1st Friday

This advent Tom and Stuart discuss preaching, fireworks, mental health, entertainment and people hurt by church. This will be the final episode of 1st Friday - thanks for listening! Find more of our programmes at gnba.net

Tom and Stuart kick up the dust from an old and contentious topic.

In light of the Queen's recent death Tom and Stuart talk about the church’s response to various times of national crisis.

Tom and Stuart discuss whether the recent photos from the James Webb telescope challenge the 6 day creation account in Genesis.

Tom and Stuart discuss an article about why people shouldn’t have children and also the recent court decision in the US around abortion.

Tom and Stuart are joined by special guest Heather Reynolds to discuss the CCLI top 100 worship songs. https://songselect.ccli.com/search/results?List=top100 https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=6201713982

Tom and Stuart talk about a recent Barna poll around pastors and their world view. https://opentheword.org/2022/05/16/poll-how-many-pastors-have-a-biblical-worldview/

Some statistics suggest that as many as 50% of pastors want to leave the ministry. Tom and Stuart discuss why this is the case and what can be done about it.

Tom and Stuart discuss three separate questions around theological differences, western Christianity and conspiracy theories. 00.00 Intro 01.00 Theological Differences 40:20 Western Christian culture 58:20 Conspiracy theories

Tom and Stuart discuss whether evangelistic courses are a good idea or not.

With ongoing scandals involving the Conservative party and the royal family we ask whether integrity is even important anymore.

Life and wealth are futile under the sun. With Stephen Thompson.

Stuart and Tom discuss whether modern technology like smartphones have become acceptable idols for Christians today.

Questions Tom and Stuart answer in this episode: Why does God insist we worship him? How should we engage young people in worship? Do you like red sauce or brown sauce? Should women wear head-coverings in church? Is Bible college essential for ministry? Should we use gender neutral pronouns? More on the transgender question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5j6PXFhNfI&t=472s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0uxk91G-zs For more about Good News Broadcasting Association visit www.gnba.net or email info@gnba.net to submit a question for future programmes.

Tom and Stuart answer some listener questions in this episode. Remarriage, Matthew 18, Brian Houston and whether you can lose your salvation.

Parenting is hard but thankfully the bible has plenty to say about it! Join Tom and Stuart for a very important discussion.

The Bible has much to say about the foundations of marriage and what Christian marriages should look like.

Tom and Stuart discuss the recent ‘One Britain One Nation‘ campaign and the state of our country right now.

The word ‘gospel’ is thrown around a lot in Christian circles but do we really know what it means?

In this first episode of 1st Friday Tom and Stuart discuss why our view of the Holy Scriptures is vitally important for life and ministry.