Beauty for Ashes 4 - Home, Heretics and Hate Speech
This week we look at Home, Heretics and Hate Speech - including Canadian government minister defines Bible as hatespeech; Sudan; Anti-semitism in Melbourne and London; The Dutch election; Free Speech in France; The BBC edits Trump speech; Fiji and Samoa celebrate Christ after rugby match; country of the week - Germany; the most infectious German song ever!; Prunella Scales; The Queering of Jesus; Shape Singing in the US; Joe Rogan sticks with Jesus; and the Last Word - John 4:12 with music from RunRig, Jimi Hendrix; Plastic Betrand; Mountain Crew; Bach; 600 Shape Singers; and Matt Redman.
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Beauty for Ashes 3 - Sorrow and Songs - a Mother's Special
This week's is a special in memory of my mother - including Kathren Maher on the truth; Ukraine war; John Lennon's relationship with his mother; Child abuse in Australia; Matt Redman on suffering; Birth rates throughout the world; and Proverbs 31 with music from Duncan Chisholm; Deep Purple; John Lennon; Ray Davies; Matt Redman; Capercaillie; and Warren Haynes
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Beauty for Ashes - Conversations - No. 1 Matt Redman - Sadness and Songs
Beauty for Ashes Conversations is an offshoot of the Beauty for Ashes Podcast, featuring interviews we do with the famous and the not so famous. Our first conversation is with Matt Redman - the Christian songwriter. We discuss his early life, his songwriting and some of the sufferings he has experienced....with some of his best known songs....enjoy!
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Beauty for Ashes 2 - Bias, Birmingham, Sweden and Decolonising Lord of the Rings
In episode 2 we look at the question of bias; are Jews welcome in Birmingham? Birmingham Imam instructs congregation on how to stone women; Jewish children in Germany need armed guards to go to school; Victorian police have had enough of Far Left rioters; Robbing the Louvre; ChatGPT goes 'adult'; Dundee beat Celtic; Country of the Week - Sweden; Bill Maher on Swedish immigration; Robert Irwin and LGBT symbols; Nottingham University wants to decolonise Lord of the Rings; Anglicans Split; Is there Revival in the US? Isaiah 61:1-4
with music from ABBA; 10CC; Roxette; Swedish Lutheran Chant; Steph Macleod and Celtic Worship.
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Beauty for Ashes 1 - A New Beginning.....
Welcome to the first episode of Beauty for Ashes - in conjunction with Rhema Newcastle we are putting out a weekly radio programme and then this podcast. It will follow the same pattern as Quantum of the Wee Flea - looking at news, culture, religion, sport and music from throughout the world.
This week we look at Trump's Gaza piece; Drugs in Estonia; Indoctrination in a Dorset school; JK Rowling on Changing her mind and God; Senator Clare Chandler and Andy Cody; Country of the Week - Indonesia; the Ashes; and the Final Word from Isaiah 61 with music from the Who; the Verve; Fun Boy Three; Iwan Fals-Bongkar; Ku Nyanyi Haleluya; Booker T and the MGs; and Hillsong;
David Robertson discusses faith, culture and politics from a Christian perspective - this podcast was known as Quantum of the Wee Flea. Now it has been turned into a radio programme with Rhema FM.
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