The Blacksmith's Furnace

T'was a full furnace plus one today as we were joined by Mo's most definitely better half Jemz. Bobby A was in the hot seat today for sorry Not sorry... Let's just say it's not his favourite segment anymore! We then go on to a question that could spell the end of the Furnace as we know it, literally. For our hookups Bobby A suggested checking out the soundtrack to the movie If Beale Street could t...

Spend some time with Pete this episode, in the absence of the other two, he shares an episode from his new YouTube series The 66. The 66 is chronological study of the bible and Pete's converted his first episode Before the Beginning into an audio format for you lovely listeners to have a taste. Think of it as more of a Hookup on steroids but more importantly be assured that next week we'll be back...

DC comics recently cancelled publication of a comic book that depicted Jesus Christ as the side kick of a superhero. This was after 230000 people signed a petition demanding DC comics do so out of respect of the religion. In light of this we, sans Robert who apparently had "back to back meetings" today, discuss our own hypocrisy given though equally offended when people make light of the person of...

Peter was apologeticing today, defending divorce and raped nuns. We then turned our attention to Justin Beiber's marriage and whether celibacy guarantees you a spouse. For our hookups Peter suggested the podcast, Somehow I Manage, where they discussed the American version of the Office, one episode at a time. https://www.theincomparable.com/sim/ Robert suggested a podcast too - The Love Hour by Mr...

Robert's in the hot seat today for sorry not sorry and probably regrets suggesting the segment altogether now. We then have a conversation about community and the need and means by which we can build it in the church. Looked like each furnace member had a slightly different take on how to do so, but was a fun conversation in the end. For our hookups Robert suggested checking out a book he is readi...

Today marked the return of the completed Furnace and we decided to add a new apologetics segment to the mixed called Sorry, Not Sorry. The Furnace then discussed the disturbing new abortion laws in New York and what sacrifice looks like. For our Hookups, Peter shouted out the track Testify by Christian rapper J. Monty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMe3eliTFcA&feature=youtu.be Moses shouted out...

Mo and Peter both declined to perform at an event Robert had mentioned before on the podcast, Jawdance. The main reason for both guys was the fact that their poetry was mostly too "churchy" for a secular audience. Robert of course wanted to address this some more, so we started out with the question is there such a thing as poetry that is too churchy? We talk about performance and evangelism and a...

Surviving R.Kelly is quite possibly one of the most significant documentaries to hit the masses in recent times. The topic of abuse, and predatory culture, and the attitudes that make such behaviour thrive has never been more relevant than it is now, and the awkward, difficult and uncomfortable conversations that need to be had are at least beginning to become more commonplace in our places of wor...

If ever one should look back, let him / her do so to learn. If ever one should look forward, let him / her do so to dream. However, whatever one is to do let them not waste the moment they have right now! Happy new year every one! It's our sincere hope that you all have started the year right, and even if you haven't we hope you move on from this moment right! Whatever the case keep moving. In our...

The Furnace was back for the last time in 2018 discussing why Christmas isn't as big of a deal these days and some of their resolutions for next year. Robert's hook up for this week is the show Black Mirror - https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/70264888 Peter's hook up is the app is Mix Tiles which allows you to have beautiful 8 x 8 tiles of selected photos created - https://www.mixtiles.com/ Mo's ho...

Story time is back and Bobby A hits us with an interesting tale, of corporate error and what ends up being free products! and off the back of that we talk about when the right thing to do ins't necessarily the only thing to do that isn't wrong! That's a confusing sentence for a reason !! It was a fun conversation and a fun time, and in hopes of bring you guys some more fun for after you're done wi...

It's a full furnace once more, and today Bobby has us discussing an issue he's had on his mind for a while now. The issue was more of an observation, and the observation was more of a suggestion that maybe the rise of the PC culture we find ourselves in now could have something to possibly do with the rise of the voice of the oppressed, specifically women, in today's society. Definitely a conversa...

The Dynamic Duo are back again with no Peter. This week they discussed how to get around boredom in both romantic relationships and our relationships with God. Robert's hook up for this week is the app Moneybox - https://www.moneyboxapp.com/ Mo's hook up is the journal app One Day - http://dayoneapp.com/ We hope you enjoy the episode and if you do please let us know in the comments and let your fr...

This week the two Furnace member whose hearts aren't as hard as their names discussed how to tell the difference between being blessed by God and being a beneficiary of someone being blessed by God, what it looks like to walk in the Will of God and the price of being a missionary. Robert's hook up for this week is Shoe Dog - the autobiography of Nike's founder, Phil Knight: https://www.amazon.co.u...

The surest most impenetrable barrier to the truth, is presumption that you already have it! Dr C Missler In today's episode Peter has some questions and after a failed attempt to catch Mo slipping the conversation centred on two main topics, Which is more important, the ability to articulate good doctrine or the display of fruits that would be birthed from having good doctrine? and Is it worth cha...

You may have heard this week that the legendary Stan lee passed away, at the ripe old age of 95. Characters he created have influenced people the world over and we talk about how much that influence was on us and how much influence we're having on others We hope those are questions you're asking of yourself too. we also had some hookups for y'all Peter suggested checking out the Daily Audio bible...

Whilst Peter was off doing who knows what, Moses and Robert discussed whether Remembrance Day is outdated, whether the world will ever see another Holy War and how to reconcile God being loving in a world filled with so much hurt and pain. Moses' hook up is a call to start decluttering all aspects of one's life instead of waiting until the New Year. Robert's hookup is Stormzy new book (and the fir...

Over a year after his wife's passing, former Man united player and current sports pundit, Rio Ferdinand got together with his now wife, then new girlfriend. Bobby A brings this to the furnace and we ponder when's too soon to move on from a partner. This naturally extends into a conversation about the idea of "the one" and whether we believe this concept or if it is indeed biblical Of course we've...

For the most part, ask anyone what the one thing they would change in their past is and their answer would be, nothing, everything that's happened thus far has led to who they are now and their happy with that. But Bobby A was having none of that today so we really do try to delve into things that we would actually change if we were given the ability to do so. Bobby also had a couple of episodes o...

When a popular guy in a Hi-Vis jacket gets mistaken for a deer and shot and killed in the French alpines, it's fits the situation to call it karma when it comes out that he was secretly a child molester in his past. But is Karma enough to explain this and does Karma affect us in similar fashion as Christians? That' where we set off from in today's episode of the Furnace. We were joined by the love...

With our personal preferences, likes and dislikes, we find we all have a unique voice that we tend to resonate with. Might be that one preacher who's style you like, or the speaker who you always seem to understand. We all and each, tend to be in someone's audience and in today's episode we discuss why we listen to those we do. Of course Kanye's antics made it into our conversation and we talk abo...

After almost a month of never having a full furnace, the whole crew is back together on this cringe worthy episode. Rob acquired a card version of a game that has a bunch of questions and we take turns asking each other. The questions are very personal or very funny, most often both but it turned out to be a good reminder of our friendship and camaraderie and we hope after listening you have these...

Denzel famously said; "if you don't watch the news, you'll be uninformed, if you do watch the news you'll be misinformed, so what do you do?" Well today's episode was in part an attempt to address this question. In the post modern, post truth society we find ourselves in, how do we navigate the plethora of stories, and the intentions behind them, thrown our way on every page of every platform we e...

What’s the furnace without its beautiful beast? And what’s the beautiful beast without some female company? In this episode, Robert was joined by the lovely Simi, Angela (@angiebabez) and Lisa as the group discuss how to love yourself whilst still being healthy and whether having a good dress sense is important or not… Hook Ups Angela: Nappily Ever After: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80189630...

Welcome to another episode of the Furnace. Today was an especially fun one for two main reasons. The first was beacaseu there was no Robert, that's self explanatory, but more importantly it was because we were joined today by an amazing artist and one of our very first listeners, The amazing Inktrovert! She's been mentioned so many times on the podcast is has been one of the guys really encouragin...