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A regular podcast where theologians Graham Tomlin, Mike Lloyd and Jane Williams get together to discuss burning issues of God, theology, life and much more, over an endless supply of coffee and biscuits.

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    • Mar 10, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 179 EPISODES

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    GodPod 180

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023


    In this episode of GodPod, Graham and Jane sit down with Professor Luke Bretherton. Luke is a Professor of Moral & Political Theology at Duke University. Together they discuss democracy, humanism and what it means to be made in the image of God.  

    GodPod 179 | Theological Figures - Basil The Great

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2023


      In this episode of GodPod we continue the new mini-series, 'Theological Figures' This time, the home team discusses Basil The Great

    GodPod 178 | "Special Guest" Jospeh Diwakar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023


    In this episode of GodPod, Graham, Jane, and Mike are joined by Joseph Diwakar, Tutor and Lecturer in Church History at St Mellitus College. They discuss the importance of studying theology alongside history and explore some global perspectives of church history.    

    GodPod 177 | The Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022


    In this episode of GodPod, the home team is back together (in person!) for the first time in 3 years! In this “Christmas Special” the team discusses the time of Advent in waiting for Christmas and how Christmas fits in a secular culture. 

    GodPod 176 | Special Guest : Dr Anna Westin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2022


    In our latest episode of GodPod, the home team are joined by special guest Dr Anna Westin discussing her book: Embodied Trauma and Healing: Critical Conversations on the Concept of Health

    GodPod 174

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022


    We have a new mini-series for you! In this episode of GodPod, the home team begin a four-part mini-series on Theological Figures, beginning with Saint Augustine.

    GodPod 173 | Special Guest: Revd Canon Steve Benoy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022


    In this episode of GodPod the home team chat to Revd Canon Steve Benoy, Canon Missioner at Peterborough Cathedral, about the Natural History Museum's Dinosaurs at the cathedral, and they tackle some of the questions raised by exhibit guests. 

    GodPod 172 | Ask The Team

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022


    In this episode of GodPod, the home team answers some of your questions! If you'd like the team to discuss one of your questions, please email godpod@htb.org

    GodPod 170 | The Creeds 4: The Holy Sprit

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022


    In this episode of GodPod the home team has their fourth discussion on the Creeds. This time the team looks at The Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, with the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified… has spoken through the Prophets.

    GodPod 169 | Special Guest: Revd Dr Mark Scarlata

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022


    In this episode of GodPod the home team are joined by Revd Dr Mark Scarlata to discuss his latest book. Together they have a fascinating discussion about one of the most overlooked books in the Old Testament: Leviticus. They discuss everything from holiness, sacrifice and the rock badger. You can buy the book here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-through-World-Leviticus-Sacrifice/dp/1666713724/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1649018653&refinements=p_27%3AMark+Scarlata&s=books&sr=1-2

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    GodPod 168 | Creeds 3 - One Lord, Jesus Christ

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022


    In this episode of GodPod, the home team has their third discussion on the Creeds. In this episode, they explore the article on Christology: 'One Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father'

    GodPod 167 | Special Guest: Revd Dr Matthias Grebe

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022


    In this episode of GodPod Graham and Jane are joined by Revd Dr Matthias Grebe. Matthias is Tutor and Lecturer in Theology at St Mellitus College. Together they discuss why a pastoral perspective on suffering is so important.

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    GodPod 166 : Special Guest: Dr Renie Chow Choy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021


    In this episode of GodPod, the home team enjoy a discussion with a special guest, Dr. Renie Chow Choy about her latest book 'Ancestral Feeling: Postcolonial Thoughts on Western Christin Heritage'. You can purchase the book here.

    GodPod 165 | Creeds 2 - God the Father

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021


    In this episode of GodPod, the home team has their second conversation in our mini-series on the Nicene Creed. This discussion focuses on the first part of The Creed and what is says about God, The Father.

    GodPod 164 | Creeds 1: Why do we have creeds?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021


    In this episode of GodPod the home team (Graham Tomlin, Jane Williams and Michael Lloyd) begin a mini series thinking about one of the most important documents in history: the Creeds.

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    GodPod: 163 | 'The Bond of Peace'

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021


    In this episode of GodPod the home team (Graham Tomlin, Jane Williams and Michael Lloyd) meet together to discuss ‘The Bond of Peace'. This book emerged from a series of lectures at St Mellitus College on the topic of Generous Orthodoxy funded by The McDonald Agape Foundation. In this episode the team help us explore how we can see and speak of God clearly and live well in this world. You can purchase The Bond of Peace here

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    GodPod: 162

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021


    In this GodPod Graham Tomlin, Jane Williams, and Michael Lloyd are joined by Paul Woolley as they explore the life and ministry of John Stott in this, his centenary year

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    GodPod: 161

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021


    In this episode of GodPod Graham Tomlin and Jane Williams discuss how Christians can confidently engage with their culture and become a ‘cultural witness'.

    GodPod: 160

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2021


    Graham Tomlin, Jane Williams and Michael Lloyd muse over questions about why God doesn’t make himself more obvious and how returning to the spiritual disciplines can help us get through the pandemic.

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    GodPod: 159

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021


    In this GodPod, Graham, Jane and Mike are joined by Katherine Sonderegger, the William Meade Chair of Systematic Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary, for a fascinating discussion on Christ’s hiddenness and presence in the pandemic and at all times.

    GodPod: 158

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021


    In this episode of GodPod the home team answer some of your questions! In this edition they discuss the role of Stephen in scripture and the place of the sacraments in the pandemic. If you'd like the team to discuss one of your questions, please email godpod@htb.org 

    GodPod: 157

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021


    In this GodPod the home team are joined by Will Willimon from Duke University for an interesting discussion on hearing God speak in sermons and the role of preaching.

    GodPod: 156

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021


    In this episode, the usual team is joined by Professor John Swinton from the University of Aberdeen to think about questions of suffering and evil raised by the COVID pandemic, the experience of the absence of God, and how to find Jesus in the storm of mental health affliction

    GodPod: 155

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021


    GodPod team invite Maurice Glasman back for part 2 of a fascinating discussion on the importance of the local church and how it can be seen as the embodiment of love is a desecrated world.

    GodPod: 154

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020


    In this GodPod the home team have a fascinating discussion with Lord Glasman on the significance of place and the vital role the church plays within civic rights. (Sorry for any issues with the quality of audio this time as we continue to record over zoom. Thank you for bearing with us)  

    GodPod: 153

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020


    In this GodPod, the home team, Graham, Jane and Mike discuss the relationship between prayer and theology, and Graham’s latest book: “Why being yourself is a bad idea: And other countercultural notions

    GodPod: 152

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020


    This one’s a bit special. It’s a slightly longer Godpod than usual, but well worth sticking with it, as the regular team are joined by author and historian Tom Holland to discuss his remarkable book “Dominion” The Making of the Western Mind” on the radical and far-reaching impact Christianity has had on western culture.

    GodPod: 151

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020


    The regular team of Graham, Jane and Mike are joined by Lucy Peppiatt to discuss what really matters in theological education, and reflect on their years of experience in this area

    GodPod: 150

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020


    This episode celebrates the 150th GodPod! Join the original team together for the 'Sesquicentennial' GodPod. Graham, Jane and Mike reflect on GodPod over the years and share some highlights and how they continue to engage in theological reflection.

    GodPod: 149

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2020


    In the light of the death of George Floyd, Jane and Graham are joined by Sharon Prentis, Intercultural Mission Enabler in the Anglican diocese of Birmingham UK, to discuss why Christians should care about the sin of racism, and why every church needs to be multicultural.

    GodPod 148

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020


    In this episode, Jane and Graham are joined by Rob Merchant to talk about his new book: “Broken by Fear, Anchored in Hope”. Rob speaks about how his faith has helped him live with trauma and mental health issues of depression, anxiety and fear and how he has been able to find hope in these experiences.

    GodPod: 147

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020


    In this episode the home team, Graham, Jane and Mike reflect on life, death, suffering and legacy as Mike shares his own personal experience of COVID-19.

    GodPod: 146

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020


    In this GodPod episode, Graham and Jane are joined by Professor Joshua Hordern from Oxford University, talking about health care, compassion and pilgrimage.

    GodPod: Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2020


    In this special edition of GodPod Graham Tomlin and Jane Williams are joined by the Bishop of London Sarah Mullally (former Chief Nursing Officer for England), to discuss theological and ethical questions that are raised by the coronavirus and its impact.

    GodPod 144

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020


    In this GodPod Graham Tomlin and Jane Williams meet over a large plate of biscuits to discuss how they read the bible and how to get the best out of the reading of scripture, especially in the light of historical and critical readings of the text.

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    GodPod 143

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020


    This GodPod includes part of a panel discussion after the latest Generous Orthodoxy lecture delivered by Fleming Rutledge

    GodPod 142

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019


    In this GodPod, recorded on the eve of the UK General Election 2019, Graham and Jane debate Brexit and how Christian theology might help us find reconciliation after this bruising and polarising debate.

    GodPod 141

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019


    In this GodPod, Graham is joined by Nick Spencer from the Christian think tank Theos to discuss his book 'The Political Samaritan' looking at the way in which the parable has been used by politicians in recent years.  

    GodPod 140

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019


    This GodPod discussion was recorded as part of a lecture given by Prof. James K. A. Smith titled 'The Art of Hope: Imagining Another World in a World That Breaks Our Hearts'. This lecture was recorded as part of the Generous Orthodoxy Lecture Series – a collaboration between St Mellitus College and the McDonald Agape Foundation, enabled through a generous donation from the McDonald Agape Foundation. You can watch the lecture here.

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    GodPod 139

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2019


    This GodPod was recorded as part of a lecture given by Prof. Miroslav Volf titled 'The Love of God, the Home of God'. This lecture was recorded as part of the Generous Orthodoxy Lecture Series – a collaboration between St Mellitus College and the McDonald Agape Foundation, enabled through a generous donation from the McDonald Agape Foundation.

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    GodPod 138

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019


    In this GodPod, the usual team investigate reincarnation, grace and the resurrection and whether there will be denominations in the life to come. 

    GodPod 137

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019


    In this episode Graham, Jane and Mike discuss whether there is too much emphasis on the head rather than the heart, too much on thinking as opposed to character and prayer and whether theology is an academic subject.

    GodPod 136

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2019


    This GodPod was recorded as part of a lecture given by Prof. David Ford titled 'Jesus – Reliably Surprising, Generously Orthodox'. This lecture was recorded as part of the Generous Orthodoxy Lecture Series – a collaboration between St Mellitus College and the McDonald Agape Foundation, enabled through a generous donation from the McDonald Agape Foundation.

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    GodPod 135

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019


    In this GodPod, Jane and Mike discuss the importance of thinking theologically and whether it is enough to just be worshippers.

    GodPod 134

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2019


    Graham, Jane and Mike are joined by Ben Quash, Professor of Christianity and the Arts at King's College London to discuss the word and the image, art galleries and churches and the relationship between theology and the visual arts.

    GodPod 133

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019


    In this GodPod, Graham and Jane are joined by Nick Drake, worship leader and theologian, to discuss charismatic and Pentecostal worship, John Calvin, and intergenerational church life.

    GodPod 132

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019


    In this GodPod, Graham and Mike discuss two books they wrote back in the early 00s – Cafe Theology and The Provocative Church – and reflect on the impact they've had in the intervening years.

    GodPod 131

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2019


    In this episode, Graham is joined by James Orr and James Mumford, to discuss how we transcend the culture wars and polarisation of modern political discussion, how we make moral choices and what we understand by natural law and order. 

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    GodPod 130

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018


    In this GodPod, Graham and Mike are joined by Fr Simon Cuff, Tutor and Lecturer in Theology at St Mellitus College, to look at whether God can be surprised, whether vegetarianism is the only option for Christians and whether it is right to practice usury.  

    GodPod 129

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2018


    In this GodPod, the home team of Graham, Jane and Mike are joined by Revd Dr Mark Scarlata, Tutor and Lecturer in Old Testament Studies at St Mellitus College, where they discuss Exodus and the theme of his new book 'The Abiding Presence of God'. They then go on to discuss the Sabbath and it's significance today. 

    GodPod 128

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2018


    In this GodPod, Graham, Jane and Mike discuss the subject of holiness and why God delays the eradication of sin. They then go on to talk about the new creation and whether theology and science should be separate or not. 

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