Life & Leadership

Season 6 | Episode 17 In this episode Jez speaks to Andrew Sampson, Pastor of Grace Church Truro, Cornwall, UK. They discussion the basis of belief and the importance of the resurrection.

Season 6 | Episode 15 In this episode Jez speaks to Livy Gibbs, church planter, leader and foster mum.

Season 6 | Episode 14 In this episode Jez speaks to Stef Liston about his latest book 'The Hall of Mirrors' which can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Avoiding-Hall-Mirrors-Stef-Liston/dp/1068467711/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3GN5UI9JPMVB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.x7IE6d3GT4XYvsL71EFm7Nu1raMXBfLjzUHEOEcX8jrdHLFcjp4KxBPdRwK3VvlIuDouSxltF9hwjYLdkRWXIV4cTYw7fUmpkFYy019JhgJT9Wh65QskBj40GrJZmsF0LtepVvFcOiQ38iL4QGrD85YNBbJnnmFbf7x9CRp-NTpoAjnkfa06n6V2jM3fwa-1SksgZqNEWUrmr_RQJsrHDGY8qBNb69htvBz2mwUagag.EAhA85KW_ddWAXeYuLGx0MXGH_CQIhenxpQDPJj8dNA&dib_tag=se&keywords=stef+liston&qid=1772732492&sprefix=stef+liston%2Caps%2C350&sr=8-2

Season 6 | Episode 13 In this special edition of the podcast Jez reflects on some of the content at the recent Youth Culture conference presented by Newday. He interviews John Dutton, a youth worker from Bethany Community Church and Katherine Brown from the Evangelical Alliance about their thoughts on the impact of smartphones on boys and girls. To subscribe to the youth culture mailing list click here or visit: http://newdaygeneration.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=859cd3948b7234551b747267b&id=dd91199469&e=a324a1754f Find out more about the Bloom card here or here: https://bloom.inc/ Engage with the work of the Smartphone Free Childhood here or here: https://www.smartphonefreechildhood.org/

Season 6 | Episode 12 In this episode Jez speaks to adrian Birks, pastor of the Community Church Honiton about Israel and the church. To contact Adrian and request his paper his email is: [email protected]

Season 6 | Episode 11 In this episode Jez speaks to Matt Hosier from Gateway church Poole about all things to do with Christianity, politics and the state.

Season 6 | Episode 9 In this episode Jez speaks to Terry Young about his work as an evangelist and some of the lessons he's learnt along the way about mission and ministry.

Season 6 | Episode 10 Jez speaks to author and theologian Danielle Treweek about (among other things) her new book 'Single Ever After'.

Season 6 | Episode 8 In this conversation Jez speaks to Tim Suffield, elder on staff at Harvest church Alton https://harvestchurch.uk/ They discuss reflections on Andrew Wilson's book 'Spirit & Sacrament' available here.

Season 6 | Episode 7 In this conversation Jez speaks to Andy Bannister, author of several books including 'Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?', about Islam, worldview, Christianity and some of the contemporary issues facing the church. To find out more about Andy and his books go here: https://www.andybannister.net/

Season 6 | Episode 6 In Today’s episode Jez speaks to Tom Ashbrook, founder of Imago Christi ministries and the author of several books including “Mansion of the Heart” a book that forms the foundation for their conversation today. For more information about Tom’s work or to make contact with him or his team you can visit the website: https://www.imagochristi.org/ The book Jez mentions at the end 'The Critical Journey' can be found here and the sermon series by Bishop Oscar Muriu from Nairobi Chapel is available here.

Season 6 | Episode 5 In this Episode Jez speaks to Isaac Olaleye about the intentional evangelism he's managed to incorporate both into his life and into the church that he's a part of. To listen to one of Isaac's recent sermons about boldness see here.

Season 6 | Episode 4 In this episode Jez speaks to Ashley Lande about her experience of discovering Jesus after many years searching for meaning and transcendence in psychedelics and new age spirituality. Ashley Lande's book 'The Thing that Would Make Everything Ok Forever' is available here.

Season 6 | Episode 3 In this episode Jez speak to Matt Lambert author of 'Adopted by God' about identity, psychology and attachment theory. You can buy the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adopted-God-Healing-through-connection/dp/1068374802/ref=sr_1_1?crid=H5U7MG7TJOLW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WyJ5Gk2tdT-EmcZiVNa6hw.k9bqigKPbv3KcL7E7j3dcULO5h9wt1rK4lYrvcslTT0&dib_tag=se&keywords=adopted+by+god+lambert&qid=1759405151&sprefix=adopted+by+god+lambert%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1

Season 6 | Episode 2 Jez discusses Kathryn's passion to support women in ministry as well as some of the things that have happened in her life recently to cause her to take seriously Paul's command to 'boast in weakness'. You can follow Kathryn on Instagram @kathrynsegal.

Season 6 | Episode 1 In this episode, the first of a new season, Jez speaks to Moses Nwanji about his life story and the contents of his book 'The Streets Vs The Kingdom'. To find out more about Moses, to access video content and purchase his book visit: https://www.safehavenprints.com/the-streets-vs-the-kingdom To find the New Ground statement referenced at the top of the episode see here: https://newgroundchurches.org/blog/489/update-to-statement-regarding-jonathan-le-tocq-dated-24th-july-2025/

In this special edition of the podcast Dave Holden and Nicky Gumbel sit down to discuss multiplication and church planting. To access the video files and discussion question related to the conversation see her: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dux3j9IFBiOEq4E8UOvxqcFYBMM1VlAI

Season 5 | Episode 22 The Final one of the season! In this episode Jez speaks to Steve Alliston about his five highlights from church history. They discuss: 1) Patrick of Ireland 2) The English Reformation 3) The Salvation Army 4) The Azuza Street Revival 5) The Charismatic Renewal