The Equip Project Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this two-part conversation, we will be confronting perhaps the biggest and most controversial aspect of life for young adults – the issue of love and sex. 

Send us Fan Mail One of the biggest problems young adults can have with the Bible concerns passages in the Old Testament which critics say seem to portray a God who is angry, and prone to arbitrary violence. It seems so different from those famous passages in the New Testament that talk about love. Can the same God say such wildly different words? How do we defend the OT?

Send us Fan Mail Jesus says: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven”. This has been called the most radical ethical system ever uttered in human history. How does it apply to terrorists? 

Send us Fan Mail The death of Christ is at the very heart of Christianity. Christians don’t regard Jesus’ death as an embarrassing failure. They see it as an integral part of God’s plan for the Universe. But at first sight it really makes very little sense. How could the death of a man 2,000 years ago achieve anything for young people living in the 21st Century? And how do we defend the rationalit...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 12 we talk about doubt. It’s pretty common for young adults to have doubts about their faith. Sometimes we ask ourselves: is all this Christianity stuff actually true? Are my non-Christian friends right when they say that I believe because of my upbringing, or that my beliefs are just a coping mechanism? Or maybe we sometimes wonder if we are a true Christian at all. Ho...

Send us Fan Mail A lot of people have sympathy for the idea that religion has had a negative influence on the human story. The late Christopher Hitchens is famous for saying ‘religion poisons everything’. In this episode we examine whether there is any substance behind such a claim.

Send us Fan Mail The New Year is generally celebrated with massive fireworks displays and cheering crowds. But for many, it's a moment of loneliness or even hopeless. The future can look grey and unappealing, with little prospect of change. In this episode we examine whether Jesus can bring us genuine hope for 2020. 

Send us Fan Mail A five minute Christmas Day reflection focusing on the truths contained in these amazing words from the Bible - ' For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.’ 

Send us Fan Mail In this Christmas Episode we examine the remarkable claim that God became a human being, with flesh and blood just like us. We think through some of the implications of this truth, and how it can transform our lives and hearts this Christmas time. 

Send us Fan Mail Our conversation in Episodes 5 and 6 focuses on the search for identity. We’ll be examining the questions: “Who am I?”, “How should I understand myself", and "Is identity something we have to construct for ourselves, or do we have a design plan to live by?" These questions have a huge impact on the life choices we make, and how we view ourselves. Join us as we exami...

Send us Fan Mail Our conversation in Episodes 5 and 6 focuses on the search for identity. We’ll be examining the questions: “Who am I?”, “How should I understand myself", and "Is identity something we have to construct for ourselves, or do we have a design plan to live by?" These questions have a huge impact on the life choices we make, and how we view ourselves. Join us as we exami...

Send us Fan Mail Our world is full of pain and suffering. The people we care about die, sometimes in terrible ways. And ultimately we will die too. Our lives are full of physical and psychological hurt. And that raises a problem for those of us who believe in the God of the Bible – the thing we call the problem of pain. It raises significant questions for many people: Why does God allow suffering?...

Send us Fan Mail The third of a three-part series looking at whether the Bible is any more than a flawed human document. In this episode we ask how we can be sure the Bible we have today matches up with what was originally written.

Send us Fan Mail The second of a three-part series looking at whether the Bible is any more than a flawed human document. In this episode we look at how we ended up with the sixty-sixty books that make up the Bible.

Send us Fan Mail The first of a three-part series looking at whether the Bible is any more than a flawed human document. In this episode we examine the claim Christians make that the Bible is the inspired word of God.