Deeper: Podcasts to explore and deepen Christian faith

As we think through the final in our season about the 10 commandments, we see that all that follows in this 10-strong, world-famous list is the way to accomplish number 1.  If faith communities across the planet lived more and more like this - how abundant would the world be?  How much stronger would faith and life and love be?  So - be inspired as we engage with the first commandment in the list...

The second commandment in the Big Ten is not to make idols and worship them.  There are definitely things we do today which are unhelpful in worshipping the one true God - things that pigeon-hole him, or narrow our focus, or things that start off as helpful but then become THE way we worship.  Here we look first at what those things might be, but then we spend a little time looking at how God actu...

There is a commandment that asks us not to 'carry' the Lord's name in vain.  I was always brought up to read that as "don't swear using God's name", but what does it really mean?  And why is it so important to God that he also follows it up by saying he won't hold anyone innocent who does this!  Seems a little harsh.  More importantly though - what has that...

Taking a day off can be tough - but what if there's much more to the Sabbath than simply a day off?  What if a whole people-group committing to honour God weekly together in prayer, thought, action and presence could be something revolutionary for the planet?  

There's a command in the 10 Commandments where we are told to honour our parents.  Here we look at what 'honour' means, and what an abundant society we could have if we truly honoured (in words, actions, time and resources) those in the stage of life ahead of us.  We will look at how good parenting reflects the heart of God for humanity, and that as we honour our parents here on ear...

Around half-way through this season (moving backward thru the 10 commandments), we've got to MURDER!  You're hopefully not considering becoming a murderer, but what could a life even free from hate or grudges feel and look like?  What could it be like for whole nations as well as us as an individual?  

In this episode of Deeper Season 3 (Abundant) we look at the commandment "Do not commit adultery".  The episode focuses almost exclusively on a biblical understanding of what it means to be a human being, and then looks at how we so often de-humanise people for our own gratification.  But what could an intimate relationship actually look like, and how would all our relationships change i...

The commandment "do not steal" isn't quite as simple as choosing not to grab our 'swag bag' and swipe stuff from peoples houses.  Though please don't.  The ways we steal from others are much more varied and subtle than we think, and some of them have spread unquestioned into our normal systems and businesses.  So - if we're going to live abundant lives as people...

Exploring what it might mean to live a life of true abundance, we're working our way backwards through the 10 commandments, asking if there's a secret in here for all of humanity, especially for Christians across the world.  This is episode 2 - Truthful, and here we look at commandment 9 - don't give a false testimony against a neighbour.  So what does that mean, and where's th...

We're going to give ourselves some time to work backwards thru the 10 commandments and see if that can help us unearth what Jesus is hoping for in the 'life in all its abundance' that he said he'd come to bring humanity.  This is episode one of season 3 and is called, "Contented".  We look at the 10th commandment - Don't covet other people's stuff.

At the crucifixion of Jesus, he utters 7 phrases while on the cross.  Here we explore how two of them could be linked together through a Psalm written a thousand years before Jesus was even born.  Could this spiritual song and poem written by King David (one of Jesus' direct ancestors) be a key to unlocking the hope of the cross?

Jesus once asked us not to focus on the things that everyone else focuses on, like money and belongings and what we will eat and drink.  That's a lovely idea, but anyone who's a parent will also know that not worrying about those things also feels like a lack of care.  Surely he doesn't mean we should neglect our jobs or our families?  We explore what he is trying to say, and why fo...

Tuesday is an odd name for this episode, I do know that, but there's something great about Tuesdays according to the story of creation and according to ancient Jewish wedding traditions ... and according to Jesus.  He loves a good third day!  As you listen to this miracle (water into wine) and we unpack some of the goodies hidden around it all, we pray that you'll see yourself and your o...

This time we look at a 3,000 year old spiritual song and poem, written for people on pilgrimage to sing or recite together as they meet and head up to their place of worship.  It's written around two key images of what it feels like and how God's blessing presents itself when people live together in unity.  A timely message for the world we live in today, and helpful as we explore what i...

One of the Gospel Writers (John) inserts one specific word when he's writing about the baptism of Jesus.  It's the word 'Remain'.  In ancient common Greek, that word means more than just staying with someone or something.  It's a cracker really - and in this podcast we look at how John uses that one word then, and later, to explain a lot about what it actually means to be...

I've read and spoken about the moment when Jesus comes to John the Baptist and gets baptised, but there's a line in Matthew's Gospel that I've never really got to grips with.  In this podcast we explore that one line, "we have to do this to fulfil all righteousness", and look at three ways to interpret what it might mean.  All three will lead us deeper into faith, dee...

In the first episode of season 2, we look at a single word, and bizarrely it's 'word'.  What does the Gospel Writer John want his original readers to understand by the way he introduces Jesus, and what might that mean for how we see Jesus as a historical figure, and as someone we can know and meet today?

Our final ADVENT 2025 podcast explores the title 'Emmanuel' given to Jesus 700+ years before his birth.  The more we find out about this prophecy in its original form, the more it speaks to what we see it meaning about Jesus, and also ... also about us today.

Isaiah is an Old Testament Prophet who could see in his spirit who Jesus was going to be, more than 700 years before he arrived on the scene.  But even though he could see clearly, there was no way for him to know him personally - not yet.   John The Baptist arrives on the scene and is a contemporary of Jesus, but even he - when he was thrown in prison, could not see and know Jesus how we can ......

Here we read through a prophecy Christians believe is about Jesus from 700 years before he is born, by one of the greatest Old Testament prophets - Isaiah.  What does it tell us about who Jesus was going to be, and therefore about who followers of Jesus are to be now.

Here we open up a short passage where Jesus teaches us to expect him to one day return.  How can we be ready for that, and what does it actually mean?  As Christians all over the globe use ADVENT (the period of time before Christmas) to get ready to celebrate his birth, we remember too that we need to be ready for his return.