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Boris Johnson, Partygate, Hypocrisy || Road To Perdition || SLP391
The world is discussing the 'partygate' situation of number 10 Downing Street. Glen Scrivener, Paul Feesey and Nate Morgan Locke respond. Following last week's…
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Novak Djokovic, Vaccines, Australian Open || The Green Mile || SLP390
The world is discussing Novak Djokovic's vaccine situation in the onset of the Australian Open. Glen Scrivener, Paul Feesey and Nate Morgan Locke respond. Also…
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Epiphany, The Capitol and Symbolism || SLP389
The 6th of January was Epiphany — a word that means 'appearance' or 'manifestation.' In the church calendar it's a time to remember the appearance of Christ to…
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Christmas, The Culmination of History's Love Story || SLP388
This sermon was preached 26 December, 2021 at Bloomfield Presbyterian Church, Belfast, by Speak Life director Glen Scrivener. Your podcast hosts are Paul…
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2021 in Review - A Year of Speaking Life || SLP387
Paul Feesey and Nate Morgan Locke reflect on the past year at Speak Life. Support the show
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Have Yourself A Carnal Little Christmas || SLP386
The Matrix, the Metaverse and meat. How Christmas speaks to our modern struggles with bodily life. Support the show
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Getting Creative with Christianity? || SLP385
Paul Feesey, Nate Morgan Locke and Glen Scrivener discuss the intersection of creativity and Christianity and how it all can go wrong. Support the show
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Christmas Talks: 6 Ways We're Trying Too Hard || SLP384
Christmas is one of the biggest evangelistic opportunities the church has each year. But do we often miss the point by trying too hard? Glen Scrivener, Paul…
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The Pandemic We Forgot: Loneliness || SLP383
Glen Scrivener and Nate Morgan Locke prepare for Christmas in the latest episode of our podcast, discussing the subject of loneliness during this busy time of…
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My Child Almost Died - Paul Feesey || SLP382
Paul Feesey is back! He talks with Glen about why he's been away, and how his family has known God's presence through a very challenging time. Support the show
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The Health of the Church || Reeling From the Abuse Scandals || With Sam Allberry || SLP381
Glen Scrivener speaks again with international author and speaker, Sam Allberry. Sam was last on the podcast speaking about his time with the Zacharias Trust…
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Why is "Original Sin" Trending? What Does It Mean? || SLP380
One of our favourite ever guests at Speak Life has stoked a giant controversy! Headteacher, Katharine Birbalsingh tweeted about her belief in original sin and…
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We're All Incurably Religious || The Five Magnetic Points || Interview with Dr Dan Strange || SLP379
Glen Scrivener interviews Dr Dan Strange about engaging the culture with the inescapably religious questions we must all face. Support the show
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The Life and Legacy of Sir David Amess (And The Blame Games That Followed) || SLP378
The tragic death of Sir David Amess MP last week triggered a number of "hot takes" from journalists and politicians. Many factors have been blamed including…
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Coming Out, Expressive Individualism and Evangelical Testimonies: What's the Link? || SLP377
Tonight on the SpeakEasy, Glen Scrivener and Nate Morgan Locke discuss the prevalence of expressive individualism. Modern people focus on ourselves, our…
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Fuel Crisis, Facebook Down, Life On The Brink || SLP376
Glenn and Nate discuss the current issues and hot topics of this cultural moment. Support the show
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Culture, Comedy and Christ || Breakfast With James Cary || SLP375
Join us for this fascinating conversation with James Cary. He talks about what it's like to be a Christian in the world of comedy. James has written for people…
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Christ-Centred and All-of-Life || Speak Life Distinctives || SLP374
This is session 1 of our first ever Speak Life intensive week. Glen Scrivener explains how being all-of-life is only possible if we are Christ-centred. We…
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What Can We Learn from Mars Hill || Interview with Liam Thatcher || SLP373
The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill has been a fascinating podcast-documentary about Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill Church in Seattle. Recently Liam Thatcher blogged…
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The Power of Story || Interview with Nate Morgan Locke || SLP372
Glen chats to Nate Morgan Locke, Speak Life's new Development Director. They discuss the intersection between storytelling and the gospel. What is a reformed…
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Questioning Christianity || Interview with Dan Paterson || SLP371
Dan Paterson is an author and speaker from Brisbane, Australia. Formerly of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, Dan here speaks of his time with RZIM…
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New Opportunities to Join Speak Life || SLP370
An exciting update episode for you today. Glen Scrivener, Nate Morgan Locke and Max Paterson discuss the new opportunities to join us for training at Speak…
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Interview With Rebecca McLaughlin || Author of 'The Secular Creed' || SLP369
Today, Glen interviews Rebecca McLaughlin live about her new book, 'The Secular Creed: Engaging Five Contemporary Claims'. Plus, there's an exciting update…
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The Richness of the Bible || Interview With Matt Searles, Author of 'God's Story' || SLP368
Glen speaks to Matt Searles, Director of Training in the South Central Gospel Partnership. Matt is a musician and loves teaching from the Psalms. His books…
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What is Matt Hancock guilty of? Adultery? Hypocrisy? Anything? || SLP367
On this episode of the LIVEcast, Glen talks about the resignation of Matt Hancock, the former Health Secretary for the British government. He resigned after…
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Lies, Addiction and How to Break Free || SLP366
Today on the podcast we listen to Glen Scrivener's sermon on freedom (John 8:31-36). This was part of morning worship at Christchurch Banstead on Sunday the…
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Finding The Way of Peace In The Culture Wars || SLP365
With England cricketer, Ollie Robinson, suspended for racist tweets he made as a teenager and Maya Forstater, winning her employment tribunal appeal over…
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Would Aliens Rock Your Faith? || SLP364
With a U.S. task force set to make an announcement about UFO sightings, what do we as Christians make of alien intelligences? Paul and Glen discuss how that…
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How To Be Counter-Cultural: Hope || SLP363
Summer is Coming! In a world of doom scrolling, how can we find hope? That is the topic for this week's podcast, where Paul and Glen discuss how we can…
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Richard Dawkins & Brendan O'Connor: The Rights, the Wrongs and What We All Assume || SLP362
Recently Richard Dawkins went on Brendan O'Connor's radio show on RTE, Ireland. https://www.rte.ie/radio1/brendan-oco... The 20 minute interview has become…
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The Life of the Church and the Mission of God || SLP360
On this week's podcast, Glen and Paul discuss what missional church actually looks like. Support the show
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Is It The Fault Of Evangelism? || SLP359
Could the recent issues in the church have been avoided if we placed more emphasis on building the church rather than evangelism? Glen and Paul discuss…
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Happy Birthday Uncle John | The Life and Legacy of John Stott | Interview with Prof. John Wyatt || SLP358
Today would be John Stott's 100th birthday. We talk to Professor John Wyatt, who called Stott a friend and mentor for 40 years. Support the show
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What Kind Of Shepherds Do We Need? || SLP357
On this week's podcast, Glen and Paul speak to Pete Nicholas, Reverend of Inspire St. James Clerkenwell. Pete has been involved with Iwerne Camps and…
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One Bad Apple? Or Root & Branch Reform || SLP356
With recent church scandals in the US and the UK, the great temptation is to identify our problems with one bad apple. But as Lee Furney said on a recent Speak…
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Easter Hope by Glen Scrivener || What is Life? Tragedy or Comedy? || SLP355
In today's episode, Glen Scrivener speaks to Durham University Christian Union about the difference the resurrection makes. He also fields questions about the…
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Our Worst Fears Have Been Confirmed || Lee Furney: Survivor of Jonathan Fletcher Abuse Scandal || SLP354
In this interview, Glen Scrivener talks to Lee Furney, one of 27 victims who spoke to the independent review into the behaviour of Jonathan Fletcher. Lee's…
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Church Abuse: Protecting Ministries, Destroying Souls || Dr Diane Langberg, Author (Redeeming Power) || SLP 353
In this interview, Glen Scrivener talks to Dr Diane Langberg, psychologist and author of 'Redeeming Power' who has worked for the past 45 years with people…
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The Man Who Broke The Ravi Zacharias Scandals || Interview with Steve Baughman || SLP 352
In this interview, Glen talks to Steve Baughman, the California based attorney who wrote 'Cover-Up in the Kingdom' in 2017. He has been exposing the truth…
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Being the Best Bad Guys You Can Be || Interview with Stephen McAlpine and Sam Chan || SLP 351
Christians are often painted as the bad guys in Western society, while some are portrayed as that guy we avoid when they try to share the gospel with us. Glen…
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Lori Anne Thompson: In Her Own Words || SLP 350
In an exclusive interview with Glen, Lori Anne Thompson, who was Ravi Zacharias' most high profile victim of abuse, speaks out about the struggles of being a…
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How can victims of abuse be restored? || Interview with Bekah Legg - director of Restored || SLP 349
In this interview, Glen talks to Bekah Legg, the Director of Restored, a Christian alliance working to transform relationships and end violence against women…
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Interview with Sam Allberry || What Can We Learn from the Ravi Zacharias Scandals? || SLP 348
In the continuing fall-out from the post-humous uncovering of Ravi Zacharias' scandalous abuse of women, we talk to Sam Allberry. He is an ordained Anglican…
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We All Must Learn To Die || Responding to the Ravi Zacharias Scandals || Matthew 16:15-25 || SLP 347
Are we ALL prepared to lose our lives to find them — a truth for life and for ministry? It's not just RZIM — we all must learn to "die". Glen looks to the…
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Ravi Zacharias is Amnon — Who Are You In The Story? || 2 Samuel 13 || SLP 346
2 Samuel 13 can be found here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2013&version=NIV The Miller and Martin report into Ravi Zacharias's…
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Oppression Means Opportunity || Interview Cedo Ralevic || SLP 345
Persecution is a context not a complex. On this show we talk to Čedo Ralević, a Serbian church planter and theological educator, who grew up under genuine…
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What Is Sex For? || Purposeful Sexuality with Ed Shaw || SLP 344
There is one question we never ask: What is sex for? Glen talks to Ed Shaw, Pastor of Emmanuel City Centre in Bristol and co-founder of Living Out. They are an…
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From Doubt to Faith | SLP 343
How can we possibly have faith in a world that is falling apart before our very eyes by a global pandemic? Are we able to move from doubt to faith? That's the…
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Are ALL lives valuable? Lord Sumption vs Piers Morgan | SLP 342
We have a deep sense of the equal value of all people no matter their age, sex, race, creed, etc. But where has this come from? And what does it mean about the…
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A Pox On All Your Houses (with Paul Blackham) || SLP341
Glen speaks to the Reverend Paul Blackham, vicar of St Crispin's Church in North London. In this conversation they talk about how the church responded to the…
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Speak Life Year In Review 2020 Part 2 || SLP340
Glen & Paul reflect on some of Speak Life's most memorable content from the second half of 2020. Support the show
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Speak Life Year In Review 2020 Part 1 || SLP339
As 2020 draws to a close, Glen and Paul look back over some of Speak Life's highlights from the year. Support the show
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Debunking Christmas Humbug (with Ash Cunningham) || SLP338
Is the Christmas story really just a rehashing of the Egyptian god Horus' own story? Glen and Paul chat to Ash Cunningham to find out! Support the show
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What Can We Learn From 2020? || SLP337
What can we learn from 2020? Glen and Paul discuss Russell Brand, Black Friday and the judgement of God. Topped off with a lovely dollop of emotional gravy!…
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Should We Cancel Christmas? || SLP336
With Christmas looking to be a little different his year, Glen and Paul discuss whether we should just cancel it this time round. Emma Scrivener also shares…
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The 10 Christmas Scriptures No-One Preaches || SLP335
As we approach the Christmas season, Glen and Paul suggest 10 passages you could use to speak of Jesus this Christmas. Support the show
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Katharine Birbalsingh | "There is a better world. There is a truth" | RESET || SLP334
Katharine Birbalsingh is the founder and head teach at Michaela Community School in Brent, London. Here she talks about truth, education and why original sin…
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The Power of Story in the Grip of Suffering || SLP333
Glen and Paul discuss the power of story to drive us during our darkest hour. We take a look at Wendy Alsup's testimony of how Jesus walked with her at her…
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Can We Save Christmas? || SLP332
Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey discuss the latest lockdown, our culture's definitions of life and death and the hope of the gospel. Throughout they'll be…
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Cain, Abel & The Culture Wars || SLP331
With the help of Jordan Peterson, Miroslav Volf, Russell Brand and the book of Genesis Glen and Paul discuss conflict and peace in the current culture wars…