ISeason 4 | Episode 14 In today’s episode Jez speaks to Lex Loizides, elder at Jubilee Community Church Cape Town, Evangelist, Bible Teacher, Evangelist and Musician. In the course of their conversation Lez mentioned a few books, among them: They Speak in Other Tongues: https://shorturl.at/jouvU 9 O’Clock in the Morning: https://shorturl.at/giST9 For more information about Lex or to read his blog you can find him here: https://lexloiz.wordpress.com/...
Mar 18, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 90
Season 4 | Episode 13 In today’s podcast Jez speaks to Phil Fellows, pastor of Hershey Baptist church and doctorate student at Aberdeen university. Some of the resources mentioned in the conversation are linked to below: Timothy Ware on the Orthodox church: https://shorturl.at/ptJV9 Pope Benedict, Jesus of Nazareth: https://shorturl.at/ersO4
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 88
Season 4 | Episode 12 In this episode Jez speaks to Sam Arnold, creative media lead at Kings Church Eastbourne ( www.kings.church ). Sam is an incredible designer, a filmmaker, web designer and coder and has been on church staff producing gospel content for 20 years. More information about Sam and his work can be found here: www.sa-design.co.uk and here: wovendesign.uk...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 87
Season 4 | Episode 11 In the first of a new series of Shorts looking at 'Mission in the Modern Age' Jez speaks to author and pastor Donnie Griggs about Contextualisation and specifically the opportunities and challenges involved in ministering in Small Towns. Donnie Griggs is pastor of One Harbor Church: oneharborchurch.com/ and is the author of Small Town Jesus: smalltownjesus.com/ andthe newly released Pastoring in Small Towns: www.amazon.co.uk/Pastoring-Small-…er/dp/1087764920...
Feb 05, 2024•37 min•Ep. 86
Season 4 | Episode 10 In today’s episode Jez spoke to Professor Nancy Pearcey. Professor Pearcey is the author of The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes , as well as Love Thy Body , The Soul of Science , Saving Leonardo , Finding Truth, and Total Truth . She is professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. She has been quoted in The New Yorker and Newsweek, highlighted as one of the five top women apologists by Christianity Today, and hailed in ...
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 84
Season 4 || Episode 9 In this episode Jez speaks to Marcus Honeysett about the distinctions that mark Christian leadership out from other forms of influence. Marcus Honeysett is the founding director or Living Leadership an organisation that exists to grow disciple-making leaders. He is also the author of several books including Powerful Leaders: When Church Leadership Goes Wrong and How to Prevent It. Helpful Links: Spiritual Abuse report by ThirtyOneEight: https://thirtyoneeight.org/media/4upc...
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 85
Season 4 | Episode 8 In today’s episode Jez spoke to Rosie Hopley. Based in Bristol Rosie, for many years ran her own communications, PR and research business, whilst also founding the Christian charity ‘Beloved’ which works with women in prostitution in Bristol. Rosie has since gone on to create networks and prayer gatherings and, more recently, has been involved speaking on and producing materials on the critical importance of God’s reconciling love lived out. In our conversation we discuss he...
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 83
Season 4 | Episode 7 In this episode Jez speaks to Paul Miller & Colin Millar about the work of SeeJesus and the value of prayer for a local church. Paul is Executive Director of seeJesus, a global discipleship mission which he founded in 1999 to help Christians and non-Christians alike “see Jesus.” Today, seeJesus is working in over 30 countries and has books and interactive Bible study materials translated into more than a dozen languages. Also author of Author of several books including: ...
Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 82
Season 4 | Episode 6 In today’s episode Jez speaks to Jon Tyson, author and senior pastor of the Church of the City New York ( https://www.church.nyc/ ). Jon is the author of nine books including Sacred Roots, The Beautiful Resistance and The Intentional Father: subtitled a practical guide to raising sons of rouge and character. It’s this book and the discipleship course that came out of it that forms the basis for much of our conversation today, particularly the second half of the episode. Jon’...
Nov 20, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 81
Season 4 | Episode 5 In this episode Jez speaks to Jenni Calcraft, mum of 3 and found of Someone Cares a ministry serving people at Alder Hey hospital. More information about Jenni and the ministry can be found on: here: https://www.freedomchurchliverpool.co.uk/someone-cares and here: Jubilee-plus article: https://jubilee-plus.org/blog/1293/someone-cares/...
Nov 06, 2023•57 min•Ep. 80
Season 4 | Episode 4 In today's episode Jez speaks to Mercury Award Winning artist TJ Koleoso with the aim of encouraging and offering strength to young men. To hear more fromTJ you can find his newday talks here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6hp0R1PVNbQFN20X3dkzdX Find out about Jubilee Church London here: https://jubileechurchlondon.org/ Learn about The Ezra Collective or listen to their music here: https://ezracollective.com/...
Oct 22, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 79
Season 4 || Episode 3 In today’s episode Jez speaks to Dr. Danielle Treweeek. Dani is a Christian theological researcher, author and speaker, the founding director of Single Minded ministry and an adjunct teacher at Moore Theological College, Sydney. Dani publishes regular articles on singleness, sexuality, marriage and complementarianism on her substack which is titled: ThatGirlBoss Theologian. She is also the author of this recent book “the meaning of Singleness: retrieving an eschatological V...
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 77
Season 4 // Episode 2 In this episode Jez speaks to Clive Cernik about his life and ministry sharing some of the things that he's most passionate about. They discuss the valubale and life giving role of the pastor and also the need for more than a pastor for a church to remain healthy.
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 78
Season 4 // Episode 1 Jez speaks to Taylor Collingsworth, Rebecca & Ajay from Asbury University in the States about the remarkable outpouring of God’s goodness they experienced in February of 2023.
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 76
Season 3 // Episode 24 In this episode Jez speaks to Margaret Law about her experience of the Charismatic renewal in the early eighties, along with lessons she learnt under the ministry of pastor and teacher Arnold Bell.
Aug 02, 2023•54 min•Ep. 75
Season 3 // Episode 23 In this episode Jez speaks to Adrian Holloway about his journey to faith and then on to then have faith that God could use him in healing others through prayer. Married to Julia, adrian is the father of four daughters. He is a pastor, a preacher and an itinerant evangelist speaking extensively throughout the UK with the John3:16 trust the ministry he established for evangelism. Information about which can be found on his website: https://www.adrianholloway.com Adrian has m...
Jul 09, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 73
Season 3 | Episode 22 In this episode Jez speaks to pastor and evangelist Paul Brown about all things outreach. In a post-christian, post-covid world such as ours how can we effectively communicate the gospel and reach out to those outside of the church? The details about the conference Paul mentioned can be found here: https://cityhope.churchsuite.com/events/icv1qlqk For information about the book Paul co-authored with Natalie Williams 'Invisible Divides' see here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invi...
Jun 25, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 72
Season 3 // Episode 20 In this episode Jez speaks to Joel Harris, youth and students co-ordinator for Kintsugi Hope a christian mental health charity that helps equip local churches in establishing Wellbeing groups across the country. Wellbeing groups are places where people can experience safety and support, gain self-confidence and have a deeper understanding of God’s love. Website: https://kintsugihope.com/ Book recommendation: The Secret Place of Tunder - John Starke https://www.amazon.co.uk...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 71
Season 3 | Episode 19 Jez speaks to Tongai Mahobele about life and leadership in Zimbabwe and his work among rural tribes. He shares insights on pastoring people through suffering as well as offering rhythms for spiritual health: - First Hour - First Day - First Friday of the month - First Friends
May 29, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 70
Season 3 // Episode 18 In this episode Jez speaks to evangelist and author Glen Scrivener. Originally from Australia, Glen has lived in the UK for more than half his life. He was curate at All Soul’s Church, Eastbourne, where he and his family still worship. Since 2010, Glen has been Evangelist here at Speak Life and, in August 2014, he became Director. Glen is passionate about people meeting Christ and equipping Christians to share their faith. He’s often found speaking at Churches and Universi...
May 14, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 69
Season 3 // Episode 17 In this episode Jez speaks to James & Hannah Silley about the importance of prioritising the emerging generation. In the course of the conversation they share their observation that healthy church families share four key hallmarks: 1) They are intergenerational 2) They spot emerging problems 3) They tell the big story of God 4) They share stories of God's people
May 01, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 68
Season 3 // Episode 16 Today’s conversation features David Devenish in conversation with Jez about Spiritual Authority. Before being involved in full time ministry David worked as a Civil Servant and in international banking, and was part of the first UN working party looking at the problem of debt in developing countries. Alongside this David planted Woodside Church in Bedford and served as part of the apostolic leadership team of Newfrontiers, as part of which he became involved (in the year 2...
Apr 17, 2023•57 min•Ep. 67
Season 3 // Episode 15 Rachel Turner is the founder of Parenting for Faith and has worked in churches for over 15 years as a Family Life Pastor, Children's Pastor, and a Youth Pastor. She runs training days for church leaders, consults and speaks at conferences on parenting and faith in the home. Rachel has also produced the Parenting for Faith course and is the author of nine books. James Archer. Has worked in education for over 20 years and was a primary school educator and science advisor bef...
Apr 02, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 66
Season 3 // Episode 14 In today’s episode Jez speaks to Jo Johnson a clinical psychologist who specialises in MS and brain injury. She has written a range of family related publications and is now offering psychological intervention and workplace training using the acceptance commitment therapeutic model (a more recent version of CBT). Jo has also released several publications including two psychological novels Surviving Me ( shorturl.at/hpuBN ) in 2019 and more recently Surviving Her ( https://...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 65
Season 3 // Episode 13 In today’s episode Jez speaks to Lauren Windle about her story from addiction to discipleship. For more information about Lauren along with links to her writing and media visit: https://laurenwindle.com/
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 64
Season 3 // Episode 12 Part of our Shorts series, this is part 3 on preaching with Andrew Wilson, where he explores how to prepare a sermon. The video for today's podcast can be found here: VIDEO 3 https://youtu.be/BVj4m5oal_k Part one can be found here: https://youtu.be/G6yyKvK7T0c Part two is here: https://youtu.be/62GA0wf7YUc
Feb 20, 2023•25 min•Ep. 63
Season 3 // Episode 11 In today's episode Jez speaks to Claudine Roberts about her recently released book: Violence Against Women, El Roi discovering the God who sees. Copies of the book are available to buy here: https://equippingthechurch.com/Products/ViewOne.aspx?ProductId=147096
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 62
Season 3 // Episode 10 Part of our Shorts series, this is part 2 on preaching with Andrew Wilson, where he explores the journey of good preaching. Part one can be found here: https://youtu.be/G6yyKvK7T0c and the video accompanying the audio for today is here: https://youtu.be/62GA0wf7YUc
Jan 23, 2023•28 min•Ep. 60
Season 3 // Episode 9 Today’s episode features a conversation with Phil & Sarah Varley about how God spoke to them and ultimately led them to move city, country and church to plant a new work of God in Rotterdam. If you want to find out more or connect with Phil & Sarah please visit their website: https://www.360degreeview.nl/
Jan 09, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 61
Season 3 // Episode 8 As part of our Shorts series Jez speaks to Andrew Wilson about preaching. In this episode they discuss the purpose of preaching. Look out for further episodes on how to communicate well and advice on preparing a sermon. The video that accompanies this podcast can be found here: https://youtu.be/G6yyKvK7T0c
Dec 19, 2022•24 min•Ep. 58
