Episode 58: The Tenuous Connections Between Coffee and Theology.

This week, Alan, Greg and Scott look at a Relevant Magazine article on coffee and theology and use it as a springboard for a conversation about trends in church and Christian culture. 

In Episode 58, the lads play #PatronSaintOfWhat and then turn their struggling attention spans to a great Relevant Magazine article by Jesse Carey on 'What Your Coffee Says About Your Theology.' (13:00) The conversation is ... meandering ... but often stumbles (possibly unintentionally) into the hilarious and/or the profound!

Episode 57: Why Going To A Small Church Is Ruining Your Family ... or is it?

Episode 57 is #NotSponsoredBy the Jesus bracelet, the potent combination of the healing power of Jesus and 3000 gauss magnets of soothing copper. More disturbing than the product is Jesus' moustache on the logo.

This is also the first of week of #PatronSaintOfWhat, a ludicrous multiple choice quiz where Alan and Greg have to guess what lesser known saints are patrons of. This include St. Drogo, the patron saint of unattractive people. 

Finally (at c. 15 mins in), we discuss a clip from a talk by Andy Stanley where he describes parents as selfish if they don't go to a big enough church, a conversation that is hilarious but also honest and personal. 

Episode 56: The Real Reason We Don't Want You To Plant Your Stupid Church Here.

This week's episode is #NotSponsoredBy A Game For Good Christians, the 100% real and hilarious Christian equivalent of "Cards Against Humanity". From there, we discuss the winners and losers at the Oscars and a brilliant article by Nate J. Lee called 'Hillsong Church: Do Not Colonise San Francisco.' As Lee shares his frustrations with the idea of Hillsong coming to San Francisco and the challenges their theological justification presents, we reflect on new church movements in Ireland, how they make us feel and whether or not our we can justify our objections. Highlights of the show include Scott comparing Greg to Donald Trump twice before eventually calling him a 'prophetic pain in the ass.'

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Episode 55: #Blessed, the Prosperity Gospel and Oscar Mayer Wieners.

This week's episode is #NotSponsoredBy by the pun-derful 'Catch-Up With Jesus' t-shirt. Finally, an opportunity for me to be blessed 'from my head to-ma-toes.' Once we stop messing and get through our announcements (17:00), we talk about 'Death, the Prosperity Gospel & Me', a brilliant New York Times article by Kate Bowler and the way that we understand how God moves in our lives and what it means to be #Blessed.

Episode 54: The Graveyard Shift Oscar Special.

Episode 54 is #NotSponsoredBy Jesus Soap.

'Simply wash away your sins with Jesus Soap!'

With the Oscars happening LA on February 28th, we discuss the nominations and predict the winners ... even for films we haven't seen! As one would expect, we also get into some of the controversy around the Oscar nominations and what they say about the way our society works.

Episode 53: Jesus Sandals, #RealClergyBios and showing up at your own funeral.

Episode 53 is #NotSponsoredBy the brilliant and wonderful "Jesus Sandals" that leave the message that Jesus Loves You with every step. From there, we jump into a crazy story about a woman who shows up at her own funeral after her husband tried to have her assassinated and then talk about the #RealClergyBios trend where pastors, clergy and leaders share their honest feelings about what their job is really like. 

Episode 52: An Unplanned and Unpredicted Conversation About Prophecy.

Episode 52 is #NotSponsoredBy the Baby Jesus Cooke Cutter, a bizarre utensil that inevitably bankrupted someone. From there we talk about the Super Bowl, the revival that depended on it and our experiences of prophecy and the 'prophetic'.

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Episode 51: Trump, Palin and the Planet of the Primates.

This week, The Graveyard Shift is #NotSponsoredBy this beautiful and cringeworthy new church in Taiwan, designed to 'woo women worshippers.' Yes. It's shaped like a shoe.

We also talk about Sarah Palin endorsing Donald Trump and play a Graveyard Shift EXCLUSIVE: Trump Interrupting And Responding to Palin's Speech. You can listen to just the clip here:

https://soundcloud.com/scott-evans-49/trump-vs-palin

We also talk about the 2016 Gathering of the Anglican Primates and the quest for unity over division. 

Episode 50: Christianity, Islam & the Wheaton College Debate. (& Star Wars Spoilers ... Sorry.)

Episode 50 is #NotSponsoredBy the "Jesus Saves" piggy bank, a must have for all aspiring savers!

On a much more serious and important note, we also look at the story of Larycia Hawkins, a political science professor at Wheaton College, who was suspended after posting on Facebook that Muslims and Christians "worship the same God."

Do you agree? And do we? Tune in to find out! (Skip to 18 mins for those who find our intros 'a bit much'! We understand. We really do.)

Episode 49: The Insidious Dangers of Hover Boards and Social Media.

Breaking with the normal format of our show, Episode 49 begins with a conversation about the impact of social media on our lives and the ways in which we are shaped by it. Once we've resolved that issue for ourselves and the podcast-listening world, we dive into 'The You Testament' video game and the story of a priest in the Philippines who was suspended for riding a hoverboard in Mass. 

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Episode 48: Christians, Swearing and the Bible's Naughty Bits.

Episode 48 is #NotSponsoredBy Journey of Jesus: The Calling, a Facebook game where you take on a character in the 1st Century and rudely interrupt Jesus' baptism.

Alan, Greg and Scott talk about the best tweets of 2015 and an article in Relevant from Preston Sprinkle about the Bible's naughty bits and whether or not Christians should swear. 

Episode 47: Brand New Year, Same Old Us.

In the final episode of the year, Alan, Greg and Scott talk about the most common New Year's Resolutions, Buzzfeed's most ridiculous suggestions and the lads' hesitation about making them.

This week we're #NotSponsoredBy 'King Of Kings', a Nintendo Version of the Christmas Story. Listen to an 8-bit version of 'We Three Kings' as you take control of one of the Magi making their way to Bethlehem and answer Bible trivia. Believe it or not ... That actually makes it sound more interesting than it is. 

Thanks so much for all your support in 2015! We look forward to bringing you more ludicrous conversation and the occasional insightful tidbit (by accident) in 2016. 

Episode 46: Christian dancing, Christmas cracker jokes and keeping Christmas fresh.

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a house ... Mainly because of the obnoxious laughter coming from three Irish eejits making jokes so bad that they would be rejected by most Christmas crackers.

This week we're #NotSponsoredBy "Dance Praise 2: The Remix" where Christian music meets the dance mat and we talk church signs, Bible puns and how, after spending decades spent in church, we keep Christmas fresh for ourselves. 

You can see the signs and read the puns by clicking the links. 

Episode 45: Westboro Baptist Redemption & The Power of Grace, Humour and Social Media.

In Episode 45, the podcast is #NotSponsoredBy the truly terrible Heaven: The Video Game and talk about Adrian Chen's brilliant New Yorker article about Megan Phelps-Roper leaving Westboro Baptist Church. 


Episode 44: Donald Trump, Jerry Falwell Jr, Islamophobia and #YouAintNoMuslimBruv.

In Episode 44, we are #NotSponsoredBy the weirdest Christian book we've ever seen: Religious Gals Can Play Naughty!!! and other terrible titles and covers.

Without #SonDirection to distract us, we jump straight into conversation about Donald Trump's immigration policy, Jerry Falwell Jr's desire to see more university students with guns, the #YouAintNoMuslimBruv movement in the UK and the search for authentic Christianity and Islam.

Episode 43: The Banned Lord's Prayer with Special Guest Jonathan Martin.

This week, the lads are joined by Jonathan Martin (author of Prototype and teaching pastor of Sanctuary Church in Tulsa, OK) to play #SonDirection, relive 1980's Christian culture and talk about the Lord's prayer being banned in UK cinemas.

You can watch the ad below and read Giles Fraser's brilliant article about it here.

We are #NotSponsored by the Left Behind video game below and, for those of you wondering who Carman is and what it means to be A to J, you'll find the music video at the bottom. 

Episode 42: Supermacs, Biblical Historical Fiction and Lessons From Apple.

Making sense of a complicated world, Alan, Greg and Scott answer all your burning questions:

What's better: McDonald's or Supermacs?

What did Judas do last supper?

What can Christians learn from the world's most profitable and innovative company?

And, the only question that matters: Who won the #SonDirection Quiz?!

Episode 41: The Starbucks-Red-Cup Controversy.

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This week, we are #NotSponsoredBy the 1980's "God-Jesus" Robot and Alan continues to chase Greg's one round lead in #SonDirection. We also weigh in on the Starbucks Red Cup Controversy, a conversation that takes us from coffee to Christmas, Paris and beyond. 

Episode 40: Cha-cha-changes.

This week, we're #NotSponsoredBy God's Girlz, the gross and depressing Christian version of Bratz dolls and, with the score at 4-2, Alan tries to catch Greg on #SonDirection. Once we stop our messing around, we also talk about an article by Alan Hirsch and the journey of embracing change.

Episode 39: Ghosts, Spectre, Halloween and Jesus.

This week, we talk about why Spectre sucked (Scott) or was awesome (Alan), a giant, naked #NotSponsoredBy and play #SonDirection with Greg on the verge of a massive victory. We also bring on a new feature, the Graveyard Shift Tweet of the Week and chat about a Christian approach to Halloween.

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