The Commission Files

Dawn McAvoy is used to having calm, thoughtful, respectful conversations, even when others sometimes don't seem to want to.  She's the UK Lead for Both Lives at Evangelical Alliance UK. It describes itself as a pro-women AND a pro-life movement.  As Dawn tells Will, they're imagining a people and a place that value the life and health of women and unborn children, and pursue the wellbeing of both. Listen to her Dawn's story...
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Jim Crookes is a Christian apologist. He explains Christianity and Christian thinking to those who are curious, sympathetic, or antagonistic.  And he teaches other Christians how to do the same.  His very successful podcast The Equip Project is popular, much-followed, and has helped change lives. Yet Jim started out in adult life as a software engineer and corporate mover and shaker. Through personal loss and pain he came to wrestle with the fundamental question: Is Christianity true?
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How do Christians respond to the recent moves to make Assisted Dying legal across the UK and Ireland?  In a sensitive and nuanced discussion, Ian Bingham of Care NI joins Will to argue that there is a better way - through palliative care. Alan Sheppard tells the story of the death of his wife Anne from cancer in July 2023.  Passing these laws, he says, is a Rubicon Issue for our societies. Once we cross it that line - we cannot come back...
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"If we are treating AI in a more human-like way, in turn we are treating ourselves...in a more machine-like way".  The thoughts of Dr David Glass who teaches mathematics, and computer  science at Ulster University, and is part of the Artificial Intelligence Research Centre. So how does David - a committed Christian, view the new technology which is changing all our lives?  Does AI have consciousness? Or is it merely simulating humans - who David believes are made in the image of God?
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A Special Extra Episode.  A look at the JR87 UK Supreme Court ruling which will see changes in the way Religious Education and Assemblies are conducted in Northern Ireland's Schools.  Will hears from educationalist Dr Andrew Brown and Ian Bingham of CARE NI, both of whom know what the ruling says - and what it does NOT say.
This interview is reproduced with the kind permission of the producers of the Graciously Confident Podcast from the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
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