Ordinary

Last week we dealt with one of the great universals, doubt, and this week we’re tackling another, temptation. This one may be truly universal in the human experience, because even Jesus was tempted. Today we look at the biblical view of temptation – what is it, what it isn’t, whether it is unavoidable or irresistible, […]

Fear is one of those universals when it comes to human experience. We all feel fear – fear for our lives or the lives of others, fear of suffering, fear of embarrassment, fear of loneliness, the list goes on. How does our relationship with Jesus affect our feelings of fear? How should our relationship with […]

The Christian experience doesn’t always feel binary – there may be times where we struggle and wrestle with doubt. Is it ok to have doubts? Is it normal? Is it sinful to doubt? And how does doubt interact with the certainty we spoke about in episode 19? All this in the main section of the […]

What is your relationship with certainty? That’s the focus of our main section today, but we also cover the opening of a new series at Christ Church, and question our relationship with risk as we head towards the end of lockdown (hopefully!).

Often we see missionaries as different to ourselves. We can silently caricature their personalities and circumstances in such a way as to distance ourselves from the possibility of a mission calling on our own lives. But missionaries are just people, normal people with normal lives who make a decision for God. Today we talk to […]

A whole bunch of talking today! We go long on our main topic – Is there a threat of Violence at the centre of the Gospel? But that’s not all – we also have the roundup, and the news.

Wall to wall features on the episode today! It’s a great episode, we’re starting with thoughts on race and class as we had the second in our new series on Sunday at Christ Church. We think about the handover of power that has happened this week in the US and issues that faced the evangelical […]

Today we’re joined by Pedro Barbosa who is a church leader in Lisbon, Portugal. He shares his experiences and the challenges of Evangelicalism in a nominally Catholic and in many ways secular country. In our Sunday roundup Josh gives Graham some grief over his use of terms and we’re talking about The Minimalists in our […]

We’ve made it to the New Year! A year that’s starting off with more of a whimper than a bang, but nevertheless we’re back with Ordinary delivered direct into your ears every Friday. New Year – new Verse of the Year. Probably most churches have a Verse of the Year that they wheel out in […]

Last time we thought about different religions and how they compare with Christianity in a number of different ways. Today we wanted to add to that conversation by beginning to talk about how we can open up conversations with people of different beliefs. It’s Kebabgate in the Sunday roundup, and we reflect a little bit […]

If someone asked you if you were a religious person or now, what would you say? It’s a complicated question because religion can mean different things to different people. Today we take a look at some of the major world religions to compare and contrast them with Christianity, as well asking questions about the validity […]

Today we are joined in the main section by Bekah Legg who is director of Restored UK and we have a really illuminating and important discussion about abuse, violence against women and how Restored UK and the church can support and protect in abusive scenarios.

Today we’re talking about the world of Christians in sport. What does it mean to see sport as a mission field, and how can we have a gospel influence in local sports clubs, and on teams? We also have a great discussion on the theology of sport.

Chances are, you probably enjoy some form of true crime entertainment, whether it’s books or podcasts, films or documentaries. Our culture has become quite obsessed with these stories over recent years, and in today’s main bit, we ask: Why? We’ll ask talk about the ending of Job in our Sunday roundup, and about churches breaking […]

What do you think about when you think of the book of Job? Well, Graham thinks its a bundle of laughs, and he wants to talk about that today in the main section. But before that we’re going to talk about the new Covid-19 vaccine that’s been in the news this week, and answer a […]

Today we’re talking about the US presidential election, the second national lockdown in the UK, and in the main bit Mark has three principals to help us get through the next month, making sure we’re caring for those who are especially isolated and lonely at the moment.

Today we’re talking about David Attenborough’s latest film on climate change, our thoughts on the film itself and on the points it was making. And then in the main section we’re going to brighten your day with an in-depth chat about death…

An amazing and encouraging baptism and an equally amazing and encouraging sermon on wisdom – that’s our Sunday roundup this week, and then in the main section we have such a good and helpful chat with Duncan Forbes, a London pastor seeking to reach people around the Alton Estate, London with the Gospel. Duncan helps […]

Today we discuss some questions on undeserved suffering and anger, relating to this past Sunday’s teaching and in the main section we talk about Satan – who he is, what he main purposes are, and aren’t, and some misconceptions which have become common in our western Christian worldview.

We’re getting a little bit political today on the podcast as we reflect on this week’s presidential debates in the USA, how they went, whether it was in any sense useful to watch and the difficult decision facing Christian voters across the pond at the moment. And in the main bit we chat about conspiracy […]

Lots of fun stuff in today’s episode! We’ve got some feedback from you lovely listeners after Episode 1, we have some questions to work through, a review in our new feature “If you like it, leave a review feature”, and in that review we’ll be talking about the trending documentary The Social Dilemma. And then […]

We’re back in action after the summer break, and we’ve made a few changes! In this episode:As Christians we don’t always agree on everything. We talk about how Christians should act when they disagree with a fellow believer.

None of us know when the Lord might call us home. It’s a piece of theory that we know to be true, but every so often that theory becomes a lot more concrete. Today we have testimony from Joel Upton, relating to May 28th, 2020, when at the age of 32 his heart stopped beating.

Today we’re talking all things music with our special guest Tim Jupp. Tim has had a colourful career in the music industry, having played for almost two decades in the very successful and in many ways trailblazing Christian band Delirious? and now heads up the UK’s biggest Christian music festival, Big Church Day Out.

Today we have a return to Ordinary Apologetics! – kind of. We aren’t covering a new argument today, but instead rehearsing something we have covered in a past episode, as we respond to the question “Where is God in a pandemic?”