The Outspoken Bible

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  This episode, which was recorded prior to the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II, patron of Scottish Bible Society, leads in into the next Chapter of John's gospel.  Jen is preparing for her epic voyage to South America and Neil has been...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  Jen is preparing for her epic voyage to South America and Neil has been on holiday. Meanwhile, Fiona's been loafing around looking for someone to take Jen's place during September. Glover's Off is about braces and the joy of having th...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  After a summer break with opportunities for mission and rest, the team is back for the second part of this season. Glover's Off is about revisiting the loose ends of life through a reflection on Australian soap operas and Jen's Gem is...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  Glover's Off this week is about bright sunlit fields and the main discussion is on John 12, a chapter where the fragrance of devotion and the cries of adulation hang heavy in the air and the hour of crucifixion is rumoured on the wind...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  Glover's Off is on Munros (mountains over 3000 feet) and the love of lists, before discussion turns to John 11, a chapter where a chain of immediate events links us into the ultimate smashing of the chains of death, injustice and sin...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  Glover's Off this time is on the Benedictine order, there's discussion on John 10, a chapter where people flock to hear from Jesus, but only those who know truly hear his voice come into the royal fold. Jen's Gem is about what learnin...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  Glover's Off this time is on the power of football to unite and divide, then the discussion moves to a conversation on John 9, a chapter where eyes are opened, unseen perspectives are shifted and the seeing feel 'seen'. Jen's Gem is a...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  This episode begins with an impassioned Glover's Off about politics, before the discussion moves to discuss John 8, where the finger that wrote the law stoops to scribble in the dust, and the Light of the World breaks the gloom of rel...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  In this episode we're back online and discussing John 7, where shenanigans at the shelters and telltale signs amongst the tabernacles become evident. Glover's Off is about celtic spirituality and there's a Gem from Jen about The Chose...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  In this episode we're back online and discussing John 6, where we encounter manna for the crowd, a man upon the water and all manner of theological explanations. Glover's Off is a celebration of Neil's favourite (other!) podcast, and...

In the fifth of five short episodes recorded for Holy Week in 2022 Fiona, Neil and Jen are together in Aberfeldy to discuss John 20:16-17.  This episode was recorded in Aberfeldy Church of Scotland by Alasdair Wallace. ------- Show Notes Explore this passage further on a Wonder Walk  or by downloading our Easter Reader and Light and Life gospel. Join Neil, Jen and Fiona every fortnight on The Outs...

In the fourth of five short episodes recorded for Holy Week in 2022 Fiona, Neil and Jen are together in Aberfeldy to discuss John 19:28-30.  This episode was recorded in Aberfeldy Church of Scotland by Alasdair Wallace. ------- Show Notes Explore this passage further on a Wonder Walk  or by downloading our Easter Reader and Light and Life gospel. Join Neil, Jen and Fiona every fortnight on The Out...

In the third of five short episodes recorded for Holy Week in 2022 Fiona, Neil and Jen are together in Aberfeldy to discuss John 19:5-6.  This episode was recorded in Aberfeldy Church of Scotland by Alasdair Wallace. ------- Show Notes Explore this passage further on a Wonder Walk  or by downloading our Easter Reader and Light and Life gospel. Join Neil, Jen and Fiona every fortnight on The Outspo...

In the second of five short episodes recorded for Holy Week in 2022 Fiona, Neil and Jen are together in Aberfeldy to discuss John 18:1-6.  This episode was recorded in Aberfeldy Church of Scotland by Alasdair Wallace. ------- Show Notes Explore this passage further on a Wonder Walk  or by downloading our Easter Reader and Light and Life gospel. Join Neil, Jen and Fiona every fortnight on The Outsp...

In the first of five short episodes recorded for Holy Week in 2022 Fiona, Neil and Jen are together in Aberfeldy to discuss John 13:1.  This episode was recorded in Aberfeldy Church of Scotland by Alasdair Wallace. ------- Show Notes Explore this passage further on a Wonder Walk  or by downloading our Easter Reader and Light and Life gospel. Join Neil, Jen and Fiona every fortnight on The Outspoke...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  In this specially-recorded in-person episode we explore Jesus' healing of the man at the Pool of Siloam where the water in the pool, and debate over who Jesus is, are stirred up . There's a Glover's Off about Compline, and a Gem from...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  In this episode we explore an encounter between Jesus and a Samaritan woman at a well, and an arms-length miracle in Capernaum. There's a Glover's Off about distraction and how to avoid it, and a Gem from Jen about embracing interrupt...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  This episode finds us at the beginning of Jesus' public ministry at the wedding at Cana and finishes with the story of Jesus turning over the money-changers tables in the temple. There's a Glover's Off about Charlie Mackesy's work and...

Join Fiona, Neil and Jen for the fourth season of The Outspoken Bible as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  This episode finds us at the beginning of Jesus' public ministry at the wedding at Cana and finishes with the story of Jesus turning over the money-changers tables in the temple. There's a Glover's Off about Charlie Mackesy's work and...

The fourth season of The Outspoken Bible continues. Join Fiona, Neil and Jen as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  This episode picks up the narrative after the prologue with the arrival of John the Baptist on the scene and the calling of the first disciples. There's a Glover's Off about bread and a Gem from Jen about the importance of havi...

The Outspoken Bible is back for a fourth season. Join Fiona, Neil and Jen as they talk their way through the gospel of John in pursuit of old truths and fresh insights.  This episode maps the terrain of what will follow with a discussion about the magnificent prologue that begins the gospel. There's a Glover's Off about saintly poetry and a Gem from Jen about unpacking the Bible with teenagers. Pl...

The eighth and final episode in our season of conversations about Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. After a Glover’s Off about rivers and their sources, we round off our series with discussion of the book of Malachi, and a Gem from Jen about persevering in difficult times.  In 2022 we’ll be back talking about the Book of John. You can read ahead here  and you can order copies of Light...

The seventh in our season of conversations about Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. We're talking about dreams and visions in this episode, so after some chat about our dreams, there's a Glover's Off on naff Christmas services, and later on a Gem from Jen on children in an inter-generational church community. The main discussion is on the book of Zechariah , a book that we don't often...

The sixth in our season of conversations about Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. After an update on various causes for celebrations, there's a Glover's Off and a poem about the wonders of geese. Discussion then turns to Nehemiah 8-13.  Jen's Gem is all about putting the theory of integration into practice.  This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins. ------- Show Notes Ch...

The fifth in our season of conversations about Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. After an unexpectedly detailed  updates on people's vaccine status, there's a Glover's Off about the joys of Northern Ireland. Discussion then turns to Nehemiah 1-7   before Jen shares a Gem about imagining the Bible.  This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins. ------- Show Notes Christmas J...