Beste Severn Podcasts (2024)

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Talk: Has the gospel made us more inclusive, progressive and hopeful? - Owen Lynch 37:03

5d ago37:03

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What effect has the gospel of Jesus had on the way we see the world? Owen Lynch looks at the way this gospel spread across Europe in the time of Jesus’ first followers. It met with opposition from ruling powers and traditional institutions, but was received and spread in an inclusive, progressive and hopeful way. What could make anyone think it sho…

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Week 45 - beginning of Ezekiel - Boxset Binge the Bible 35:13

7d ago35:13

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the first 21 chapters of the book of Ezekiel. The vivid visions in this book are other-worldly and dreamlike, and as Ezekiel had been in Babylon, in exile from his home country for a few years, it might not be surprising to see visions of heavenly power which looked similar to the way his…

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Talk: The woman who washed Jesus’ feet - Dan Green 30:52

12d ago30:52

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How do we feel about breaking the rules and crossing boundaries? Dan Green has lived across multiple cultures and trains people in what can help to build good relationships across cultural divides. In this talk, he looks at the story of a woman whose approach to Jesus looked completely wrong to many, but showed love and honesty which Jesus recognis…

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Week 44 - end of Jeremiah and some Psalms - Boxset Binge the Bible 41:37

14d ago41:37

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about chapter 44 to the end of Jeremiah and “Book 4” of the Psalms, 90 to 106. It’s worth considering where the main point, or climax, is the book of Jeremiah. Hollywood stories have this near the end to keep our attention, but ancient stories often cover the main point nearer the middle. If th…

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Talk and meditation: Is God male? - Claire Lynch 33:25

19d ago33:25

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From the series ‘What is God like?’ When we form pictures in our minds, does God have a gender? Claire Lynch looks at the history of people forming views on this, and considers the range of Bible references to God which might seem more male or female in different places. The talk concludes with time for meditation for you to notice what comes to mi…

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Week 43 - middle of Jeremiah - Boxset Binge the Bible 44:14

21d ago44:14

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about chapters 23 to 43 of the biggest book in the Bible, Jeremiah. What started as relentless sounding doom and gloom turns a corner here as hope is revealed, albeit at a traumatic time for God’s people. One of the most popular prophecies for sharing and encouraging today comes from this part …

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Week 42 - beginning of Jeremiah - Boxset Binge the Bible 33:32

28d ago33:32

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about chapters 1 to 22 of the biggest book in the Bible, Jeremiah. It starts at a time of change and uncertainty for God’s remaining people in the southern kingdom of Judah. The Assyrian empire to the north lost their last great leader, and with recent religious reforms under King Josiah, the J…

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Week 41 - letters by James, Peter, John and Jude - Boxset Binge the Bible 41:11

1M ago41:11

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about a selection of letters in the New Testament from early church leaders. The first followers of Jesus were suffering as they spread the news of God’s coming kingdom. They were not being equipped for armed struggle but to develop and mature in Christ-like character while overflowing with his…

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Talk: Revelationship - Phil Joiner 31:16

1M ago31:16

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What does God really want from us? Phil Joiner from Breathe Ministries looks at his forty-year journey of coming to terms with an idea he thought he knew, that God wants relationship. We can get a different idea from the efforts people put in to find correct answers to hard questions, including how to make sense of theology. Occasionally, revelatio…

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Week 40 - end of Chronicles - Boxset Binge the Bible 41:37

1M ago41:37

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the second book of Chronicles from chapter 17 to the end. The big theme seems to be what makes a good leader for God’s people. The best ones seemed to make a point of seeking God and doing what he commanded, and they also tended to support or help restore the temple in Jerusalem so that a…

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Talk: Experiencing the love of God - David Jennings 30:32

2M ago30:32

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Do we view God as distant, or close and loving? David Jennings shares his experience of encountering God for himself and in the lives of people he has worked with. Descriptions in the Bible about the movement and power of the Holy Spirit can tell us what believers can expect from God and why. Do we need to do anything special to be loved by God? Ho…

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Week 39 - middle of Chronicles - Boxset Binge the Bible 29:21

2M ago29:21

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about Chronicles from book 1 chapter 22 to book 2 chapter 16. It’s become very noticeable that this account of Israel’s history has a different perspective and purpose from other versions of the same stories in the Bible. Some people like David and Solomon look like better versions of themselve…

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Week 38 - beginning of Chronicles (and quite a few bonus thoughts about stuff God is doing today) - Boxset Binge the Bible 38:53

2M ago38:53

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the opening chapters 1 to 21 of the first book of Chronicles. A bit like Deuteronomy, this book is a retelling of familiar stories from a different perspective, and this time the special purpose of the book might make it look like the Bible has contradictions within itself. What if it doe…

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Talk: A God who blesses - Claire Lynch 34:36

2M ago34:36

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Are we born broken or blessed? Claire Lynch looks at how teaching about “original sin” developed, and how the Bible tells a different story about God, the nature of life and the original goodness and blessing God gave to his creation, overflowing from his own goodness. Could we have misunderstood this because we’ve been brought up to seek rewards f…

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Week 37 - ends of Deuteronomy and Proverbs - Boxset Binge the Bible 40:02

2M ago40:02

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the final chapters of the books of Deuteronomy (20 to 34) and Proverbs (27 to 31). In lots of ways, we might not appreciate the revision sections of old laws. There are lots of questions about how they were conceived, what they meant to people, and what - if anything - they might mean to …

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Talk: I lift my eyes to the mountains 20:11

2M ago20:11

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How do we get help from God? Is it only when we ask, or does God get involved and help us all the time? This talk looks at times in life when we need help, and not just comfort, and the hope that believers through history have found in Psalm 121, which starts, "I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the…

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Week 36 - beginning of Deuteronomy - Boxset Binge the Bible 22:37

2M ago22:37

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the first 19 chapters of the book of Deuteronomy. This name means that it’s a repeat of the law described in the first few books of the Bible. Why is it there? The perspective isn’t quite the same as the first time this law was described, and seeing something from more than angle can make…

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Talk: What shapes our sense of identity? - Owen Lynch 30:55

2M ago30:55

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From the series ‘A community of hope’ on the book Acts of the Apostles. How does life with Jesus shape us? Owen Lynch looks at the range of people described in Acts of the Apostles who became and grew as believers together. Between them, there were many roots of identity. Were they forced to abandon their sense of who they were, or was God deepenin…

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Week 35 - Hebrews, Thessalonians, Titus and Philemon - Boxset Binge the Bible 32:31

3M ago32:31

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the New Testament letters to the Hebrews, the Thessalonians, Titus and Philemon. What does faith look like for Jewish believers in Jesus as their promised anointed saviour? Hebrews is the name we give to a letter written to the first such believers, and it connects their inherited identit…

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Week 34 - end of Isaiah and some Psalms - Boxset Binge the Bible 36:59

3M ago36:59

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the final chapters of the book of Isaiah and Psalms 79 to 89, some of which reflect how people shared difficult experiences with God. What does it mean to rely on God, and why is this important? Israel suffered through much of its history. While maintaining religious and legal systems whi…

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Week 33 - middle of Isaiah - Boxset Binge the Bible 22:18

3M ago22:18

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the chapters 28 to 49 of the book of Isaiah. When was the last time you thought about how amazing it is that people - including us - can hear from God? How can we know we hear from the real God, and don’t just replay our own ideas about life? Isaiah gives lots of guidance on this to peopl…

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Week 32 - beginning of Isaiah - Boxset Binge the Bible 17:10

3M ago17:10

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the first 27 chapters of the book of Isaiah. Can we imagine the horror and trauma of national exile? How would we feel and what would we do to try and feel better about ourselves and our future if it happened to us? From a distance, we could look at Isaiah’s words of God’s judgement and c…

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Week 31 - 2 Corinthians, Philippians and Colossians - Boxset Binge the Bible 46:03

3M ago46:03

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about Paul’s guidance to the church in his letters 2 Corinthians, Philippians and Colossians. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians had been harsh, strict and apparently hurtful to some in that church in some ways, and in this follow-up, we get to see more of Paul’s heart - what did he really …

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Week 30 - end of Kings and some Psalms - Boxset Binge the Bible 23:36

4M ago23:36

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the end of the story in the books of Kings, along with Psalms 73 to 78. The big, tragic message of this part of the story is that God’s people ended up exiled from their promised land, and the main reason given for this was their turning away from God. Looking at how this happened, there …

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Week 29 - middle of Kings - Boxset Binge the Bible 21:28

4M ago21:28

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the middle of the story in the books of Kings. History is often told in terms of leaders, what they did and how their power influenced the world, but in this part of a story of corrupt leadership, the focus moves to prophets Elijah and Elisha. They were given power from God to help ordina…

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Talk: Peter - wanting more of Jesus - Dan Green 32:05

4M ago32:05

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What it is like to follow Jesus? Dan Green looks at Simon Peter, whose story and character show several relatable sides to this. Peter’s choice to follow and believe in Jesus was remarkable, given his life experience, but maybe not as much as Jesus’ choice to call and believe in Peter first. Peter’s response to Jesus involved much practical learnin…

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Week 28 - beginning of Kings - Boxset Binge the Bible 30:46

4M ago30:46

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the first part of the book of Kings. It can be hard to know what to make of these stories of life after King David. Characters like Solomon are awesome and sometimes live in ways we would love to have part of, but they are also complex and flawed. Drawing moral conclusions from what they …

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Week 27 - 1 Corinthians and 1 & 2 Timothy - Boxset Binge the Bible 36:41

4M ago36:41

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians and both of his letters to a young leader, Timothy. After stressing to believers in Christ the importance of freedom from the law, why does Paul seem to be setting a lot of rules for the church in Corinth? Positioned at the intersection of lands and …

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Talk: How to join the revolution? - Owen Lynch 33:02

5M ago33:02

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What do we expect from people joining a journey of faith? Owen Lynch looks at the disputes which arose in the early church around following the Jewish law, why this was important to many people, and why the opening of God’s kingdom to all was a challenging, counter-intuitive idea to them. Two key leaders, Peter and Paul, found themselves in dispute…

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Week 26 - Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum and some Psalms - Boxset Binge the Bible 26:00

5M ago26:00

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about several “minor” prophets with major messages in the Old Testament, as well as Psalms 66 to 72. We often think of the word “righteous” as quite religious or worthy in a traditional way, but when God’s prophets called people to righteousness, it looks like the major concern was how people w…

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Talk: There is something more - David Jennings 35:35

5M ago35:35

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What might be stopping us from asking for everything God wants to give us? David Jennings looks at his experiences of scary situations, worries about losing control, and the stories he had been told about missionaries suffering. There is likely to be a cost when we trade what we wanted for what God wants, but could we find that it’s better not to s…

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Week 25 - Hosea, Joel and some Psalms - Boxset Binge the Bible 32:36

5M ago32:36

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the Old Testament prophets Hosea and Joel, and Psalms 52 to 65. What does God want most from people? Some parts of the Bible make it look like religious practice is the most important thing, while others make following rules in the rest of life seem vital over everything else. But when Go…

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Week 24 - Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs and some Proverbs - Boxset Binge the Bible 23:17

5M ago23:17

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about wisdom in the Old Testament including Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs and Proverbs chapters 19 to 26. Is the Bible an instruction book? It seems vital to review this before considering the wisdom literature, because that will shape our view on the role of what is written there. If the Bible i…

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Talk: Do we need to fall into a trance like Peter? - Owen Lynch 38:38

5M ago38:38

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What does God need to do to change our minds? Owen Lynch follows the story of the first believers in “The Way” of Jesus and sees how his call for them to adopt a new perspective - what is often translated “repent” in our Bibles - might happen more than once, and could take dramatic forms. Peter had a vision from God which not only changed his mind …

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Week 23 - end of Matthew’s gospel + Galatians and Ephesians - Boxset Binge the Bible 19:04

5M ago19:04

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the end of Matthew’s gospel, chapters 21 to 28, as well as Paul’s letters to the Galatians and Ephesians. The gospel story of Jesus reveals a lot about what God really wants for people and the misunderstandings which arise when people think this is all about religion, ceremonies, sacrific…

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Talk: Prophecy - Claire Lynch 23:20

6M ago23:20

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How does God speak to us today, and how can we helpfully share this? Claire Lynch looks at what the Bible says about prophecy in the lives of people who follow Jesus, and what we have learned about this from experience and practice in sharing. Find more information in the transcript at https://www.severnvineyard.org/sunday-talks-bloglist/2024/6/1/p…

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Week 22 - beginning of Matthew’s gospel - Boxset Binge the Bible 33:01

6M ago33:01

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about Matthew’s gospel, chapters 1 to 20. This seems written to introduce Jesus as part of his Jewish family, with a special place and purpose as a descendant of King David. Israel in Jesus’ time was divided over how to solve the problems of Roman occupation and see the kingdom of God restore t…

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Talk: Expansive and inclusive - Owen Lynch 37:31

6M ago37:31

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How expansive and inclusive is God’s kingdom? Owen Lynch looks at the story of Saul who, as part of the duty he felt to uphold God’s law, travelled to oppose Jesus’ followers and take them prisoner. But the risen Jesus intervened, met Saul and changed his mind and his name. As Paul, God would use him to take the gospel message far beyond the bounda…

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Week 21 - end of Samuel and some Psalms - Boxset Binge the Bible 17:04

6M ago17:04

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about 2 Samuel chapters 11 to 24 and Psalms 42 to 51. After the rise of King David came corruption which affected him, the community around him, and his family. We can only guess what was in his mind when he acted on his desire for another man’s wife, but we can see what was in his heart after …

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Week 20 - middle of Samuel - Boxset Binge the Bible 20:19

6M ago20:19

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about 1 Samuel chapter 21 through to 2 Samuel chapter 10. The rise of King David is inspiring, like a hero story, although with some tragic twists to come. David’s initial struggles don’t just show his character as he hopes and trusts in God, but he meets creatively with God and ends up express…

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Talk: Forgiveness - Rossie Henderson-Begg 31:21

6M ago31:21

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Why is forgiveness so important? Rossie Henderson-Begg looks at what Jesus talked and showed about this, and considers what happens when we can, or can’t, find forgiveness ourselves. Can our ability and choice to forgive have a profound effect on us, as well as people we know?Von Severn Vineyard

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Week 19 - beginning of Samuel - Boxset Binge the Bible 30:16

6M ago30:16

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the first book of Samuel, chapters 1 to 20. What sort of kingdom did God want to build, and how was this shown when it worked well, and not so well? The rules had been set about who was meant to do what, but Samuel was a surprising addition to the line of priests who would mediate between…

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Talk: What the hell? - Claire Lynch 33:22

6M ago33:22

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What is hell, and where have we got our ideas about this from? Claire Lynch looks at the stories and images in the Bible that relate to this, and how people in the Bible, including Jesus, communicated by referring to concepts that were meaningful and resonant with their audience. These included ideas drawn from Hebrew and neighbouring cultures, and…

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Week 18 - Ruth, Esther and some Proverbs - Boxset Binge the Bible 24:52

7M ago24:52

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the books of Ruth and Esther, as well as Proverbs chapters 10 to 18. What does it mean to be Jewish, or part of any meaningful group? The stories of Ruth and Esther are perspectives on this, both celebrated for what they can show us about faith, courage, loss and redemption, but differing…

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Week 17 - Judges - Boxset Binge the Bible 18:30

7M ago18:30

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the book of Judges. There are lots of gory stories which aren’t suitable for Sunday School (Bern shares an embarrassing Dad moment…) and it’s hard to find good role models, but perhaps Gideon comes close in the way he consults and responds to God, ready to do surprising things with humili…

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Talk: A new kind of empire - Owen Lynch 29:46

7M ago29:46

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How far would this revolution go? Owen Lynch looks at the way scattered believers in the early days of the church encountered new believers who looked like they would not fit in. While the law, as people understood it, seemed to put them on the margins or outside the boundaries of acceptability, an African eunuch had not only found status in a roya…

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Week 16 - Joshua - Boxset Binge the Bible 27:01

7M ago27:01

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the book of Joshua. At face value, this story of the establishment of Israel in its promised land is a combination of glory and horror - there is new life for God’s people, but a lot of death for almost everyone else. It’s important to consider how people at the time would have heard and …

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Talk: Things get out of hand - Owen Lynch 31:22

7M ago31:22

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Do we get that there’s a massive movement building? Owen Lynch looks at the growing expectation among Jesus’ followers early in the book of Acts that their world would change. Believers were living in revolutionary ways which changed how they saw and handled possessions, hoped and worked for equality, and fought and dealt with corruption. There beg…

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Week 15 - Job - Boxset Binge the Bible 22:15

7M ago22:15

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Bern Leckie and Owen Lynch share thoughts and feelings about the book of Job. In lots of ways, this is a puzzling story that might seem not to fit well into the Bible - although that might depend on how we read the rest of the Bible. If we think it has given us explanations of why things work and rules we can follow with predictable results, we mig…

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Talk: Deny yourself and follow me - Kyle Henderson-Begg 26:39

7M ago26:39

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What does it mean to deny ourselves, and what difference can this make? Kyle Henderson-Begg looks at what Jesus showed and taught, and what his followers came to believe about this. What are the advantages of self-control, and where can we find more strength to benefit from this?Von Severn Vineyard

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