In a post-Christian culture it’s very easy for morality and mercy to become polarised. This week on MTV we talk about how in the Christian faith they’re held together and how Jesus embodies and demonstrates both.
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Have you ever thought you’d love to just go back to life pre March 2020? This week on MTV we’re talking about living life on the other side of seismic change - how trying to carry on as normal has left lots of us tired and disillusioned, who our anchor is and what we can do to align ourselves with what God's doing.
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Instead of looking at the latest newspaper headlines as we usually do, this week on MTV we're talking about some B&A family news! A couple of weeks ago we announced that an amazing opportunity has come up to swap our building at 160a Gloucester Road with Horfield Baptist Church's building at 279 Gloucester Road.
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Why are we afraid to say what we think? This week James & Wayne talk about how Boris Johnson addressed the transgender debate around sport and medical ethics last week and how fear affects our discussions with our friends.
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Following last week's episode on the fallout from the slap at the Oscars, James and Wayne talk about what the Bible says sin is and why we need to take it seriously. Don't worry there is some really good news in this for all of us!
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This week the news has blown up over the moment when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars after he made a joke about his wife. We talk about cancel culture, scapegoats and life in the kingdom of the Prince of Peace on this week’s MTV.
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James and Wayne discuss the situation in Ukraine and talk through the traditional Christian understanding of how the church has understood when and how to go to war.
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This week, as 1.5 million Ukrainians have fled their homes, we’re discussing evil; how we can be complicit with it, and how we live in the now and not yet as followers of Jesus.
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This week we're discussing the Russian invasion of Ukraine and how we as disciples of Jesus can process the news, pray for the countries involved, and act to make a difference.
As the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine looms large in the news this week we’re talking about conflict and relationships. In this, the 100th episode of More Tea Vicar, James and Wayne open up about working together over the last 10 years, the moments when they’ve disagreed, and what they’ve learnt about conflict resolution.
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Be who you want to be, do whatever you want, the world is your oyster - were you told this at primary school too? This week we’re talking about what the Bible has to say about our gifts and passions, our limitations, God’s purposes for us, and how that plays out in the body, His church.
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What Partygate, the NHS vaccine mandate and Mason Greenwood have in common: this week we’re discussing how we exercise our freedom and where boundaries come into play for us as followers of Jesus living in a post-Christian culture.
James and Wayne discuss the recent allegations of blackmail against Boris Johnson and the power of servant leadership in this episode of More Tea Vicar, recorded live at the Gathering.
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In this week’s More Tea Vicar James and Wayne are discussing the ethics surrounding a man who once stabbed someone, leaving them paralysed but who has recently received the first ever pig’s heart transplant in a bid to save his life.
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What the Djokovic story tells us about ourselves.
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In this week's MTV, James & Wayne take a look back over Love Christmas and discuss sacrificial giving and how we can give God the glory.
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Less than 2 thousands years ago there existed a world in which the care of the most vulnerable was not considered the collective responsibility of the society in which people lived - fast forward to today and we are (rightly) appalled by the tragic killing of little Arthur. Wayne and James discuss how Christian thinking has pervaded the western world, what leads us to know the difference between right and wrong, and why Advent is the season to be the people of light in the darkness.
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Are there passages of the Bible you read that make you wince? In this week's MTV James and Wayne discuss how we read scripture with a cultural lens, how different cultures receive different doctrines and what Jesus teaches us in Matthew 25. With stories from life and interesting facts about sheep and goats in the Middle East all over a quick cup of tea.
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After Manchester United fired their manager last week James and Wayne discuss the fine line between holding your tongue and speaking the truth in love, and how Jesus models true love.
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It’s all blown up in Cricket this week over racism - James & Wayne discuss how Jesus handles our failings and our path to restitution.
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