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One key element of our spiritual armour is faith, so in this podcast we look at what faith is, how it's defined in the New Testament, how it's outworked with people in the life of Jesus, where its boundaries might be, and how that could be a shield for us.

There are some things that echo through the whole of the Bible, from the time of Moses, through the time of exile, into the New Testament, and then on into our time too.  One of those things is feeling far away from where you should be and how the world should look, but another is the announcement …

In a world where we fail to live up to the perfect standards we set for ourselves, let alone the standards God might set for individuals, churches, nations ... how could we ever be right with God?  And what's this got to do with the spiritual fight in the unseen realm? 

As we move through a passage in the New Testament about spiritual armour, we get to the first item on the list - a belt of truth.  What might it mean to wrap truth around us for spiritual battles?  

One of the guys who established (planted) a load of the first ever churches, wrote to one of those communities to encourage them.  He wanted to let them know how they could stand their ground not just against natural oppression and difficulty, but against supernatural attack too.  We now call this …

Samson is this legendary (infamous) figure in the Old Testament, famous for being super strong and voilent, for his weakness with women and for random killing sprees.  But he is used supernaturally by the Spirit of God.  So - in this podcast we ask: "If God seems to be moving through me or my …

Jesus told a parable (riddle) to one of his closest disciples when he asked how often he should forgive someone.  The answer implied we should never withhold forgiveness, and then the riddle confirmed that.  So - here we fuse together Jesus' clear teaching that we should forgive from the heart…

Right at the start of Luke's account of the life of Jesus there's a song sung seemingly spontaneously by an old Priest.  He has been childless all his life, and when he's nearing retirement, he is given a gift of a child.  The child grows up to become John the Baptist.  The Priest (Z…

Here's a little extra - it's just the spoken word poem from the end of the S4, E4 podcast.