Two Ways News

Nov 19 2024 199 ep. 26 mins 41
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Gospel thinking for today, with Tony Payne and Phillip Jensen.

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Submission

Nov 19 2024 39 mins  
Dear friends,Can I humbly submit that it would be worth us talking about submission?And before you say, ‘Oh no, not another go-around about men and women and church roles’, that’s not what I mean, nor is it what this episode is about. ‘Submission’ is a much bigger concept—and bigger problem—than that.In fact, thinking about ‘submission’ and why we tend to recoil f

Spiritual formation or transformation?

Nov 12 2024 36 mins  
Dear friends,We love getting your emails and questions, and recently one of our regular listeners, Hannah, wrote in with a follow-up question to our episode on ‘spiritual discipline’. She asked:I've been wondering whether you might consider using a podcast episode to speak to the current trend towards formation as a major strand in Christian discipleship. I understand that it�

An unconventional farewell

Nov 04 2024 30 mins  
Dear friends,Our long journey through the book of Romans is coming to an end. And after the theological glories of chapter 3 and chapter 5 and chapter 8—well, of all the chapters between 1 and 15 really—chapter 16 often feels like an anti-climax. We are tempted to read it as a hurried postscript with some personal greetings, and other bibs and bobs.But if we take a closer look,

Hope for humanity

Oct 28 2024 43 mins  
Dear friends,As we near the end of the extraordinary letter to the Romans, we find the apostle returning to the purpose for which he was writing to them—which he had broached in chapter 1 but now comes back to, after explaining in such majestic terms the gospel that is the foundation of his missionary enterprise.As Paul does so, he reiterates why the gospel he preaches is for all

Quarrelling over opinions

Oct 22 2024 52 mins  
Dear friends,While Tony is away at Evangelize 2024 in Denver, Colorado, USA, Phillip is joined by his brother Peter Jensen as they take a deep dive into Romans 14.It seems that regardless of the century we live in, people always find something to fight about, unable to extract ourselves from the sinful temptations of pride and passing judgment on others. It is no different in this

A culture of debt and love

Oct 14 2024 39 mins  
Dear friends,We are a nation in deep debt, both corporately and personally. But despite how much we owe, the debt of ‘love’ doesn’t figure on our balance sheets.Romans 13 says that it should, and that ‘love’ is in fact the fulfilment of the Old Testament law.How can this be? And what is ‘love’ anyway?That’s our topic on this week’s episode of Two Ways News.Your br

What is government for?

Oct 07 2024 37 mins  
Dear friends,I’m writing this introduction in an Airbnb in Denver, Colorado, with a ‘HARRIS-WALZ’ sign in the front yard. I’m not sure (nor am I going to say) whether I’d be happier with a TRUMP-VANCE sign. I think no sign at all would probably suit me best, and I imagine that there are many Americans who feel the same.But it makes me think: is a studied non-involvement i

Individuals in community

Sep 30 2024 34 mins  
Dear friends,As we turn to the next part of Romans 12 this week (verses 3-13), we confront two ideas that our society finds it hard to hold together: individualism and communalism.What’s the basic truth about us? Is it that we are unique, sovereign individuals who should have the right to pursue life, liberty and happiness in our own particular way? Or are necessarily and primari

When God changes my mind

Sep 23 2024 38 mins  
Dear friends,Well after several weeks bouncing from subject to subject, and answering your questions, it’s back to Romans!This week, we come to a turning point in Paul’s monumental letter. At the beginning Romans 12, he turns from the deeply theological discussion of the nature of the gospel that has dominated the first eleven chapters to its practical outworking in Christian l

What is a church?

Sep 16 2024 44 mins  
Dear friends,Debates about real nature of ‘church’ have been around even longer than Phillip’s and my combined age. It’s a complicated and perennial topic, but we thought it was worth another outing in this week’s edition because it’s also very practical.It’s practical not just because what you think a ‘church’ is will shape what you do in church. What you think a