Religious Violence, Trump's AI Imagery, and Leicester City's Decline
How do we respond to religious violence? How should leaders post on social media? What can we learn from the decline of former champions?
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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 from the past weeks and what we can learn from them for church leadership.
00:00 - Rising Lights review
04:32 - A new Local Director
08:20 - How do we respond to violence inspired by religion?
17:50 - Donald Trump's AI Jesus image, and social media use
28:01 - The decline of Leicester City and complacency in leadership
Show notes
- Rising Lights highlights (youtu.be)
- Thrive 2026 (fiec.org.uk)
- Ministry Wives Retreat 2026 (fiec.org.uk)
- Two teenagers arrested over arson attack at synagogue in Harrow (independent.co.uk)
- Trump deletes post depicting him as Jesus-like figure after backlash (bbc.co.uk)
- How Leicester went from champions to League One in a decade (bbc.co.uk)
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Podcast music: Drifting by Future Infinite.
