Life & Faith

What is the iWorld? Dale Kuehne, the author of Sex and the iWorld , and Justine Toh explore the rise of individualism in Western Culture and the impact it is having on society.

While in the West we might be materially rich there is a growing sense that increasingly we are impoverished when it comes to community and relationships. CPX spoke to the Chief Executive of Relationships Global, Dr Michael Schluter, who believes that the answer is to consider building relational capital.

Tony Golsby-Smith is the co-founder and Chairman of Second Road, a strategy and innovation firm. He is a deep theological thinker and CPX spoke to him about a variety of topics including the significance of what it means to be made in the image of God.

Simon Smart interviews Olympic swimmer Elka Whalan about what it means to represent your country in elite sports, the training and commitment involved, and what role her faith plays in her life.

Justine Toh and Simon Smart discuss Timothy Keller's Counterfeit Gods, looking at our obsession with power, love and money today.

What has Christianity ever done for the world? We consider the way Christianity has shaped our understanding of the human person and their intrinsic worth and value.

What has Christianity ever done for the world? We look at charity, service, and humility as key contributions the Christianity has made to the contemporary world.

What has Christianity ever done for the world? In this first podcast, we discuss the great works of Western culture that have been shaped by Christianity: music, art, literature, architecture, and science.

Sydney Morning Herald economics editor Ross Gittins talks to Simon Smart about the importance of relationships in economic policy.

Justine Toh interviews Roger & Hiroko Seth who run an aftercare home for girls liberated from sex trafficking in India.

As World Environment Day rolls around, Simon Smart & Justine Toh discuss the Christian understanding of what it means to care for the world.

Rikk Watts, Professor of New Testament at Regent College, Canada, talks about the way the early Christians began to challenge the accepted wisdom of their day, and how Jesus overturns everything that we know about life.

Justine Toh and Simon Smart discuss the significance of Anzac Day for Australians and why it is that people continue to be drawn to Gallipoli to remember the events of almost a century ago.

Simon Smart and Justine Toh discuss the pleasure of eating, how our relationship with food goes beyond just using it to power our bodies and examine if there is a spiritual dimension to eating.

Is faith by definition irrational? Can it be rational to believe in God? With the second Global Atheist Convention around the corner, Simon Smart and Justine Toh take some time to discuss the relationship between reason and belief.

Why does the date of Easter change? What is the practice of Lent all about? Can we trust the historical accounts of the death and resurrection of Jesus? John Dickson and Simon Smart discuss these and other questions.

Pria Viswalingam is the writer, director and presenter of the documentary Decadence: Decline of the Western World . It is set in ten countries and features leading authors and academics as it reaces the slow decline of the West. He came into CPX to discuss his documentary for our Life and Faith podcast.

What is the Church? Is it an archaic institution that is past its use-by date? Does it something to contribute to society still? CPX spoke to Mike Frost and Mick Martin about these questions and more. Mike is the vice-principal of Morling College, who has done a lot of thinking and writing about what it means to be the Church in the post-modern era and Mick is Pastor of The Upper Room in North Syd...

Life and Faith is CPX's weekly podcast where we discuss contemporary issues as they relate to matters of faith and belief.

Pete Schaffler and his wife Kara work as missionaries in Madagascar. He came into CPX to discuss what Madagascar is like and why they are there.

December 21 has come and gone and the world hasn't ended. Simon Smart and Justine Toh discuss our fascination with the end of the world.

Craig Blomberg is a distinguished professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary. In addition to writing numerous articles in professional journals, multi-author works and dictionaries or encyclopedias, he has authored or edited 15 books, including The Historical Reliability of the Gospels. He is also one of the 15 translators responsible for the NIV translation of the Bible. CPX spoke to him about...

Lynn H. Cohick is associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. She is a specialist on the Origins of Christianity in the Graeco-Roman and Jewish worlds. Her latest book is Women in the World of the Earliest Christians and she came into CPX to speak with John Dickson on that topic.

Iain Provan is the Marshall Sheppard Professor of Biblical Studies at Regent College in Vancouver where he has taught since 1997 and is a specialist in the Old Testament. He has written numerous essays and articles, and several books including commentaries on Lamentations, 1 and 2 Kings, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs. He is also co-author of a Biblical History of Israel. He came into CPX to talk...

Brendan Fletcher is the writer and director of the new Australian film, Mad Bastards, a story of Aboriginal communities in North-West Australia. He came into the CPX studios to speak with Simon Smart about the film.