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Soul Thoughts
Faith and relevance in the 21st century. If Jesus is who he says he is in the gospels, then all of life has to centre around him. That includes our personal morality, our economics, politics, sexuality, care for the poor and for the planet. These are all central gospel issues, not optional add-ons to the “real” task of saving people’s souls. Soul Thoughts delves into how the gospel of Jesus is more relevant than ever in the 21st century. It does so by looking at what’s happening in our world…
Episodes
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Is AI showing us what it means to be human?
About a month or so ago, some articles appeared in the media saying that AI could very soon spell the end of humanity! Experts in the field were making…
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How to love someone who has a mental illness
In this episode, we look at a topic that millions of people the world over can closely relate to. Mental illness touches people from all walks of life. I've…
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How to recover from your FOMO
This episode includes a few confessions I have to make. Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) is, I reckon, the disease of our age. We're terrified of missing something…
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Is it wrong for Christians to trust themselves?
In John 15, Jesus makes the strange statement that "without me you can do nothing". That statement is taken by many Christians to mean that we therefore…
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Is loving your enemies just hopelessly idealistic?
Probably the most difficult of Jesus' commands is the one to love our enemies that he gives in Luke's Gospel. Was he being serious when he gave that command…
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What if the Bible doesn't tell us how the world will end?
With the latest possible scenarios of how AI could spell the end of humanity, I thought it was time to look at what the Bible says about the end of the world…
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Why seeking justice is central to the Gospel
Back in the 1970s, Jim Wallis, the founder of the Sojourners community in Washington DC, conducted an experiment to see what the Bible says about poverty and…
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Climate change: why should Christians care?
Recent articles in the media have highlighted the concerns of climate scientists about an upcoming record-breaking El Niño and its impacts on our planet…
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How to embrace your shadow
Do you struggle with shame? What about feelings of guilt? We all have a dark side, what Carl Jung called our shadow. What many of us haven't been taught though…
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The day it all started going wrong for Jesus
Being misunderstood is deeply hurtful. Jesus knew that intimately. In what scholars call the Caesarea Philippi Declaration, Jesus starts to talk about the fact…
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When your dreams are shattered
I don’t know about you, but I’ve had my share of shattered dreams in my life. Some have been self-inflicted, while others have been forced upon me. Still…
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Everything is going to be alright
This is a sermon I preached at St Martin’s Community Church in Melbourne on Sunday 26 July 2026. It’s based on the Lectionary reading for the day, which was…
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Cutting off your limbs and gouging out your eyes
Jesus sure had some pretty weird things to say on the surface. He took sin seriously, but he wasn't all about sin management, as many Christians are. So, what…
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How I'm Learning To Become A Wounded Healer
I love Henri Nouwen's concept of the wounded healer. It's the people who have been through intense suffering and come out the other side of it as more…
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Why you won't be spending eternity in heaven
No, I'm not saying you're going to hell! What I'm questioning is the idea of what the great Christian hope is. Many of us were taught that the great Christian…
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Welcome to Soul Thoughts!
Welcome to Soul Thoughts, my new podcast on faith, life, culture and how I think it all might fit together. This trailer will outline why I'm doing this, what…