Theology for the Curious
Debating theology that makes sense of life and faith. A team of regular people discuss issues of theology, faith and life. Uncovering bible thinking from cutting edge, to conservative, to all things in-between. A lively debate show that gets you thinking, challenging the relevance of God, scripture and faith to today's contemporary outlook.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 139
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Ep.137 - Contrast and Comparisons: Grace or Grit - Do we earn our way or receive it?
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What do we mean by “salvation by works”? What does Scripture say? What did the early christians believe? What about the medieval church? And how did …
Ep.136 - Contrast and Comparisons: Original Sin or Original Goodness – Where does the human story begin?
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What does a nineteenth century German philosopher, (Friedrich Nietzsche), a thirteenth century Italian theologian, (Thomas Aquinas), and a fifth cent…
Ep.135 - The Road to Reformation: Reformation - What Now?
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What did the reformation teach us? There is no definitive answer to this question, largely because in asking it we are not simply zeroing in on a dec…
Ep.134 - The Road to Reformation: Wars and Rumours of Wars
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To many, the sixteenth century reformation conjures up almost romantic images of sacrifice, heroism and courage far beyond the call of duty. And yet …
Ep.133 - The Road to Reformation: Fugitives, Heretics and Heroes of the English Reformation - English Reformation Pt.3
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William Tyndale, Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, Anne Boleyn, John Jewel and John Foxe all carried one thing in common; they each became significant v…
Ep.132 - The Road to Reformation: Elizabeth and England’s Reform— English Reformation Pt.2
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Elizabeth stands as the longest reigning Tudor monarch. From being crowned queen of England on the death of her half sister Mary I in 1558, she reign…
Ep.131 - The Road to Reformation: Henry, Edward and Mary—English Reformation Pt.1
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Who was Henry VIII and how did he come to power? Why did his marriage to Catherine of Aragon get into to trouble? Who was Anne Boleyn and why did she…
Ep.130 - The Road to Reformation: Knox and the Fire of Scotland
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Scotland was a land of religious conflict and tension long before the sixteenth century reformation and the arrival of such thunderbolts as George Wi…
Ep.129 - The Road to Reformation: Rome Bites Back (The Counter Reformation)
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Accounts of the reformation are often wonderful, even glamorous, courageous and adventurous but predominantly centred around the rise and development…
Ep.128 - The Road to Reformation: The Anabaptist Problem
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One of the pondering questions that arose out of the reformation was that of the Anabaptist’s. Who were they? Why were they so vilified? What led bot…
Ep.127 - The Road to Reformation: John Calvin and the Geneva Effect w/ Matt White
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There has perhaps been no other figure more celebrated yet more vilified, more appreciated yet more misunderstood, more eulogised over and yet more c…
Ep.126 - The Road to Reformation: Zwingli and the Swiss Reformation
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Who was Ulrich Zwingli? How does a priest, turned soldier, turned protester, turned reformer, end up dead on a field in a five kilometre square piece…
Ep.125 - The Road to Reformation: The First Shout of Protest
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Few in church history could ever fully comprehend the enormity of impact the event of October 31st, 1517 in Wittenberg could produce on the global ch…
Ep.124 - The Road to Reformation: The Church Before Luther
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Some imagine that justification by faith, the great rallying cry of the reformation, was a specifically Protestant invention, and more particularly, …
Ep.123 - The Road to Reformation: Why the Reformation? w/Nick Page
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In his book A Nearly Infallible History of the Reformation, writer Nick Page claims that the effects of the sixteenth century European reformation, c…
Ep.122 - Seven Churches Speak: Deceiving Ourselves to Death - Laodicea
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Life consists of a number of markers that indicate whether we are doing life well. Those who are seen in good health, in reasonable wealth, and comfo…
Ep.121 - Seven Churches Speak: Power to the Powerless - Philadelphia
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Sometimes one of the most difficult aspects of faith is when we appear to be doing everything right but things don’t appear to be getting any better.…
Ep.120 - Seven Churches Speak: The Walking Dead - Sardis
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The Dutch philosopher and theologian Søren Kierkegaard wrote; “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to re…
Ep.119 - Seven Churches Speak: Compromise that Kills - Thyatira
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The one time professional cricketer turned missionary to China and Africa, Charles T Studd once declared, “If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, th…
Ep.118 - Seven Churches Speak: Does it Matter What You Believe? - Pergamum
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One of the recurring problems that Israel faced in the subsequent immediate years following their Exodus from Egypt, was the infiltration of thoughts…