Ordinary

This week the guys sat down to talk about halloween. What is halloween? Where did it come from? And could it be a good opportunity to share the gospel? Music: In the Space Between (feat. Joseph Whettam) by sxxnt. Day One by Blue Wednesday & Shopan

This week on Ordinary the guys are revisiting apologetics, but this time they're firing through the big questions: Isn't God immoral? Isn't God intolerant? The guys focused on giving explanations for how to answer these questions as an ordinary believer, so that you're confident in defending the faith. Music: In the Space Between (feat. Joseph Whettam) by sxxnt. Day One by Blue Wednesday & Shopan...

This week on the podcast the guys talk about expertise, how should we view the opinions and research of experts in their respective fields and what does that mean for how we do church and Bible reading? Music: In the Space Between (feat. Joseph Whettam) by sxxnt. Day One by Blue Wednesday & Shopan Bloom by Blue Wednesday & Shopan Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9K3kHeIj26_O...

This week: the local church, should attending and serving at church be a priority for the ordinary Christian? Can you be devoted to God and not to a church? Josh sat down with Graham & Mark discuss all this and more this week, so sit back and enjoy! Music: In the Space Between (feat. Joseph Whettam) by sxxnt. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9K3kHeIj26_OBiB5sqLbTw

This week Isaac sat down to cover for Josh while he was on holiday, and had a chat with Graham and Mark about prayer. Prayer is a central part to the christian faith, but that doesn't mean it's not hard or confusing. The guys talked about what a biblical view of prayer is, as well as some practical tips on how to get into a good habit with prayer. Music: In the Space Between (feat. Joseph Whettam)...

This week Graham Nicholls sat down with Ollie Land & Amy Nicholls to discuss their relationships before their marriage, and how rushing intimacy can affect your walk with Christ. Ollie is the pastor of FIEC Church Elmstead Baptist Church in the UK and is married with four children. Amy is also married with 4 children. Want to watch this episode? Just search for 'Ordinary Podcast' on YouTube where...

In this brand new first episode of Season 4 the guys sit down to answer your questions. Music: In the Space Between (Feat Joseph Whettam) by sxxnt. Murmuration by Blue Wednesday & Shopan Did you know we're now on YouTube? You can now watch while you listen! Just search 'Ordinary Podcast'.

Welcome to Season 4 of Ordinary: The podcast that aims to help christians live for Christ in every day life. We're really excited for an all new season, with new topics, new guests and an all new look. Oh, and we're on YouTube now too! Song: In the Space Between (feat. Joseph Whettam) By sxxnt.

Final episode of season 3 before the Ordinary boys head off for a little break. Reflecting on the mixed emotions of freedom day, and some thoughts on how to best use your time off over the summer. We have book recommendations, podcast recommendations and bunch of other helpful thoughts.

It’s not Josh Bannister! Josh normally hosts Ordinary and chats to Mark and Graham each week, but this week is a little bit different. Abi Hateley, a member at Christ Church, is taking over the podcast with Sarah McQuaker and Keturah Adshead. A couple of weeks ago the guys did a podcast on purity before […]

We’re talking about friends on the podcast today. Not the 90’s sitcom – more the idea of friendship. Maybe you haven’t put a lot of thought into friendship from a Biblical point of view, but it turns out the Bible has a lot to say about friendship and it’s significance and importance Before that we […]

We’re getting literal on the podcast today. We’re discussing literary genre, how it applies to the Bible and to what extent it’s important to recognise what genre we’re reading when we’re reading it. We also have the Sunday roundup, and some mandatory football chat.

We’re a bit longer in today’s episode but that’s because stuffed wall-to-wall with great quality content for your earholes. First we start with a little catchup to do with Josh’s newborn baby. Then we have the Sunday roundup, then news, and then in the main section it’s all about whether sexual purity before marriage is […]

Paul is a massive historical figure in the history of the church, maybe second only to Jesus. This is undeiable both in the church and to secular historians. When Paul’s writings make up such as massive part of the new Testament it’s hard not to think deeply about Paul himself, and how to view his […]

Josh is on paternity leave, so this week Isaac Bannister has stepped in to talk to Graham Nicholls and Mark Ventham about Catholicism. For the Ordinary Christian, not brought up in the Catholic Church, Catholicism can be confusing. We share so many similarities with the Catholic Church, but we disagree on a lot too. In […]

What must I do to be saved? This is the theme of today’s main section. We’ll be talking about what is required to gain salvation – what things must I believe in order to be saved? It’s a really interesting question – how would you answer? But before the main bit we have a Sunday […]

A little bit of a throwback to the days of Ordinary Apologetics in our main section today – we’re going to be talking about the absurdity of life without God, arguing that if God does not exist then life is ultimately meaningless and without value. Before that we have the good old Sunday roundup, and […]

Some serious issues on the podcast today as we talk about assisted dying. It seems that this debate will flare up in the not-too-distant future, and so as Josh didn’t have particularly clear thoughts on the subject, he thought we should do a podcast on it. It was helpful for him, and hopefully it will […]

In today’s episode we talk about the problem of pornography in the context of last Sunday’s sermon on Matthew 5 v27, a passage about adultery and divorce. We reflect on those themes as well in the Sunday roundup, but before that a bit of lunch talk, and some news.

We’re talking about gifting in the main section today – how we can discern and use our gifts in the church. Graham will give us a roundup on anger which was the topic on Sunday morning at Christ Church and in the news section we reflect on the Covid situation in India.

We’re feeling fresh after an Easter break and today we’re talking about environmentalism in the main section. To what extent should Christians be involved in this discussion? Is it our duty as those commanded to care for our world and for our neighbours, to be leading the way on environmental issues. Lots more conversation on […]

We’re talking about the doctrine of inerrancy on the podcast today – whether or not the Bible contains any errors. We talk about the words of Jesus in the Bible, whether they are verbatim or more of a summary, some of the seemingly contradictory texts in the New Testament, and why inerrancy matters at all. […]

On the menu today is a little Sunday roundup focusing on the beatitudes. That will be followed up by a portion of news where we consider the court ruling in favour of churches in Scotland. And finally we’ll serve up a hearty main section on the reality of heaven and how it affects the now.

Great episode today! In fact the conversation was so good today that we went on for a bit longer than normal. Usually when we have guests on we record the intro to the podcast once the guest has left but in order to bring you this conversation in it’s entirety and not make the episode […]

Legalism is something we tend to associate with New Testament religious leaders, but of course legalism can very easily creep into our Christian mindset, and begin to unconsciously shape our attitude towards our behaviours and acts of service. Or, on the flip side, we can use grace as a permit to gain the freedom to […]