Bondi Beach Attack, Putting Christ in Christmas, and Losing the Ashes
What should we make of the terror attack in Australia? Do we need to put Christ back into Christmas? What can we learn from losing a cricket match?
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In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director), John Stevens (National Director), and Adrian Reynolds (Associate National Director) discuss stories in the news and how they relate to church leadership.
00:00 - Different experiences at Christmas time
02:35 - Anti-semitic terror attack in Australia
12:15 - Is Europe facing civilisational erasure?
21:17 - Putting Christ back into Christmas
28:54 - Losing the Ashes and contextualisation
Show notes
- Visual explainer: how a night of terror unfolded in Bondi (theguardian.com)
- Civilisational erasure is real, but Trump is part of the problem (telegraph.co.uk)
- Tommy Robinson holds London carol service with around 1,000 punters (metro.co.uk)
- The Ashes 2025: What is Bazball? (bbc.co.uk)
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