Ascend Higher: The Podcast

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  1. 03/12/2025

    Ascend Higher Episode 23 Friendship

    In this conversation, Ric and Paul talk about friendship and how they grow together.

    16 min
  2. Ascend Higher Episode 22: Stewarding our stories well

    19/08/2025

    Ascend Higher Episode 22: Stewarding our stories well

    Stuart and Luke help us think about how we can use our stories to help bring people to Jesus. Including thinking about our testimonies and when to share them.

    55 min

  3. 28/05/2025

    Ascend Higher Episode 21: Failure Fatigue

    In this extended conversation, Ric shares his experiences of support groups where the focus is mainly on the members’ failings. He then advocates for a more positive approach, where the emphasis is upon connection and building community without shame, where we can encourage one another and see the Holy Spirit changing us from the inside out.

    38 min

  4. 10/03/2025

    Ascend Higher Episode 20 Reaching young adults

    In this extended conversation, Stuart and Katherine talk about Katherine’s story and how to engage with Generation Z .

    35 min
  5. Ascend Higher Episode 19: A Lone Voice

    04/12/2024

    Ascend Higher Episode 19: A Lone Voice

    In this episode, Matthew, a Pioneer Minister for the United Reformed Church (URC) in Lincoln, who holds to an orthodox view of marriage and relationships, talks about being a minority voice on same-sex marriage within his denomination. Since 2016 the URC has allowed individual churches to register their buildings for same-sex marriage services.

    28 min
  6. Ascend Higher Episode 18: The Good Friend

    09/09/2024

    Ascend Higher Episode 18: The Good Friend

    In this podcast, Simon and Rob talk about Rob’s recent article for Ascend magazine on some key markers of good friendship from the book of Proverbs. Being friends themselves, they reflect on the importance of honesty, transparency and putting God in his rightful first place

    35 min
  7. Ascend Higher Episode 17: Cultivating Godly Desires

    30/05/2024

    Ascend Higher Episode 17: Cultivating Godly Desires

    Can one repent of their same-sex attraction? The pastoral outworking of the doctrine of concupiscence in this area has recently been a source of debate between those who otherwise hold to the historic Christian understanding of sex and marriage. For Sarah, this debate is a particularly personal one, as a disagreement between her and her pastor meant she felt the need to move on from her church. Here, Ruth and Sarah discuss this, making reference to other resources which outline TFT's response.

    45 min
  8. Ascend Higher Episode 16: Christian Resilience

    25/02/2024

    Ascend Higher Episode 16: Christian Resilience

    In this edition, Stuart sits down with Jonathan (an ordinand in the Church of England) and discusses how dispiriting it can be when some leaders seem to be constantly chipping away at the church’s long-held understanding of biblical sexuality. They take inspiration from Hezekiah’s example in the book of Isaiah, that encourages us to hold our nerve and and not be discouraged.

    41 min
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Podcast by True Freedom Trust

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  • Creator
    True Freedom Trust
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Clean
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