In today's episode - Trials, Temptations and our Great Defender - Rhys and I take a look at the next line in the Lord's Prayer: 'Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil'. Not just a prayer for our own protection, but one that joins us to all the Lord's people in the trials they are facing, not least today.

Today's episode - The Pursuit of Marriage, The Place of Lament - is the second of my two part interview with David Niblack on singleness. Today I ask him what advice he would give to those who, like him, are single.

Start the week with a song! In today’s podcast - May His Beauty Rest Upon Me - Linley Bennett talks about the hymn that she is using each morning to focus her mind for the day ahead. When our thoughts run to anxieties, or problems of homeschooling, work, or relationships, what can shape our minds, emotions and behaviours positively? Well, this hymn tells us, and does so beautifully.

You can listen to it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXUOuzJo1bE&feature=youtu.be

In today's episode - The Gates of Paradise Opened - Nik and I attempt the impossible... to consider in 5 minutes the life and famous quote of the great reformer, Martin Luther. We fail. By 2 minutes. Which must count as a win.

Along the way we talk about what it was that opened the gates of heaven for Luther... and how it does the same for us. That's got to be worth the overrun.

Here are our recommended books:

Here I stand - Roland Bainton

https://www.bookdepository.com/Here-I-Stand-Roland-H-Bainton/9781426754432?ref=grid-view&qid=1587145705799&sr=1-1

Luther the Reformer - James Kittelson

https://www.amazon.com/Luther-Reformer-Story-Career-Second-dp-1451488882/dp/1451488882/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1587145811

Luther on the Christian Life - Carl Truman

https://www.bookdepository.com/Luther-on-Christian-Life-Carl-R-Trueman/9781433525025?ref=grid-view&qid=1587145898139&sr=1-1

In today's episode - Comfort and Hope - Dan Dubei brings us our 'Thought for the Day'. The news is short on such things, God our heavenly Father is not.

In this episode - Someone to Rely On - I interview Mel Cretegny, one of our students, about the challenges of being a Christian on campus and among friends. And in response she talks about the blessing of faith and community, as well as the importance of facing your questions.

Ever been hurt by someone else? How can you escape the prison of bitterness and resentment? In today's episode - The Forgiven Forgive - Rhys and I consider the line in the Lord's Prayer, 'forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.' It tells us where can find the ability to do just that, and begin every day in joyful freedom. 

Is marriage and family the ultimate? Is singleness good, bad, both or neither?

In today's episode - The Ultimate Reality - I talk to David Niblack about his own experience of singleness and how, single or married, we can connect to the ultimate reality. Alternatively, we could miss it.

In today's episode - Morning by Morning New Mercies - I talk to Moises Vazcuez, one of our evening service worship leaders, about his favourite hymn - Great is thy Faithfulness - and why it talks to the big, and the seemingly not so big, things of life, all the time reminding him of his family.

In today's episode - My Heart Happy in God - Nik Papageorgiou and I talk about the incredible life of George Muller, the man who rescued thousands of orphans, who at his death the press called 'the robber of the cruel streets'. And he did it all by faith. His secret? To make his heart happy in God.

To learn more, read one of his biographies listed below. To persuade you to do that, do a google image search for 'George Muller funeral' and ask yourself, why would a city line the streets to say farewell to a man who ran an orphanage?

Here are some books to get you going:

George Muller: The Guardian of Bristol’s Orphans - Janet and Geoff Benge: