This conversation with Griffin Gooch was recorded on November 14, 2024. Griffin has an incredible story of how he came to follow Jesus out of teenage years of nihilism, drug-taking and stints in prison. He is a Gen Z writer and speaker currently working on his PhD in philosophical theology. He’s been published in Christianity Today, Mere Orthodoxy, Ekstasis, Christ & Pop Culture, and Fare Forward. He also currently writes weekly essays on the intersection of social science and theology on Substack. His insights span various fields including philosophy and Christian theology.

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This conversation with Aaron Hann was recorded on October 31 2024. Aaron is a counsellor who focuses on spiritual abuse and helping those who have been hurt by churches and religious organisations. He writes at his Substack ‘Once a Week’ where he covers subjects such as soul care, Biblical reflections, theology, and psychology. He has a master’s degree in counselling from Covenant Theological Seminary and a bachelor’s in Bible and pastoral studies from Moody Bible Institute. Aaron and his wife Kristen live in Kansas City with their two children. In our conversation Aaron details some of the mistreatment his own family have experienced in a church context. And he also wonderfully shows how a close encounter with Jesus in the gospel of John, has been a healing thing for him.

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This conversation with Dani Treweek was recorded on October 7 2024. Churches are often seen as quite favorable environments for nuclear families. But perhaps they are seen as less favourable for people who are single. Dani is showing that that’s not the picture in the Bible and it shouldn’t be the picture in the church. Instead, there is a very positive vision for singleness in the Bible, alongside a positive view of marriage and family.

Dani is a post-doctoral theological researcher, author, and speaker with a focus on biblical singleness, sexuality, theological retrieval, and worldview formation. She is the author of The Meaning of Singleness which just won the Australian Christian book of the year award. She has written for publications including Christianity Today, ABC Religion & Ethics, and The Gospel Coalition Australia.

This conversation with Dani is rich, it’s nuanced, and it shows the incredibly positive vision that Christianity has for human community.

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This conversation with Dr Gerald Bray was recorded on September 24 2024. Gerald is the Director of research for Latimer Trust in London and Research Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham Alabama. Gerald has written major texts of theology such as God is Love, and God Has Spoken: A History of Christian Theology. For such a learned man, I’ve always found Gerald to be such a humble and down to earth person. In our conversation we covered the intersection of philosophy and theology; we covered history and how it relates to the Bible; we talked about the formation of the new testament canon; and I asked him a couple of personal questions about what difference following Jesus makes to his life. And like all good and profound conversations recorded online, there was some unwelcome hum which I’m hoping won’t be too distracting. For more conversations about Christianity in a post-truth world, subscribe to my substack – The Bible and 40 tabs open.

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This conversation with Andrew Judd was recorded on September 5, 2024. Andrew is an ordained Anglican minister working as deputy principal at Ridley College Melbourne. Andrew has a PhD in biblical hermeneutics from Sydney University, specifically focusing on Hans-Georg Gadamer’s phenomenology of play, Christian interpretation of the Hebrew scriptures, and why smart people seem to keep disagreeing on what the Bible means. Something I really appreciated in this conversation was Andy’s ability to explain the nuances of hermeneutics in a very user friendly way, and I think in a way that would make sense to both Christians and those who aren’t religious. For more conversations about Christianity in a post-truth world, subscribe to my Substack – The Bible and 40 tabs open.

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This conversation with Neil Foster was recorded on August 15 2024. Neil is an Associate Professor in the School of Law and Justice at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. He has a combined Arts/Law degree from the University of NSW, a degree in Theology from the Australian College of Theology, a Diploma of Arts in Theology from Moore Theological College, and a research Master of Laws degree from the University of Newcastle. He runs a blog on Law and Religion issues, https://lawandreligionaustralia.blog My conversation with Neil felt like a very patient person bearing with a total outsider to the field of law, and my host of fairly basic questions. But I so enjoyed talking to Neil and I hope the resulting conversation is as helpful for you as it was for me. For more conversations about Christianity in a post-truth world, subscribe to my Substack – The Bible and 40 tabs open.

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This conversation with Luke Barnes was recorded on August 5th, 2024. Luke is a Senior Lecturer in astronomy and cosmology at Western Sydney University. He has has a PhD from the University of Cambridge, and has published papers in the field of galaxy formation and the fine-tuning of the universe for life. With Geraint Lewis he is the author, of 'A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos', which addresses conflicting ideas from science and religion as it discusses the origins of the Universe, and our place in it. I absolutely loved speaking to Luke, because not only can he deal with immense subjects such as the origins of the universe, but he speaks in a very accessible way about how Christianity is compatible with science. For more conversations about Christianity in a post-truth world, subscribe to my Substack – The Bible and 40 tabs open.

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This conversation with Jenn Phillips was recorded on July 15, 2024. Jenn has a Phd in literature, and has looked at unreliable narrators in modern novels. She also has qualifications in both education and theology. I loved talking to Jenn, in part because she crosses a divide not often crossed – that is the divide between evangelical Christianity and post-modern philosophy and specifically its outworkings in modern novels. She’s a Christian believer whose thesis dealt with texts including American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis and Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. For more conversations about Christianity in a post-truth world, subscribe to my Substack – The Bible and 40 tabs open.

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