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Tent Talks with Dr Stephen Backhouse

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Sep 8, 2022 • 1h 27min

Richard Beck, on our hope sick world

Dr Richard Beck joins the Tent in partnership with the YoHo Journals for a Zoomposium on his latest piece “A Hope Sick World.”You can get a copy of Beck’s journal here https://www.unfold.media/fullshop. Use TENT10 at check out for 10% off.More of Dr. Beck's writings can be found on his website and you can subscribe to his Substack here.The Gospel of John Autumn School and other Courses and Resources can be found HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Aug 30, 2022 • 1h 17min

Rabbi Avi Finegold, exploring the hyphen in Judeo-Christian

Sean and Chris interview Stephen and Avi Finegold about their ongoing conversation on the Hyphen podcast. Avi is a Rabbi in Montreal, and he launched the Hyphen as a way to talk with Christians about Christianity, and offer the chance to be grilled about Judaism in return! Sean and Chris ask questions about The Hyphen's origins, how Avi and Stephen approach tough questions surrounding their faith and culture, and how Jews are currently reacting to the political climate in Canada, American, and Israel.You can learn more about Avi and his work with the Jewish Living Lab here, as well as listen to The Hyphen here The Gospel of John Autumn School and other Courses and Resources can be found HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Aug 23, 2022 • 1h 15min

David A. Ritchie on the origins of nationalism and naming our idols

David A. Ritchie is a pastor from Amarillo, Texas and the author of Why Do the Nations Rage: the demonic origin of nationalism and he joins us in the tent to discuss how nationalism—in whatever form it takes—creates a competing religion and way of life that demands our allegiance over following after Jesus. Our conversation relates this to gun control and America's blindness to violence as well as how a people's nationalism often manifests itself in idols they are unable to see.You can find more out about David A. Ritche at his website or interact with him on Twitter.The Gospel of John Autumn School and other Courses and Resources can be found HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Aug 16, 2022 • 1h 5min

Jemar Tisby, the greater work of racial justice for children, adults and everyone in between

Dr. Jemar Tisby is an historian, speaker and author (amongst other books) of "How to Fight Racism: Young Readers Edition". He talks with Chris Marchand about his ongoing work confronting racial injustice within the church and general culture.Links! Here is Jemar's website, subscribe to his newsletter, listen to his podcast Pass the Mic, learn about The Witness, support his organization helping and funding black Christian leaders. The online book study for How to Fight Racism: Young Readers Edition can be found here.Download more Tent Courses and Resources HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Aug 9, 2022 • 50min

14. Sermon on the Mount : False prophets, happy hometowns and shifting sands, Matthew 7:15-23

The fourteenth and final episode in our series on the Sermon on the Mount, from Matthew 7:15-23. False prophets, happy hometowns and shifting sands!Download more Tent Courses and Resources HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Aug 2, 2022 • 48min

Louise Davies, party politics without partisan puerility

Louise Davies is the Director of Christians on the Left, a network primarily for the support and resourcing of Christians involved on the left of politics in the UK, but who now also has members all over the world. As you will hear, Lou knows where she fits on the political spectrum, but is not infected with factional or partisan thinking. A real breath of fresh air, Lou is committed to renewing politics, fighting injustice, campaigning, praying and supporting Christians involved in politics in the UK and beyond. Louise has been the director of Christians on the Left since 2017. She was on the senior leadership team of her local church in Sheffield for 15 years. During that time, she set up a foodbank, community awards ceremony, indoor play centre, bereavement service, luncheon club and oversaw a number of community projects and businesses. After receiving prophecies regarding politics, she was released in 2013 to step into the political arena. Since then, she has been the Chair of her Constituency Labour Party, a Sheffield City Council election candidate and worked for the Shadow Brexit Minister.You can find out more about Louise HERE. You can find out more about Christians on the Left HERE.Download more Tent Courses and Resources HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Jul 26, 2022 • 33min

13. Sermon on the Mount : Golden Rules, Broad Ways and Narrow Paths in Matthew 7:12-14

The thirteenth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount, from Matthew 7:12-14. Christians are trained to think of salvation and destruction in terms of spiritual places we go when we die. But what if the broad way that leads to destruction is happening now? What if loving our neighbours as ourselves is the narrow way that leads to life?Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings. You can find out more about them HERE.LifeUni can be found HERE.Download more Tent Courses and Resources HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Jul 19, 2022 • 1h 1min

Eve Poole, the s**t we taught at business school

Dr Eve Poole joins the Tent to talk about "The S**t We Taught At Business School" and the toxic ideas underpinning capitalism. Eve taught leadership for Ashridge Business School, and was the first female Chairman of Gordonstoun School in Moray from 2015-2021. She also served as Third Church Estates Commissioner for England from 2018-2021. She is the author of a number of books on leadership culture, consumerism and theology, including Buying God, Leadersmithing, and Capitalism's Toxic Assumptions.You can get a copy of "The S**t We Taught at Business School" HERE. Use the code TENT10 for a 10% discount.All about Eve HEREhttps://www.kateraworth.com/https://doughnuteconomics.org/LifeUni can be found HERE.Download more Tent Courses and Resources HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Jul 12, 2022 • 46min

12. Sermon on the Mount : Ask and it shall be given. Really? (Matthew 7:7-12)

The twelfth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount, from Matthew 7:7-12. Is it true? Are we really to be asking God for everything we want all the time? And what does it mean if those prayers aren't answered? As our series on the Sermon begins to draw to a close, Jesus offer us a statement that sums up the whole of his message.Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings. You can find out more about them HERE.LifeUni can be found HERE.Download more Tent Courses and Resources HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Jul 8, 2022 • 9min

Preview: Guns, God, America

A preview of a conversation between Tent co-hosts and colleagues Natasha Beckles, Chris Marchand and Sean McCoy about their personal experiences with racism, god, guns and patriotism. The full conversation is available on the Patreon page. Just one of many, many, high quality bonus episodes available to patrons. Become a Fellow Traveller today to access them all!You can support the Tent and get hours of content on our Patreon HERE.

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