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Donald Trump, Richard Branson et al, successful people are often risk takers? What can we learn from them? Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Commenting on a sermon by David Platt called "The Urgency of Eternity", Pete and Beryl talk about the afterlife and what it's really like. Comment on events in the news, culture and church from Peter Timothy Cooper with Beryl Polden. We talk about issues of the day, sometimes breaking news. We bring you what the Bible has to say: that is Good News. Accessible, amusing and thought provoking Christian talk radio.Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes.
The next few weeks will be crucial if the differences are to be resolved and both the UK and the EU are to fulfil their stated shared aim of an orderly Brexit. But what will really happen? And will Nigel Farage rise like a Phoenix? Or is it all doom and gloom? Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Rapper BALIVA joins Mark and Pete to show how to write a hit song, and actually do so live. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Mark and Pete predicted the Trump win and the Brexit referendum result. If you want to get a good start to 2019, listen very carefully... From Brexit to war, from Climate Change to the Economy Mark and Pete let you know what will happen. Predictions guaranteed to be sometimes correct 100% of the time. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Happy Christmas from Mark and Pete your favourite misanthropic conservative pundits. Throwing cynicism aside Mark and Pete open Christmas cards from some, well, interesting people. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Prime Minister May, Chancellor Merkel and President Macron have messed up big time, political woes are the order of the day for these national leaders. Why is this, what has gone so very wrong? Mark and Pete give the answers. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
A “cunning and sinister” fantasist who carried out a terrifying armed robbery at Flannels in Southport robbed his first bank when he was just 15. Is it wrong to disobey the 10 Commandments, I mean haven't we done away with them? Tadiwa Chihota, 21, threatened staff in front of children, reinforcing his threats using a realistic-looking automatic pistol, at the Tulketh Street designer shop on May 29. Comment on events in the news, culture and church from Peter Timothy Cooper with Beryl Polden. We talk about issues of the day, sometimes breaking news. We bring you what the Bible has to say: that is Good News. Accessible, amusing and thought provoking Christian talk radio.Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes.
Is the Paris Accord and other attempts to reduce carbon emissions a way to control the climate and reduce global warming? Or is climate change simply a fact of life? Is it all so much phooey? Mark and Pete give the answers. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Overwork and lack of support are driving teachers across England out of the profession much faster than they can be replaced. Why do we take on too much? How can you cope with stress and live a good balanced life? Mark and Pete give the answers. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
An imam has sparked controversy by reciting the Muslim call to prayer in a Church of England cathedral without permission. A video recording of the man wearing a white robe was filmed on Saturday last week at Blackburn Cathedral and posted on the internet. It was performed for an audience of about 400 people as part of a concert to commemorate the armistice. How is this a good thing? How should we react? Are you impressed? Comment on events in the news, culture and church from Peter Timothy Cooper with Beryl Polden. We talk about issues of the day, sometimes breaking news. We bring you what the Bible has to say: that is Good News. Accessible, amusing and thought provoking Christian talk radio.Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes.
Theresa May has been accused of betrayal after giving way to Spain's demands over the future of Gibraltar, a disputed British overseas territory, in the latest concession designed to keep the Brexit deal on track. With the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, threatening to veto May's deal at Sunday's leaders' summit in Brussels, the British government was forced to publicly concede on Saturday that Gibraltar will not necessarily be covered by a future trade deal. Is this good or bad? Is this in fact a betrayal? Mark and Pete give the answers. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Brexit supporter Andrew Bridgen said: "This week Theresa May will find that she is drinking in the last chance saloon and the bad news for her is that the bar is already dry." What are we to do about getting a Brexit deal with the EU? Should we have a new leader to take us through the process? Boris Johnson? Jacob Rees Mogg? Tom and Jerry? Mark and Pete give the answers. Opening poem: The Brexit Beast - After the Jabberwocky: Lewis Carroll by Murray Lachlan Young Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
"After ten years of wrongheaded and brutal spending cuts, Keynes's warning that bad economics produces political extremism is more important than ever" says the Spectator. But Keynes' theories plunged the UK under Labour governments into a tailspin of recessions. Is it not true that what we need is more Austerity. Chancellor Hammond and Prime Minister May say no, and that the time of austerity is over. Who is right? Pete and Mark weigh in on the issues and give the Christian worldview point of view. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes
Are we getting more stupid? People are driving the wrong way down roads, standing on rooftops and throwing things at people... Why are people making such idiotically stupid decisions? Are they about to do so again in the midterm elections? And what about the final vote on Brexit? What has made us more stupid? Pete and Mark weigh in on the issues and give the Christian worldview point of view. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes
Lord Hain used Parliamentary Privilege, also known as free speech, to reveal the name of someone being accused. Was he right to do so? And what of the rather unfortunate business angle? Pete and Mark weigh in on the issues and give the Christian worldview point of view. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes
Halloween light parties put a Christian spin on Halloween! Or was it always Christian really? Is Halloween a dangerous celebration of evil, or just a harmless bit of fun? And what of the rather unfortunate business angle? Pete and Mark weigh in on the issues and give the Christian worldview point of view. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes.
Bullying can be a real problem. Recently the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, was accused of bullying. What is the difference between bullying and racism, and sexism for that matter? Pete and Mark weigh in on the issues and give the Christian worldview point of view. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes.
Kleenex Mansize Tissues are no my, killed by political correctness. Sexist marketing is bad, or is it just well targeted? Is this a case of political correctness going too far? Will it ruin businesses and bury brands? Pete and Mark weigh in on the issues and give the Christian worldview point of view. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes.
Two women sat naked in Manchester city centre smeared in strawberry jam "in the name of art". Is this really art or just a sick joke? What of other forms of human art: exploitative nonsense or legitimate forms of expression. Pete and Mark weigh in on the issues and give the Christian worldview point of view. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes.
A series of high profile businesses and brands have filed for liquidation and big brands are in trouble, farewell Gogle +! Why? Pete and Mark weigh in on the issues and give the Christian worldview point of view. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes.
Brexit is going to be a disaster, but that is not the whole story. Listen hear for you are not being told about Britain leaving the EU. Pete and Mark weigh in on the issues and give the Christian worldview point of view. Pete and Beryl comment on the news and the good news. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes.
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has spoken on political issues and spoken against high interest pay day loans. Is is Welby the prophet right to speak out like this or should he stick to religious and moral issues. Peter Timothy Cooper and Beryl Polden weigh in on the issues and give the Christian worldview point of view. Pete and Beryl comment on the news and the good news. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes.
Bert and Ernie are puppets on Sesame Street, a kids' educational show - why are people saying they are gay? Is there a problem with sexual orientation denial? Mark and Pete have the answers. Mark and Pete: Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Serena Williams blamed sexism and racism for her treatment by the umpire in her recent tennis match agains Naomi Osaka - who became the first Japanese woman to win a grand slam title. Who exactly is the bigot here? Mark and Pete give the answers. Mark and Pete: Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
How can we get some good leaders in politics, business and the church? What are the marks of a good leader? How can you tell if you are a leader? Is Boris Johnson a buffoon? Mark and Pete give the answers. Mark and Pete: Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
With the hated payday loanshark Wonga going out of business what is the future for these loan based company and those who get into debt such that they need help? Mark and Pete give the correct answers. Help with Debt from Christian Against Poverty, CAP www.capdebthelp.org Mark and Pete: Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Donald Trump is beset with Democrats and much of the mainstream media calling for him to be impeached. What are the odds that this will happen? Mark and Pete give the correct answers. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Pets can take over your life and be inordinately expensive. Why do we love pets so much? Politicians such as Prime Minister Theresa May are awkward, clumsy and out of touch. Are there any on the ball politicians who could take her place? Mark and Pete give the correct answers. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Politicians such as Prime Minister Theresa May are awkward, clumsy and out of touch. Are there any on the ball politicians who could take her place? Mark and Pete give the correct answers. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Love Island is a popular reality TV series that chronicles people trying to find a life partner under the unremitting gaze of television cameras. This is just wrong, isn't it? Mark and Pete give the answers: but you're not going to like it. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
The Brexit disaster of no deal with the EU and the prospect of debt increasing for individuals and companies, this is not a cheerful episode. Mark and Pete give the answers: but you're not going to like it. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Mark the businessman presents the definitive Mark and Pete view on Cliff Richard and his fight to clear his name. And Pete gives his thoroughly biased opinions to settle the issue. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Businesses fail when they really should be thriving. Why business taking stupid decisions? Mark the businessman presents the definitive Mark and Pete seven deadly sins of business. And Pete gives his thoroughly biased opinions to settle the issue. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
The protesting of President Donald Trump's visit to the UK by flying an inflatable blimp of Donald Trump rendered as a baby is brilliant satire. Or is it just pathetic? What on earth is going on? Mark and Pete give their thoroughly biased opinions and settle the issue. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Upskirting, taking pictures up skirts, is a trending antisocial behaviour. How has it come to this? Is social media making us antisocial? Mark and Pete give their thoroughly biased opinions and settle the issue. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
The EU and Britain are locked in a titanic struggle for economic viability over negations for Britain to leave the European Union. This Brexit negotiation is marked by betrayal, incompetence and deception, and that's just Theresa May. Who is winning? Mark and Pete give their thoroughly biased opinions and settle the issue. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
What do we make of the way President Donald Trump is able to handle a diplomatic meeting with Kim Jong Un but Prime Minister Theresa May can't even cope with negotiations with here European neighbours? Is their something that we can learn from True and his Art of the Deal? Mark and Pete give their thoroughly biased opinions and settle the issue. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
The English, The English, The English are best... or so goes the song by Flanders and Swann. But what exactly does it mean to be English? What has that to with Britishness? And is it racist? And is it correct? Mark and Pete give their unbiased opinions and settle the issue. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
The General Data Protection Regulation sends a cold shiver down the spine of anyone who keeps a list. Is anybody safe? And is our data any safer? Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
We all do things wrong and Christians claim God can forgive anything. But how exactly does that work? I Jesus actually merciful? Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Baldness has long being ridiculed but does it really matter. Do you comb your hair over the bald patch? Are bald people more virile? Mark and Pete have the answers. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
The UK is locked in a dispute over participation in the EU's Galileo satellite navigation system after Brussels proposed banning British companies from sensitive parts of the project post Brexit. Is this important? What's to be done. Would you got to space? Mark and Pete have the answers. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
US rapper Kanye West has said the enslavement of African Americans over centuries may have been a "choice". "When you hear about slavery for 400 years ... for 400 years? That sounds like a choice," he said during an appearance on entertainment site. His comments seemed deranged, or is that just the media reaction? What do you think? Kanye is of course making a good point about continuing to think of yourself as a slave when slavery ended in 1865. Or is he just an idiot? Mark and Pete have the answers. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Whilst engaging in international diplomacy with Macron, May, Merkel and Kim Jong Un what is going on in Donald Trump's Mind. Is here a genius? Or decidedly not? Mark and Pete have the answers. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
An immigration scandal. Mark and Pete have the answers. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
The US, UK and France have bombed three government sites in Syria in an early morning operation targeting chemical weapons facilities, they say. The move is a response to a suspected chemical attack on the town of Douma last week which killed dozens. What really happened? And what does this mean for future security? World War 3? Mark and Pete have the answers. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
The gender pay gap has meant changes for companies with special requirements for those with over 250 employees. Is this fair? Or should women be paid less then men and they just need to lump it? The answer is remarkable. Mark and Pete have the answers. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Mark and Pete can both tell you from personal experience, and real science, how to lose weight and stay slim and fit. Learn from the masters. Mark and Pete have the answers. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete
Facebook breach of privacy scandal hit the news and social media news feeds and has sent shock waves through the online community in parts. And other parts completely ignored it. Howe serious is it and what on earth is GDPR. Mark and Pete have the answers. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete