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ASK is a project of Evangelism and New Churches of the Sydney Anglican diocese. David Robertson is the director of the project and host of the podcast. The purpose of the podcast is the same as the project - in the words of Jesus - Ask, Seek and Knock. We encourage people to ask questions and discuss. We desire to share the truth, beauty, love and life of Jesus Christ. We know that people have lots of questions. We don‘t pretend to have all the answers but we do think that having conversations with all different kinds of people will help in our search for truth. Everyone - of whatever background, opinion or view....is welcome. Enjoy....and please feel free to pass on any questions, suggestions and comments.
Episodes
Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
Jack Hanrahan-Shirley is a young history student from Sydney. His story is fascinating and moving. We discuss the difficult circumstances of his birth, his Christianity, how the church treats disabled people, his love of history and Sydney Anglicanism.
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
This is a discussion that Greg Sheridan and I had outside Sydney cathedral - his voice is a wee bit quiet so you may need to turn it up - or just watch it on the YouTube channel...!
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
We discuss with Greg Sheridan the wonderful topic of angels - we discuss the theology, practicality, Billy Graham, Tolkien, Viktor Frankl, child abuse and Greg's own personal angelic experience!
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
This weeks ASK podcast is part two of our interview with Gerald Bray. In his 'History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland' there is a section entitled 'The Rivers of Babylon' which looks at the church since 1980 - and it's future.
We discuss conversion therapy, SSM, transgenderism, the future threats to the church; false optimism; gospel solutions; the impact of covid; crusade evangelism; Thatcherism and the advance of secularism; Trump; the church and politics; the decline of Sunday as the Lord's Day; the lack of leadership in the church....
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
This week we discuss chapter 4 of Greg's book "Christians". For me this was a really thoughtful and stimulating discussion on the role of Mary - as the Theotokos (Mother of God). We navigate between two extremes - those who regard Mary as being the sinless virgin - and those who downplay her role in salvation. The Catholic journalist and the Protestant preacher discuss whether we should pray to Mary, her Magnificate, how did Luke get his information about her? What does she tell us about God's attitude to the poor? And more....
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
This is the first part of a two part interview I did with Gerald Bray about his new book - The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland. It is superb and I found this conversation fascination. No one can understand modern Britain without grasping the history of Christianity - enjoy this taster!
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
ASK 5 - We continue discussing with Greg Sheridan his latest book - Christians - the urgent case for Jesus in our World. This week we look at chapter 3 - where we look at the Gospel of John, Kanishka Raffels - including how Christianity frees women, abortion, Pope Benedict, the new Atheists, the Goodness of God, the revelation of Christ, Evil and the journalistic genius of John. You can also watch it on my YouTube channel (see www.theweeflea.com)
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
The Australian newspaper had a real hatchet piece on Bishop Rod Chiswell of Armidale - or at least that is how I saw it - so I wrote this piece https://theweeflea.com/2021/10/16/the-final-stone-a-response-in-defence-of-bishop-rod-chiswell-ap/
and then Rod and I had this discussion. This is the first time we have spoken. I hope you find it as enlightening and helpful as I did. I found him to be a lovely and gracious man - the polar opposite of the impression given from the newspaper article. As he observed what happened to him is a prime example of what Steve McAlpine writes about in his book 'Being the Bad Guys'. Hence the title of this podcast. There is also a YouTube here...https://youtu.be/bCTFxFFeYuI
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
We continue our discussion on Greg's book "Christians: the Urgent Case for Jesus in Our World". We look at the influence of the Bible on the West - is the Bible historical? What about biblical 'scholarship' which denies what the Bible says? "Once you accept that the New Testament is the work of eyewitnesses, and reporters who spoke to eyewitnesses, then Jesus becomes the most richly documented figure of the ancient world." "But there is nothing in history to convince the believer, or indeed just the fair-minded inquirer, that the Gospels are not true" Enjoy, comment, question, read, listen, pray and pass on!
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
In our second episode, we discuss with Greg Sheridan his chapter on the death of Christ. Why begin the book with this? What does it mean? Was CS Lewis right about the atonement? Do you believe in the Virgin Birth? What about miracles? Historical evidence? Biblical scholarship? Why did Jesus die? Including Evelyn Waugh, GK Chesterton, Barth, Aquinas, Covid and the Cross; evangelical Catholicism, and more....