Author: Aaron Seymour

  • Ep 96: Where Are The Kids?

    Ep 96: Where Are The Kids?

    ‘Jesus loves the little children’, as the song says, but Chris and Pete question whether our churches kind of hide them away. How are children better at the kingdom life than adults? Do we put as much value on what our children think and know as Jesus does? What are we missing by leaving our…

  • Ep 95: Who’s Working?

    Ep 95: Who’s Working?

    Why are you working? We were made to work, so are we just some kind of labouring machine? Chris and Pete look at labour and ask what was work meant to be? Why is work a grind when it was meant to be a God given joy? Can work make life happy and where do…

  • Ep 94: Who’s Bashing The Bible?

    Ep 94: Who’s Bashing The Bible?

    Chris and Pete ask what is this ‘bible’ thing? Not an operator’s manual? Is it a user’s manual? Why can’t we get order by following the bible? And what is its ‘authority’? Why is it so often used for ‘bashing’ people and how did science make the bible central? Will the bible actually put itself…

  • Ep 93: Do I Self Care?

    Ep 93: Do I Self Care?

    As holiday season descends, Chris and Pete slip into the bubble bath to wind down. But, is that the wrong thing to do? What is self care and how has it become an industry rather than a life style? Did Jesus get his nails done? How did HE take down time? Have we got self…

  • Ep 92: Who Blunted the Switchblade?

    Ep 92: Who Blunted the Switchblade?

    Back in the day there were so many ‘heroes of the faith’. Big names, big people doing amazing things, the Jesus movement, Mother Theresa, David Wilkerson, Billy Graham etc etc… So where are these heroes of today? Why aren’t there big faith things happening today? Where has the movement gone? Have big faith, culture breaking…

  • Ep 91: Love Or Hate?

    Ep 91: Love Or Hate?

    Thanks to Esther for emailing podcast@oddfather.net, and pointing out that God is love, and God can also hate right? How can God be love and also hate? Are we just trying to find a balance that isn’t there, so we have love and hate wrong? Can we lay down our own hate? Can we actually…

  • Ep 90: Is The Bible Classic?

    Ep 90: Is The Bible Classic?

    What makes a classic? The Beatles, the Eagles, ELO and… the next testament. Are they classic and if so, why? Was the apostle Paul just ‘the fifth Beatle’? Was he writing the bible or just dropping a few notes? Where did the Creedence of these letters come from and what made it ‘Authoritative’? Why do…

  • Ep 89: Are You a Colonialist?

    Ep 89: Are You a Colonialist?

    Chris and Pete invade the world and look at how we do it. Are we ourselves, being colonised? What ‘invasions’ do we not see? Do we just accept this as normal, why didn’t Jesus attack his oppressors and should we? How does good become bad? How does selfishness become self-help? Is today too important, is…

  • Ep 88: Aren’t We Losers?

    Ep 88: Aren’t We Losers?

    Yep, Chris and Pete are losers, or are they just playing the infinite game? Can we have a relationship where neither partner loses? Can we live by not trying to win? Is winning people for God a stupid game that just creates losers or is game theory good for God lovers?

  • Ep 87: What’s Wrong With Billy Joel?

    Ep 87: What’s Wrong With Billy Joel?

    Chris and Pete harmonise with Billy Joel as he sings that ‘Only fools are satisfied’. So are we fools? Or is there more going on here? Are fools happy, rather than Joyful? What are we looking for then and could The Rolling Stones possibly have a clue?