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Episode 2 — From State Curriculum to Christ-Centred Formation

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 3:21


In this episode of Christian Formation and Homeschooling in a Distracted Age, Brendon Naicker examines the crucial difference between simply meeting the requirements of state education and cultivating a Christ-centred worldview through homeschooling networks.Brendon challenges the assumption that education can be neutral, arguing that information alone cannot produce wisdom or discipleship. He unpacks how modern schooling often prioritises achievement, assessment, and employability, while Christian homeschooling offers the opportunity for formation rooted in Scripture, virtue, and Christlikeness.This episode also highlights the role of community through Solavia.UK, a growing Christian homeschooling network designed to support families in academic excellence, biblical formation, and collaborative learning. If you are a parent seeking to place Christ at the centre—not the margins—of your child's education, this episode invites you to reconsider what true learning looks like in the UK today.#ChristianHomeschooling #SolaviaUK #BrendonNaicker #HomeEducationUK #FaithBasedLearning #ChristianFormation #Discipleship #ChristCentredEducation #IntentionalParenting #CounterCulturalParenting #UKHomeschooling #LivingTheology #RaisingDisciples #KingdomEducation #MediaWiseKids #ChristianParents

Episode 6 — The Social Question: Homeschooled Children and Real Community

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 3:01


In this episode of Christian Formation and Homeschooling in a Distracted Age, Brendon Naicker addresses one of the most common objections raised against homeschooling: socialisation. He challenges the assumption that healthy social development requires institutional schooling and explores how homeschooling—especially within networks—often provides richer, more meaningful community.Brendon explains how networked homeschooling fosters real social engagement through multi-age friendships, intergenerational community, shared learning hubs, church involvement, and collaborative activities. He highlights how Solavia.UK supports families by creating spaces where children build confidence, relational maturity, and Christ-centred friendships—not isolation.This episode reframes the socialisation question entirely: it's not about the quantity of interactions but the quality of formation.#ChristianHomeschooling #SolaviaUK #BrendonNaicker #HomeEducationUK #HomeschoolNetwork #SocialisationMyth #ChristianParents #CommunityLiving #FaithFormation #IntentionalParenting #CounterCulturalParenting #LivingTheology #RaisingDisciples #UKHomeschooling #ChristCentredEducation #KingdomEducation #Discipleship

Episode 5 — Academic Excellence in Home Education

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 2:34


In this episode of Christian Formation and Homeschooling in a Distracted Age, Brendon Naicker confronts the myth that homeschooling compromises academic excellence. He explains how home education—especially within supportive networks—can offer personalised instruction, sustained engagement, and mastery-based learning that often surpasses traditional schooling.Brendon explores the strengths of collaborative homeschooling: shared expertise, resource pooling, learning hubs, and parental partnership. He highlights the role of Solavia.UK in helping families pursue academic rigor without sacrificing discipleship or community.This episode encourages parents to rethink what excellence truly means and reveals why homeschooling is not an academic retreat—but an academic opportunity.#ChristianHomeschooling #SolaviaUK #BrendonNaicker #AcademicExcellence #HomeEducationUK #HomeschoolNetwork #FaithBasedLearning #ChristCentredEducation #IntentionalParenting #RaisingDisciples #LivingTheology #UKHomeschooling #MasteryLearning #EducationalFreedom #KingdomEducation #ChristianParents

Episode 1 — Why Networked Homeschooling Matters in the UK Today

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 3:44


In this opening episode of Christian Formation and Homeschooling in a Distracted Age, Brendon Naicker explores why Christian parents across the UK are turning to networked homeschooling as a response to cultural pressures, media influence, and the urgent need for intentional discipleship.Brendon challenges the assumption that education is neutral, revealing how modern news cycles and digital media shape young minds long before Scripture does. He argues that homeschooling networks—not isolated efforts—offer parents the supportive community, shared expertise, and Christ-centred formation needed to raise children rooted in biblical truth.This episode introduces Solavia.UK, a developing Christian homeschooling network inviting families to join a movement grounded in collaboration, faith, and academic excellence. If you're seeking an alternative to influence-driven culture, and a community capable of nurturing children for Christ rather than the crowd, this episode is your call to explore what networked homeschooling can offer.#ChristianHomeschooling #SolaviaUK #UKHomeEducation #FaithBasedLearning #ChristianParents #HomeschoolNetwork #MediaWiseKids #ChristianFormation #RaisingDisciples #HomeEdUK #IntentionalParenting #CounterCulturalParenting #LivingTheology #KingdomEducation #DiscipleshipInEducation #brendonnaicker

Christian Formation and Homeschooling in a Distracted Age

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2025 6:01


Christian Formation and Homeschooling in a Distracted Age is a thoughtful and compelling podcast for parents who want more than academics for their children—they want discipleship. Hosted by Brendon Naicker, this series explores how Christian families in the UK can navigate modern cultural pressures, digital distraction, and media influence while building strong homeschooling networks rooted in faith, community, and academic excellence.Each episode offers Scripturally-framed insight, practical wisdom, and encouragement for parents seeking to form children who think critically, love deeply, and stand firmly for Christ in a rapidly changing world. Whether you're already homeschooling or exploring it for the first time, this podcast invites you to reclaim education as a calling—one that nurtures hearts and minds for the Kingdom.Join us as we rediscover what learning can be when Christ is at the centre and community supports the journey.#ChristianHomeschooling #HomeEducationUK #FaithBasedParenting #ChristianParents #HomeschoolNetwork #Discipleship #ChristianEducation #UKHomeschooling #RaisingDisciples #MediaWiseKids #CounterCulturalParenting #IntentionalParenting #FaithFormation #KingdomFocused #brendonnaicker

Why the Virgin Birth Matters: God With Us or Just One of Us?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2025 2:03


In this episode of Living Theology with Brendon Naicker, we explore the profound significance of the virgin birth and why it stands at the heart of Christian belief. We trace its prophetic roots in Isaiah, consider what it reveals about the identity of Jesus, and examine the serious implications if Christ were not born of a virgin. Far from being a seasonal detail, the virgin birth anchors the doctrines of incarnation, sinlessness, and salvation itself. Join us as we reflect on how this mystery shapes our faith and proclaims that God entered our world not by human effort, but by divine grace.#LivingTheology #BrendonNaicker #VirginBirth #ChristianTheology #Incarnation #Immanuel #BibleTeaching #ChristianPodcast #Apologetics #TheologyMatters #FaithAndDoctrine #JesusChrist #ChristianBelief #ProphecyFulfilled #GospelTruth

Episode 5- Toward a Recovery of Theological Orthodoxy

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2025 6:02


In this episode of Living Theology, we call the Church back to theological orthodoxy by reclaiming the doctrine of human depravity—not as pessimism, but as biblical realism. Only when we acknowledge the depth of our ruin can we proclaim the height of God's mercy with clarity and power.Recovering this doctrine restores Christ-centred preaching, gospel-shaped evangelism, reverent worship, and unshakeable assurance. Grace becomes glorious again when salvation is confessed as God's work from beginning to end.Reformation was never about novelty. It was about returning to truth.#LivingTheology#TheologicalOrthodoxy#DoctrinesOfGrace#TotalDepravity#SolaGratia#ReformedTheology#GospelRecovery#ChristAlone#TheologyMatters#brendonnaicker

Episodes 4- Devastating Effects on the Gospel Message

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2025 5:46


When the doctrine of human depravity is abandoned, the gospel does not merely weaken—it collapses.In this episode of Living Theology, we examine what happens when sin is softened and grace is cheapened. The cross begins to look excessive. Christ is reduced from Redeemer to life-coach. Assurance shifts from God's promise to human performance. The gospel becomes advice instead of resurrection.A shallow view of sin always produces a shallow gospel. When humanity is treated as wounded rather than dead, grace becomes optional and salvation insecure.The Church does not need a friendlier message—it needs a truer one. Only by recovering the gravity of sin can we recover the glory of grace.⸻#LivingTheology#GospelTruth#DoctrineOfSin#TotalDepravity#SolaGratia#ReformedTheology#ChristOurRedeemer#TheologyMatters#BiblicalChristianity#brendonnaicker

Episode 3- Contemporary Abandonment: Causes and Motivations

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2025 6:10


The gospel does not begin with human potential, but with human ruin.In Episode 2 of Living Theology, we confront one of the most misunderstood doctrines in Christian theology: total depravity. Not that humanity is as evil as possible—but that sin has touched every part of who we are. Mind, will, desires, and affections are all corrupted by the Fall. Scripture does not describe us as spiritually confused, but spiritually dead.When depravity is softened, grace is cheapened. When sin is redefined, the cross is diminished. Salvation only makes sense when we understand that we contribute nothing but the sin that made it necessary.Until we grasp the depth of our corruption, we will never grasp the height of God's mercy.⸻#LivingTheology#TotalDepravity#DoctrineOfSin#BiblicalAnthropology#ReformedTheology#SolaGratia#GospelTruth#ChristianTheology#SystematicTheology#ChristOurRedeemer#Brendonnaicker

Episode 2 - Defining the Deprivative Man Doctrine

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2025 7:25


The gospel does not begin with human potential, but with human ruin.In Episode 2 of Living Theology, we confront one of the most misunderstood doctrines in Christian theology: total depravity. Not that humanity is as evil as possible—but that sin has touched every part of who we are. Mind, will, desires, and affections are all corrupted by the Fall. Scripture does not describe us as spiritually confused, but spiritually dead.When depravity is softened, grace is cheapened. When sin is redefined, the cross is diminished. Salvation only makes sense when we understand that we contribute nothing but the sin that made it necessary.Until we grasp the depth of our corruption, we will never grasp the height of God's mercy.⸻#LivingTheology#TotalDepravity#DoctrineOfSin#BiblicalAnthropology#ReformedTheology#SolaGratia#GospelTruth#ChristianTheology#SystematicTheology#brendonnaicker#ChristOurRedeemer

Episode 1- Recovering the Doctrine of Human Depravity

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2025 4:53


In this episode of Living Theology, we recover a doctrine once central to the Church's understanding of salvation, yet increasingly neglected in modern Christianity: the doctrine of human depravity.Drawing from Augustine, Calvin, and the Reformers, this episode explores why the biblical teaching of total depravity—what we might call the Deprivative Man Doctrine—is not theological pessimism but theological realism. When sin is reduced to dysfunction and grace becomes optional, the cross is diminished and the gospel is inverted.We examine how contemporary therapeutic models have reshaped Christian anthropology, why many modern gospel presentations begin with affirmation rather than repentance, and how the erosion of depravity inevitably leads to a weakened doctrine of grace. If humanity is not spiritually dead, Christ becomes a resource rather than a Redeemer.This episode calls the Church back to a robust, biblical vision of sin, grace, and salvation—one that restores the glory of God, the necessity of the cross, and the power of the gospel.#LivingTheology#ReformedTheology#TotalDepravity#DoctrineOfSin#BiblicalAnthropology#SolaGratia#Monergism#GospelClarity#ChristianTheology#SystematicTheology#ChristAndTheCross#ReformationTheology#brendonnaicker#TheologyPodcast

Jesus is God

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2025 4:48


Exploring why Christians believe Jesus is truly God—not just a teacher or prophet, but God in the flesh who walked among us and redeemed us.#LivingTheology #JesusIsGod #ChristianFaith #Christology #Theology #Apologetics #BiblicalTruth #Incarnation #brendonnaicker

Episode 9 — The Role of the Local Church in a Fractured Society

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2025 2:33


In a city full of division, the local church is God's answer. Unity, compassion, courage—London needs a Church that shines in the darkness. Listen now as we explore the Church's role in healing our fractured city.#HealOurCityLondon #LivingTheology #BrendonNaicker #PrayForLondon #ChurchInAction #UnityInChrist #HopeForTheCity

Episode 8 — Economic Inequality and the Gospel

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 3:05


Today we look at how economic inequality is shaping London—and how the Church is called to be a light of justice, compassion, and hope. Let's pray for restoration in every community across our city. Listen now and join the movement to #HealOurCityLondon.#HealOurCityLondon #LivingTheology #PrayForLondon #JusticeAndMercy #ChurchInTheCity #HopeForLondon #KingdomCulture #LondonPrayerMovement

Episode 7 — The Digital City: Distraction & Addiction

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 2:47


Our screens shape our souls. Episode 7 of Living Theology — Heal Our City dives into how digital overload, distraction, and hidden addictions erode spiritual life—and how we reclaim focus, purity, and holy attention.

The Church That Stopped Having Children

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 3:37


Western Christianity is facing a crisis few are willing to name: a dramatic collapse in fertility—not driven by secular culture alone, but by a deep theological shift within the Church itself. When Christians stop seeing children as blessings and adopt the secular logic of autonomy, convenience, and lifestyle optimisation, the result is quiet demographic suicide. Meanwhile, other faith communities retain a strong pro-natalist vision rooted in their theology. My latest article argues that the renewal of Christianity in the West begins with recovering a biblical imagination of fruitfulness, generational faithfulness, and the courage to welcome life.#Christianity #Theology #FaithAndCulture #Demographics #ChurchDecline #ChristianEthics #FamilyAndFaith #ProLifeTheology #CulturalAnalysis #ChristianLeadership #BiblicalAnthropology #PublicTheology #WesternChurch #FaithInBritain #FertilityCrisis #ChurchRenewal #brendonnaicker #livingtheology

Episode 6 - The Family Under Pressure

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 1:52


Today we speak about the family — the pressure, the fractures, and the hope that only Christ can restore.Join us as we pray for marriages, parents, children, and households across London.Let's believe together: God can rebuild what the world has broken.Listen, share, and keep praying for our city.#HealOurCityLondon #PrayForLondon #LivingTheology #FamilyRestoration #HopeForHomes #LondonChurch #FaithInTheCity #SpiritualRenewal #ChristianPodcast #BrendonNaicker

Episode 5 - The Rise of Alternative Worldviews

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 3:30


London stands at a crossroads of competing worldviews. In this episode of Living Theology, we talk about how the Church can witness to Christ with clarity, courage, and compassion — without fear, hostility, or compromise. Join us as we pray for bold gospel breakthroughs across every community in our city.#HealOurCityLondon #PrayForLondon #LivingTheology #BrendonNaicker #RevivalInTheCity #GospelHope #FaithInLondon #CityOnOurKnees # KingdomCulture #LightInTheDarkness

Episode 4 - Spiritual Pluralism and the Christian Witness

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 2:59


Today we talk about spiritual pluralism in London and the calling of the Church to shine with clarity, compassion, and courage. Our city is full of competing voices, but the gospel remains the unchanging light. Join me as we pray for a faithful Christian witness in a spiritually diverse culture. Listen now and stand with us as we believe for the healing of London.#HealOurCityLondon #LivingTheology #BrendonNaicker #PrayForLondon #FaithInTheCity #LondonChurch #CityOnAMission #GospelWitness #HopeForLondon #ReviveLondon

Catholics and Orthodox Are Uniting. Protestants Are Splintering. Why?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2025 6:26


Christian unity is shifting.Catholics and Orthodox are moving toward each other—returning to the Creed, the councils, the ancient faith.Meanwhile, much of Protestantism is splintering into smaller tribes, chasing relevance, and drifting from its roots.Why is this happening in 2025?What does Nicaea's 1700th anniversary reveal about the fractures (and future) of the Church?And what does it say about our obsession with individualism, independence, and unaccountable leaders?In this episode, we dive into the revival no one in the Protestant world is talking about—and what it demands of us now.#LivingTheology #ChurchUnity #Nicaea1700 #PopeLeoXIV #OrthodoxChurch #CatholicChurch #Protestantism #Ecclesiology #ChristianHistory #FaithCrisis #Revival2025 #BodyOfChrist #TheologyPodcast #ChristianReformation #ChristianUnityMovement #brendonnaicker #livingtheology

Episode 3 — The Collapse of Moral Frameworks

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2025 2:45


London is facing a crisis of moral confusion—lines once clear are now blurred. But this is our moment to rise as the Church: rooted in Scripture, formed by truth, and shining with holiness. Join us as we pray for moral renewal, conviction, and revival in our city.God can restore London—starting with us.#HealOurCityLondon #PrayForLondon #LivingTheology #BrendonNaicker #LondonRevival #CityOnItsKnees #HopeForLondon #ChurchInTheCity #MoralRenewal #LondonPrayerMovement

Episode 2 — Understanding the Crisis

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 3:23


Something is stirring in our city.London is hurting—families broken, youth caught in cycles of violence, neighbourhoods gripped by fear, hope fading in too many streets.But we believe this is not the end of the story.A movement is rising.A community committed to prayer, compassion, presence, and the healing power of Christ.Join us as we launch a new episode of Living Theology with Brendon Naicker:Episode 2 — Understanding the Crisis: Crime, Youth Violence, and Social BreakdownA sober look at what's happening in our city…and a hopeful call to what the Church can be in such a time as this.Let's seek God together.Let's lift London in prayer.Let's believe for renewal.Heal our City — London begins now.#HealOurCityLondon #PrayForLondon #LivingTheology #BrendonNaicker #HopeForTheCity #ChurchInTheCity #LondonRevival #UrbanMission #Intercession #PrayForYouth #StopTheViolence #LightInTheDarkness #FaithInAction #LoveLondon #JesusInTheCity

Episode 1- The Heart of God for London

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 5:51


If your heart burns for London…If you believe God can still revive a city…If you long to see healing in our streets…Join us. Pray with us. Stand with us.Let's seek the peace of our city together.#HealOurCityLondon#PrayForLondon#ReviveLondon#LightInTheDarkness#brendonnaicker #livingtheology#theologyschool

Evangelism After the Robots Arrive

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 5:00


In this episode of Living Theology, Brendon Naicker explores what Christian mission looks like in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence and growing hostility towards public expressions of faith. As entry-level jobs disappear and believers find themselves silenced or marginalised, Brendon reflects on how God is forming a new kind of missionary—quiet, agile, deeply human, and Spirit-led. Drawing on the biblical theme of exile, he considers how witness now moves through gig work, digital spaces, small communities, and the simple power of Christ-like presence. Even in an age of automation, the gospel remains undiminished. The machine may limit the platform, but it cannot limit the mission.#LivingTheology #BrendonNaicker #ChristianMission #FaithInTheModernWorld #TheologyToday#ChurchInExile #MissionInModernity #GospelWitness #AIandFaith #ChristianInTheDigitalAge#FaithAndTechnology #AIEthics #DigitalMission #MissionInTheMachineAge #ExilesInTheAlgorithm#SpiritLed #ChristInCulture #HopeInExile #KingdomLife #DiscipleshipJourney #FaithOverFear#ChristianPodcast #PodcastEpisode #NewEpisode #TheologyPodcast #BibleTeaching #ChristianLiving

Episode 6: Understanding the Kingdom of God Versus the Islamic Ummah

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2025 7:06


In this episode of Living Theology, we explore one of the most profound contrasts between Christianity and Islam — the vision of divine rule.Islam builds the Ummah, a theocratic community governed by law and submission.Christianity proclaims the Kingdom of God, a reign of grace that begins in the heart and transforms the world.Through Scripture and history, we see how the cross reveals a kingship unlike any other — not built on conquest but compassion, not on law but love.Christ's throne is not of gold but of grace, and His kingdom will have no end.#LivingTheology #KingdomOfGod #ChristianApologetics #FaithAndReason #TheCrossAndTheThrone #ChristianityAndIslam #BiblicalTruth #DefendingTheFaith #TheologyPodcast #JesusIsLord #ChristianFaith #ChristianPodcast #GospelTruth #ChristReigns #TheologyOfTheKingdom #ChristianWorldview #GraceAndTruth #ChristianDoctrine #KingdomVsUmmah #ChristTheKing #BiblicalTheology #EternalKingdom

Episode 5: The Nature of Jesus in Islam and Christianity

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 6:38


In this episode of Living Theology, we face the question at the heart of every faith conversation: Who is Jesus?Islam honours Him as a prophet — born of a virgin, miracle-working, righteous — yet denies His deity and crucifixion.Christianity proclaims Him as Lord, the eternal Word made flesh.Through Scripture, history, and logic, we examine why Jesus cannot be merely a messenger — why His words, actions, and resurrection prove His divine identity.From the Gospels to early Roman records, this episode unpacks the most important confession in history:Jesus Christ is Lord.#LivingTheology #JesusIsLord #ProphetOrLord #FaithAndReason #ChristianApologetics #HistoricalJesus #ChristianityAndIslam #Christology #GospelTruth #BiblicalTruth #DefendingTheFaith #ChristianPodcast #TheologyPodcast #JesusDivine #TheologyOfChrist #SonOfGod #WordMadeFlesh #ChristianFaith #ChristianTheology #JesusRevealed #ApologeticsAndFaith #ResurrectionTruth #Incarnation

Episode 4: Christianity's Answer to Islam's Works

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 6:57


In this episode of Living Theology, we explore the heart of the Christian faith: salvation by grace through faith.How does Christianity's message of grace differ from Islam's call to merit and submission?Can anyone truly know they are saved?Through Scripture, theology, and history, we uncover why the gospel offers not fear but assurance, not striving but rest — and how the cross reveals a God who saves by giving Himself.This episode dismantles the scales of performance and lifts the promise of divine grace — a gift that transforms the sinner into a child of God.#LivingTheology #SalvationByGrace #FaithAndReason #ChristianApologetics #GospelTruth #GraceNotWorks #ChristianityAndIslam #TheologyPodcast #DefendingTheFaith #JesusIsLord #ChristianFaith #BiblicalTruth #SavedByGrace #ChristianPodcast #TheologyOfGrace #ChristCrucified #ChristianDoctrine #GraceThroughFaith #GospelOfGrace #ChristianTheology #Redemption #ChristianityExplained

Episode 3: The Bible and the Qur'an in the Light of History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 7:31


In this episode of Living Theology, we explore one of the most crucial questions in the Christian–Muslim dialogue:Has God's Word been preserved — and can we trust it?Through archaeology, manuscript evidence, and historical scholarship, we examine the reliability of the Bible and the claims of the Qur'an.From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the early New Testament papyri, the evidence overwhelmingly affirms that the Bible has been faithfully transmitted — its message unchanged for thousands of years.This episode contrasts the incarnational revelation of Scripture with the mechanical dictation of the Qur'an, revealing how God speaks not only in words but through history, flesh, and grace.#LivingTheology #ChristianApologetics #ReliabilityOfScripture #BibleAndQuran #FaithAndReason #BiblicalTruth #TheologyPodcast #DefendingTheFaith #ChristianityAndIslam #BibleManuscripts #HistoricalEvidence #ChristianPodcast #ApologeticsAndFaith #WordOfGod #ScriptureAndRevelation #TheologyOfScripture #GospelTruth #BibleHistory #ChristianTheology #GodsWordEndures

Episode 2: The Cross and the Crescent

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2025 6:11


In this episode of Living Theology, we confront one of the greatest divides between Christianity and Islam — the question of the cross.The Qur'an declares that Jesus was not crucified, that it only appeared so.The Bible, history, and reason declare otherwise.Through Scripture, ancient testimony, and historical evidence from Roman, Jewish, and secular sources, we explore why the crucifixion of Jesus Christ is one of the best-attested events in antiquity — and why it is essential to salvation itself.Discover how the cross reveals the justice, mercy, and love of God — not as defeat, but as divine victory.The cross is not a myth. It is the moment when eternity touched time, and grace rewrote human destiny.#LivingTheology #TheCrossAndTheCrescent #ChristianApologetics #HistoricalJesus #FaithAndReason #Crucifixion #Resurrection #BibleTruth #TheologyPodcast #DefendingTheFaith #ChristianityAndIslam #ChristCrucified #JesusIsLord #GospelTruth #BiblicalEvidence #HistoryOfChristianity #ChristianPodcast #Salvation #TheologyOfTheCross #JesusDiedAndRose #Christology #ChristianFaith #CrossAndResurrection

Who Is God? The Trinity and the Oneness of Allah

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 7:09


Is God a solitary being, eternally alone, as Islam teaches?Or is He one divine essence existing eternally in three Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — as revealed in Scripture?Join us as we explore the biblical, theological, and historical foundations of the Trinity, revealing that Christian monotheism is not divided but fulfilled in divine relationship.Through Scripture, reason, and early historical evidence, we uncover how God's oneness is not isolation but perfect love in eternal communion.This episode dismantles common misunderstandings between Christianity and Islam, showing that the God of the Bible is not distant, but near — not silent, but speaking — not alone, but love itself.“Before creation, God was not lonely. He was love.”

Does God have a Son?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 8:01


In this episode of Living Theology, we explore one of the most profound questions in human history: Who is Jesus of Nazareth?Was He merely a prophet or moral teacher — or truly God in human form?Through Scripture, historical analysis, and secular evidence, we journey through the biblical foundations and extra-biblical testimonies that affirm the divinity of Christ.From the Gospel of John to the letters of Paul, from Roman historians like Tacitus and Pliny to Jewish sources such as Josephus, the case unfolds that the earliest Christians worshipped Jesus as Lord — not centuries later, but from the very beginning.This is not mythology; it is history.It is theology meeting evidence, faith meeting reason — and humanity meeting its Creator.

When the Holy Spirit Meets Artificial Intelligence

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 5:36


In this episode of Living Theology, Brendon Naicker explores what happens when faith and technology meet in the sanctuary. Can artificial intelligence ever reflect the values of the Church, or does it risk replacing the human and spiritual heart of ministry? Drawing on theology, philosophy, and spiritual formation, Brendon invites us to ask deeper questions about discipleship, attention, and the work of the Holy Spirit in a digital age.With reflections on embodiment, presence, and grace, this episode challenges us to see beyond the algorithms and rediscover the Spirit who cannot be programmed — the living presence who forms, renews, and guides the people of God.Tune in for a fresh, accessible conversation that blends theology, technology, and everyday faith.#TheologyAndAI #DigitalChurch #ChristianEthics #TheologyOfTechnology #Pneumatology #AttentionEthics #FaithAndTechnology #DigitalDiscipleship #TheologicalAnthropology #AIethics #ChurchInTheDigitalAge #ImagoDei #brendonnaicker #theologyschool #livingtheology

Episode 10 — The Way Forward

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 3:33


The digital world isn't slowing down — but you can.In the final episode of Living Theology, Brendon Naicker offers a practical, grace-filled “Rule of Life” for believers seeking peace in an age of noise.This is your invitation to live slowly, love deeply, and walk wisely.

Episode 9 — Stories of Transformation

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 4:00


What does transformation look like in the digital age?In Episode 9 of Living Theology, Brendon Naicker shares the true stories of families who traded noise for peace — and found Christ waiting in the stillness.Simple habits. Sacred rhythms. Real redemption.

Episode 8 — Reclaiming Attention and Presence

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2025 3:48


“Be still, and know that I am God.”In Episode 8 of Living Theology, Brendon Naicker explores how attention and stillness are not luxuries but necessities for the soul.This episode is a gentle call to slow down, breathe, and return to the presence of God — the One who still speaks in the silence.

Episode 7 — The Church and Community's Role

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2025 4:09


In a world connected by Wi-Fi but divided by loneliness, the Church must become a village again.In Episode 7 of Living Theology, Brendon Naicker shares how community, hospitality, and shared presence can heal the isolation of the digital age.This is a call to rebuild — not with bricks, but with belonging.

Episode 6 - Discipling Digital Natives

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 4:28


Our children are fluent in technology — but are they fluent in wisdom?In Episode 6 of Living Theology, Brendon Naicker shares how parents and pastors can disciple “digital natives” in a world shaped by screens.This episode offers a biblical, hopeful vision for raising a generation that uses technology with discernment, grace, and love.

Episode 5 — Building a Christ-Centred Home

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 4:26


What if your home could become a sanctuary again?In Episode 5 of Living Theology, Brendon Naicker shares how to build a Christ-centred home — one marked by peace, prayer, and presence.Through small, sacred rhythms, our homes can once again reflect the light of God in a noisy world.

Episode 4 — Redeeming Technology

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 4:11


In Episode 4 of Living Theology, Brendon Naicker shares how believers can redeem their digital tools — using them not for vanity or distraction, but for truth, beauty, and grace.This is not about escaping technology; it's about reclaiming it under the Lordship of Christ.

“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 7:25


“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”This single declaration from John the Baptist captures the heart of the gospel. From Abraham's altar to the Passover in Egypt, from Isaiah's Suffering Servant to the cross of Christ, the image of the Lamb weaves through all of Scripture.In Jesus, the Lamb becomes both sacrifice and sovereign — the one who conquers not by force, but through self-giving love. The Lamb who was slain now reigns upon the throne, and His blood not only redeems humanity but restores creation itself.To behold the Lamb is to behold the very heart of God — holy love revealed through humble obedience, divine power expressed through sacrificial grace.

Episode 3 — When Devices Become Idols

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 4:03


We no longer bow to statues — we bow to screens.In Episode 3 of Living Theology, Brendon Naicker reflects on how convenience has replaced communion, and how Christians can reclaim worship in a culture that prizes control.This is not about abandoning technology — it's about restoring holiness to our habits.

Episode 2 — The Theology of Attention

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 4:21


What if attention is more than focus — what if it's love?In Episode 2 of Living Theology, Brendon Naicker explores the sacred art of paying attention — to God, to one another, and to the moment right in front of us.We live in a distracted world, always scrolling, swiping, and hurrying. But God still speaks in whispers.This episode is an invitation to slow down and rediscover that stillness is not emptiness — it's encounter.

The Unrecognised Creator

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 5:20


“He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world did not know Him.” — John 1:10 (ESV)The Creator walked among His creation — and the world failed to see Him.From Abraham's recognition under the oaks of Mamre, to Simeon and Anna's joy in the temple, Scripture reveals a tension between divine presence and human blindness.Christ's words before Pilate still echo today: “My kingdom is not of this world.”In an age of distraction and self-made kingdoms, do we truly recognize Him?He is still here. The Word still speaks. The Light still shines.Listen to the latest episode of Living Theology with Brendon Naicker —“The Unrecognized Creator” — a reflection on John 1:10 that explores the paradox of divine presence, spiritual perception, and modern recognition of Christ in the world He made.

Episode 1 — When the Glow Took Over

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 3:53


Episode 1 — “When the Glow Took Over”There was a time when evenings were filled with laughter — until the glow of screens began to take their place.In this first episode, Brendon Naicker explores how technology is shaping the souls of our children and what it means to raise them to love God more than the glow.This is not about fear or rejection, but redemption and presence — a call for families and churches to reclaim attention, wonder, and worship in a distracted age.#LivingTheology#BrendonNaicker#ChristianPodcast#TheologyInLife#FaithAndCulture#ModernDiscipleship#TheologyOfPresence#BiblicalFormation#ChristianParenting#SpiritualFormation#WhenTheGlowTookOver#FaithInADigitalWorld#RaisingChildrenInFaith#DigitalDiscipleship#ChristOverCulture#TechWiseParenting#ChristianFamilies#ScreensAndSouls#FaithOverScreens#GodInTheOrdinary

Glory Shared

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 5:30


Glory is not a distant light to be admired, but a divine fire shared.In Christ, humanity is not only forgiven but transformed — made radiant through the indwelling Spirit.The believer's journey is a passage “from glory to glory,” where holiness becomes beauty and faith becomes light.“The same glory that shone on Christ's face now shines within His people.”

Doxa and Worship — The Circle of Glory

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 6:37


Glory (doxa) and worship are not separate realities — they are the heartbeat of divine life.Glory is the radiance of God turned outward; worship is that radiance turned back toward its source.In Christ, the revelation of glory and the response of worship meet perfectly — the Son manifests the Father's splendour and returns it in obedient love, completing the eternal circle of glory.The Church, joined to Christ by the Spirit, now lives within this rhythm of revelation and response. Every act of adoration, every life surrendered in faith, becomes a participation in divine glory.Worship is not performance — it is participation; not self-expression, but self-offering.“We are not spectators of glory, but participants in the radiant exchange of divine love.”

Glory Restored — The Church as the Bride of Christ

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 5:23


In Christ, the story of creation's lost glory finds its restoration.He, the true Image and new Adam, gathers a Bride — the Church — and clothes her in splendour not her own. Her beauty is not borrowed but bestowed; her light not independent but reflected from the Lamb who loves her.The Church's glory is therefore cruciform — radiant through sacrifice, adorned through faithfulness, purified through grace. Her splendour is participation, not possession. For as Paul writes, “Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her… that He might present her to Himself in splendour.”Here, glory is restored: the divine presence once lost in Eden now dwelling within the redeemed community. Worship becomes transformation, and holiness becomes the reflection of divine beauty.“The Bride's glory is the light of her Bridegroom made visible in her.”

The Derived Glory of Woman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 6:39


In this episode, we explore one of Scripture's most beautiful and misunderstood doctrines — that a woman's glory is derived, not diminished.Drawing from Genesis and Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 11, Brendon Naicker unfolds how glory in Scripture is never self-made but relational — flowing from God, through Christ, into creation.Using the imagery of a mirror turned toward the light, this reflection reveals that true glory is not autonomy but alignment; not independence, but communion.When creation stands rightly before its Creator, it shines.“Her radiance is not borrowed, nor is it lesser.It is reflective — the manifestation of divine order rightly aligned.”

The Persecuted Church in Nigeria

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 7:04


Nigeria,we see you.Nigeria,we hear you.Nigeria,we remember you.You are not forgotten.We carry you in our hearts.Your suffering is our suffering.Your cross is our cross.Your faith is our rebuke.Your endurance is our witness.Your tears are our prayer.You are not alone.We are one in Christ.And to my listeners,the words I leave with you are simple:Do not forget them.#brendonnaicker #nigeria #persecution #Persecuted #theologyschool

Mission in Unexpected Places

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 4:11


We often choose mission fields the same way we choose comfort — we go where it feels familiar. Places that speak our language, share our culture, or already hold some Christian influence. Environments where we expect openness and reduced resistance. But Scripture reminds us that God often sends His people in the opposite direction — into places others avoid, into lands labelled dark, hostile, or unreachable.

The Dangerous Theology of Sadhu Sundar Singh

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 9:07


Many Christians don't realise the danger of Sadhu Sundar Singh's teachings. His theology rejects biblical authority, embraces Hindu mysticism, denies eternal judgment, and replaces the gospel with spiritual deception. This is not Christianity—it's counterfeit spirituality. The Church must wake up and defend the truth.

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