Sparked by a BBC news article we read this week about Ukrainians who no longer want to speak Russian, in this episode we discuss language and culture: Why do words have so much power? How has language been used throughout history to expand empires? And what does the Bible have to say about language and ethnicity?
Read MoreWhat do we do when our lives are falling apart or something has happened in the life of someone we love? How can we follow Jesus and love one another? James & Wayne discuss on this week's MTV.
Read MoreJames & Wayne reflect on the Platinum Jubilee celebrations this weekend, the joyful outpouring of thanks and honour to the Queen for her life of service that we all witnessed, why it's so unique and how it points us to Jesus.
Read MoreThis week we talk tiredness: why no one is talking about it, why we’re all feeling it and how we can live life under the yolk of Jesus. Should tired be a banned word? Did Jesus ever get tired? And why do some of us get bored watching Lawrence of Arabia? It’s all up for discussion on this week’s More Tea, Vicar?
Read MoreHow do you make decisions? Living through a global pandemic has caused many of us to rethink how we spend our time and has, for some of us, provoked some major life changes. Still, many of us have found ourselves in recent months drifting back into habits and life pre-pandemic. This week we’re talking about the nuclear family, church and what place the counsel of the saints has in our lives as followers of Jesus.
Read MoreHow is it possible for good people to create bad culture? And how do we as followers of Jesus create good culture? This week we're talking about Mother Theresa, Jürgen Klopp and 4 hallmarks of good leadership.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreHave 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.
Read MoreInstead 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.
Read MoreWhy 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.
Read MoreFollowing 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!
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreJames 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreBe 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.
Read MoreWhat 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.
Read MoreIn 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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