Into the Pray

Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . If you would be willing to support our work, please see here and get in touch. This is part 5 of our series on textual criticism and close look at Elijah Hixon and Peter Gurry's excellent book, Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism. (Check YouTube for a short glimpse of the book). Episode 1 is here . Episode 2 is here . Epis...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . This morning’s devotional provides a brief update on the podcast before looking briefly at two greek words that have been pivotally important to me over the years, specifically as regards to how we should orient ourselves towards the Church.  Greek word one: Splagchnizomai Greek word two: Paradidomi   As we grow in love and maturity before Jesus as...

Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . If you would be willing to support our work, please see here and get in touch. This is part 4 of our close look at Elijah Hixon and Peter Gurry's excellent book, Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism. (Check YouTube for a short glimpse of the book). Episode 1 is here . Episode 2 is here . Episode 3 is here . What is textual...

Hello. Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . The prophet Malachi is normally pulled off the dusty shelf to support a pastor's teaching about tithes and offerings. Is this a faithful handling of Scripture? This podcast is available on YouTube here . Full reading of the book Malachi is here . Evangelism street video is here . If you would like to help us by supporting our work, please see...

Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . If you would be willing to support our work, please see here and get in touch. This is part 3 of our close look at Elijah Hixon and Peter Gurry's excellent book, Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism. (Check YouTube for a short glimpse of the book). Episode 1 is here . Episode 2 is here . What is textual criticism, why is it...

Hello. Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . This podcast is available in video on YouTube here . Previous related podcast is here . Please read Jeremiah chapter 5, 6 & 7. An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land: the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so. The bold defiance of the people of God in refusing to repen...

Hello. Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . Previous related podcast is here . Jeremiah: Babylon Takeover (YouTube currently blocked outside of U.K. but I’m working on it). 1 Thessalonians 5:20-22 says, “Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.” How does this testing relate to national prophecy to Great Britain and the British C...

Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . This is part 2 of our close look at Elijah Hixon and Peter Gurry's excellent book, Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism. (Check YouTube for a short glimpse of the book). Episode 1 is here . What is textual criticism, why is it so important to get right and how does it relate to our faithful, public witness as disciples of J...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . How close were we to national repentance? How close might we still be? WATCH: Why I love (but disagree with) Christian Concern. Hence, we pray “Maranatha!” Recent content: Notional is the Enemy of National The Struggle to Stand The Great Evangelical Disaster The Context of the Power Your thoughts of God Are Too Human. Are You Ananias & Sapphira...

Greetings and thank you for listening to Into the Pray . Today's podcast is an unplanned word for the church relating to this 60 second video here . You can read the blog here . Do you feel discouraged, confused, hopeless, isolated? There is a current onslaught on The Church, not against the lukewarm or the counterfeit but against those who want to stand and who are willing to be prepared to...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . This morning’s devotional is something of an autobiographical reflection - a memoir of the prophetic calling - by looking briefly at some of Job’s experiences dealing with so-called friends and brothers. There are some experiences in this sojourn of “church life” (think of Blur) that should warrant close listening and prayerful reflection, but, ins...

Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . “Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?” (Job 12:11). I'd also encourage you to read the blog version of the previous episode here for prayer & reflection. LAST TIME: The main point was that Francis Schaeffer was born twelve years after the death of J. C. Ryle who had no choice but to defrock his first-born son from a po...

Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . I'd also encourage you to read the blog version of this episode here for prayer and reflection. Francis Schaeffer was born twelve years after the death of J. C Ryle who had no choice but to defrock his first-born son from a position of leadership in the Church of England, such was the tentacle reach of liberal theology even into his own fam...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . Please consider supporting our work here and/or here . An Evening of Eschatology can be watched here . Today's episode is our next instalment digging down into the three main eschatological positions that we introduced in April 2022. (You can listen to the overview episode here , the pre-mill dispensationalism episode here , the historic pre-m...

Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . As Alan Partridge might have said in an alternative universe to an unlikely gathering in a caravan: “ Stop getting Jesus wrong!” (whilst playing air bass, of course). When you read verses in the Bible, please read the whole of the sentence so that you don’t end up with a theology that is really no theology at all. In fact, we might as well call...

Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . This is part 1 of our close look at Elijah Hixon and Peter Gurry's excellent book, Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism. (Check YouTube for a short glimpse of the book). What is textual criticism, why is it so important to get right and how does it relate to our faithful, public witness as disciples of Jesus Christ, the com...

Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . This brief but weighty word landed with me in prayer this morning with force. Please at least respect us enough to listen, think and pray with an open heart. Please see the original blog-form of this word here for photos and links, as well as a deep albeit brief word of thanks to our supporters. Recent content: The Context of the Power . Your th...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . We hope you're being encouraged as you listen. Please consider supporting our work here and/or here . You can watch the YouTube video of the same title here. Martin Luther once slammed Desiderius Erasmus by saying: "Your thoughts of God are too human." Luther was right, but then again, so too were his thoughts of God too human. This...

Thanks for listening to this podcast. You can watch the video here . Please take a moment to engage with these podcasts and videos. We want truth and radical disruption to penetrate the wider church psyche. Please also consider supporting our work via Patreon here or Paypal here. This short video is an exposé from our first street event last Sunday during which we targeted a false "church&quo...

Greetings all, This is the audio-only version of the YouTube piece of the same title that you can watch here if you prefer. Please consider supporting our work here and/or here . Why did Steve Clifford publicly communicate with his friend Steve Chalke? Because the glory of God and the welfare of the Church is more important than losing face...or losing friends. Related reading: The Oslo Face of De...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . We hope you're being encouraged as you listen. Please consider supporting our work here and/or here . Today's episode is our next instalment digging down into the three main eschatological positions that we introduced in April. (You can listen to the overview episode here , the pre-mill dispensationalism episode here and the historic pre-...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray , we hope you’re encouraged as you listen. Please consider supporting our work here and/or here . This devotional today finds itself emerging in the midst of a busy time for us - of writing, witnessing, reading, singing and shrugging off the profound weakness of the flesh. I hope this short devotional offers strength and ‘provision’ as to what it mea...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . We hope you're being encouraged as you listen. Please consider supporting our work here and/or here . We're sorry this episode is later than originally planned. It has been difficult fitting everything in during Nick's writing commitments as he works on a sequel to Body Zero . Today's episode is our next instalment digging down...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . Please consider supporting our work here and/or here .  “Some people read the headline and don’t stay around long enough to listen to the song. This is one of the most beautiful testimonies I (Nick) have ever heard.” Today’s episode of the podcast is the audio from Mairi’s beautiful testimony to a group of ladies from a church in London last week....

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . Please consider supporting our work here and/or here .  As mentioned in our final, concluding episode of City of Temples on Thursday, Nick has now embarked on a period of writing for a second book (info forthcoming). Therefore, Sundays will now be impromptu/unplanned teaching sessions to allow room for that for the rest of the year. Today’s episode...