James and Wayne take you through what Bringing Bristol to Jesus, the new vision for 2024, means for the B&A church family.

As B&A kicks off a series on its new vision for 2024, this week James and Wayne talk about how vision and values work in the church.

Following Wayne Massey’s recent Mission to Uganda as part of SOMA UK, James and Wayne discuss what Wayne saw and experienced and reflect on the difference between a post Christian culture and one that is Christian or even pre Christian. How can we apply what we see God doing elsewhere to Bristol and the UK in 2023?

Uganda Mission in numbers; 10 days, average temperature 28 degrees centigrade, approx. 3,000 evangelists from the local church, Uganda, across Africa and Europe. 200 parishes. 80 open air crusades. 370,000 heard the good news of Jesus. 7,800 people gave their lives to Jesus.

This week James is joined by Matt Southcombe from St Nick's, Bristol, to talk about how we live well as disciples in a world of non-stop media.

What happens when you lose the confidence and trust in others? Can you get it back? How can you begin to rebuild it?

Following the shocking news from Israel and Gaza, James and Wayne talk about the conflict, the history of tension in the region and what it tells us about the human heart and our need for a home.

James and Wayne discuss football, referee controversies and what sort of cultures create fear, shame and the need to hide failures.

How to build a better world

It seems shots are being fired in the next general election. All political parties are trying out new policies and ideas in order to win your vote next year. But is this how we should build a better world? How does our culture do it? How should Christians do it?

Less than 2 thousands years ago there existed a world in which the care of the most vulnerable was not considered the collective responsibility of the society in which people lived - fast forward to today and we are (rightly) appalled by the tragic killing of little Arthur. Wayne and James discuss how Christian thinking has pervaded the western world, what leads us to know the difference between right and wrong, and why Advent is the season to be the people of light in the darkness.

After Manchester United fired their manager last week James and Wayne discuss the fine line between holding your tongue and speaking the truth in love, and how Jesus models true love.

This week's MTV podcast is all about climate change, creation and a challenge to live sacrificially.

How to begin to make sense of the mess we seen on our screens.

What God has done at B&A in the pandemic and how you can get involved.

How the goalposts have changed for integrity in leadership.

What the world is wrestling with and how we can respond.

Why are some places just not healthy and what do we do about it?

How we talk about what's happening now?

In this episode James and Wayne explore, from their own stories and from the Bible, what it means to begin grieving well, before death and to grieve with God after death.

In an extended episode, we explore how Christians respond to the question, "Why does a good God allow suffering?" Wayne and James chat through the different angles.

Wayne and James talk about why some people do extraordinarily good things while others do some less good things.