The Blacksmith's Furnace

Tonight on the furnace we had the pleasure of the company of some of the lovely ladies over at 1walktogether blog .com, Angela Sekyere, Gina Aggrey, Sarah Fynn, AJ Taylor, all came to join us as we discussed some of the woes face by today's Christian Babes(Bobby A's words not mine) We were also joined by the lovely Angela Kumah from Colourmefreedom.wordpress.com The ladies brought a fresh perspect...

Last week Robert saw a tweet by Paula White, a famous church leader in america about how our words could stop God's plans. Obviously on the furnace there is a plethora of varying views and in this episode we kinda go in on each other. The great thing about the members of the furnace, if I do say so myself, is the elevation of the Bible as the ultimate authority on such things and so what starts ou...

Public Service Announcement for all those who have been living under a rock. The United Kingdom has voted to leave the EU. The Prime minister has resigned just a year into his term in office. The pound fell to it's lowest value in 31 years and the racist rhetoric is worming out of the woodwork bolder and legitimised by a vote which at the very least seems to indicate the worst about the Majority o...

With Father's day just past we had to have a conversation about Fathers. From absent Fathers to TV replacements to guys and girls with daddy issues we talk about the role of the Father, what it means to have one present and / or absent and our thoughts either on being or becoming Fathers ourselves. We even asked the question: should single mothers get Father's day gifts too? Of course we wanted a...

clap back verb To return a diss, particularly one related to a beef in the hip-hop world. Bobby A is actually amazing at quite a few things, he's a great poet, he's a really kind guy, he's got heart and last time I took him to my karate club he showed he's tough too. One thing Bobby isn't so good at is keeping his tech in tip top condition, I'd show you his phone as testament. Given we've all got...

An article published in the Independent in May 2014 presented the statistic that there are over 240 African churches in the borough of Southwark alone. This makes it the highest concentration of African Churches outside of Africa!! Recorded in early January we looked at what the significance of having so many different churches in one area might be and this led us to talking about why there is suc...

The Furnace agreed it was about time we brought Bobby A to the front of the congregation to have a word about his unapologetic understanding of just how amazing he is! We had a great conversation about what it means to be great, how to react to people acknowledging your greatness, where the line lies between confidence in your greatness and arrogance about it. We also talked about false humility w...

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably at the very least heard the name George Zimmerman. If you haven't look it up, in 2013 he was acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin a young 17 year old black teenager. His death eventually led to the #BlackLivesMatter movement which you still hear of today. Well as of the 22nd of May 2016 the BBC reported that the gun used to kill Trayvon...

This is not a review! But don't worry there are no spoilers. Possibly the best marvel movie to date just released and unless you've been living under a rock, not including all my peeps under the rock that is Jesus Christ, you've at the very least, heard about Captain America Civil War. The conflict in the movie revolves around authority and #TeamCAP and #TeamIRONMAN 's contrasting ideas on who sho...

You've heard "All's well that ends well" Well from experience I can tell you "All's crazy that starts crazy" and today we started with a story about how God, allegedly, answered a desperate Bobby's prayer by giving some poor girl an STD... Yeah it's pretty much downhill from there as we talk about Prayer, what forms it takes and it's role in the Christian's life. We hope you enjoy the episode and...

... You will be the head and not the tail... That verse from Deuteronomy has been quoted so often to encourage Christians to expect and look forward to fame and fortune and dominance in everything they do. But is that really the case. Bobby A brought in a quote which, in summary, said God wants you to dominate! We talked about what it means to dominate and whether or not this truly is God's will f...

This week's episode was intended to be the concluding part of last week's topic from the male perspective, things men wish women knew, unfortunately due to some technical problems and my (Peter here!) lack of ability as a sound engineer we can't bring you that episode. But it's still coming... In its stead, however, we have an unaired episode we recorded last year in late November, cinema companie...

It was a full on war of the sexes today as we looked at the things women wish guys knew that apparently we don't. We discussed so many things ranging from When NO actually doesn't mean No, to why women wish guys would learn a little bit more about the menstrual cycle. A massive thanks goes out to everyone who sent in suggestions, for the sake of time we couldn't actually go through every single su...

From Keyboard Warriors to Thirst traps, in today's edition of the Blacksmith's Furnace we talk social media and the impact it has had on Christianity. Quickly becoming a common theme here on the Furnace we also talk about the secular / sacred divide when it comes to memes and all things viral. Guest appearing once more was AJ Taylor of MyAfricanCloset (theankarahouse.com) and the lovely Sarah Fynn...

In this episode we talk about Ex-es, talk about opening old wounds, it was all about those past relationships and how we navigate current and future relationships with that baggage. Lowercase muse , Mo, is still on break this week and so we were joined by the lovely AJ Taylor (@myafricancloset) and we answer questions like how to make the transition back to friends at the end of a relationship, an...

In the absence of our beloved Mo we are joined by AJ Taylor (@myafricancloset on twitter) , Sarah Fynn(@slimtings1 aslo twitter), and Ms Angela Kumah (@ms.kumah on instagram). We talk about the best bars for the approach to a new potential girlfriend, Bobby and AJ have a little role playing session where he gets to show off his approaching skills a little, just before sharing a heart-wrenching sto...

In the midst of Poets there shall be Poetry. Me (2016 :While editing this description) In today's episode we try a little something different. In response to a challenge set by Bobby A, we each share a piece of poetry which leads to a conversation about diligence, and artistry as individuals and as Christians. We really hope you enjoy the episode and if you do please let us know in the comments an...

Spare the rod and spoil the child. Growing up this was the first line of the parenting handbook, and from the look of things on twitter the next generation of parents are gearing up to make full use of the verse in their households. But between stories of our own experiences and discussions as to whether or not it's still effective, in this episode of the podcast we look at the point of punishment...

Lawyers, Doctors And Disappointments... ... The three main options of career paths according to the parents of most traditional African homes. In this week's episode we have a discussion about the fine line between contentment and complacency, and where ambition, greed and God's plan for our lives fit in the mix. We're privileged to have been joined by Jolade Olusanya of www.jolade.com who as an e...

In our last episode of February, and consequentially the last love themed episode we are joined again by the insightful Jolade Olusanya, and the lovely Jemilea Wisdom-Baako. What was supposed to be a standard ice breaking question flipped the entire episode on its metaphorical head and we ended up having a deeply cutting, excruciatingly uncomfortable, honest conversation about how little men vocal...

In response to what is seemingly becoming the norm, the furnace discuss the side hustle most men are presumed to have in a relationship. We talk about why NOT all men cheat, and why it's not actually ok for guys, or ladies to do so in a relationship. Of course, please feel free to disagree and let us know why in the comments.... ...Till then We hope you enjoy the episode and if you do please let u...

The topic for this week's episode, "why we love to hate Valentine's day" was presented by the 1walktogetherblog.com 1walktogetherblog.com is a collection of bloggers who write about love and life and their experiences as young Christians. There are some amazing writers and some very interesting discussions on topics ranging from how cheese balls are a suitable replacement for a relationship, to wh...

Welcome to the Blacksmith's Furnace, for obvious reasons we'll be talking about issues concerning love and romantic relationships throughout the month of February. Kicking things off in what has been our largest gathering to date, and consequentially our noisiest, we are joined by Sarah Fynn of SarahFynn.com, Nancy Mills @nessence7, AJ Taylor of ankarahouse.com and Diane Ade, we talk about Fashion...

In what we at TBF all agree is our very best episode to date, we are joined by the amazing Jolade Olusanya and the beautiful Jemilea "PoeticJemz" Wisdom-Baako with adlibs from Baby Leia. We talk about creativity and art in the church, and what our mark should be on this world, if we are to leave any at all. As usual we go on a whole lot of twists and turns in our conversation but we hope that just...

In today's episode we talk about the things you maybe shouldn't pray about, and we discuss if there should indeed be areas off limits in our prayer lives. As usual there are numerous tangents and just lots of fun yet thought provoking moments. We hope you enjoy the episode and if you do please let us know in the comments and let your friends know by sharing, and if you don't, please let us know in...