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Church ahead
Weekly Christian podcast talking about big issues facing the future of church with Rev L all the way from the North of England.
Episodes
151 episodes
Parsifal plastic
2025 summer music festival ends today at Glyndebourne.Wagner's final opera Parsifal. Do the punters want sacred?Is your sacrament plastic?Were Oasis any good?
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Episode 150
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Brunnhilde strong
Summer music festival week 2.Wagner's opera Die Walkure.Obedient son or disobedient daughter?
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Episode 149
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Wotan weak
Welcome to Bayreuth Germany for our summer music festivalWhy is God the Father in trouble?Are personal gods finished?This episode is dedicated to Martin Graham 1942-2025.
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Episode 148
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Catholic stu
Today we visit Church of the Holy Name.How could a dead pope welcome Rev L?What do Catholics offer students?Next time our summer pop festival finishes the term.
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Episode 147
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Emotional stu
Today we visit a charismatic Anglican church plant.Fabric Ardwick Green.It looks great. What is the substance?Only 2 weeks to our summer pop festival...
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Episode 146
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Intellectual stu
We visit Holy Trinity Platt on Pentecost SundayDo students go to church?Why do Evangelicals love students?
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Episode 145
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Changing students
We begin a new series on university students.Why are students so important to church?
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Episode 144
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Saturday church
7th Day Adventists.What would Jesus make of them?What nickname?Are the historic churches right to dismiss these children of 19thc America?
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Episode 143
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Mission Mormon
Have you ever chatted to Mormon missionaries?Are they America's greatest export?BTW is God American?
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Episode 142
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Jehovahs Witness
Are Jehovah's Witnesses part of Christian Church?We begin a 3 week series looking at those groups many established churches see as lying just beyond proper Christianity. Do you respect JWs?
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Episode 141
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Pod progress?
Is Church ahead getting anywhere?What have we learned?5 signs of hope.Next year on this podcast...
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Episode 140
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Pod produce
We start the new term with a view behind the scenes.How is this thing made?Who listens?What do they say?Next time ; First 3 years summary.
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Episode 139
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Saved again
Fourth and final episode in our 2025 Lent series about Salvation.Does salvation skew Christian charity?Does Christianity over emphasise one day?We take 2 Fridays off now.Please join us again Friday 2 May 2025....
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Episode 137
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Salvation drama
Week 3 of our 4 week 2025 Lent series.Do you have enough drama in your testimony?Do Christians look down on everybody else?
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Episode 136
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Quick fix
What is Salvation?Our Lent series gets to a definition.What do you make of foodbanks?
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Episode 135
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Salvation songs
Salvation is our Lent theme 2025.Do you know any decent songs about salvation?Did Bob Dylan rise to the subject?
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Episode 134
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Rotten tripe
Today we end our series on the Church of England.What do the general public make of it?Why is there so much appetite for bad news?Next time ; our Lent series.
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Episode 133
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Laid out
After the problems with bishops and vicarsare the Church of England's lay people any better?Next time we finish our series about the Church of England.
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Episode 132
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Vicars vim
Are vicars are thing of the past?Is the role too hard?How do they keep going?We are nearing the end of this series about Church of England.
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Episode 131
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The bishops
We are wading through the problems facing Church of England.Are the bishops any good?Have we got the right people?Who would want the job?
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Episode 130
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Mood music
What is the current mood music in Church of England?Do clergy dissing C of E on TV resemble the Jeremy Kyle show?Is this a cleansing or an ending?
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Episode 129
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Building drains
We are looking at the problems of the Church of England.Today the drain of buildings...Are church buildings an asset or liability?
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Episode 128
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