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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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Saturday Dec 23, 2023
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
Neil, Fiona and Jen delve into the Acts of the Apostles where the strapline 'Go! Go! Go!' seems fitting.
Having moved on from Athens, we now encounter Paul in Corinth where he lives for 3 years, working alongside a tent making couple called Priscilla and Aquila. Glover's Others is on Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, and What's The Gen? is about a piece of research commissioned by the Boys Brigade and Youthscape on youth culture trends.
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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Acts For Everyone (Tom Wright)
The Message of Acts: To The Ends of the Earth (John Stott)
Listening to Young People (Boys Brigade/Youthscape, 2023)
Translating God (Youthscape, 2023-24)
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Love, Death and Resurrection resources (SBS)
This Hope Is For You (SBS daily podcast)
Bibles for Bairns appeal (SBS)
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Next time we will be talking about Acts 19.
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
If you enjoy The Outspoken Bible - we'd love you to take a look at two more podcasts we have made for the Advent Season!
First: The Advent - written and performed by Fiona Stewart (yes, she of The Outspoken Bible) this Audio drama takes us through the waiting and the wondering, the light in the darkness of the advent season. Episodes are released daily.
Search for The Advent Spoken Out
Listen to the full series on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
Second: This hope is for you - Brand new for 2023, daily readings and reflections to help us pause and consider why we too can have hope this Christmas season.
Search - This Hope is for you
Saturday Dec 02, 2023
Saturday Dec 02, 2023
Neil, Fiona and Jen delve into the Acts of the Apostles where the strapline 'Go! Go! Go!' seems fitting.
Paul finds himself waiting around in Athens and uses the opportunity to share the gospel in a new way in the marketplace and the Areopagus. There he uses the local poets and the statues he has seen to name the 'unknown god' as Jesus.
Glover's Others is on Eli the priest found in and What's The Gen? is about the encouraging results of the Talking Jesus research.
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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Acts For Everyone (Tom Wright)
The Message of Acts: To The Ends of the Earth (John Stott)
Rescuing The Gospel From The Cowboys (Richard Twiss)
Huia Come Home (J. Ruka)
Talking Jesus research
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Love, Death and Resurrection resources (SBS)
This Hope Is For You (SBS daily podcast)
Bibles for Bairns appeal (SBS)
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Next time we will be talking about Acts 18.
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Neil, Fiona and Jen delve into the Acts of the Apostles where the strapline 'Go! Go! Go!' seems fitting.
Paul is revisiting the churches in Galatia when he encounters a block and an opportunity to bring the gospel to a new continent. There's a businesswoman, a slave and a jailer, and soon a new church is formed. Glover's Others is on Delilah in Judges 16 and What's The Gen? is all about The National Literacy Trust annual report on reading for pleasure.
This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins and Fiona Stewart.
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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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Acts For Everyone (Tom Wright)
The Message of Acts: To The Ends of the Earth (John Stott)
Huia Come Home (J. Ruka)
Lydia (Paula Gooder)
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Love, Death and Resurrection resources (SBS)
Bibles for Bairns appeal (SBS)
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Next time we will be talking about Acts 17:6-33
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Neil, Fiona and Jen delve into the Acts of the Apostles where the strapline 'Go! Go! Go!' seems fitting.
The Council of Jerusalem is a turning point for the early church. In this episode, the team delves into the story and contemplate how decision-making in Christ is fundamental to growth. Glover's Others is on Gad and What's The Gen? is all about Christmas resources.
This episode was engineered and edited by Aimee Higgins and Fiona Stewart.
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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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Acts For Everyone (Tom Wright)
The Message of Acts: To The Ends of the Earth (John Stott)
Mission in Contemporary Scotland (Liam Jerrold Fraser)
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Love, Death and Resurrection resources (SBS)
Bibles for Bairns appeal (SBS)
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Next time we will be talking about Acts 16:6-17:5
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Neil, Fiona and Jen delve into the Acts of the Apostles where the strapline 'Go! Go! Go!' seems fitting.
Paul and Barnabas are sent out from Antioch and tour around the eastern Mediterranean at the leading of the Holy Spirit. Opportunities and responses to the gospel abound, and there's discussion of prophecy, evangelism and how the gospel spreads. Glover's Others is on the topic of Baruch from Jeremiah 32 and What's The Gen? gives us some figures from 2014 on Bible reading by teenagers, and ponders the question of what's happened to these teenagers now they are in their 20s.
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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Acts For Everyone (Tom Wright)
The Message of Acts: To The Ends of the Earth (John Stott)
Poacher's Pilgrimage (Alastair Mcintosh)
Transforming Scotland (Barna)
Pass It On (The Bible Society)
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Love, Death and Resurrection resources (SBS)
Bibles for Bairns appeal (SBS)
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Next time we will be talking about Acts 15:1-16:5
Saturday Sep 30, 2023
Saturday Sep 30, 2023
Neil, Fiona and Jen delve into the Acts of the Apostles where the strapline 'Go! Go! Go!' seems fitting.
Saul, or Paul, has taken a step back from public life, but Barnabas is determined to find him. Meanwhile, a group of Jesus-followers in Antioch is gathering a reputation and nickname. Glover's Others is on the topic of Abimelech the outsider from Genesis 26 and What's The Gen? is all about the importance of peer evangelism.
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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Acts For Everyone (Tom Wright)
The Message of Acts: To The Ends of the Earth (John Stott)
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Love, Death and Resurrection resources (SBS)
Bibles for Bairns appeal (SBS)
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Next time we will be talking about Acts 12:25-14:28
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Neil, Fiona and Jen delve into the Acts of the Apostles where the strapline 'Go! Go! Go!' seems fitting.
After Saul's encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, we're back with Peter as he raises a woman from the dead then travels on to Joppa for an encounter with Jesus on the roof of a house.
Glover's Others is about Amos and What's The Gen?
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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Acts For Everyone (Tom Wright)
The Message of Acts: To The Ends of the Earth (John Stott)
Recast (Baptist Union of Scotland podcast)
How To Pray (Pete Greig)
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Love, Death and Resurrection resources (SBS)
Bibles for Bairns appeal (SBS)
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Next time we will be talking about Acts 11:19-12:24
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Neil, Fiona and Jen delve into the Acts of the Apostles where the strapline 'Go! Go! Go!' seems fitting.
Following on from Philip's encounter with the Ethiopian on the Gaza Road, we return to Jerusalem, where a zealous pharisee named Saul of Tarsus is breathing out murderous threats against the church and is making a plan to head to Damascus in pursuit of the Christians there. But the Lord has other plans...
Glover's Others is about a passage from Isaiah 12 and What's The Gen? is all about the Field Guide to the Bible.
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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Acts For Everyone (Tom Wright)
The Message of Acts: To The Ends of the Earth (John Stott)
https://www.instagram.com/scottishbiblenow/
How We Read The Bible (Matt Laidlaw)
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Love, Death and Resurrection resources (SBS)
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Next time we will be talking about Acts 11:19-12:24
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Neil, Fiona and Jen delve into the Acts of the Apostles where the strapline 'Go! Go! Go!' seems fitting.
In this episode we pick up the account after the martyrdom of Stephen, and learn about how the message of Jesus was propelled beyond Jerusalem and Judea and into Samaria. We follow the story of Philip - discussing evangelism, inclusion and the provenance of 1st century souvenirs.
Glover's Others is about Josheb-Basshebetha the Tahkemonite, Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite and Shammah son of Agee the Hararite, AKA the Three. What's The Gen? is all about role models and their importance in literacy.
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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Acts For Everyone (Tom Wright)
The Message of Acts: To The Ends of the Earth (John Stott)
National Literacy Trust Role Models
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Love, Death and Resurrection resources (SBS)
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Get in touch here or by emailing outspoken@scottishbiblesociety.org.
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Next time we will be talking about Acts 9:1-43