The Outskirts of Faith

Nigel Adams founded Hope Nottingham in 2010, and it grew from nothing to become a network of community hubs and foodbanks, inspiring similar projects in Derbyshire and Kenya. He chats with Elliott this week about the idea of what a Kingdom is in What Does It Mean and also explores with us a verse from Jeremiah.

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Ruth Rice, CEO and founder of the charity Renew Wellbeing, is this week's guest on the Outskirts of Faith Podcast! She shares with Elliott her own mental health story and how that sparked the birth of the charity she now runs which helps churches open spaces of welcome and inclusion in partnership with mental health teams to improve mental and emotional wellbeing. 

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Mark Madavan is the Senior Minister at the Fishponds Baptist Church in Bristol. He's recently turned his hand to writing, and with some help with his wife Cathy, has released his first book 'Up and Alive' which he chats about with Elliott. We also in this week's podcast, chat about sight loss, prayer, and cover the meaning behind the word 'Healing' in What Does It Mean.

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A lecturer in Political Theology at St Mellitus College's Department of Theology and Religion, Dr Selina Stone joins Elliott for a quick chat about her latest book Tarry Awhile, and also explains the history and meaning behind the word Pentecost.

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Kate Nicholas is an author, preacher and broadcaster who is also a trained journalist. She speaks this week to Elliott about her life changing diagnosis of advanced breast cancer, God, and how she witnessed her mother have a vision of Jesus. We also ask Kate to give us her definition of the word 'Healing' in what does it mean, and dip into the book of Acts for this week's piece of scripture.

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Chatting with Elliott this week on the Outskirts of Faith is John Lennox, a Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, and an internationally renowned speaker on the interface of science, philosophy and religion. He has written many books on religion, ethics, the relationship between science and God, and has had public debates with atheists including Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens.

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Patrick Regan OBE, the youth worker that founded and led XLP and the man behind mental-health charity Kintsugi Hope is Elliott's guest this week on the Outskirts Of Faith podcast. He shares stories and scripture aplenty, thinks about doubt, and deep dives into the meaning of 'Hope' and what that looks like in today's world.

Patrick's book 'Brighter Days - 12 Steps To Strengthening Your Wellbeing' (Published by SPCK) which he also t...

Nicola Holt is a digital marketing guru with a Christian heart, who helps businesses of all sizes take their next big step. She's chatting with Elliott this week about how her faith and business go together, as well as sharing with us a traumatic decision that pushed her to the outskirts of faith while she was in Australia. 

This week we dip into the book of Proverbs for Nicola's favourite piece of scripture and she also gives us h...

Retired Anglican vicar Nick Grew is in the hot seat with Elliott this week talking about worship, being given a purpose in life, and how God gave him a verse too! Nick also talks about life as a retired minister and the gift of time that comes with that which helps him to continue to bring the good news. Plus he takes on the Bible Quiz and dips into the Psalms and shares his favourite piece of scripture.

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Joining Elliott this week is a teams pastor from the Audacious Church, Julie Wilson, who throughout the podcast talks about the importance of being obedient to God. Alongside plenty of laughs, Julie also shares with Elliott her time of feeling on the outskirts of faith, a miraculous moment while trying to get pregnant, and talks about authenticity too.

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Dr Richard Pile is a GP specialising in lifestyle medicine and cardiology, an author, TEDx speaker, blogger, podcaster, mentor and coach. He's also a Christian and in this episode he chats with Elliott about how he balances his work as a doctor, his faith and family life, as well as openly talking about the medical struggles his own family have experienced and the impact they've had on his life.

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Our Outskirts of Faith Podcast guest this week turns the phrase 'Whistle while you work' on its head - Lisa Drabble works with Jen Baker ministries and when she's not with Jen, she's out and about blessing people's homes while she cleans them, so altogether now...."Blessing while you work!"

Lisa shares with Elliott about the moment God spoke to her and chats to him about her journey finding faith and a prayer life too. She also sha...

Lady T is an award winning radio and TV presenter, a podcaster and an international event host. She joins Elliott this week on the Outskirts of Faith Podcast to chat about how she lives out her life for Christ and making sure that's she's authentic in the eyes of God in everything that she does and whoever she's with.

Elliott will also be asking Tolu to share with her favourite piece of scripture and getting her to explain the idea...

What does your mind jump to when you hear the word 'Religion'? Well, author and conversational evangelist Rev Ted Pike is attempting to explain it to us this week in 'What Does It Mean'! He'll also be jumping into the book of Proverbs to share with us some scripture, as well as talking about love, being offended and stories of how he chats about his faith with others using conversational evangelism.

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On the Outskirts of Faith this week Elliott's guest is John Wyatt, who is a a doctor, author, speaker and research scientist - and that doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of what he has achieved in his life and career!

In this moving conversation John shares his journey of faith with Elliott, talks about working as a doctor, and also how he overcame a devastating psychiatric breakdown where he found himself in a locked psych...

This week's Outskirts of Faith guest is an Entrepreneur, Coach, Mentor, Pastor... and if that isn't enough, then you might also want to know that he's been the keyboard player for the band OMD, Stone Roses and Ian Brown, to name just a few of the artists he's worked with.

Nigel is chatting to Elliott about his life in music, his journey as a coach and entrepreneur, dipping into the book of Hebrews for some scripture and talking to ...

Joining to chat about their faith journey with Elliott this week is close friend and business analyst Graham Shankland, who gives us his thoughts on wearing a cross, chats about High Church, and takes on the Bible Quiz, Splat the Gnat and shares with us his favourite piece of scripture from the Bible too. 

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Phil Knox is an evangelism and missiology senior specialist at the Evangelical Alliance and this week he talks to Elliott about the importance of friendship and just why he's so passionate about making sure we have good friends.

As well as sharing his testimony with us, including about how he lost his parents during his twenties, he'll also deep dive into 'What Does It Mean', Splat The Gnat, take on the Bible Quiz, and tell us abou...

Chatting with Elliott this week on the Outskirts of Faith is NT Wright, but you can call him Tom! In this very special edition of the Outskirts of Faith podcast, Elliott and Tom sit down and explore the Lord's Prayer together, working through it and discussing what different parts of it mean.

Tom is an English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and was the former bishop of Durham from 2003 to 2010. He's written over 70 books...