Church ahead

Childhood Christmas versus Church Christmas. Which is more powerful? Last episode of 2023. Happy Christmas to all our listeners. Next episode 5 January 2024. Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Our penultimate episode 2023 is our annual awards. Albion United Reform Church, Ashton - Under - Lyne.   St Cross Church, Clayton. Too Far with Laura Horn.   Who else will get an award this year? Is n't Bishop Sarah gracious? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Final week on our church crawl. What do black people want from church? Why this matters... Can you spot Rev L's mistake in the outtake number for this episode? Join us next week for the 2023 Awards. Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

2nd episode on our June 2023 church crawl. How did Sir Keir Starmer get into trouble at Audacious Church? Could you cope with it? Why does it do audaciously well? What worries Rev L? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Church crawl round Manchester. 3 different churches. Which one do you like best? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Final episode about Iwerne Minster. Should we celebrate fewer public schoolboys in church leadership? Is the age of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion any better than the age of deference? Rev L wants quality over equality... Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

We zoom in on the funny ways if Iwerne Minster. Their beliefs are all about the individual before God. Their practice is much more communal. Would you like to hear Rev L lie about someone? Are they moving down market? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Has any Christian organisation told you how to dress? Have you ever seen really good leadership? Is Iwerne Minster a cult? Next week Rev L tells a big lie. Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

We open up a journalistic investigation into a tiny upper class school based Christian group.   Are they a sect? What is their hold on the top jobs of the Church of England? Where did Charlie go to school? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Our final episode on preaching. Does top down monologue plague all church communication? Can Christians do debate? Next time meet the upper class Christian mafia... Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

How many preachers are more than half decent? Rev L names 4 local clergy.   How many are less than half decent? What difference does this make? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Trigger warning ; this episode talks about a comedian who many find offensive. We also talk about a preacher who many Christians also have concerns about.   What makes a good preacher?  They need to tell good stories... Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Have you ever heard Sir Thomas Allen sing? What was his graduation speech like? What does it tell us about preaching? What is lacking in most sermons? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

What makes a good preacher? Can Sally Wainright Tv script writer or novelist Jeanette Winterson help? Is a lawyer or a school teacher more likely to delight us in the pulpit? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Was Rev L any good as a preacher? How did he start? Why did he stop? I this podcast just a sermon? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Welcome back after the summer break. A new series about Preaching. Should we revive the sermon or put it out of its misery? Today 2 experiences of preaching in London & Manchester. How closely does decline in preaching map onto decline of church? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Welcome back to Detroit for our Summer pop festival final performance. Nutbush City Limits by Ike & Tina Turner. What did Tina think of her church? Do you see church as a limitation? No broadcasts in August. Next episode Friday 1 September 2023. Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Church ahead summer pop festival in Detroit. Our artist today is Madonna singing Like a Prayer.   Who is in the room when you hear the call of God? Next week Tina Turner singing Nutbush City Limits. Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

The final episode on Politics. What should British people think about their former empire? Should they feel ashamed? We look today at 'Colonialism - a moral reckoning' by Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor (Emeritus) of Moral & Pastoral Theology at Oxford University. Next week sees the start of Church ahead summer pop festival.  We've got Madonna singing 'Like a prayer'. ...

Church & Politics. Housing is an important policy issue in British life.   What does Bishop Graham Tomlin ask about the housing crisis? What are the best examples of church using land? What are the worst? What should we expect from a landowner like the Church of England? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Our Church & Politics series arrives at Manchester Cathedral. What do the cathedral clergy political pronouncements have in common down the centuries? Are they right wing? Are they left wing? Are they always the same? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Politics is our focus within church life. How politically diverse are church leaders? Why are they all the same? Is left wing political unity helpful to those at the top of church? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Church & Politics 3rd episode. How has The Church Times changed over the past generation and what does this tell us about the life of church? Has the church lost its focus or regained its vocation? How should church be bolder? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Church & politics 2nd episode. The bluntest battle-axe of Coronation Street. Where is the voice of Ena Sharples today? What does Philip North know about poverty? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com

Today we begin a new series about church & politics. Were Rev L's uncles right about  Margaret Thatcher? Which way do you vote? Here we learn Rev L's political backstory. Which party did he join? What would you want to take Maggie out of? Please send any comments to revl20c@gmail.com