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This episode, we speak to Nathan Brown about the Voice to Parliament. It's a divisive issue and we're fully aware of the possibility of walking into a hornet's nest but onward we march! 

SPOILER WARNING: this episode contains free and unfettered discussion of Barbie. If you'd prefer not to have the plot details spoiled, go watch it before listening to this episode! For our 150th episode, Josh is away (whoops!). Never fear though because Jesse gets to talk to friends of the show Vi…

Today, we talk about prayer. It's the thing your intense auntie at church is always going on about, but for many of us, prayer isn't a vibrant part of our spiritual life. In fact, for many Christians, it's a point of pain and frustration. It doesn't need to be that way! In this episode we talk abou…

Pr Jinha Kim joins us in this episode to talk all about AI. What's it good for, what are the dangers and IS IT COMING FOR YOUR JOB? Ok, that last part may be a little dramatic but it's still important to consider the issues. Jinha is a church planter and woman of many talents, and AI has been inval…

Yes, it's click-bait. By our acknowledging this, we're declaring our self-awareness which makes it fine, right? This episode, we finish our two-part conversation on a report recently published on the last 20 years of church trends: the good, the bad and the ugly. This time we dwell a little less o…

In this episode, we talk about a recently-published report that tracks trends on the last twenty years of churches in the United States. 21 denominations and other faith groups were surveyed and this report is the result of two decades of study. Today, we'll discuss some of the different challenges…

This week, we sit down to talk with Michael 'Chappo' Chapman and Tarenne 'Tarenne' Greenwood. They both serve at Gateway Church in Cooranbong itself. Yes, these two luminaries condescended themselves long enough to depart the hallowed halls of the holy city itself to join us in the muck and grime o…

In this episode, Josh and Jesse talk to Jeremy Choo about Micro Church. Jeremy is a soon-to-be-pastor who decided to plant a church in the middle of Melbourne during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. His big vision soon turned micro as he discovered a new breed of church. Now that the pandemic i…

In this episode, Josh and Jesse talk about men. It takes one to know one, apparently.  But, more specifically, we tackle the issues facing men today. Josh recently re-read Wild at Heart by John Eldredge, which sparked this conversation. Pretty soon both of us fell down the rabbit hole. According t…