Bigger Questions
Bigger Questions
Bigger Questions is an interview and conversation recorded before a live audience in Melbourne’s CBD. Your host is Robert Martin from City Bible Forum in Melbourne. Rob loves asking the big questions of life and discussing these with the interesting and engaging guests on the show. They tackle all sorts of bigger questions from the inspirational to the confrontational; sharing stories and seeking…Social links:
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Is Christianity anti-human? - Michael Jensen - 22-23 June 2024
Some claim that Christianity is anti-human because it teaches an afterlife and that humans are inherently ’sinful’. We confront these questions and explore an alternative vision of human flourishing. Our guest: Michael Jensen works as the senior minister at St Mark’s Anglican Church in Darling …
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Is Christianity Bad News? - Steve McAlpine - 15-16 June 2024
These days, it’s commonplace to suggest that the Christian faith is bad news - after all, isn’t it discriminatory, bigoted and hateful? Yet, the Christian message itself claims to be good news. So what are we supposed to believe? We confront some of these toughest questions about Christianity in ou…
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Is God Dead? - Kevin Sorbo - 8-9 June 2024
On 8 April 1966, Time Magazine led with the famous cover story, ’Is God dead?’ The cover was provocative and sparked great debate. It continues to be the big, looming question of our time, as more and more people seem to believe and act as though God is dead. Our guest: Kevin Sorbo is a Hollywoo…
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Where are the Voices of Hope? - Jazz Thornton - 1-2 June 2024
What do we make of all the blood and violence in the Bible? The so-called 'good book' contains many stories of killing and death; Christians seem to even rejoice over the ’blood of Jesus’. Why is there so much blood in the Bible? We confront some of the most confronting (and confusing) parts of the…
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Is God Bloodthirsty? - Mike Raiter - 1-2 June 2024
What do we make of all the blood and violence in the Bible? The so-called 'good book' contains many stories of killing and death; Christians seem to even rejoice over the ’blood of Jesus’. Why is there so much blood in the Bible? We confront some of the most confronting (and confusing) parts of the…
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Dami Im - 25-26 May 2024
**Content warning: This episode contains discussion of suicidal thoughts and attempts - please listen with care.** What goes through the mind of a 12-year-old who attempts to take her own life? We engage some deeply difficult and challenging issues as we confront the big questions around mental ill…
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George Savvides and Jenny George - 11-12 May 2024
Famous business leader Al Dunlap (nicknamed the Chainsaw) wrote a best-selling manifesto titled Mean Business, making a very successful career out of business brutality. Even Lord Acton famously said, 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad m…
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Andrew Laird - 4-5 May 2024
’Under Pressure’ is a famous song by David Bowie & Queen, with the lyrics: 'Pressure pushing down on me, pressing down on you, no man ask for; under pressure that burns a building down, splits a family in two, puts people on streets'. There are also lots of books called Under Pressure, whether they…
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Tim Hinks - 27-28 April 2024
Bigger Questions is an interview and conversation recorded before a live audience in Melbourne?s CBD. Your host is Robert Martin from City Bible Forum in Melbourne. Rob loves asking the big questions of life and discussing these with the interesting and engaging guests on the show. They tackle a…
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Sam and Julie-Anne - 20-21 April 2024
Sam and Julie-Anne
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