Resignations, Democracy, and Cricketing Revivals

What should we make of the chaos in Downing Street this week? What does the fallout of the Arab Spring teach us about democracy? How does England's cricket team point us to revival? In this episode of In:Dependence, Phil Topham (FIEC Executive Director) is joined by Justin Gill (FIEC IT Manager) and John Stevens (FIEC National Director) to discuss some of the biggest stories in the news over the past two weeks. 00:00 - Introduction 00:43 - Chaos at Downing Street and Boris Johnson's resignation 09:26 - Balancing political and Christian convictions 12:42 - The Arab Spring and democracy 18:34 - Waiting for the second coming 24:57 - England cricket and revival 27:24 - Meta's AI and sermon translation 29:02 - Death row and kidney donation Resources mentioned in this episode Arabs believe economy is weak under democracy (bbc.co.uk) At least 77 rescued from Nigerian church basement after awaiting second coming of Christ (news.sky.com) Meta's AI can translate between 204 languages, including rare ones (newscientist.com) Texas death row inmate asks to delay execution so he can donate kidney (theguardian.com) You can access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website. About In:Dependence: In:Dependence is FIEC’s official podcast, where you’ll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners. You can access video podcasts by subscribing to the FIEC YouTube channel. About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Being part of FIEC links you to a growing number of Independent evangelical churches and there are now more than 50,000 people who are part of churches affiliated to FIEC. Follow FIEC on social media: Instagram Facebook Twitter