Deeper: Podcasts to explore and deepen Christian faith

One of the guys who established (planted) a load of the first ever churches, wrote to one of those communities to encourage them. He wanted to let them know how they could stand their ground not just against natural...

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...

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...

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...

Here's a little extra - it's just the spoken word poem from the end of the S4, E4 podcast.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

<p>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...

<p>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...

<p>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...

<p>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...