Episode 49: The Insidious Dangers of Hover Boards and Social Media.

Episode 49: The Insidious Dangers of Hover Boards and Social Media.
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Breaking with the normal format of our show, Episode 49 begins with a conversation about the impact of social media on our lives and the ways in which we are shaped by it. Once we've resolved that issue for ourselves and the podcast-listening world, we dive into 'The You Testament' video game and the story of a priest in the Philippines who was suspended for riding a hoverboard in Mass. 

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Episode 48: Christians, Swearing and the Bible's Naughty Bits.

Episode 48: Christians, Swearing and the Bible's Naughty Bits.
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Episode 48 is #NotSponsoredBy Journey of Jesus: The Calling, a Facebook game where you take on a character in the 1st Century and rudely interrupt Jesus' baptism.

Alan, Greg and Scott talk about the best tweets of 2015 and an article in Relevant from Preston Sprinkle about the Bible's naughty bits and whether or not Christians should swear. 

Episode 47: Brand New Year, Same Old Us.

Episode 47: Brand New Year, Same Old Us.
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In the final episode of the year, Alan, Greg and Scott talk about the most common New Year's Resolutions, Buzzfeed's most ridiculous suggestions and the lads' hesitation about making them.

This week we're #NotSponsoredBy 'King Of Kings', a Nintendo Version of the Christmas Story. Listen to an 8-bit version of 'We Three Kings' as you take control of one of the Magi making their way to Bethlehem and answer Bible trivia. Believe it or not ... That actually makes it sound more interesting than it is. 

Thanks so much for all your support in 2015! We look forward to bringing you more ludicrous conversation and the occasional insightful tidbit (by accident) in 2016. 

Episode 46: Christian dancing, Christmas cracker jokes and keeping Christmas fresh.

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a house ... Mainly because of the obnoxious laughter coming from three Irish eejits making jokes so bad that they would be rejected by most Christmas crackers.

This week we're #NotSponsoredBy "Dance Praise 2: The Remix" where Christian music meets the dance mat and we talk church signs, Bible puns and how, after spending decades spent in church, we keep Christmas fresh for ourselves. 

You can see the signs and read the puns by clicking the links. 

Episode 46: Christian dancing, Christmas cracker jokes and keeping Christmas fresh.
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Episode 45: Westboro Baptist Redemption & The Power of Grace, Humour and Social Media.

Episode 45: Westboro Baptist Redemption & The Power of Grace, Humour & Social Media.
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In Episode 45, the podcast is #NotSponsoredBy the truly terrible Heaven: The Video Game and talk about Adrian Chen's brilliant New Yorker article about Megan Phelps-Roper leaving Westboro Baptist Church. 


Episode 44: Donald Trump, Jerry Falwell Jr, Islamophobia and #YouAintNoMuslimBruv.

Episode 44: Donald Trump, Jerry Falwell Jr, Islamophobia and #YouAintNoMuslimBruv.
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In Episode 44, we are #NotSponsoredBy the weirdest Christian book we've ever seen: Religious Gals Can Play Naughty!!! and other terrible titles and covers.

Without #SonDirection to distract us, we jump straight into conversation about Donald Trump's immigration policy, Jerry Falwell Jr's desire to see more university students with guns, the #YouAintNoMuslimBruv movement in the UK and the search for authentic Christianity and Islam.

Episode 43: The Banned Lord's Prayer with Special Guest Jonathan Martin.

Episode 43: The Banned Lord's Prayer with Special Guest Jonathan Martin.
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This week, the lads are joined by Jonathan Martin (author of Prototype and teaching pastor of Sanctuary Church in Tulsa, OK) to play #SonDirection, relive 1980's Christian culture and talk about the Lord's prayer being banned in UK cinemas.

You can watch the ad below and read Giles Fraser's brilliant article about it here.

We are #NotSponsored by the Left Behind video game below and, for those of you wondering who Carman is and what it means to be A to J, you'll find the music video at the bottom. 

Episode 42: Supermacs, Biblical Historical Fiction and Lessons From Apple.

Episode 42: Supermacs, Biblical Historical Fiction and Lessons From Apple.
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Making sense of a complicated world, Alan, Greg and Scott answer all your burning questions:

What's better: McDonald's or Supermacs?

What did Judas do last supper?

What can Christians learn from the world's most profitable and innovative company?

And, the only question that matters: Who won the #SonDirection Quiz?!

Episode 41: The Starbucks-Red-Cup Controversy.

Episode 41: The Starbucks-Red-Cup Controversy.
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This week, we are #NotSponsoredBy the 1980's "God-Jesus" Robot and Alan continues to chase Greg's one round lead in #SonDirection. We also weigh in on the Starbucks Red Cup Controversy, a conversation that takes us from coffee to Christmas, Paris and beyond. 

Episode 40: Cha-cha-changes.

Episode 40: Cha-cha-changes.
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This week, we're #NotSponsoredBy God's Girlz, the gross and depressing Christian version of Bratz dolls and, with the score at 4-2, Alan tries to catch Greg on #SonDirection. Once we stop our messing around, we also talk about an article by Alan Hirsch and the journey of embracing change.

Episode 39: Ghosts, Spectre, Halloween and Jesus.

This week, we talk about why Spectre sucked (Scott) or was awesome (Alan), a giant, naked #NotSponsoredBy and play #SonDirection with Greg on the verge of a massive victory. We also bring on a new feature, the Graveyard Shift Tweet of the Week and chat about a Christian approach to Halloween.

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Episode 39: Ghosts, Spectre, Halloween and Jesus.
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Episode 38: Purpose, Porpoise, Purpose.

Episode 38: Purpose, Porpoise, Purpose.
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This week we are #NotSponsored by this Christian classic 'How To Get Started In Christian Music' but Chris Christian and a foreword by none other than Amy Grant. #SonDirection is back with Greg leading Alan 3-1 ... Once a player reaches 5, the other will have to do a forfeit chosen by our listeners!

We also mock Creflo Dollar's terrifying tweets and talk about Jesse Carey's article on Relevant that discusses 6 Myths Millenials Believe About Purpose. 

Episode 37: How The World Sees Christians.

Episode 37: How The World Sees Christians.
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Check out our #NotSponsoredBy, "Jogging with Jesus" by C.S. Lovett. (We think someone photoshopped out the zimmer frame.)

Greg and Alan go head-to-head in Round 4 of the #SonDirection Quiz and, if you email or tweet in, you can help us decide on an appropriate forfeit for the loser!

This week's conversation is about a Relevant Magazine article by Jesse Carey on 'A Theology of Google Auto-Complete' and whatever tangents we end up on.

Episode 36: The Ten Jesus's We Meet in 2015 (& #SonDirection obviously.)

Episode 36: The Ten Jesus's We Meet in 2015 (& #SonDirection obviously.)
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This week, the lads are #NotSponsoredBy "Oozing For My Lord", the disturbingly titled book that somehow made its way onto Ellen recently.

We also play #SonDirection where Alan and Greg pit their wits against each other in the most pointless and hilarious game show of all time.

Finally, we chat through an article on ChurchLeaders.com by Daniel Darling about the ten counterfeit Jesus' that we need to stop worshipping. We understand if you end up tuning out for the serious bits!

Episode 35: Dear Christian Movies ... Can you not?

Episode 35: Dear Christian Movies ... Can you not?
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Episode 34: Loneliness (& The Beginning of the #SonDirection Saga)

We're back with a new #NotSponsoredBy, deep chats and our new game: #SonDirection. Scott reads out lyrics and Alan and Greg have to guess whether or not they are from worship songs or One Direction "hits". THIS IS OUR NEW FAVOURITE THING!

Episode 34: Loneliness (& The Beginning of the #SonDirection Saga)
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Episode 33: Stress, Burnout and Compromise.

Episode 33: Stress, Burnout and Compromise.
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This week we are #NotSponsoredBy 'The Holy Host Dispenser' brought to our attention by Jeff Fromholz and brought to you by Ship of Fools (see below). Amazing stuff. 

This week we talk about an article on stressing out, burning out and watering down your ministry by Kelly Rhoades from Pastors.com.

Episode 32: Starting A New Ministry (Part 2)

This week we return to Ed Stetzer's article on starting new ministries and this really interesting piece by Michael Lukaszewski on the 7 Mistakes People Make When Church Planting. We are also DEFINITELY #NotSponsoredBy this beautiful children's book: Dancing with Jesus by Sam Stall. You can actually buy it here.

Episode 32: Starting A New Ministry (Part 2)
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Episode 31: Starting a New Ministry (Part 1)

Episode 31: Starting a New Ministry (Part 1)
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The lads look at guidelines for starting a new ministry and tell stories of their experiences of pioneering, learning and failing. We look through articles from Ed Stetzer that can be found here and here. 

This week we are #NotSponsoredBy this ludicrous toilet seat cover:

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Episode 30: Fatherhood (And Scott's Fear of Being A Father)

This week, the lads share stories of our favourite memories and the most powerful lessons we have learned from our fathers .. and Scott has a little freak out about the idea of children. 

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Episode 30: Fatherhood (And Scott's Fear of Being A Father).
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