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The Outspoken Bible is a conversation amongst three friends about the Bible. In each episode, presenters Fiona Stewart, Neil Glover and Jen Robertson discuss the tricky bits, the joyful bits and bits they want to apply to their lives.
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Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans.
Having scaled the heights of chapter 8 we now find ourselves approaching the valley of chapter 9. Here we wrestle with ideas of calling and choice, with the place of Old Testament examples and with some difficult questions about what the arrival of the Messiah means for the people of Israel.
After correspondence there's an Instant Preach from Neil on Psalm 27:4 before them main discussion on the chapter. There's a Jeneral Knowledge question about women and headcoverings.
This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins.
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Show Notes
The Outspoken Bible is hosted by Fiona Stewart with Neil Glover and Jen Robertson. All opinions are those of the individual contributors and don't necessarily reflect the view of the Scottish Bible Society as an organisation.
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Paul and the Power of Grace (John Barclay)
Paul and the Gift (John Barclay)
The Message of Romans - Bible Speaks Today (John Stott)
Phoebe: A Story (Paula Gooder)
Into the Heart of Romans (NT Wright)
Romans: A Letter That Makes Sense of Life (Andrew Ollerton)
The Romans Course (Bible Society)
Pauline Dogmatics (Douglas A Campbell)
Paul Distilled (Gary W Barnett)
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Resources:
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/bibles-for-bairns
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Our next episode will be on Romans 10.
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans.
Discussion this time turns to a pinnacle episode - Chapter 8 - where we encounter the freedom from condemnation, the spiritual groaning of being part of a broken world and the good news that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ.
After correspondence there's an Instant Preach from Fiona on Matthew 25:35-40 before them main discussion on the chapter. There's a Jeneral Knowledge question about how to hear from God.
This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins.
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Show Notes
The Outspoken Bible is hosted by Fiona Stewart with Neil Glover and Jen Robertson. All opinions are those of the individual contributors and don't necessarily reflect the view of the Scottish Bible Society as an organisation.
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Paul and the Power of Grace (John Barclay)
Paul and the Gift (John Barclay)
The Message of Romans - Bible Speaks Today (John Stott)
Phoebe: A Story (Paula Gooder)
Into the Heart of Romans (NT Wright)
Romans: A Letter That Makes Sense of Life (Andrew Ollerton)
The Romans Course (Bible Society)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Lew Wallace)
Field Guide To The Bible (SBS)
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Resources:
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/bibles-for-bairns
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Our next episode will be on Romans 9.
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans.
After an Advent break, the team is back for the second part of the epistle, beginning at chapter 7. It's a long discussion, so you might want to listen in parts!
At the start of the 5th year of The Outspoken Bible there's some discussion of what this project has meant to each of us, there a backlog of correspondence and then an Instant Preach from Jen on Philippians 4:6-7. Discussion on the chapter leads to conversation about the metaphor of marriage and the longing to do what we know is right. Plus there's then a Jeneral Knowledge question about why we're told to hand someone over to Satan in 1 Corinthians 5:3-5.
This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins.
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Show Notes
The Outspoken Bible is hosted by Fiona Stewart with Neil Glover and Jen Robertson. All opinions are those of the individual contributors and don't necessarily reflect the view of the Scottish Bible Society as an organisation.
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Paul and the Power of Grace (John Barclay)
Paul and the Gift (John Barclay)
The Message of Romans - Bible Speaks Today (John Stott)
Phoebe: A Story (Paula Gooder)
Into the Heart of Romans (NT Wright)
Romans: A Letter That Makes Sense of Life (Andrew Ollerton)
The Romans Course (Bible Society)
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Resources:
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/bibles-for-bairns
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Our next episode will be on Romans 8.
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Still in Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible, Fiona, Jen and Neil take a break from their conversation about Romans for four special Advent episodes.
In this fourth Advent Episode the focus is on Simeon and Anna. You can read their story in Luke 2. There's a pot of correspondence, an Instant Preach on Zechariah 4:10 about the importance on valuing the small things, and Jeneral Knowledge invites us to ponder how God guided Mary and Joseph when they arrived in Bethlehem.
This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins.
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Show Notes
The Outspoken Bible is hosted by Fiona Stewart with Neil Glover and Jen Robertson. All opinions are those of the individual contributors and don't necessarily reflect the view of the Scottish Bible Society as an organisation.
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Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent (Enuma Okoro)
Women of the Nativity (Paula Gooder)
The Birth of The Messiah (Raymond E Brown)
Watch For The Light (Bonhoeffer, Dillard, Merton et al)
Mary's Voice (Amy Orr Ewing)
The Christmas Mystery (Jostein Gaarder)
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Resources:
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/christmas
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/bibles-for-bairns
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/the-advent
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Our next episode will drop in January 2025 when we'll be back in the Book of Romans, talking about Romans 7.
Saturday Dec 14, 2024
Saturday Dec 14, 2024
Still in Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible, Fiona, Jen and Neil take a break from their conversation about Romans for four special Advent episodes.
In this third Advent Episode the focus is on Joseph. You can read his story in Matthew 1-2. Plus there's news of the bunting, an Instant Preach on Proverbs 29:18 about revelation and vision, and Jeneral Knowledge gets heated on the topic of Santa, Rudolph and the Elf on the Shelf.
This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins.
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Show Notes
The Outspoken Bible is hosted by Fiona Stewart with Neil Glover and Jen Robertson. All opinions are those of the individual contributors and don't necessarily reflect the view of the Scottish Bible Society as an organisation.
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Women of the Nativity (Paula Gooder)
The Birth of The Messiah (Raymond E Brown)
Watch For The Light (Bonhoeffer, Dillard, Merton et al)
Mary's Voice (Amy Orr Ewing)
The Christmas Mystery (Jostein Gaarder)
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Resources:
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/christmas
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/bibles-for-bairns
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/the-advent
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Our next episode will follow Simeon and Anna's Advent story from Luke 2.
Saturday Dec 07, 2024
Saturday Dec 07, 2024
Still in Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible, Fiona, Jen and Neil take a break from their conversation about Romans for four special Advent episodes.
In this second Advent Episode the focus is on Mary. You can read her story in Luke 1. Plus there are some Advent resource recommendations, an Instant Preach on Proverbs 4:23 about guarding your heart, and a Jeneral Knowledge question about the Bethlehem star.
This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins.
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Show Notes
The Outspoken Bible is hosted by Fiona Stewart with Neil Glover and Jen Robertson. All opinions are those of the individual contributors and don't necessarily reflect the view of the Scottish Bible Society as an organisation.
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Women of the Nativity (Paula Gooder)
The Birth of The Messiah (Raymond E Brown)
Watch For The Light (Bonhoeffer, Dillard, Merton et al)
Mary's Voice (Amy Orr Ewing)
The Christmas Mystery (Jostein Gaarder)
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Resources:
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/christmas
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/bibles-for-bairns
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/the-advent
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Our next episode will follow Joseph's Advent story from Matthew 1-2.
Saturday Nov 30, 2024
Saturday Nov 30, 2024
Still in Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible, Fiona, Jen and Neil take a break from their conversation about Romans for four special Advent episodes.
In this first Advent Episode the focus is on Elizabeth, Zechariah and John the Baptist. You can read their story in Luke 1. Plus there are some Advent resource recommendations, an Instant Preach on Psalm 111:2 and the importance of delight and a Jeneral Knowledge question about whether or not Jesus was a normal person.
This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins.
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Show Notes
The Outspoken Bible is hosted by Fiona Stewart with Neil Glover and Jen Robertson. All opinions are those of the individual contributors and don't necessarily reflect the view of the Scottish Bible Society as an organisation.
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Women of the Nativity (Paula Gooder)
The Birth of The Messiah (Raymond E Brown)
Watch For The Light (Bonhoeffer, Dillard, Merton et al)
Mary's Voice (Amy Orr Ewing)
The Christmas Mystery (Jostein Gaarder)
The Road To Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith and Trust (Francis S Collins)
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Resources:
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/christmas
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/bibles-for-bairns
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/the-advent
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Our next episode will follow Mary's Advent story.
Saturday Nov 16, 2024
Saturday Nov 16, 2024
Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans.
The seventh episode in the series begins with some adverts for Christmas resources from SBS. There's an Instant Preach on Philemon 1:12 which forms a good introduction to the main discussion Romans 6. Discussion on the chapter leads to conversation about what it means to live in the realm of grace. There's discussion about sin, enslavement to Christ, baptism and the distance from Jerusalem to Rome. Plus there's then a Jeneral Knowledge question about how to what do to about the violence of the Old Testament.
This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins.
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Show Notes
The Outspoken Bible is hosted by Fiona Stewart with Neil Glover and Jen Robertson. All opinions are those of the individual contributors and don't necessarily reflect the view of the Scottish Bible Society as an organisation.
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Paul and the Power of Grace (John Barclay)
Paul and the Gift (John Barclay)
The Message of Romans - Bible Speaks Today (John Stott)
Phoebe: A Story (Paula Gooder)
Into the Heart of Romans (NT Wright)
Romans: A Letter That Makes Sense of Life (Andrew Ollerton)
The Romans Course (Bible Society)
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Resources:
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/christmas
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/bibles-for-bairns
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/the-advent
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Our next episode will be on characters from Advent.
Saturday Nov 02, 2024
Saturday Nov 02, 2024
Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans.
In the sixth episode in the series, we talk about the Northern Lights, a Christian response to AI and a shoutout for correspondence. There's an Instant Preach from Jen on Isaiah 26:3 before discussion turns to Romans 5. Conversation follows about grace, suffering, perseverance, character and hope. Death and life, and why the effect of Christ is greater than the effect of Adam leads to a discussion of universalism. All that is followed by a Jeneral Knowledge question about the rapture.
This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins.
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Show Notes
The Outspoken Bible is hosted by Fiona Stewart with Neil Glover and Jen Robertson. All opinions are those of the individual contributors and don't necessarily reflect the view of the Scottish Bible Society as an organisation.
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Paul and the Power of Grace (John Barclay)
Paul and the Gift (John Barclay)
The Message of Romans - Bible Speaks Today (John Stott)
Phoebe: A Story (Paula Gooder)
Into the Heart of Romans (NT Wright)
Romans: A Letter That Makes Sense of Life (Andrew Ollerton)
The Romans Course (Bible Society)
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Our next episode will be on Romans 6.
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/christmas
https://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/bibles-for-bairns
Saturday Oct 19, 2024
Saturday Oct 19, 2024
Season Seven of The Outspoken Bible sees Fiona, Jen and Neil take on the challenge of discussing Paul's epistle to the Romans.
In the third episode of the series, they reach Romans 4 and discuss Abraham, trust, behaviour management and the importance of talking about the cross and resurrection.There's an Instant Preach on Romans 8:37-39 and a Jeneral Knowledge question about how to know God when we can't see him. Plus, Neil has been researching Bible translations, Jen has a new career in perambulation and Fiona is a year older.
This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins.
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Show Notes
The Outspoken Bible is hosted by Fiona Stewart with Neil Glover and Jen Robertson. All opinions are those of the individual contributors and don't necessarily reflect the view of the Scottish Bible Society as an organisation.
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Paul and the Power of Grace (John Barclay)
Paul and the Gift (John Barclay)
The Message of Romans - Bible Speaks Today (John Stott)
Phoebe: A Story (Paula Gooder)
Into the Heart of Romans (NT Wright)
Romans: A Letter That Makes Sense of Life (Andrew Ollerton)
The Romans Course (Bible Society)
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Our next episode will be on Romans 5.