The Speak Life Podcast

Reaction to 'Harry and Meghan', the Netflix documentary miniseries, from a Christian perspective. Glen Scrivener and Nate Morgan Locke from Speak Life share their thoughts after watching the six episodes. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Subscribe to The Speak Life Podcast YouTube channel to get the videos for these podcast episodes: youtube.com/@TheSpeakLifePodcast Subscribe to ou...

What can go wrong with our Christmas preaching? How should we approach the ethos, Logos and pathos of our carol service talks? Glen Scrivener and Nate Morgan Locke from Speak Life discuss. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Subscribe to The Speak Life Podcast YouTube channel to get the videos for these podcast episodes: youtube.com/@TheSpeakLifePodcast Subscribe to our main YouTube channel for...

"Less than half of England and Wales population Christian, Census 2021 shows." That's the BBC News headline that's doing the rounds. The percentage of people who said they are Christian has fallen from 59.3% in 2011 to 46.2%. Should we be worried? Glen Scrivener from Speak Life takes a look at the 2021 census religion data. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Subscribe to Th...

Glen Scrivener and Nate Morgan Locke discuss our recent Christmas film, 'Christmas Coming Home', the John Lewis/Waitrose Christmas advert, Jack Grealish, Jordan Peterson and Jesus as our great high priest. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk This conversation was recorded on the 30th November 2022. Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources...

Glen Scrivener and Nate Morgan Locke from Speak Life chat to Jack Timpany and Graeme Johnstone about their podcast 'Table Talk'. Your Speak Life podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Listen to 'Table Talk': https://linktr.ee/table.talk.podcast Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk This conversation was recorded on the 4th November 2022. Speak Life is a UK based charity that resou...

Glen Scrivener and Nate Morgan Locke from Speak Life are joined by Kristi Mair to explore the meaning crisis. This is a clip from our vision evening, which happened on Zoom on Thursday 20th October 2022. Your podcast host is Speak Life media producer Thomas Thorogood. Sign up to our next vision evening: speaklife.org.uk/vision Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk This conversation was recorded...

Glen Scrivener from Speak Life reacts to Stephen Fry discussing what he would say to God in an interview with Gay Byrne in 2015. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Watch the original Stephen Fry video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suvkwNYSQo Sign up to our vision evening: speaklife.org.uk/vision Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk This reaction was recorded on the 30th September 2...

Can Christians read/watch Harry Potter? And if so, what can it teach us? Nate Morgan Locke, Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey from Speak Life discuss. It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Paul at the end, as this will be his last Speak Life Podcast. Watch Nate's Harry Potter video: https://youtu.be/sBg2VDST2v8 Sign up to our vision evening: https://speaklife.org.uk/vision Your podcast...

This week Andrew Thorburn ended his 30 hour long tenure as CEO of Essendon Australian rules Football Club due to controversy provoked by him also being chairman of City on a Hill church. Glen Scrivener from Speak Life is joined by Australian pastors Nathan Campbell and Stephen McAlpine to share some thoughts on the issues. Stephen blogs at https://stephenmcalpine.com/ Nathan blogs at https://st-eu...

Glen Scrivener hosts a panel with Oak Hill Research Fellow Kristi Mair and pastor Paul Vanderklay (YouTuber known as the pastor to the intellectual dark web). They discuss mission in the meaning crisis. Recorded on 3rd September at Oak Hill College. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the...

Italy's new PM Giorgia Meloni has been called 'far right' in the media. But a clip of her speaking about family at a conference in 2019 has gone viral, with many people (including Christians) excited about her stance on certain issues. But who is she, and what does she actually stand for? Nate Morgan Locke, Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey from Speak Life discuss. Your podcast host is...

Glen Scrivener hosts a panel with historian Tom Holland (author of Dominion and co-presenter of The Rest is History podcast) and pastor Paul Vanderklay (YouTuber known as the pastor to the intellectual dark web). They discuss mission in the meaning crisis. Recorded on 3rd September at Oak Hill College. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk Speak Life is a U...

Bonus episode. Glen Scrivener preaches from 1 Corinthians 15 at All Souls Eastbourne, celebrating the life of Queen Elizabeth II and the reason for her hope. Recorded on Sunday 11th September 2022. Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world. Learn more about us here: speaklife.org.uk These episodes and more are also availab...

Nate Morgan Locke, Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey from Speak Life reflect on the life and death of Queen Elizabeth II. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk This conversation was recorded on 13th September 22. Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world. Learn more about us here: speaklife.org.uk These episodes and more are...

The new Lord of the Rings Amazon series, The Rings of Power, has dropped! Episodes 1 and 2 are out. Looking for a Christian perspective? Nate Morgan Locke, Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey share their thoughts. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk This conversation was recorded on 6th September 22. Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church t...

Responding to Kaitlyn Tiffany's recent article in The Atlantic about toxic people title 'That's It. You're Dead to Me.' What is a toxic person? Are we all toxic? Is there ever a place for distancing ourselves from people? How should this happen within the church? Nate Morgan Locke, Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey from Speak Life discuss. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogoo...

Christian summer camps and festivals have played a vital role in Conservative Evangelicalism in the UK. Nate Morgan Locke, Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey from Speak Life discuss. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk This conversation was recorded on 23rd August 22. Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world. Learn more ab...

Speak Life media producer Thomas Thorogood provides an update about what's new at Speak Life. Book your place at the Oak Hill events: speaklife.org.uk/meaning The Air We Breathe resources: speaklife.org.uk/tawb Come to our September intensive: speaklife.org.uk/foundry Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk This conversation was recorded on 25th July 22. Speak Life is a UK based charity that...

Nate Morgan Locke gets to exhibit his true 'Reformed Mythologist' colours today, as he interviews Matt Lillicrap and Peter Dray about their new book 'Reality and Other Stories: Exploring the life we long for through the tales we tell'. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk This conversation was recorded on 25th July 22. Speak Life is a U...

Glen Scrivener interviews Rory Shiner about his new book, 'The World Next Door: A Short Guide to the Christian Faith', which he co-authored with Peter Orr. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk This conversation was recorded on 31st May 22. Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world. Learn more about us here: spe...

Louise Perry, columnist for The New Statesman, speaks to Glen Scrivener about her new book, 'The Case Against the Sexual Revolution'. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk This conversation was recorded on 28th June 22. Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world. Learn more about us here: speaklife.org.uk These e...

Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch, Tom Tugendhat, Penny Mordaunt and more... In light of the current Tory leadership race and all that's happened in the past few years, is politics in the West pre-Christian, Christian or post-Christian? Maybe a mix of all three! Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey from Speak Life discuss. Your podcast host is Thomas Thorogood. Contact the sho...

Alastair Roberts recently sparked some controversy on Twitter for suggesting that sermons should be shorter. In this conversation with Glen Scrivener and Nate Morgan Locke, he clarifies his position. Contact the show: info@speaklife.org.uk This conversation was recorded on 12th July 22. Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world. Learn more about us here: speakli...

Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey respond to Twitter reactions to the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the supreme court. There have been protests, less-than-civil discourse between the pro-life and the pro-choice, and even debates among pro-lifers. But among all this, can a respectful conversation happen? And can Jesus make sense of it all? Your podcast presenter is Thomas Thorogood. Check out our inte...

Nate Morgan Locke interviews Glen Scrivener about his recent article for Evangelicals Now: "Evangelical Futures: BWWS – The ‘Blokes Worth Watching' Conveyor Belt..." They discuss the positives and negatives of the church systems they are most familiar with. Your podcast presenter is Thomas Thorogood. Read the article: https://www.e-n.org.uk/2022/07/features/evangelical-futures-bwws-...