The Speak Life Podcast

Speak Life with Glen Scrivener, Naomi Brehm and Thomas Thorogood.
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Connecting the Christian faith and modern life.

  1. 3d ago ·  Video

    Top Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman Presses Steven Bartlett on Prayer || SLP677

    Glen Scrivener reacts to Andrew Huberman on Diary of a CEO talking about the benefits of prayer. Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

  2. Sep 11 ·  Video

    Is This Famous Skeptic (Joe Schmid) a New CS Lewis? || SLP676

    Glen responds to Joe Schmid's (@MajestyofReason) conversion to Catholicism. 00:00 What's Happened with Joe Schmidt? 06:40 Joe Schmid and the Cross: Centrepiece or Afterthought? 11:52 Joe Schmidt and C.S. Lewis: Compare and Contrast 15:50 Lewis's Conversion: Transcending Rationalism with Myth 22:24 Schmid's Conversion: Transcending Rationalism with Miracles 24:29 The Fork in the Road: Meaning or Certainty? 26:08 Joe's Conversion Moment  32:19 The Protestant-Catholic Spiral: Mutual Polarisation 40:23 The Place of Evidence in Persuasion 44:09 4 Non-Catholic Explanations of Catholic Miracles 48:12 Earthly Explanations: The World, the Flesh and the Devil 55:48 Demonic Explanations and Joe Schmid's 4 Tests 58:38 Why Biblical Tests Undermine Schmid's Approach 01:09:17 Lewis's Test: Conformity to the Great Miracle—Christ 01:14:05 "Nature and Grace" — Different Visions 01:18:46 Heavenly Explanations That Deny the Miracles Are Vindicatory 01:30:39 Heavenly Explanations That Deny Roman Supremacy 01:32:29 CS Lewis's Objections to Roman Supremacy 01:38:52 CS Lewis on the Source of the Church's Unity 01:43:00 The Achilles Head of Roman Catholicism 01:46:14 Schmid's Approach Undermines Certainty and Mission 01:49:57 How Should Protestants Respond to Schmid's Call? 01:55:04 A Counter-Offer to Joe Schmid 01:57:21 Invitation to Free Course: 321 Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

  3. Sep 7 ·  Video

    Is Our View of The Cross Too Small? || SLP675

    “Jesus died so that…” How would you finish the sentence? Join Glen Scrivener and Naomi Brehm as they explore different images the Bible gives us to understand the mystery of what Christ has done. In this episode, we meander through the law courts, the temple, the market, the home and the battlefield as we consider the Bible’s language of “justification”, “propitiation”, “representation”, “redemption”, “adoption” and “victory”. You’ll want a Bible for this one - or follow along with Romans 3 online here.  Recommended mentions: Evangelism in a Sceptical World, Sam Chan (book)The Cross of Christ, John Stott (book)It was Finished Upon That Cross, City Alight (song)Which image resonates with you most? Any surprises? What did we miss? Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, suggestions and questions: podcast@speaklife.org.uk Come and see how the cross fits into the bigger story of reality at 321course.com _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

  4. Sep 2 ·  Video

    These New Converts Took the Same Advice — You Can Too || SLP674

    Glen Scrivener explores the recent conversions of Joe Weller, Brian Guan and Joe Schmid. What do they have in common? Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

  5. Sep 1 ·  Video

    Brian Guan: Pretended to Believe for 30 Days... Then THIS Happened || SLP673

    Glen Scrivener interviews Brian Guan, the Instagram influencer who decided to try Christianity for 30 days. Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

  6. Aug 24

    Glen Scrivener Presses Trent Horn: Why Are People Converting to Roman Catholicism? || SLP672

    Trent Horn (@TheCounselofTrent) is an apologist for Catholic Answers and the host of the very popular Counsel of Trent podcast. Here he talks to Glen Scrivener about atheism, agnosticism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Orthodoxy and how to speak persuasively in the midst of our current "vibe shift". Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

  7. Aug 21

    David Campanale: Persecuted By the Left, Punched by the Right || SLP671

    Glen Scrivener interviews journalist David Campanale. In 2024 he was deselected as a parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats due to his Christian beliefs. Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

  8. Aug 14

    6 More Ways To Talk About ‘Sin’ || SLP670

    If Jesus is the cure, what’s the disease? Join Glen Scrivener and Naomi Brehm as they explore 6 different lenses the Bible gives us to view the human condition, because how we view “sin” influences how we view the nature of God himself. In this episode (Part 2 of 2), we cover: Rebellion/ReturnSickness/HealingAddiction/FreedomDebt/MercyFolly/WisdomLost/FoundWhich resonates with you most? Any surprises? Send your reflections and questions to podcast@speaklife.org.uk Come and see how the ugliness of “sin” fits into the beauty of the bigger story at 321course.com  _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

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Connecting the Christian faith and modern life.

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    Speak Life with Glen Scrivener, Naomi Brehm and Thomas Thorogood.
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2026
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