This podcast from Martyn Iles, CEO of Australian Christian Lobby, exposes components of The Good Society School Curriculum which provides a view on sexuality, gender and identity from an anti-Christian worldview. Some of the material has been sourced from the Safe Schools Coalition.  This is important listening especially for parents of school aged children.  You can find Martyn Iles' podcast The Truth of It here. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Christians Engaging Culture Podcast

Martyn Iles - 'The Good Society' is Worse than 'Safe Schools'

In our last podcast we listened in to a discussion between Akos Balogh (CEO of The Gospel Coalition Australia) and Chase Kuhn (Director of the Centre for Christian Living) about their concerns for their sons and how to raise them to treat women well. Balogh wrote a follow-up blog post / letter addressed to his daughter about how to navigate this sexualised society. Today's podcast episode is a discussion of that letter. Balogh and Kuhn discuss this issue as fathers and theologians, focusing on the value of finding our identity in Christ. This podcast provides practical ways in which Christian men can help support their daughters as they grow and develop, and also support and care for their wives and other women.  Please also check out the following resources: Akos Balogh’s letter to his daughter here. The original podcast at the Centre for Christian Living website here. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Chase Kuhn and Akos Balogh - Caring for Our Girls In A Sexualised Society

Our culture is very confused when it comes to relationships between the sexes. The headlines are all too frequent about sexual abuse and domestic violence. In today’s episode, we listen to an interview Chase Kuhn did with Akos Balogh for his Centre for Christian Living podcast. It’s such a helpful interview on how men can relate to women in godly ways and raise their sons to do the same. We’re thankful to Chase and the CCL for granting permission to republish the interview here and we hope you find it helpful. Please also check out the following resources: Akos Balogh’s original letter to his son here. The original podcast at the Centre for Christian Living website here. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Chase Kuhn and Akos Balogh - Treating Women Better

Soon after we released our last episode on parenting tips, Martyn Iles did a follow-up of advice from his parents, this time on parenting teenagers. So we thought it would be helpful to share that with you now. If you want to watch more of Martyn Iles’ excellent episodes of The Truth of It, you can find the YouTube channel here. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Teenage Parenting Tips from Martyn Iles' Parents

This week we’re listening to parenting tips from the parents of Martyn Iles. It can be difficult raising kids to live in this rapidly-changing world. It can be hard to answer their questions and to teach them the gospel. But these are some great and faithful tips from Martyn Iles’ parents. This comes from a portion of the Truth of It podcast from almost a year ago. We’re thankful to the Australian Christian Lobby for allowing us to republish this podcast here. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Parenting Tips from Martyn Iles' Parents

Life is all about maximising pleasure and minimising pain. It sounds like the worldview of a modern Australian, but it’s as old as Ancient Greece. In today’s podcast we listen in to the Speak Life podcast and how pervasive this philosophy is on our culture and a refreshing biblical response. We’re thankful to the team at Speak Life for allowing us to republish this podcast. You can find more of their material if you go to facebook.com/speaklifeuk.  Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Glen Scrivener - Ousting Epicurus

This week's episode is on the power of language. Language can change how we think and how language can change a civilisation. It’s a fascinating study from the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity. We’re thankful for the Ezra Institute’s permission to republish this podcast and encourage you to check out many more helpful resources from them at ezrainstitute.ca.  Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Joe Boot - The Power of Language

This week we hear from one of our own parishioners, Mark Allaby, and one of our previous assistant ministers, Jonathan Youssef. Mark shares how, while serving on the board for a secular business, his involvement with a Christian organisation turned into a scandal that landed him on front page news. You can find more resources from Jonathan Youssef's podcast, Candid, here. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Mark Allaby with Jonathan Youssef: The Cost of Faith in the Workplace

This week’s podcast is a conversation that John Anderson had with author and free-speech defender, Greg Lukianoff. They cover a lot of topics, from the changing practices of parents, to the restrictions of free speech on university campuses, to wokeness in modern culture. You can find more resources from John Anderson at johnanderson.net.au. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Greg Lukianoff and John Anderson - Free Speech

This week’s podcast is an interview with N.T. Wright, an Anglican bishop and leading New Testament scholar. It focuses on one of the most awe-inspiring, yet elusive and misunderstood, concepts in the Bible: the nature of life after death. This is our final podcast in this series and is on the nature of Heaven. This is the ultimate goal for all Christians, so we should all think about it a lot more! The speaker, Randy Alcorn, is an American author whose book Heaven, has sold over 1 million copies. You can find more information about Randy Alcorn at his ministry website, www.epm.org, which stands for Eternal Perspective Ministries. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Randy Alcorn - Heaven

This week’s podcast is an interview with N.T. Wright, an Anglican bishop and leading New Testament scholar. It focuses on one of the most awe-inspiring, yet elusive and misunderstood, concepts in the Bible: the nature of life after death.  We note that N.T. Wright has some controversial views, especially with regards to justification. There was an important debate between him and John Piper through a number of publications back in the 2000s. We want to be clear that our endorsement of this interview is not an endorsement of all of N.T. Wright’s theology, and his teaching on justification in particular is not consistent with the teaching of St Thomas’.  We are thankful for Calvin University for providing permission to republish their interview here. This audio is from a few years ago when it was known as Calvin College. The name has since changed to Calvin University. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

N.T. Wright - Rethinking Life After Death

This week we are listening to a talk on how the God of love is the God of judgment that Michael Ramsden gave at the Christ's Commission Fellowship Conference in the Philippines. Ramsden is at his engaging best here, grappling with the apparent tension between the idea of a God of love and a God of eternal judgment. He argues convincingly that the two ideas are reconcilable.  If you would like to volunteer to research for Christians Engaging Culture's next topic on parenting in a post-Christian world, please get in touch with Gerard at gerard.obrien@st-thomas.org.au. Christians Engaging Culture exists to equip the Christians to give faithful answers in everyday cultural conversations and to turn those conversations to the gospel. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Michael Ramsden - God of Love, God of Judgment

In this week’s episode, we listen to a conversation between Roy Williams and Gerard O'Brien. Roy is a lecturer at the university of Sydney’s law school, a Christian author and a much-loved member of our St Thomas’ church family. As we’ve been thinking about getting a world that doesn’t get it, Roy took on the task of researching divine judgement. If there’s something our world doesn’t get, it’s hell. How can it be fair? What happens to people from other religions? Is eternal judgment justifiable? We sat down to discuss these issues and more. If you would like to volunteer to research for Christians Engaging Culture's next topic on parenting in a post-Christian world, please get in touch with Gerard at gerard.obrien@st-thomas.org.au. Christians Engaging Culture exists to equip the Christians to give faithful answers in everyday cultural conversations and to turn those conversations to the gospel. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Roy Williams and Gerard O'Brien - Divine Judgment

In this week’s episode, we listen to Albert Mohler from his daily news review The Briefing from 19 October, 2018. He looks at policies relating to the euthanasia of children which were being seriously considered by a Canadian pediatric hospital. Christians Engaging Culture exists to equip the Christians to give faithful answers in everyday cultural conversations and to turn those conversations to the gospel. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

Albert Mohler - Euthanasia for Children?

Today we listen to two segments that each explore the reasons people seek to end their lives as they suffer immense pain. In our first segment John Wyatt, a medical doctor, reflects on two very difficult cases of people who suffered terribly and sought euthanasia. He then provides a compassionate and biblical understanding of why people seek to end their life and how Christians can best respond. In our second segment, bioethicist Margaret Sommerville and Simon Smart from the Centre for Public Christianity explore the reasons people seek euthanasia. For some, euthanasia is a control mechanism for the fear of death. They also explore how the sanitised way we discuss euthanasia and the normalisation of euthanasia can have a significant impact on the values of our society and our respect for life. Christians Engaging Culture exists to equip the Christians to give faithful answers in everyday cultural conversations and to turn those conversations to the gospel. Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe. Check out our website here. If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

John Wyatt and Margaret Somerville - Euthanasia

Christians Engaging Culture (CEC) exists to equip the members of St Thomas’ (and other churches) to give faithful answers in everyday cultural conversations and to turn those conversations to the gospel. The aim of this podcast is to start conversations around our church community, so please encourage everyone at church to subscribe (and show them how to!) and when you see people, ask them what they thought of this week's episode.

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