The Outspoken Bible

Letters for Life is the title of Season Eight of The Outspoken Bible as Fiona, Jen and Neil examine three of Paul's New Testament letters - Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians. In episode 2 we take a panoramic look at the letter to the Ephesians, with specific reference to chapters 3-4 before zooming into Ephesians 3:14-4:13. There are new segments to enjoy including the reading of the passage,...

Letters for Life is the title of Season Eight of The Outspoken Bible as Fiona, Jen and Neil examine three of Paul's New Testament letters - Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians. In episode 1 we take a panoramic look at the letter to the Ephesians, with specific reference to chapters 1-2 before zooming into Ephesians 1:3-14. There are new segments to enjoy including the reading of the passage, The...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. In chapter 16 we encounter the full breadth of the people of God in Rome. There are men and women, enslaved and free people, Jews, Greeks and Romans. In this episode we delve into what we know about some of these characters and finally reach a conclusion to the letter to t...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. In chapter 15 we continue our discussion from the previous episode on  weakness and strength before moving on to discuss how Paul begins to reach the end of his letter to the Romans. There's an Instant Preach from Neil on 1 John 1:9 and a Jeneral Knowledge question about d...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. In chapter 14 we discuss weakness and strength in matters of conscience with a heavy emphasis on food. There's an Instant Preach from Fiona on Jeremiah 29 and a Jeneral Knowledge question about God's right hand. This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins. ----...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. In chapter 13 we discuss authority and clothing ourselves in Jesus. There's an Instant Preach from Jen on Psalm 23 and a Jeneral Knowledge question about what is happening amongst younger generations. This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins. ------- Show No...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. As we reach Chapter 12 of Paul's letter to the Romans, we explore what it means to live sacrificially and how to discern the good, pleasing, perfect will of God. There's an Instant Preach from Neil on Acts 2:13 and a Jeneral Knowledge question about the sign of the cross....

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen as they explore the Easter story from the point of view of some lesser known Bible characters.  This episode is more devotional in format. You will hear the verses read three times with space to reflect, a short discussion and a prayer to conclude.  This episode was produced by Fiona Stewart and engineered by Aimee Higgins.  ------- Show Notes Easter 2025 resources from SB...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen as they explore the Easter story from the point of view of some lesser known Bible characters.  This episode is more devotional in format. You will hear the verses read three times with space to reflect, a short discussion and a prayer to conclude.  This episode was produced by Fiona Stewart and engineered by Aimee Higgins.  ------- Show Notes Easter 2025 resources from SB...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen as they explore the Easter story from the point of view of some lesser known Bible characters.  This episode is more devotional in format. You will hear the verses read three times with space to reflect, a short discussion and a prayer to conclude.  This episode was produced by Fiona Stewart and engineered by Aimee Higgins.  ------- Show Notes Easter 2025 resources from SB...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen as they explore the Easter story from the point of view of some lesser known Bible characters.  This episode is more devotional in format. You will hear the verses read three times with space to reflect, a short discussion and a prayer to conclude.  This episode was produced by Fiona Stewart and engineered by Aimee Higgins.  ------- Show Notes Easter 2025 resources from SB...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen as they explore the Easter story from the point of view of some lesser known Bible characters.  This episode is more devotional in format. You will hear the verses read three times with space to reflect, a short discussion and a prayer to conclude.  This episode was produced by Fiona Stewart and engineered by Aimee Higgins.  ------- Show Notes Easter 2025 resources from SB...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. At last we've reached Chapter 11!  After three adverts, two emails and a question the Instant Preach is from Fiona on John 13:6-8 and then they get to the root of the matter with conversation about olive trees and roots. There's a Jeneral Knowledge discussion about how to...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. Chapter 10 sees us in the gulley, heading towards the high point of chapter 12 and asking the question of what it means to be new covenant people living under grace. After some discussion of Lent there's an Instant Preach from Jen on Micah 6:8 before them main discussion o...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. Having scaled the heights of chapter 8 we now find ourselves approaching the valley of chapter 9. Here we wrestle with ideas of calling and choice, with the place of Old Testament examples and with some difficult questions about what the arrival of the Messiah means for th...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. Discussion this time turns to a pinnacle episode - Chapter 8 - where we encounter the freedom from condemnation, the spiritual groaning of being part of a broken world and the good news that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ. After correspondence there...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. After an Advent break, the team is back for the second part of the epistle, beginning at chapter 7.  It's a long discussion, so you might want to listen in parts! At the start of the 5th year of The Outspoken Bible there's some discussion of what this project has meant to...

Still in Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible, Fiona, Jen and Neil take a break from their conversation about Romans for four special Advent episodes. In this fourth Advent Episode the focus is on Simeon and Anna. You can read their story in Luke 2 . There's a pot of correspondence, an Instant Preach on Zechariah 4:10 about the importance on valuing the small things, and Jeneral Knowledge invites u...

Still in Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible, Fiona, Jen and Neil take a break from their conversation about Romans for four special Advent episodes. In this third Advent Episode the focus is on Joseph. You can read his story in Matthew 1-2. Plus there's news of the bunting, an Instant Preach on Proverbs 29:18 about revelation and vision, and Jeneral Knowledge gets heated on the topic of Santa, Ru...

Still in Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible, Fiona, Jen and Neil take a break from their conversation about Romans for four special Advent episodes. In this second Advent Episode the focus is on Mary. You can read her story in Luke 1 . Plus there are some Advent resource recommendations, an Instant Preach on Proverbs 4:23 about guarding your heart, and a Jeneral Knowledge question about the Bethl...

Still in Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible, Fiona, Jen and Neil take a break from their conversation about Romans for four special Advent episodes. In this first Advent Episode the focus is on Elizabeth, Zechariah and John the Baptist. You can read their story in Luke 1 . Plus there are some Advent resource recommendations, an Instant Preach on Psalm 111:2 and the importance of delight and a Jen...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. The seventh episode in the series begins with some adverts for Christmas resources from SBS. There's an Instant Preach on Philemon 1:12 which forms a good introduction to the main discussion Romans 6. Discussion on the chapter leads to conversation about what it means to l...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. In the sixth episode in the series, we talk about the Northern Lights, a Christian response to AI and a shoutout for correspondence. There's an Instant Preach from Jen on Isaiah 26:3 before discussion turns to Romans 5. Conversation follows about grace, suffering, persever...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. In the third episode of the series, they reach Romans 4 and discuss Abraham, trust, behaviour management and the importance of talking about the cross and resurrection. There's an Instant Preach on Romans 8:37-39 and a Jeneral Knowledge question about how to know God when...

Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans. In the third episode of the series, they reach Romans 3 , and discuss circumcision, wrath, falling short of God's glory, righteousness, propitiation, penal substitutionary atonement and love. A lot to take in! There's an Instant Preach on Numbers 6:24-26 and a Jeneral Know...