The Speak Life Podcast

Glen Scrivener reacts to Andrew Huberman on Diary of a CEO talking about the benefits of prayer. Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Glen responds to Joe Schmid's ( @MajestyofReason ) conversion to Catholicism. 00:00 What's Happened with Joe Schmidt? 06:40 Joe Schmid and the Cross: Centrepiece or Afterthought? 11:52 Joe Schmidt and C.S. Lewis: Compare and Contrast 15:50 Lewis's Conversion: Transcending Rationalism with Myth 22:24 Schmid's Conversion: Transcending Rationalism with Miracles 24:29 The Fork in the Road: Meaning or Certainty? 26:08 Joe's Conversion Moment 32:19 The Protestant-Catholic Spiral: Mutual Polarisation 40:23 The Place of Evidence in Persuasion 44:09 4 Non-Catholic Explanations of Catholic Miracles 48:12 Earthly Explanations: The World, the Flesh and the Devil 55:48 Demonic Explanations and Joe Schmid's 4 Tests 58:38 Why Biblical Tests Undermine Schmid's Approach 01:09:17 Lewis's Test: Conformity to the Great Miracle—Christ 01:14:05 "Nature and Grace" — Different Visions 01:18:46 Heavenly Explanations That Deny the Miracles Are Vindicatory 01:30:39 Heavenly Explanations That Deny Roman Supremacy 01:32:29 CS Lewis's Objections to Roman Supremacy 01:38:52 CS Lewis on the Source of the Church's Unity 01:43:00 The Achilles Head of Roman Catholicism 01:46:14 Schmid's Approach Undermines Certainty and Mission 01:49:57 How Should Protestants Respond to Schmid's Call? 01:55:04 A Counter-Offer to Joe Schmid 01:57:21 Invitation to Free Course: 321 Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

“Jesus died so that…” How would you finish the sentence? Join Glen Scrivener and Naomi Brehm as they explore different images the Bible gives us to understand the mystery of what Christ has done. In this episode, we meander through the law courts, the temple, the market, the home and the battlefield as we consider the Bible’s language of “justification”, “propitiation”, “representation”, “redemption”, “adoption” and “victory”. You’ll want a Bible for this one - or follow along with Romans 3 online here . Recommended mentions: Evangelism in a Sceptical World, Sam Chan (book) The Cross of Christ, John Stott (book) It was Finished Upon That Cross, City Alight (song) Which image resonates with you most? Any surprises? What did we miss? Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, suggestions and questions: podcast@speaklife.org.uk Come and see how the cross fits into the bigger story of reality at 321course.com _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

“Jesus died so that…” How would you finish the sentence? Join Glen Scrivener and Naomi Brehm as they explore different images the Bible gives us to understand the mystery of what Christ has done. In this episode, we meander through the law courts, the temple, the market, the home and the battlefield as we consider the Bible’s language of “justification”, “propitiation”, “representation”, “redemption”, “adoption” and “victory”. You’ll want a Bible for this one - or follow along with Romans 3 online here . Recommended mentions: Evangelism in a Sceptical World, Sam Chan (book) The Cross of Christ, John Stott (book) It was Finished Upon That Cross, City Alight (song) Which image resonates with you most? Any surprises? What did we miss? Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, suggestions and questions: podcast@speaklife.org.uk Come and see how the cross fits into the bigger story of reality at 321course.com _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Glen Scrivener explores the recent conversions of Joe Weller, Brian Guan and Joe Schmid. What do they have in common? Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Glen Scrivener interviews Brian Guan, the Instagram influencer who decided to try Christianity for 30 days. Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Trent Horn ( @TheCounselofTrent ) is an apologist for Catholic Answers and the host of the very popular Counsel of Trent podcast. Here he talks to Glen Scrivener about atheism, agnosticism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Orthodoxy and how to speak persuasively in the midst of our current "vibe shift". Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Glen Scrivener interviews journalist David Campanale. In 2024 he was deselected as a parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats due to his Christian beliefs. Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

If Jesus is the cure, what’s the disease? Join Glen Scrivener and Naomi Brehm as they explore 6 different lenses the Bible gives us to view the human condition, because how we view “sin” influences how we view the nature of God himself. In this episode (Part 2 of 2), we cover: Rebellion/Return Sickness/Healing Addiction/Freedom Debt/Mercy Folly/Wisdom Lost/Found Which resonates with you most? Any surprises? Send your reflections and questions to podcast@speaklife.org.uk Come and see how the ugliness of “sin” fits into the beauty of the bigger story at 321course.com _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

If Jesus is the cure, what’s the disease? Join Glen Scrivener and Naomi Brehm as they explore 6 different lenses the Bible gives us to view the human condition, because how we view “sin” influences how we view the nature of God himself. In this episode (Part 1 of 2), we cover: Transgression/Forgiveness Power/Deliverance Defilement/Cleansing Idolatry/Reorientation Death/Life Betrayal/Love Which resonates with you most? Any surprises? Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk Come and see how the ugliness of “sin” fits into the beauty of the bigger story at 321course.com _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Glen Scrivener explains why we must be Trinitarian in our evangelism. Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Glen Scrivener discusses the Christian doctrine of original sin. Is it the awful teaching that atheists like Christopher Hitchens have made it out to be? Or is it good news? 00:00 Introducing original sin 09:18 4 reasons the world should love the doctrine of original sin 16:35 3 reasons it doesn't 19:54 2 analogies 26:48 1 call-to-action Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Thomas Thorogood unpacks the meaning of ‘The Odyssey’ (2026 movie), written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya and Charlize Theron. It's an adaptation of Homer's Odyssey from around the 8th century BC. How does the movie handle the fantastical elements of the story? And does its outlook on war owe more to Christianity than Ancient Greece? Thomas' film review YouTube channel: youtube.com/stirandfry Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

What happened at the cross? Sometimes the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement is criticised as novel. Here Glen Scrivener shows that the ancient church (both Eastern and Western) proclaimed Christ's death as a penal substitution. But crucially they proclaimed it in the context of three other doctrines which are vital. What are they? Listen to find out. Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Is it possible to be a “Non-Resistant Non-Believer”? Is a supernatural experience of God necessary to believe in Jesus? Is trust in Jesus gradual or is there a moment of “crossing the line”? Join Glen Scrivener, Naomi Brehm and special guest Mike Hood as they discuss the place of spiritual experiences and historical evidence in coming to trust Jesus. Check out Mike’s recent book, The If That Changes Everything . “This book will give you solid reasons not only to believe in the resurrection of Jesus but, even more, to love it.” - Glen Find out more from the Finding Jesus Report here . Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Join Glen Scrivener, Naomi Brehm and Thomas Thorogood as they discuss deconstruction, denominations and disagreeing well. Thank you to Aidan, Cassidy, Emile, Jeff, Nemo & Jared for sharing part of their story with us. Thank you to Paul VanderKlay and Cassidy van Der Kamp for hosting conversations and space for new friendships at the Breakwater Festival . We’d love to know what you think. Have you had a “change of orbit”? How do you navigate tension and conflict in faith conversations? Know of any similar events coming up? (We’d love to join!) _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Glen Scrivener outlines 10 issues with Pop-Protestantism and 3 reasons why true Protestantism is the answer. Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Glen Scrivener reacts to Jonathan Pageau's speech about AI at ARC (The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship) 2026. How does it compare to Jordan Peterson's message? Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Glen Scrivener interviews Dr Martin Shaw about storytelling, his journey to Christ, the renewed interest in Christianity, the differences between Protestantism and Eastern Orthodoxy and more. Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show

Glen Scrivener discusses Jonathan Pageau's conversation with Gavin Ortlund and what Protestantism can bring to the table in a time of renewed interest in Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism. Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk _____________________________ Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website Support the show