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Everyday theology for everyday lives, MTV is our podcast about culture, theology and life.

Every week, James & Wayne sit down and discuss a live issue and how we, as followers of Jesus, can respond.

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MTV? Live - When Politics Seems A Little Mad

Every so often, James and Wayne take on a live MTV session, where they answer questions from the congregation in real-time. This time, the questions focused heavily on global politics, tariffs, and self-interested leaders. Wayne and James dive into these topics, exploring them through the lenses of culture, theology, and life.

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MTV? Lord of the Flies in Antarctica

In the news this week we read about a group of scientists in Antarctica who have fallen out and are stuck together waiting for a rescue. James and Wayne unpack what that story tell us about human nature and what lessons are there for us back in the 'normal' world.

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MTV? Can I love myself and follow Jesus?

James and Wayne are back from a short break and talk about what it means to follow the greatest commandment in a world where people are encouraged to have 'main character energy'.

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MTV? Why Beauty Matters

The King took Sir Keir Starmer to see his beautiful new town in Cornwall this week. Afterwards Sir Keir said he wants to build another 120 towns like it.

Why do we long for beauty in our communities, what does good design reveal about humanity and the Creator and does excellence matter in things we do?

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MTV? Ordering Our Love

James and Wayne discuss the disagreement between JD Vance and Rory Stewart about who and how Christians should love others.

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MTV? Alpha Questions

A member of the church family sent a load of questions that his friends had asked him about Christianity and faith so James and Wayne have go at answering them.

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MTV? When inclusion becomes exclusive

This week James and Wayne talk about the Premier League footballer, Marc Guehi, who wrote 'Jesus loves you' on his pride armband and what this tells us about inclusion, difference and good conversation.

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MTV? Boris, Aristotle and Jesus walk into a bar...

Boris Johnson said some thing this week and he blamed he Church of England for them. We talk about why he might have done that, what he missed out on and how we think about the why behind issues in a post Christian culture.

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MTV? Watch the Small Things

James and Wayne look into a story about 132 hamsters getting loose on a plane got the guys thinking about small things and why they really matter in life and in faith.

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MTV? We need a new...

James and Wayne discuss what the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the fact that Gary Lineker is ending his time as the presenter of Match of the Day tell us about our culture? What do we look for in certain public positions and why? How does this link to the good news of Jesus for us and for our culture?

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MTV? Truth to Power

After watching the first episode of Mr Bates vs. the Post Office, James and Wayne talk about how to be a prophet when you find yourself in the middle of an organisation or a culture where there is injustice and dysfunction. They do also define what they mean by prophet!

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MTV? Israel & Gaza

This week Wayne has a chat with a member of B&A, Esther, about the ongoing conflict in Gaza and how as followers of Jesus we can think, talk and pray about the situation. We're also joined by Esther's daughter Sehna!

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MTV? How to think about the US Election

Who is president of the United States is a big deal, not just for Americans but for everyone. James and Wayne talk about how we should think about the election from a UK perspective, what difference Christian faith makes and how then we should pray for the new president.

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MTV? Life as a gift

Wayne and James discuss recent decisions around the availability of life-extending drugs and how our reactions to those decisions expose what we think about life.

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MTV? Death - what does a Christian think?

In light of horrendous ways that death has visited our city recently, with fatal stabbings of teenage boys and the killing of three young children, James and Wayne discuss Christian beliefs about death and how to have difficult conversations.

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