Podcasts by Theology - the Live Sessions (TLS)

Homosexuality: What does God think? How can we respond? from 2019-02-28T20:29:10

Few subjects are as hotly contested today in Christian circles as that of homosexuality. In this final episode of the series, Paul sets out to see how the principles of hermeneutics that have be...

The End-Times - Can we be optimistic or should we worry? from 2019-01-22T22:19:44

The subject of the "end-times", especially the events surrounding the return of Jesus, can be a thorny subject - much debated, disagreed over and misunderstood. But our understanding of it will ...

Violence in the Bible - How do we handle it? from 2018-10-26T09:01:33

The subject of violence in the Bible and God's apparent complicity in it has troubled people for centuries. Did God command genocide and, if he did, what does that say about God? How do we recon...

Creation or Evolution: Or both? What are the issues? from 2018-09-20T20:26:34

TLS gets restarted after the Summer break with a fascinating look at the creation of the world - a subject that often raises passions and can divide people sharply. Is there a way to cut through...

Free Will - Calvin, or not? If not, what? from 2018-06-23T15:06:08

How do we think about God's power and sovereignty in the light of the human ability to make free choices? Do we really have free will at all? The way we attempt to answer these questions is not ...

Hell - What does the Bible really say about it? from 2018-05-23T13:22:42

Hell features heavily in much modern gospel preaching, but is completely missing from the preaching of early Christians in the book of Acts. Have we got the emphasis wrong? The traditional view ...

Eternity - Is 'heaven' where we're headed? from 2018-04-23T22:31:17

The thought of "heaven" is a great source of comfort and hope for many Christians. But what, where and when actually is it? In this episode, Paul Callan attempts to untangle some of the confused...

Justification and Righteousness - What are they? from 2018-03-24T20:33:57

In this episode, Paul Callan takes a look at what the terms "justification" and "righteousness" really mean in the Bible. We are encouraged to look at what Paul the apostle was really talking ab...

Atonement - What really happened at the cross? from 2018-02-20T19:19:49

In recent years, the subject of the atonement has sparked major debate. Some of the traditional ways of looking at the cross have come under scrutiny and attack, even from within the evangelical...

The Gospel - It's bigger than you think from 2018-01-23T21:19

Is the gospel all about having our sins forgiven so that we can go to heaven when we die? Many of our gospel presentations are about little more than "sin management", as Dallas Willard said. In...

Trinity - What's the big deal? from 2017-12-15T08:45:06

In this podcast from "Theology - the Live Sessions", the monthly exploration in theology from King's Church Loughborough, Paul Callan opens up the subject of the Trinity. The nature of God as Tr...

Hermeneutics - getting from then and there to here and now from 2017-11-20T21:27:31

In the third episode in this accessible theology class from King's Church Loughborough, Paul Callan completes a trio of introductory sessions which provide tools to allow us to go deeper in our ...

The Bible - What it is and what it isn't from 2017-10-17T20:10:59

In this second session, recorded on 15th October 2017, we look at the Bible and how it works. It is a God-given book but also a fully human one. How do we approach it correctly, does it have any...

How to Study Theology Without Damaging Your Faith from 2017-09-19T09:32:38

Welcome to the first edition of the TLS podcast! In this introductory session, we look at what theology is, and how to tackle it in a healthy and faith-building way.

The talk was given by...