Connecting current affairs and the Bible together through the lens of justice. Guests each week share with our host how they would approach the Lectionary readings for the following Sunday, with ‘the Bible in one hand and the newspapers in the other’. Usually released on Tuesday mornings during term time. A Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) production.
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Connecting current affairs and the Bible together through the lens of justice. Guests each week share with our host how they would approach the Lectionary readings for the following Sunday, with ‘the Bible in one hand and the newspapers in the other’. Usually released on Tuesday mornings during term time. A Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) production.
Episode 163 with Jennifer Smith for Sunday 22 June
Politics in the Pulpit
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Episode 163 with Jennifer Smith for Sunday 22 June
This week our host Alex Clare-Young is joined by Jennifer Smith and Steve Tinning to discuss how politics could appear in our preaching for Sunday the 22nd of June, drawing upon the Lectionary:
Isaiah 65:1-9 - The Righteousness of God’s Judgement
Galatians 3:23-29 - Law or Faith
Luke 8:26-39 - Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac
Jennifer Smith is a Methodist Minister serving as Superintendent of Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission, the London church opened in 1778 for John Wesley, founder of Methodism. An Honorary Canon of St Paul's Cathedral in London and a US citizen, she is a regular contributor to BBC religious broadcasting and a widely invited speaker and preacher.
‘Politics in the Pulpit’ is JPIT’s weekly lectionary resource, helping to equip preachers, ministers and worship leaders to unpack justice and peace issues in the pulpit. You can join in the conversation on Twitter/X at @publicissues or using #PoliticsInThePulpit, or join our facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001084297426200/
Politics in the Pulpit
Connecting current affairs and the Bible together through the lens of justice. Guests each week share with our host how they would approach the Lectionary readings for the following Sunday, with ‘the Bible in one hand and the newspapers in the other’. Usually released on Tuesday mornings during term time. A Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) production.
