James in conversation with Ed Shaw, Pastor of Emmanuel City Centre Church, Bristol, about the recent voting by the Church of England to welcome the blessing of same sex marriages in dedicated church services. The amendment to the motion scraped through by one vote; the amended motion passed by 227 votes to 203.

On Monday night, thousands of football fans stayed behind to cheer their team after a 4-1 defeat. Why?

This week Wendy and James talk about 'vision and values' and how they can make for flourishing or perishing.

Following Matthew Perry’s death, James and Wendy talk about light and darkness, addiction and hope in Jesus. What affects who we are becoming as we journey through life and how to alter that trajectory.

This episode was recorded on Halloween, if you’re confused about how to respond to Halloween as a Christian, you may want to read this quick reflection from J John

J John on Halloween

James and Wayne talk about a recent cricket controversy and why this is really about our hearts and not just what happened on a cricket pitch.

What do the England Cricket Board and Russian politics have in common? This week James and Wayne discuss systems and what makes them choose impunity or scapegoating and how Christians can respond to the wrongs of the systems we find ourselves in.

James has visited Sudan and describes it as a country that has had a deep impact on him. He was shocked to learn from Sudanese friends in the UK that Darfur is back in the news, as reminders of what some called the 21st century’s first genocide circulate.

More Tea, Vicar? this week considers a Christian perspective on the concept of impunity, defined as “exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action” as the Janjaweed step up their campaign of terror against vulnerable and displaced peoples.

Outside of Jesus we are always creating division, we are always building walls; Hadrian’s Wall, the Berlin Wall, the Great Wall of China. The reason why dividing walls appear is because we don’t feel safe in other people’s presence. But with Jesus, it is safe to have no dividing wall. With impunity, we hide what makes us unsafe - Jesus wants us to bring it into the light so we can live alongside each other for our greater calling.

We're in the middle of a series seeking to understand the issues and controversy surrounding human sexuality and same-sex marriage going on in Church and culture at the moment.

In the final part of our series on human sexuality we look at the story of the woman at the well in John’s gospel and ask the questions do we need sexual intimacy for a full life? And what is the life that Jesus offers and is He enough?

This week the Iranian football team did not sing their national anthem and Virgil Van Dijk and Harry Kane did not wear OneLove arm bands at the World Cup. We talk about what it mean for us to protest and make sacrifices for what we believe in.

James is back this week and we've been inspired by Gary Neville's appearance as guest host on Have I Got News For You. Well, inspired is perhaps the wrong word, but the way Ian Hislop called Neville out for his planned attendance at the upcoming World Cup in Qatar has thrown up questions around words, actions, righteousness and integrity. We look at the story of Naaman from 2 Kings and how we can live with integrity within the mess of culture this side of eternity.

This week we’re talking about the arrival of Jeremy Hunt as Chancellor and how we can tell the awkward truths people in our families, communities and teams need to hear.

This week we're talking about the protests happening in Iran as women across the country bravely stand up to religious fundamentalism for their rights and civil liberties. James & Wayne discuss the idea that regimes of fear and control use lies to further their agenda and that every culture outside of that of the Kingdom of God will tell lies in order to establish itself at the expense of the truth about Jesus.

Sparked by a BBC news article we read this week about Ukrainians who no longer want to speak Russian, in this episode we discuss language and culture: Why do words have so much power? How has language been used throughout history to expand empires? And what does the Bible have to say about language and ethnicity?

What do we do when our lives are falling apart or something has happened in the life of someone we love? How can we follow Jesus and love one another? James & Wayne discuss on this week's MTV.

How is it possible for good people to create bad culture? And how do we as followers of Jesus create good culture? This week we're talking about Mother Theresa, Jürgen Klopp and 4 hallmarks of good leadership.

In a post-Christian culture it’s very easy for morality and mercy to become polarised. This week on MTV we talk about how in the Christian faith they’re held together and how Jesus embodies and demonstrates both.

Following last week's episode on the fallout from the slap at the Oscars, James and Wayne talk about what the Bible says sin is and why we need to take it seriously. Don't worry there is some really good news in this for all of us!

James and Wayne discuss the situation in Ukraine and talk through the traditional Christian understanding of how the church has understood when and how to go to war.

This week, as 1.5 million Ukrainians have fled their homes, we’re discussing evil; how we can be complicit with it, and how we live in the now and not yet as followers of Jesus.

Be who you want to be, do whatever you want, the world is your oyster - were you told this at primary school too? This week we’re talking about what the Bible has to say about our gifts and passions, our limitations, God’s purposes for us, and how that plays out in the body, His church.