In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director), Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries), and John Stevens (National Director) discuss some of the big stories in the news this week.
00:00 - Introduction
00:21 - Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
03:45 - Answering questions about God allowing suffering
07:25 - Luke 13 and human suffering
08:54 - The ongoing war in Ukraine
17:00 - The General Synod vote on same sex blessings
20:28 - How do we protect against worldliness creeping into the church?
28:53 - God and pronouns
Resources mentioned in this episode
- Turkey earthquake: Death toll could increase eight-fold, WHO says (bbc.co.uk)
- Volodymyr Zelensky makes history with speech to UK Parliament (bbc.co.uk)
- Church of England votes to offer blessings to same-sex couples (news.sky.com)
- FIEC beliefs and ethos statements (fiec.org.uk)
- Church of England priests push for non-gendered pronouns in prayers (thetimes.co.uk)
In:Dependence is FIEC’s official podcast, where you’ll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners.
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