Beer Christianity
98 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFaith, hops and love. Beer Christianity is a progressive Christian podcast that blends faith, politics and culture with pub chat.
Interviews with thinkers, artists and theologians. Honest, authentic discussions of theology and society. Almost no real understanding of beer. Expect all this and a bunch of laughs as we try to deconstruct, reconstruct and unf*ck our Christianity with fear, trembling and a couple of drinks.
Pour a pint, put your feet up and listen your way into a different kind of Christian podcast. A fresh alternative to conservative Christian podcasts that fail to question anything and deconstructing podcasts that see nothing in evangelicalism worth saving.
Expect strong political views, open religious dialogue and the occasional shambles in the ‘studio’.
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Episodes
Episode 94: The Devil's Passion with playwright, activist and actor Justin Butcher
March 22, 2024 17:57 - 41 minutes - 58.3 MBIs evil structural, spiritual, or a bit of both? Do acts of selfishness or sin have cascading effects that reverberate through history? Can we shine a light on contemporary Western politics by imagining how our politicians would react to a figure like Jesus and the movement he inspired? All these questions and more (mostly about Israel and its war on the people of Palestine) are covered in this discussion between Jonty and Justin Butcher, Author and star of The Devil's Passion, which you ...
Episode 93: Belonging - feeling at home, finding your people
February 19, 2024 15:16 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBDo you feel like you belong at your church? Have you found your people? Do you feel at home? In this episode we explore how much dogma, belief, diversity, relatability and stage of life determine whether we feel 'at home' in church. Along the way we ask what makes a really good home group (spoiler: it may be Jonty and Malky), we discuss wehter the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints is right for people who dislike Joseph Smith, and Laura stages a coup d' podcast with th...
Leonard Cohen and Saint Paul - Matthew Anderson, Pauline scholar
February 08, 2024 18:32 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBIs the essence of Christianity basically Judaism through a Zen lens? Can we understand some great artists and theologians better if we assume performative masculinity? Is there really a crack in everything? Is it where the light gets in? In Episode 92 of Beer Christianity we answer these and other important questions (like: Is later Leonard Cohen better than his earlier oeuvre? Is Avalanche the most devastatingly romantic song in history? Do you know what I'm thinking and who does vengeanc...
Episode 91: AI, ethics and dangers with JL Ecochard
January 12, 2024 15:49 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBAI is going to save the world. Or kill us all. Or another, secret, third thing. Trying to find a pattern of truth within all the cultural noise about Artificial Intelligence is pretty hard right now, so we turned to someone who has been working on and with AI since the 1980s. Jean-Louis Ecochard has been in on the development of everythting from caller ID and online banking to video conferencing and e-health, and was one of the people behind what became WebMD. He now heads up the Center f...
Episode 90: Socialism Q&A with Matt McManus
December 22, 2023 15:08 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBSocialism means 'bad', right? That's what many of our churches assume. Whenever anyone suggests Socialism as an option, many Christians have a set of anti-Socialist questions locked and loaded, ready to fire. We decided to put some of them to an expert. To us, Socialism is really just a system of making sure nobody is left behind, of controlling greed and making sure it doesn't result in needless suffering. It's not a perfect system/ideology (and there are many variations, versions and ...
Episode 89: Congo crisis explained - Maurice Carney, Friends of the Congo
December 04, 2023 16:58 - 1 hour - 92.2 MBThe Democratic Republic of Congo and its citizens should, by rights, be among the richest in the world. Congo is a country with vast and rich natural resources, abundant potential energy and a strategic place in the heart of Africa. And yet, Congo is currently home to one fo the worst humanitarian crises on earth, and its history is littered with genocides and wars that rival the scale of Europe's World Wars. The vast majority of Congo's people are not rich -- and many face brutality we ca...
Episode 88: Jolyon Maugham - Good Law, better world
November 23, 2023 12:45 - 59 minutes - 82.5 MBJolyon Maugham has been called 'Public Enemy No. 1" by terrible right wing newspapers, attacked by Rishi Sunak and belittled with smears by the BBC. And if that wasn't enough to make you love him, he also heads up an organisation that works for justice in our laws and legal system, challenging powerful elites and holding wealthy corporations and careless governments to account on behalf of ordinary people. Come to think of it, the smears on his name may have something to do with that. ...
Episode 87: Nice, Churchy Patriarchy - Liz Cooledge Jenkins
November 10, 2023 15:30 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBThat's a nice patriarchy you got there. Be a shame if someone were to smash it... Whether your church is complementarian, soft complementarian, egalitarian or has never thought about the distinction, the odds are good that patriarchy is damaging people in your fellowship, and damaging the witness and ministry of your church. In this episode we examine how this happens, and why - and what we can do about it, taking our lead from author Liz Cooledge Jenkins. Her book, Nice Churchy Patriarch...
Episode 86: Post-march clarity - reflections on a Palestine protest
October 31, 2023 14:58 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBA few weeks ago, Malky and Jonty travelled to London to take part in a large (though it turns out not the largest) march to protest the continued Israeli bombing of civilians in Gaza and the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine through Occupation and settlements. It was peaceful. It wass diverse. It included Jewish groups, Christians, trade unions, trans people, queer people, liberals, socialists and a whole bunch more. It was pretty damn wholesome. Laura was there in spirit. ...
Episode 85: Beer, hymns, refugees and Gaza
October 24, 2023 12:31 - 1 hour - 107 MBSteve Tinning is a Baptist Minister, a Public Issues Enabler for the Baptist Union of Great Britain and one of the team that makes Beer and Hymns happen at Greenbelt festival. Steve is a lovely chap and talks to us about his secondment to JPIT (the Joint Public Issues Team of the Baptist, URC and Methodist churches), issues of asylum and refugee response, and about different responses to Ukrainian and other groups of refugees. But we also got him on the show to talk about one of our favo...
Episode 84: Stand with Gaza - Palestine, Israel and justice with peace
October 13, 2023 16:14 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBHistory does not begin when you start paying attention. And if you only start paying attention when white people get hurt, you are going to miss the root causes of the events you are seeing. As we recorded this episode, Gaza was being bombarded, with the threat of more indiscriminate violence being made by Israeli authorities. UK politicians, including the so-called Opposition, were unwilling to denounce the killing of Palestinian civilians whose ability to leave Gaza was being controlle...
Episode 83: Greenbelt 2023 Review - beer, hymns, thems and us
August 30, 2023 18:10 - 59 minutes - 81.8 MBGreenbelt Festival turned 50 this year. It is, quite possibly, the best festival in the world. It used to be the coolest Christian music festival in Britain - which is a nice accolade, but, like being the coolest engineer at the felting workshop, perhaps one with limited meaning outside specific circles. But over the years, Greenbelt has translated the seminal courage that saw it host Christian rock and punk acts into a courage to engage with society and politics, to question ungodly orthod...
Episode 82: Trans and Christian: Alex Clare-Young, Minister in the United Reformed Church
August 11, 2023 13:21 - 1 hour - 95.6 MBAlex Clare-Young (pronouns: they/them) is a minister in the United Reformed Church, with a passion for Scripture, inclusion and social justice. They identify as Jesus-follower, trans and non-binary. What does someone with identities so regularly weaponised by culture warriors actually think about Scripture, the Church and faith? Alex joins Laura, Malky and Jonty to discuss young people transitioning, the theology of being trans, living outside of gender binaries and the pain and prejudic...
Episode 81: Trans people in sport - Cleo Madeleine of Gendered Intelligence
August 02, 2023 11:11 - 1 hour - 102 MBShould trans women compete as women at an elite level of sport? The Right's Culture War (TM) has used this question as a wedge issue in its ongoing targeting of trans people as pawns in a larger game. But who is more often hurt as a result of the targeted rhetoric (and the unthinking regurgitation by ordinary Joe Schmoes)? How new is the phenomenon of gender-nonconforming people taking centre court, and what should Christians of good faith think about this issue? Cleo Madeleine is a campa...
Episode 80: Paul Northup on 50 years and the future of Greenbelt Festival
July 21, 2023 18:53 - 55 minutes - 77.2 MB"Ramshackle, DIY and deeply Christian" - that's how Paul Northup describes Greenbelt festival in the first few years of it's 50-year life so far. It's also a pretty good description of this podcast. Paul is Director of Greenbelt Festival, a "place to believe in" that seeks to embody a Newbigin-style 'no splits' Christian festival that engages deeply with faith, arts and justice. Paul takes time (at the worst possible moment in the year, one month out from the festival), to talk to Jonty a...
Episode 79: Too Big to Fall (Part II): the Celebrity Christian Halo Principle & the love of kings
July 15, 2023 19:59 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MBWe've been through this before. So many times. Is there anything left to learn, or are we just unwilling to learn it? Perhaps a recent study holds the answers. Mike Pilavachi is the latest 'celebrity Christian' whos eministry has been tainted by scandal. In Part 2 of Beer Christianity's look at our icons with cracked halos, we ask why, with all the information we have gained over decades of scandal, we never seem to be able to prevent good ministries from hiding bad behaviours or protecting...
Episode 78: Too big to fall (Part I): Mike Pilavachi, Ravi Zacharias and broken icons
July 15, 2023 09:04 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBMike Pilavachi has resigned from Soul Survivor and once again we are having that conversation. Why do beloved Christian leaders fall? And why do the people around themso often protect and enable their failings? In this episode, we don't disect the ongoing Pilavachi investigation or jump to hasty condemnation, nor do we jump to his defence. Instead, we discuss what the limits of forgiveness might be, what cultural and structural factors might contribute to ongoing problematic behavi...
Episode 77 - the billionaire submarine disaster - our reactions to it and what they say about us
June 30, 2023 12:08 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBIs compassion dependent on class-solidarity? Are some lives worth more than others? Is a nuanced approach to the comedy of catastrophe possible? No, no and possibly yes. The OceanGate Titan submarine disaster (some would say 'tragedy', in the Greek sense) produced strong and wildly divergent responses. Jonty and Laura discuss them, as well as the reasons for media interest in the submarine situation, the ethics of laughing at anyone's suffering and the backlash to the backlash to the...
Episode 76: Memento Mitford - graveyard hopping with Beer Christianity
June 29, 2023 08:40 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MBMeet the Mitfords, memento mori monuments and meanders through churchyards and cemeteries over a few years. Jonty and Laura have been 'graveyard hopping' for many years now, often recording their explorations. But what is graveyard hopping? What's the attraction? We answer that question, discuss some of the coolest names and most beautiful epitaphs, and take you on alittle tour of peaceful places. It's not a standard episode of Beer Christianity, but it is an insight into what we like to...
Episode 75: Coronation check-in
June 03, 2023 10:47 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MBWe're back, baby, with an episode of king-shaming, favourite kings and comments on the coronation. Here's Jonty in a tiara his wife bought him: Ever topical and on-time, we break our hiatus (sorry about that, pneumonia) with an episode about the Coronation of King Charles (the third, not the spaniel) and about kings in general. Why would Christians object to the coronation? What are the reasons some Christians dislike the monarchy in general? What kinda fascist things happened around th...
Episode 74: Brian McLaren - Should I stay Christian?
February 02, 2023 16:53 - 1 hour - 95 MBIf the Church is going through a new Reformation (towards a more progressive, inclusive and liberal existence), then Brian McLaren is its Martin Luther. Or John Calvin. Or that Scottish guy. What we're saying is, for those who are unfamiliar with his work or reputation, he's a big dog in the world of not just progressive Christianity, but Christianity overall, especially over the last few years. Ever since A New Kind of Christian (2001) and A Generous Orthodoxy (2005), McLaren has drawn ...
Episode 73: New Year's resolutions
January 08, 2023 14:29 - 1 hour - 96.1 MBIt seems wild that it's January 2023, when it was 2019 only three weeks ago. But, if the "Lame Stream Media" are to be believed, the year is, indeed, 2023. Happy New Year! This episode is all about New Year's resolutions: what we think, as Christians, about their value, and what the right mindset for resolutions might be. Lau-Lau, Malky and Jonts talk about their own resolutions (or non-resolutions, or, you know, to-do lists) and go through a popular set of suggested resolutions from Equip...
Episode 72: War on Christmas (Happy Xmas / Holidays 2022)
December 24, 2022 15:53 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBThese days, you get arrested and thrown in jail just for saying Merry Christmas. Or, at least, that's what Christian snowflakes, certain media vicars and most of the right wing media would have us believe. Apparently, atheists, humanists, Muslims and the 'Woke Liberal Elite' are policing our words, forcing us to say 'Happy Holidays' and thus deny Christ. This and other bullshit comes up in our Christmas 2022 episode, in which we discuss whether a helpful sensitivity to non-Christians dur...
Episode 71: Dr Leroy Logan - policing, ACAB and defunding
October 08, 2022 15:59 - 1 hour - 91.9 MBDr Leroy Logan served in the Metropolitan police for 30 years, eventually becoming a superintendent and helping to found the Black Police Association. Dr Logan talked to Jonty at Greenbelt festival in a lively press tent about his views on policing, defunding the police, slogans like ACAB and his views on justice in the legal system and society. His autobiography, Closing Ranks, My Life as a Cop details his life and career as well as his Christian faith. Leroy's life was also covered b...
Episode 70: "Who elected him?" Symon Hill on protesting against monarchy
September 23, 2022 15:14 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBSymon Hill made headlines when he was arrested for shouting: 'Who elected him?' during the proclamation of Charles Windsor as King in Oxford. Symon is a Christian, historian and peace activist and he is our guest for episode 70. Symon shares his surprise at being arrested, his concerns over free speech and democracy in Britain, and the deeply uncomfortable experience of being on the same side as Piers Morgan (this once). Protest, democracy, monarchy and the police on Beer Christianity. ...
Episode 69 (nice): The Queen - Monarchy, Mourning and Dissent
September 18, 2022 13:31 - 1 hour - 99.6 MBTW: Monarchists and marmalade sandwich enthusiasts are probably not going to enjoy this episode. Queen Elizabeth II has died and Beer Christianity has great sympathy for her family, some sympathy for strangers who loved her and very little sympathy for those cynically emulating or prescriptively enforcing mourning. Join us as we try to understand what's behind the love and criticism for both the former monarch and the institution of monarchy in the 21st century from a Christian leftist p...
Episode 68: Good news: bad start? Questions for the man on the mountaintop (Brian McLaren's 4 stages explored)
September 05, 2022 08:52 - 53 minutes - 74.1 MBWhat are the five stages of the spiritual life (as identified by Brian McLaren)? Do we dilute the Gospel by starting with the bad news? And have you ever peed on a frog? These important questions all come up in this, our second episode from Greenbelt festival 2022. Greenbelt was wonderful this year. You should go to the next one. BeerChristianity.co.uk About Beer Christianity Beer Christianity is an anti-capitalist, pro-BLM, pro-LGBTQ+, post-post-post-evangelical podcast where we ...
Episode 67: In the Jesus Arms - Greenbelt 2022 Review (part-recorded live at Greenbelt festival)
September 02, 2022 13:29 - 46 minutes - 64.6 MBA festival review is only a sort of festival, as Graham Greene sort of said. Everyone's experience of Greenbelt, in particular, will be different. This episode shares our thoughts about the best parts we experienced of Britain's best and most inclusive festival, but we'd love to hear what your highlights were. So please get in touch! Here's us while recording this episode in the Greenbelt beer tent: About Beer Christianity Beer Christianity is an anti-capitalist, pro-BLM, pro-LGB...
Episode 66: Paul Northup, Creative Director of Greenbelt Festival (and reluctant rock star)
August 19, 2022 17:03 - 56 minutes - 78.4 MBIs Greenbelt festival a guilty pleasure for evangelicals, a Church without the hassle of 365day pastoral care or a breaking through of the kingdom of God? We talk to Paul Northup, Creative Director (aka Big Dog) of Britain’s best festival about the inclusion of Richard Dawkins at a Christian festival, what inclusion means and what makes Greenbelt a special space for so many people. Paul takes time out of his busiest and most stressful time of year to talk to the Beer Christianity Crew abo...
Episode 65: SHO(R)T - All creation yeets - special report from the Kruger National Park
May 25, 2022 13:41 - 10 minutes - 9.97 MBIt should have been a shot of Amarula. Or good Cape wine. But in this short sharp shot, Jonty sips on some terrible sweet bubbly and tells you about all the animals that have tried to attack his wife recently - as well as an encounter of sorts with another religious in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Glories of creation, all things not so bright and beautiful, coming to you from South of the equator. About Beer Christianity Beer Christianity is a left-leaning, evangelical-a...
Episode 64: Christian vs Muslim - battle of the podcast hosts (lol jk we love each other)
March 24, 2022 21:09 - 1 hour - 98.9 MBIt's the clash of cultures! It's a battle royale between two podcast hosts of different faiths! It's a competition to see which religion is better! (It's none of these things.) It IS a joint episode, published in slightly different forms, by both Beer Christianity and the Amreekies podcast, hosted by the lovely Ehab who you have heard on our show before. So Amreekies listeners and Beer Christianity listeners will hear largely the same thing, with some key differences. Mostly those differe...
Episode 63 - SHO(R)T - Ukraine crisis: Love during wartime (the propaganda episode)
February 28, 2022 22:14 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBIs anyone else a little alarmed by how quickly so many people have begun singing off the same jingoistic and bellicose hymn sheet? Is anyone a little freaked out by how the rhetoric around the evil happening in Ukraine right now seems to ignore very similar things 'our side' has done? Is Jonty the only one who worries about critical thinking when everyone seems to be parroting 'He's insane / evil' but is doing pretty much what most leaders in his position have done (including our own)? ...
Episode 62: Partygate scandal: politicians' perfidy and listeners' letters
February 14, 2022 14:05 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBAll Boris do is eat hot chip and lie. So we talk about that. As well as following up on listeners' letters, including more thoughts on what defines a Christian; slapping compassion into Tories; Boris Johnson's general awfulness and what we look for in a leader. We also cover Geordie Kieffer (peace be on his house), whether it's better for some churches not to call themselves inclusive and what the hell you call it when women aren't allowed to preach. We should have called this episode so...
Episode 61: SHO(R)T: Law (uhuh UH), what/who is it good for?
January 19, 2022 17:54 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBWho is the law for? Why do the police get called for some wrongdoing and not other, usually 'white-collar' crimes? Can I call the police if my boss doesn't pay me on time? And if not, why can they call the cops when I take my salary out of petty cash? In this short episode, Jonty asks if we are conformed to the thinking of this world in accepting who the police and law truly serve. About Beer Christianity Beer Christianity is a left-leaning, evangelical-adjacent Christian discussion...
Episode 60: Sad prayer, patriotism and theodicy - listeners' letters and Laura's TIYAHD
December 16, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes - 81.8 MBPatriotism, prayer for the Big Sad and a port-flavoured man-toe. Lau-Lau, Malky and Jonts answer listeners' letters SUPER late, and discuss British v American Christian patriotism; suffering and the theodicy and whether we are EXvangelicals. So if you want to hear about virgin sacrifice in Oxford, Malky's diagram of healing, scumbag pseudo-Christian newspapers, what Westboro Baptist got right and why one of us is a disgrace, you should listen. It's Christianity without the labels. It's...
Episode 59: SHO(R)T - What makes a 'real Christian'?
December 02, 2021 15:52 - 13 minutes - 19.5 MBWhat do you consider to be the definition of a Christian? Jonty talks ponders the dangers in making statements about what 'Christians believe' and the foolishness of pretending that there is only one type of Christian (or one way of being a Christian). He also ponders the orb. But if there are many ways to follow Jesus, where are the boundaries? Where does a different approach become heresy, or just not specifically Christian? Is following Jesus really just a matter of identity? We do...
Episode 58: SHO(R)T: Happy Halloween from Beer Christianity
October 31, 2021 13:52 - 16 minutes - 23.3 MBHappy Halloween! Can Christians like Halloween legitimately? Is there something wrong with the 'glorification of darkness' that is inherent in dressing up as a fictional Transylvanian? Or are Christians who hate Halloween actually being kind of insulting and damaging their witness? Jonty discusses with a spooky Goth voice in this special Beer Christianity Halloween episode. About Beer Christianity Beer Christianity is a left-leaning, evangelical-adjacent Christian discussion podca...
Episode 57: Horror and the Bible with Brandon Grafius
October 29, 2021 13:42It's spooky season! Aka Goth Christmas. Aka The (real) Most Wonderful Time of the Year. In honour of that, we're talking monsters, horror and,, the Bible? Horror movies are deeper than you think - and more Christian! Dr Brandon Grafius, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit, joins Malky, Jonty and Laura to talk monster theory, the Bible and Horror. We cover some of the best horror with Christian significance, how religion itself can be a sour...
Episode 57: Horror and the Bible with Brandon Grafius
October 29, 2021 13:42It's spooky season! Aka Goth Christmas. Aka The (real) Most Wonderful Time of the Year. In honour of that, we're talking monsters, horror and,, the Bible? Horror movies are deeper than you think - and more Christian! Dr Brandon Grafius, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit, joins Malky, Jonty and Laura to talk monster theory, the Bible and Horror. We cover some of the best horror with Christian significance, how religion itself can be a sour...
Episode 56: SHO(R)T - Baptism, sin and loving sinners
October 12, 2021 18:35 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBIf baptism means dying to sin, what does sin mean for progressives? And how is our treatment of people we deem sinful any different from the judgemental Christians we don't want to be? Jonty meditates on this as well as the TV dramas The North Water and Midnight Mass. About Beer Christianity Beer Christianity is a left-leaning, evangelical-adjacent Christian discussion podcast that often features interviews and always features a few drinks and laughs. Our aim is to be real, to be helpf...
Episode 55: SHO(R)T - Faith in Healing
October 07, 2021 13:48 - 20 minutes - 29.1 MBIS it irresponsible to confidently promise God's healing from the pulpit? Is it unfaithful not to? Is there a better way than damaging optimism or modern day Sadduceeism? Jonty and Laura chat on the way to go bowling. Beer Christianity SHO(R)TS are shorter episdoes of Beer Christianity sharing thoughts on issues of religious, political or social interest. About Beer Christianity Beer Christianity is a left-leaning, evangelical-adjacent Christian discussion podcast that often feature...
Episode 54: SHO(R)T - Toilet paper, petrol and judging our neighbours
September 30, 2021 16:33 - 11 minutes - 16.2 MBA short sharp shot of an episode, talking about the petrol crisis in the UK and judging panic buyers. Jonty drives his car around to talk about petrol shortages. Never knowingly not on brand. Here's a more chill explanation. With less road rage. About Beer Christianity Beer Christianity is a left-leaning, evangelical-adjacent Christian discussion podcast that often features interviews and always features a few drinks and laughs. Our aim is to be real, to be helpful and to be entert...
Episode 53: Arab, Muslim and American - Ehab Jalal of The Amreekies podcast
September 28, 2021 10:05 - 1 hour - 99.1 MBThree Christians and a Muslim walk into a bar... They get along famously. The end. Ehab Jalal is the producer, director, host and editor of The Amreekies podcast - a show about being Arab, Muslim and American. It has a very similar vibe to Beer Christianity (but with significantly less swearing and a LOT less drinking). Ehab talks to us (over a kombucha) about being 14 and recently returned to the US when 9-11 happened; how it feels when people try to convert you and the Christian who h...
Episode 52: God is not a White Man, redeeming evangelicalism with Chine McDonald
August 31, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBWhite supremacy, the assumption of white superiority and white normalcy, as well as patriarchy and what the hell might be wrong with evangelicalism. We tackle these and other thorny topics with writer, broadcaster, Greenbelt Trustee and Christian Aid Head of Public Engagement, Chine McDonald. We also talk: 'Pretty Jesus' and the othering of God Why Margaret Thatcher wasn't great despite being a woman Whether writers are worth as much as designers Gay TikTok (a LOT) Whether evangel...
Episode 51: Resisting injustice, breaking the law and violence, with Wale Hudson Roberts and Symon Hill
August 04, 2021 13:51 - 1 hour - 125 MBIs it ever okay for Christians to break the law? Many Christians believe it's fine in the fight against injustice. But how far can we legitimately take that resistance? And what about the Bible verses that tell us to submit to authorities? Wale Hudson-Roberts is a justice enabler for the Baptist Union of Great Britain and minister of a Church of England congregation. He joins us to talk about privilege, resistance and the use of force. Symon Hill has been arrested for obstructing an arms ...
Episode 50! HArry and Chris (Plus: Reunion, Retrospective and Reasonable Religion)
June 24, 2021 17:45 - 1 hour - 116 MBHoly crap! 50 episodes! Whodathunk?! In celebration, we got back with our first proper guests on the show, the amazing Harry and Chris! Harry and Chris talk about their favourite episodes of Beer Christianity*, as well as sharing some incidents of animal cruelty, nudity and beer-based Narnia puns. This bumper episode also features a retrospective of all 49 preceding ones and a discussion of what the point of the Christian life really is. Full disclosure, we started recording after midn...
Episode 49: Martin Accad - Christian-Muslim relations and kerygma in Lebanon
June 02, 2021 11:24 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBLebanese thinker and Theologian Martin Accad joins Laura, Malky and Jonty for a light conversation about heavy topics. We cover Palestine, Muslim-Christian relations, an alternative to both syncretism and apologetics, and whether Jesus calls us to be supra-religious. Martin Accad was a senior leader in the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Beirut for many years (where he still lectures) and was a founder of IMES, the Institute for Middle East Studies (where he still occasionally blogs...
Beer Christianity 48: The Fight, with Ryanhood
May 11, 2021 14:18 - 1 hour - 95 MBMusic, 'Merica and marrying love and justice with power folk duo Ryanhood. Which Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd era was best? Can we 'work on ourselves' while not using that as an excuse not to confront injustice? Can the 12 Steps deepen your faith journey? Could Ryanhood be the first guests to research Beer Christianity thoroughly? These questions and more are answered in episode 48. Honestly we loved Ryanhood even more than we expected to from their music so do check them out at ryanho...
Episode 47: Football and Filthy Lucre - Super League Controversy, Communist American Football and Sportz!
May 04, 2021 18:30 - 1 hour - 112 MBIs the game gone? Is there too much money in football? Is American Football kinda communist? Beer Christianity talks to sometime sports journalist and head of Be With Community, Jamie Cutteridge, about the Super League controversy, why we support sports teams and how capitalism may or may not be ruining soccer. In honour of that, here’s the official Beer Christianity football jersey: We also cover: why Chiltern Brewery is so cool for Christians; a Beer Christianity OnlyFans; how to g...
Episode 46: Richard Rohr interview, nuclear weapons and does God change?
March 08, 2021 15:15 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBWe love Richard Rohr and his work, even when we don't agree with it. And those moments are fewer and further between than ever. Fr Richard Rohr talks to Jonty about the two halves of life, dualism and riding on the coat-tails of St Francis. An interview from 2010 that leads into a discussion about whether God changes and whether that might be a problem. We also give our views on a listener question about nuclear weapons. This episode manages to be rowdy and ribald as well as deep, dark a...