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Deeper: Podcasts to explore and deepen Christian faith
Space to think, reflect and pray. A set of podcasts to help us all explore and deepen Christian faith. A mix of styles and content that dives a little deeper into the ocean of faith. Presented in accessible and engaging styles, and with great content that asks the question: So what?
Episodes
29 episodes
Deeper S4, E8: The one about Samson
Samson is this legendary (infamous) figure in the Old Testament, famous for being super strong and voilent, for his weakness with women and for random killing sprees. But he is used supernaturally by the Spirit of God. So - in this ...
Deeper S4, E7: Forgiven
Jesus told a parable (riddle) to one of his closest disciples when he asked how often he should forgive someone. The answer implied we should never withhold forgiveness, and then the riddle confirmed that. So - here we fuse together...
Deeper S4, E6: Prophet
Right at the start of Luke's account of the life of Jesus there's a song sung seemingly spontaneously by an old Priest. He has been childless all his life, and when he's nearing retirement, he is given a gift of a child. The child g...
Deeper S4, E5: Activated Extra (Just the spoken word poem)
Here's a little extra - it's just the spoken word poem from the end of the S4, E4 podcast.
Deeper S4, E4: Activated
The way we live and the things we say are directly impacted by the things we believe. Here we allow a 2,000 year old letter from a man called Paul to help us think about how we learn to love by changing our beliefs about who humanity is a...
Deeper S4, E3: Water Walkers
Jesus walking on the water is a super famous story, and I've always beaten myself up a little by it. Not only do I long to have the kind of faith that his disciple (Peter) had, who walked on the water with Jesus ... but when Jesus says, "...
Deeper S4, E2: The Golden Chain
One of the main authors of the New Testament described a golden chain of what it means to be a believer. It uses 5 words known well to his audience in the first century, but a little removed from us today. Here we dive deeper into w...
Deeper S4, E1: Shepherds & Gardeners
What does the creation story in Genesis have to do with what it means to be called to represent God in the world today? Could it be that being made 'in God's image' is more than just a feel-good message, but central to our call to care fo...
Deeper: S3, E10 - Filled
As we think through the final in our season about the 10 commandments, we see that all that follows in this 10-strong, world-famous list is the way to accomplish number 1. If faith communities across the planet lived more and more like th...
Deeper: S3, E9 - Worship
The second commandment in the Big Ten is not to make idols and worship them. There are definitely things we do today which are unhelpful in worshipping the one true God - things that pigeon-hole him, or narrow our focus, or things that st...
Deeper: S3, E8 - Carry
There is a commandment that asks us not to 'carry' the Lord's name in vain. I was always brought up to read that as "don't swear using God's name", but what does it really mean? And why is it so important to God that he also follows...
Deeper: S3, E7 - Rested
Taking a day off can be tough - but what if there's much more to the Sabbath than simply a day off? What if a whole people-group committing to honour God weekly together in prayer, thought, action and presence could be something revolutio...
Deeper: S3, E6 - Honouring
There's a command in the 10 Commandments where we are told to honour our parents. Here we look at what 'honour' means, and what an abundant society we could have if we truly honoured (in words, actions, time and resources) those in the st...
Deeper: S3, E5 - Loving
Around half-way through this season (moving backward thru the 10 commandments), we've got to MURDER! You're hopefully not considering becoming a murderer, but what could a life even free from hate or grudges feel and look like? What...
Deeper: S3, E4 - Human
In this episode of Deeper Season 3 (Abundant) we look at the commandment "Do not commit adultery". The episode focuses almost exclusively on a biblical understanding of what it means to be a human being, and then looks at how we so often ...
Deeper: S3, E3 - Safe
The commandment "do not steal" isn't quite as simple as choosing not to grab our 'swag bag' and swipe stuff from peoples houses. Though please don't. The ways we steal from others are much more varied and subtle than we think, and s...
Deeper: S3, E2 - Truthful
Exploring what it might mean to live a life of true abundance, we're working our way backwards through the 10 commandments, asking if there's a secret in here for all of humanity, especially for Christians across the world. This is episod...
Deeper: S3, E1 - Contented
We're going to give ourselves some time to work backwards thru the 10 commandments and see if that can help us unearth what Jesus is hoping for in the 'life in all its abundance' that he said he'd come to bring humanity. This is episode o...
Deeper: S2, E7 - TWENTYTWO
At the crucifixion of Jesus, he utters 7 phrases while on the cross. Here we explore how two of them could be linked together through a Psalm written a thousand years before Jesus was even born. Could this spiritual song and poem wr...
Deeper: S2, E6 - Kingdom
Jesus once asked us not to focus on the things that everyone else focuses on, like money and belongings and what we will eat and drink. That's a lovely idea, but anyone who's a parent will also know that not worrying about those things al...
Deeper: S2, E5 - Tuesday
Tuesday is an odd name for this episode, I do know that, but there's something great about Tuesdays according to the story of creation and according to ancient Jewish wedding traditions ... and according to Jesus. He loves a good third da...
Deeper: S2, E4 - Unity
This time we look at a 3,000 year old spiritual song and poem, written for people on pilgrimage to sing or recite together as they meet and head up to their place of worship. It's written around two key images of what it feels like and ho...
Deeper: S2, E3 - Remain
One of the Gospel Writers (John) inserts one specific word when he's writing about the baptism of Jesus. It's the word 'Remain'. In ancient common Greek, that word means more than just staying with someone or something. It's a...
