Catacomb FM: Recent Episodes
Daniel French
Daniel French and Brandon LeTourneau host a weekly show on the basics of faithful Christianity alongside the hot button topics of the day. Expect lots on how we resist the emerging "brave new world" and remain true to Jesus, the Bible, the creeds and become ark builders in a time of cancel culture.
"The Gospel is Divisive" says Calvin Robison as he talks to Rev Daniel French about the culture wars in the Church and society along with the story that hit the news last week about his personal struggles to getting ordained in the Church of England.
Brandon is back with Rev Daniel to discuss a common question, "Why should I bother with church?" Here we are minded that a lot of people are writing in to us and the Irreverend podcasters to with a reawakening to the Christian faith BUT are shy of belonging to a church.
This week Rev Daniel gave a talk in Cambridge on the urgency of supporting faithful Christians and raising new ones. Here's a repeat of the same speech.
Rev Daniel French reflects on part of the apocalyptic discourse of Christ in Matthew 24. 4-14, "wars and rumours of wars." This short talk is also a summary of the the first Lent talk that Daniel gave last Thursday. The podcast is going out also on the Irrreverend podcast. How can raise Christians resilient to this difficult age?
Whereas most of human history believed in demons, devils, and evil spirits, people nowadays tend see this is goofy and unmodern. However, recently there's been a change in the air and old beliefs are coming back. Rev Daniel and Brandon explore this with special reference to the temptation in the wilderness which is the Gospel reading for the first Sunday of Lent (Luke 4. 1-13)
Rev Daniel French and Brandon LeTourneau explore how since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1988 an opportunity to unite East and West in the Church failed to be realised. What a missed opportunity! They also delve into Eastern Christian spirituality using Sunday Gospel reading of Luke 9. 28-45, the transfiguration and the subsequent failure of the disciples to heal the possessed boy.
Daniel French and Brandon LeTourneau explore a dynamic Christian vision of freedom and how developing inner freedom can help us resist authoritarianism. What can we learn from prisoners who have turned to Christ along with saintly mystics who have deepened in their intimacy with God.