Fall of Assad, Netflix's Mary, and a Scrabble Champion
What impact will the fall of Assad in Syria have for Christians? Should we engage with pop-culture representations of the Bible? Can we have the words without the heart?
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In this episode, Phil Topham, Adrian Reynolds, and John Stevens discuss stories in the news from the past two weeks.
00:00 - Introduction
01:16 - The miracle of Christmas
05:31 - The fall of Assad in Syria
12:41 - Assisted Dying bill scrutiny
17:22 - Netflix's Mary and engaging with pop-culture representations of the Bible
25:38 - Nigel Richards: Scrabble Champion
Show notes
- Rebels seize Damascus as Assad flees Syrian capital (bbc.co.uk)
- Who are the MPs who will scrutinise the assisted dying bill? (bbc.co.uk)
- Assisted suicide: a better story (care.org.uk)
- Assisted suicide (christian.org.uk)
- Netflix viewers slam ‘offensive’ new movie about Mary with Bible inaccuracies (metro.co.uk)
- Conclave - Lessons for Evangelical Leadership (john-stevens.com)
- He won the Spanish Scrabble championships, yet he doesn’t speak Spanish (edition.cnn.com)
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