Deep Roots

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Deep Roots is a religion podcast hosted by Oak Hill College, with 32 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Oak Hill College hosts Deep Roots, a religion show with 32 episodes published.

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  Episode #32

  One way to build ministry resilience

  Feb 27, 202629 minS0

  <p>Pastoral ministry is deeply rewarding — but it can also be deeply lonely.</p><p>In this episode of Deep Roots, Jonny Reid sits down with Andrew Nicholls, Director of Pastoral Care at Oak Hill College, to explore what it really takes to sustain ministry over the long haul.</p><p>Andrew shares his journey from medicine to pastoral ministry, the lessons he learned about truly knowing people (not just preaching to them), and insights from a five-month study leave in South Africa, Kenya, the United States, and Australia.</p><p></p><p>They discuss:</p><p>Why pastors must un...

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  Episode #31

  The Mission of God

  Feb 9, 202637 minS0

  <p>What if mission isn’t just one theme in the Bible — but the very framework that holds the whole story together?</p><p>In this episode of Oak Hill College’s Deep Roots Podcast, Chris Howles is joined by Revd Dr Christopher J. H. Wright, one of the world’s leading Old Testament scholars and a key voice in global mission theology. Together, they explore what it means to read Scripture through a missional lens — seeing the Bible not as a collection of disconnected texts, but as the unfolding story of the God who is on mission to redeem the world...

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  Episode #30

  Learning From Liberation Theology

  Dec 8, 202543 minS0

  <p>In this episode of Deep Roots, the podcast from Oak Hill College, Jonny Reid, Director of Engagement at Oak Hill College and church elder in Oxfordshire, speaks with Luke Foster, Tutor in Doctrine and Church History.</p><p>They explore liberation theology through the lens of Luke’s personal story—growing up in the Roman Catholic cultural context of the Philippines, serving the Anglican church in Chile, and researching the theology of Gustavo Gutierrez.</p><p>Luke explains that liberation theology is not simply a “social gospel,” but at its heart a theological response to inhumanity—asking how we speak of G...

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  Episode #29

  Why Bother With Biblical Languages?

  Nov 27, 202533 minS0

  <p>Why should Christians—especially pastors and Bible teachers—bother with biblical languages today? In this episode of Deep Roots, Jonny Reid sits down with Rev. Dr. Andrew Cowan, Oak Hill College’s new tutor in Greek and New Testament, to explore the real value of learning Scripture in its original languages.</p><p>Andrew reflects on how Greek first came alive for him, how it has deepened his devotional life, and why slowing down in the text changes everything. Together, they address the most common misconceptions: Is it too time-consuming? Can you ever become proficient? Don’t modern translations and digi...

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  Episode #28

  Has the church outsourced The Great Commission?

  Nov 3, 202544 minS0

  <p>What does it mean for the local church to truly “send well”? In this episode of Oak Hill College’s Deep Roots podcast, host Chris Howles sits down with Bradley Bell and Larry McCrary from The Upstream Collective (USA) to explore what it looks like for churches to reclaim their biblical role in global mission.</p><p>Together, they unpack the vision behind the Upstream Collective’s motto — “The church sends, we help” — and discuss key insights from their book The Sending Church Applied, including their “Periodic Table of Sending.”</p><p>🕊️ Topics include:</p>Why every believer is a “sent one”How churches...

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