversial aspect of life for young adults – the issue of love and sex. 

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One of the biggest problems young adults can have with the Bible concerns passages in the Old Testament which critics say seem to portray a God who is angry, and prone to arbitrary violence. It seems so different from those famous passages in the New Testament that talk about love. Can the same God say such wildly different words? How do we defend the OT?

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Jesus says: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven”. This has been called the most radical ethical system ever uttered in human history. How does it apply to terrorists? 

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The death of Christ is at the very heart of Christianity. Christians don’t regard Jesus’ death as an embarrassing failure. They see it as an integral part of God’s plan for the Universe. But at first sight it really makes very little sense. How could the death of a man 2,000 years ago achieve anything for young people living in the 21st Century? And how do we defend the rationality of Divine punishment? What happened during those hours of darkness? Listen to Episode 13 as we seek to unpack these questions! 

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In Episode 12 we talk about doubt. It’s pretty common for young adults to have doubts about their faith. Sometimes we ask ourselves: is all this Christianity stuff actually true? Are my non-Christian friends right when they say that I believe because of my upbringing, or that my beliefs are just a coping mechanism? Or maybe we sometimes wonder if we are a true Christian at all. How should we respond when faced with doubts like this? 

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A lot of people have sympathy for the idea that religion has had a negative influence on the human story. The late Christopher Hitchens is famous for saying ‘religion poisons everything’. In this episode we examine whether there is any substance behind such a claim.

Does the Trinity really make any logical sense? How can three be one, and one be three? And isn't the doctrine just too abstract to have any relevance for my everyday life as a Christian? Listen to Episode 10 as we seek to address some of these big questions.