159: The formation of virtue with Chase Kuhn
How do you feel about the idea that the nature of the Christian life is the formation of virtue, and that the role of a pastor is to do his...
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158: Letting the word dwell richly with Tony Payne
Being involved in Christian ministry—the ministry of the gospel—in some way is just part of being a Christian. The Christian life is a team...
157: The theological and moral meaning of AI with Alastair Roberts
Here at Moore College, we’ve been thinking about the rise and spread of generative AI and what it means for education—for our students and l...
156: Deception during wartime with Jack Day
Have you ever debated the question, “Is it ever okay to lie?”? If so, it usually doesn’t take very long for someone to raise the uncomfortab...
155: Learning Christ with Col Marshall
Christian living is being a daily disciple of Jesus Christ, and being a disciple is being a learner—an apprentice of Christ. It’s to learn t...
154: Against the machine with Stephen McAlpine
Every now and then, a book comes along that makes such a sweeping, powerful and insightful argument about the nature of our lives, our world...
153: The smartphone disciple (Part 3)
Digital technology like smartphones has revolutionised the way we navigate daily life and the way our whole society functions. Such technolo...
152: The smartphone disciple (Part 2)
Digital technology like smartphones has revolutionised the way we navigate daily life and the way our whole society functions. Such technolo...
151: The smartphone disciple (Part 1)
Digital technology like smartphones has revolutionised the way we navigate daily life and the way our whole society functions. We have super...
150: Prayerfulness with Peter Adam
It does us a lot of good to read a book on prayer every couple of years, because the Christian life is a praying life, and Christians need t...
149: Why the Nicene Creed matters with Mark Thompson
If you’ve been saying the words of the Nicene Creed for most of your life, you’ll have some sense that this ancient creed is profound and im...
148: Men and women in God’s family with Simon Flinders
Christians have always been very pro-family. In fact, historically and in some parts of the world, Christianity and traditional family value...
147: A biblical response to transgender theory with Rob Smith
One of the commonplaces of our culture is to distinguish between sex and gender. However, it wasn’t that long ago, when filling in forms, th...
146: A biblical theology of faith with Peter Orr
If there’s one word or concept that you would say is at the very centre of the Christian life, it’s the idea of faith. In fact, sometimes we...
145: Neurodivergence and the Christian life (Part 3)
On the CCL podcast, we’ve been exploring the topic of “Neurodivergence and the Christian life” in a special three-part series. In Part 1 , w...
144: Neurodivergence and the Christian life (Part 2)
On the CCL podcast, we’ve been exploring the topic of “Neurodivergence and the Christian life”. In our first episode , we opened up the issu...
143: Neurodivergence and the Christian life (Part 1)
Neurodivergence, such as Autism and ADHD, is increasingly identified and understood in our society. Almost everyone has experience of neurod...
142: Being progressive with Charles Cleworth
Moral progressivism is a feature of the best and brightest of our culture. It’s the idea that, just like technology, which is progressing al...
141: Ministering to older people with Ben Boland
Around 19 per cent of Australia’s population is of school age. A similar proportion—around 17 per cent—are seniors, if that’s defined as 65...
Soul care with Andrew Nicholls
Do you ever get that feeling that the teachings of the Bible, and the complex and painful things that actually happen in your life don’t alw...