Theology for the Curious

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! We have never been more connected, and yet many of us have never felt more distracted, hurried, and restless. Our phones sit beside our beds, our notifications interrupt our conversations, and our attention is constantly being pulled in a thousand directions. We can reach almost anyone at any time—but what might this perpetual connectedness be doi...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! Few theological labels generate as much heat—and as many misconceptions—as Calvinism. In this episode of Theology for the Curious, we sit down with historian and theologian Ken Stewart to discuss his insightful book Ten Myths About Calvinism and to separate fact from fiction when it comes to one of Christianity's most debated traditions. Is C...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! Pornography is often spoken about as a problem "out there" in the culture, but what if the reality is much closer to home? In this candid and compassionate episode of Theology for the Curious, we sit down with sexual and relationship psychotherapist Paula Hall to explore one of the most significant yet often hidden challenges facing the...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! What happens to those who never heard the gospel? Is death the final boundary of human response to God, or might there be an opportunity for salvation beyond the grave? In this fascinating episode of Theology for the Curious, we sit down with Professor Jim Beilby to discuss his thought-provoking book Postmortem Opportunity: A Biblical and Theologi...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! Few doctrines generate as much discussion, discomfort, and debate as the doctrine of reprobation. In this episode, the Curious team sit down with theologian Peter Sammons, author of ‘Reprobation and God’s Sovereignty’, to explore one of the most challenging questions in Christian theology: if God graciously chooses some unto salvation, what does t...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! What does it really mean to be free? If God is sovereign over all things, are our choices genuinely ours? And if human beings are unable to choose God apart from divine grace, how can they be held responsible for their actions? In this episode, the Curious team sit down with theologian and author Scott Christensen to explore some of the most chall...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! What do we do with a world that feels so full of beauty… and yet so marked by brokenness? In this episode of the Curious team sit down with Dr. James Anderson to explore one of the deepest and most personal questions we face: why does evil exist at all? Together, we gently unpack what we even mean by “evil,” where it might come from, and how it fi...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! What really happens after we die… and why do Catholics and Protestants see it so differently? In part two of our conversation with Roman Catholic theologian Michael Barber, the Curious team move into some of the most profound and often misunderstood areas of Christian belief: death, judgement, and the afterlife. We explore the idea of an immediate...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! What do Catholics really believe about grace, faith, and salvation… and have Protestants sometimes misunderstood it? In this two-part conversation, the Curious team sit down with Catholic theologian Michael Barber to explore some of the biggest questions at the heart of Christian faith: Is salvation by grace alone? What place do works actually hav...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! What if one of the most familiar ideas in Christianity… is also one of the most misunderstood? In this episode the Curious team sit down with professor Hans Madueme to explore the doctrine of original sin, not as a cold theological concept, but as something that quietly shapes how we see ourselves, others, and even God. Are we born guilty, or simp...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! What if one of the most debated lines in Scripture isn’t about silence, weakness, or control at all… but something far more radical? In this episode, Theology for the Curious, sits down with writer, speaker and CEO of Restored, Bekah Legg, an organisation committed to working to transform relationships and end violence against women.  Together we...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! What if the questions we’ve been told not to ask are the very ones we most need to face? In this episode, the Curious team are joined by pastor, gay writer, activist and TikTok influencer, Brandan Robertson, as together they step gently—but honestly—into the tension around Scripture, sexuality, and what it means to live faithfully. Is the Bible pr...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! This week the curious Team continue their conversation with Professor Tom Schreiner in reflecting on modern objections to classic Calvinism. Something old is revisited. Something misunderstood is questioned. Something controversial refuses to go away. In this episode of Theology for the Curious, the Curious Team sits down with professor Tom Schrei...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! Something old is revisited. Something misunderstood is questioned. Something controversial refuses to go away. In this episode of Theology for the Curious, the Curious Team sits down with professor Tom Schreiner to explore one of the most debated ideas in Christian theology: justification. What does it really mean to be declared righteous? Why did...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! There is a courtroom at the end of the story. The Judge is not elected, but enthroned — the One whom the Psalms foresaw and whom the Gospel of Matthew portrays separating sheep from goats, whom the Epistles to the Romans and Second Corinthians declare will weigh every life. But what, exactly, is placed on the scales?  Are works the measure of rewa...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! Sanctification may be the quiet crisis at the heart of the Christian life — the slow, stubborn miracle that hurts more than we expect and heals more deeply than we imagine. In Romans 7 we hear the very familiar groan of a divided soul; in Romans 8:4 we glimpse the promise of a law finally fulfilled within us. Is holiness a crooked line that bends...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! In this second of our two-part series with writer Kurt Parton, the Curious Team continue their intriguing conversation around the idea of Christian universalism, ultimate reconciliation. In this episode the team explore those biblical passages that seem to clearly indicate judgement, death and hell. They reflect together on the rich man and Lazaru...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! What if the final word of history is not separation, but restoration? In this thought-provoking two-part conversation with writer Curt Parton, the Curious team step into one of the most daring and controversial theological questions in the Christian tradition: ‘ultimate reconciliation’.  Is it truly possible that no one is finally lost—that every...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! Two thousand years ago, a man from the margins of the Roman Empire stepped onto the stage of history—and somehow split time itself. Why has Jesus of Nazareth been singled out above every other prophet, philosopher, or spiritual guide? Why do Christians dare to echo his staggering claim—“I am the way”—as recorded in the Gospel of John? Is that conv...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! Did Adam actually exist? Were Adam and Eve literal people living in a literal garden of Eden? How do we understand the first 11 chapters of Genesis? How do they align with so many other origin narratives from the Sumerian King List to the Eridu Genesis and Gilgamesh? Does it really matter whether we literalise our Genesis understanding or not? How...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! The believers relationship with Church is often fraught with great hazards and difficulties. Despite the friendship, use, joy and blessing that comes from connecting to a community; there is also the unfortunate experience of disappointment, manipulation and in some cases even abuse. There are Christians who love the church but will not attend, an...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! Every Christian knows the reality of the battle within. Paul defines as the flesh fighting against the spirit, the old you, combating with the new you, under grace. But how aware are we of the nature of this inner beast? How serious should we take it? How ferocious and proactive is our darker nature? What sinister potential does it hold of totally...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! What happens when lines of communication break down between us and God? How do we reconnect when such lines die? Is there always a way to reconnect beyond our ability to discern such paths? What role does grace and God’s Spirit play in steering us back to a better understanding and commitment? This week, the Curious team take a look at how we disc...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! Resolutions and commitments are commonplace this time of year. But the idea of restarting, or starting over, is often a difficult one. Perhaps it is because it is never easy. Is progress in the Christian life really down to just trying harder, making better choices, and having a stronger willpower? Or is there an empowering and a shaping that grac...

Click here to text us your thoughts and questions! Beyond the tinsel and the presents and the turkey and the mistletoe; beyond the wisemen and the Shepherds, the manger and Bethlehem; there lies a richer, deeper, and more mysterious message of Christmas.  The Bible does not simply paint a picture of the first Christmas being for people then and now; book for the whole cosmic and natural world . In...