Babel Undone
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Since the Tower of Babel, the world has grown increasingly divided by language, culture, faith, and ways of thinking.Yet with advancements in technology and our modes of communication, we may have an unprecedented opportunity for interconnectivity.In this global village, we encounter similar issues but approach them in different ways.So, what would it look like to foster a community where learning from each other forms the basis for understanding and coexistence? How can we celebrate our differences while recognising our shared humanity?Welcome to 'Babel Undone', a podcast dedicated to undoing the divisions by creating a space for Christians worldwide to better understand and learn from each other.
Episodes
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Heath Adamson - Is hope just wishful thinking?
Where do you go to find hope? God has made us a promise that he is our future and our hope but how do we discern that from just wishful thinking? Heath Adamson, Senior Vice President of Global Program at Convoy of Hope believes 'hope' is more than just a nice idea. The faith-based global relief…
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Wendell Vinson - Church is the solution to the world's biggest problems
Pastor Wendell Vinson has been in ministry for over 40 years and he's still passionate that it can solve problems the world often simply can't. He's the co-founder and president of the non-profit CityServe Network, an organization that resources local churches to serve it's communities. And they,...
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Ron and Ann Mainse - On having a better marriage: 'A cord with three strands is not easily broken'
Ron and Ann Mainse are Canadian Christian media personalities known for their work as former co-hosts of the television program 100 Huntley Street and hosts of their current marriage enrichment program, A Better Us. Their work focusses on strengthening marriage and family relationships. And their...
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Luke Moon - Gen Z and misinformation on Israel
Friend of the podcast, Luke Moon, returns to talk about the growing levels of misinformation around Israel on university campuses. He's Executive Director of The Philos Project, a nonprofit organization promoting positive Christian engagement in the Middle East. It's an organisation designed to...
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Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett - Faith as an antedote to cultural nihilism
Dr Katrina Swett is a human rights advocate and the President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice. It's an organisation close to her heart as her father was the late congressman Tom Lantos - the only Holocaust survivor ever to be elected to the US congress. She has worked...
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Steele Billings - AI serving The Church
Steele Billings is Chief AI Officer at Gloo an AI company serving ministry leaders and working in over 80,000 churches. In this growing field, Gloo aims to bring a redemptive approach to the practice making sure this emerging technology helps people and organisations do what God has called them…
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Katy Faust - Children's advocacy on the front lines
Katy Faust is the passionate founder and president of Them Before Us, a non-profit that advocates for children's rights. And as an activist Faust is not backwards in coming forward. She believes every child has the right to be known and loved by their biological mother and father. She is a...
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Rob Ketterling - "Generosity is a muscle"
"Our church gave away 12 million dollars last year to charities" says Rob Ketterling proudly. Ketterling is a man who sees generosity as a goal. He's the pastor at River Valley Church in Minnesota and has been ministering for 30 years with that focus. He's the author of The Generous Life and uses...
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Carole Nuriel - Antisemitism in the middle east
Carole Nuriel grew up in Israel, born to French speaking Moroccan-born parents and is known mainly for her extensive work with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) a prominent international organization founded in 1913 to combat antisemitism and bigotry. Her work has lead her to consult with many…
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Alveda King - Niece of Martin Luther King and voice of the unborn
Alveda King grew up steeped in the concerns for racial equality within America in the 1960s. Her uncle was civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and she is daughter of the activist A. D. King. Alveda herself a prominent and empathetic voice within the Christian conservative movement…
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Stephan Christiansen - Revival in Europe and how to define it
Is revival happening in Europe and if so how do we identify it? How do we discern where real interest in Christ lies among Gen Z and what is spiritual curiosity? Stephan Christiansen thinks he knows the answer. He's a Norwegian preacher and co-founder of the Jesus Revolution, which, since 1997…
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Rabbi Tuly Weisz - Arguing for Zionism and forging strong bonds between Jews and Christians
Rabbi Tuly Weisz is the founder of Israel365, an organization established to strengthen ties between Jews and Christian and highlighting the biblical significance of Israel. Tuly is also the editor of The Israel Bible, a bilingual Hebrew–English edition of the Hebrew Bible focused on the…
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Bishop Dan Scott - Faith in the age of AI
Bishop Dan Scott is the American son of missionaries who worked in South and Central America and spent his teenage years in Latin America. He is a retired Anglican bishop who served in Nicaragua, Peru, Canada as well as the US. He's spent a lifetime in service and now works for a mental health...
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Michelle Bachman - No Christianity without Judaism
The former US congresswoman arguing for a Christian America. An early summer in Israel as a teenager had a life-long affect on Michele Bachman. After giving her life to Christ aged 16 she went on to become a Republican politician and later congresswoman as a U.S. representative for Minnesota's…
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Tomas Sandell - The future of The Church in Europe
Finnish-born Tomas Sandell has been straddling a life between politics and faith for nearly 30 years. He is the founding director of the European Coalition for Israel with offices just across from the European Parliament in Brussels. The ECI acts as a pan-European Christian grassroots movement...
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Amos Yong - How Pentecostal movements and the outpouring of The Spirit affect 'Global theology'
Malaysian-American Pentecostal theologian Amos Yong was born in Asia but moved to the US in his teens. With a father who was a pastor himself he was steeped in the Pentecostal tradition, a subject that would fascinate him for his whole live. Yong is considered one of the most important…
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Dr Kobby Barda - "New Jews no news"- How antisemitism took hold in US universities
How do we fix free speech on university campuses? In this episode of Babel Undone we hear from Dr Kobby Barda a scholar in Israel-US relations who talks about the "poisoning" of a young generation. Barda is a senior lecturer at the Holon Institute of Technology with a PHD in the unique subject of...
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Joel Finkelstein - The neuroscientist combatting hate online
From 5G towers spreading Covid to the great replacement theory suggesting a secret plot to replace white populations with immigrants. What do these popular online conspiracies have in common? They demonise certain groups. Psychologist-turned-Neuroscientist Joel Finkelstein is a data-driven...
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Dr Lisa Miller - How God talks to us through 'The Awakened Brain'
American Professor of psychology Dr Lisa Miller has spent her life studying the brain. But what part does faith play? In The Awakened Brain Psychologist Dr Lisa Miller argues human beings have an innate capacity for spirituality - and she can prove it. The New York Times best-selling author and...
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Hikmat Kashouh - The pastor and scholar building Christian communities in the heart of Lebanon
Dr. Hikmat Kashouh is the senior pastor of Resurrection Church Beirut and a respected scholar in Middle Eastern Christianity. Through his scholarly work and his book The Arabic Versions of The Gospels he sought to keep the arabic Christian tradition alive to for his generation and the next. He…
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Jenny Korn - fighting for people of faith from the heart of the White House
Jenny Korn is Deputy Assistant to the President and Faith Director in the White Houses's Faith Office a role she was appointed to by President Trump earlier this year. She's a seasoned Republican political strategist and has been active in politics for over 20 years. Back in 2004 she worked on...
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Dr. Taysser Mustafa - 'Sudan is a treasure'
Sudan’s conflicts have evolved from Darfur’s ethnic violence to a civil war which erupted in 2023 between rival generals. It's caused mass displacement, famine, and one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. With 30 years experience in Occupational Health Physician Dr. Tayseer Mustafa has used...
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Rabbi Mendy Chitrik - how to live as a Jew in a Muslim Nation
Rabbi Mendy Chitrik is the Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Jewish community of Turkey. In 2019 Chitrik founded and became chairman of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States (ARIS). It's the first rabbinic network based in the Muslim world, connecting 45 rabbis across 14 countries. He is a recognisable...
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Aviad Amitai - Helping pilgrims to walk the same ground as Jesus
Have you ever wanted to take that once in a lifetime trip to Israel? Perhaps you've already been. If you have you're one of around 2.5 million Christian pilgrims that take a trip to the Holy Land for religious reasons and walk the same soil as Jesus once did 2000 years ago. If you're yet to go…
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Rabbi Daniel Roth - 'religion is not the problem, it's part of the solution'
Rabbi Daniel Roth is an academic who originally hails from upstate New York but now lives in Jerusalem. He describes himself as a religious zionist and believes that far from religion being the problem within local and global conflicts, it is the key and also the solution. Roth has a Ph.D. in...
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Paul Harcourt and Becky Harcourt - seeking to place Jesus at the heart of everything
Paul and Becky Harcourt lead All Saints Woodford Wells a vibrant ministry in North-East London wth a straightforward vision: to place Jesus at the core of people's lives, families and communities. Through the UK's Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) they also reach a broader audience where they...
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Chris Seiple - how people of different faiths can live together
Chris Seiple is a former US marine infantry officer whose military service earned him a Meritorious Service Medal. He's a Senior Fellow with the Love Your Community Programme which seeks to foster activities that embrace different faiths and backgrounds and which can lead to civil societies based...
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Shadi Martini - the Syrian businessman who became a refugee
Shadi Martini is a Syrian American businessman who has worked tirelessly for Syrian Refugees. He grew up in Aleppo with doctors for parents who owned a private hospital in the city. He didn't follow his family into medicine, instead establishing a manufacutring business in Bulgaria but later…
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Asher Fredman - An Israeli-American strategist thinking practically about peace
Originally from New York Asher Fredman now lives in Jerusalem and is now the Director for Israel at the Abraham Accords Peace Institute. He's passionate about bridge building and through his work has helped broker deals linking young leaders across Israel, Morocco, UAE, and Bahrain through…
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Innovating prayer
Prayer is fundamental to our lives as Christians as Russ Kirkpatrick - ministry strategist and digital innovator at Pray.com - knows only to well. Pray.com is a leading faith-based app where Kirpatrick focuses on leveraging technology to spread the gospel and build unity among believers. It's a...
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Managing public relations within churches
Phil Cooke is the son of a preacher but says he never felt the call to the pulpit. Yet his upbringing gave him a fundamental understanding of the pressures that come with leading a church. He went on to become founder of Cooke Media Group – a consulting company that works with religious and...
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What makes the UAE different?
What makes the UAE different from other middle eastern countries? That's a question and that Obaid Ahmed AlZaabi can easily answer. Dr. AlZaabi has been actively involved in various international forums, representing the UAE's interests and perspectives on global issues and has held particular...
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Being a Christian in Iran
Being a Christian in Iran is complex. It's not illegal to practise you faith there but it depends on how you do it. Even being a member of a house church can have you thrown in jail. But despite being a majority Muslim nation the Church there is growing there. Dr. Hormoz Shariat is an...
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Why Babel Undone's Johnnie Moore has taken up chairmainship of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
Our very own Rev Dr Johnnie Moore has been hitting the news headlines this week in taking up the chairmanship of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. We find out why he was willing to lead an organisation receiving criticism at this critical time for the region.
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Engaging with politics
Bunni Pounds - named after Billy Graham's daughter - says she works in the 'mud-slinging' profession of politics. She's a political strategist who herself has stood for Congress in Texas so she knows a thing or two about the world of Washington. With 20 years of ministry as well and as a writer…
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What's the point of church?
Dr Carmen Imes is a biblical scholar, author, and professor best known for her work in Old Testament studies. She's currently an Associate Professor of the Old Testament at Biola University’s Talbot School of Theology. Her books include: Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters and Being God’s...
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Striving for independence
Somaliland wants independent and that's something Bashir Goth - a journalist and poet - has been advocating for many years. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and has maintained a stable, democratic government ever since - no mean feat. But despite functioning as a de facto...
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Bold love and interfaith dialogue
In his own words Dr. Bob Junior is a a man who's been on the front lines of 'multi-faith' dialogue. He's a pastor and church planter as well as a podcast host himself. Based in Texas he's the son of a pastor who two years ago became the President of the Institute of Global Engagement (IGE) an...
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Tackling misconceptions about Islam
Jesus told us 'blessed are the peacemakers'. In our global world we are exposed to many cultures though with that comes misconceptions. In the first episode of Babel Undone's sixth series we hear from Muath Alamri. He's CEO of the World Muslim League and is passionate about teaching people about...
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Understanding the resistance movement in Afghanistan
Ali Maisam Nazary is an Afghan politician and Head of Foreign Relations for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF). With an accomplished career in politics and international relations, Ali has become an effective advocate for the establishment of a democratic and decentralized form of...
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An Iranian woman tackles Jew hatred
Drawing from her unique personal experiences as a Jewish refugee from Iran, Ellie Cohanim brings a distinctive perspective to antisemitism. As a former US Deputy Envoy to Combat Antisemitism for the U.S. Department of State. Ellie has long criticized the Iranian government for its aggressive...
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Passing faith to the next generation
With decades of experience in Jewish ministry and education, Rabbi Erez Sherman is known for his compassionate leadership among diverse faiths. He oversees the Sinai Temple Israel Center, which engages synagogues and the Los Angeles community in advocacy and education via speakers, classes, trips...
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How sports help cross cultural divides and open hearts
Kyle Abts is an avid sportsman and has coached volleyball, soccer, and basketball teams at various levels of play. But it was through the development of the Sports Friends ministry in Nigeria that he found his true mission. In his own words he says "you can go into an area without a bible and…
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Ending human trafficking
Along with her father co-host Archbishop Joseph D'Souza. Beryl D’Souza is a prominent figure in the Good Shepherd Movement. It's a global initiative focused on promoting social justice, compassion, and community development. She has played a pivotal role in empowering marginalized communities,...
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Understanding Christian persecution in Nigeria
Peacemaker Gideon Para-Mallam is a Nigerian pastor has been a key advocate for the persecuted church. He's the founder of the Para-Mallam Peace Foundation, which works to promote interfaith dialogue, reconciliation, and peaceful coexistence in Nigeria and beyond. It's an organisation which fights...
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How faith-based diplomacy can shape peaceful alliances in the world
Josh Reinstein has been named as “50 most influential Jews in the world” by the Jerusalem Post". It's a fitting description. As Director of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus and President of the Israel Allies Foundation - a non-profit encouraging faith-based support for Israel among elected...
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Trump 2.0
Johnnie Moore is President of The Congress of Christian Leaders. He was twice a presidential appointee to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom serving during the Trump and Biden administrations. He's also a reverent and has served as campus pastor at Liberty University....
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Israel and Black solidarity: A parallel story
Professional musician Dumisani Washington wears many hats. He is the founder of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI). Washington served as the diversity outreach coordinator for Christians United for Israel, where he engaged support for Israel and the Jewish people from its over…
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How to make your business a ministry
Mike Sharrow is the CEO and President of the C12 Group, the largest network of Christian CEOs and business leaders dedicated to integrating faith and business. With a background in healthcare, consulting, and ministry, Sharrow brings a unique perspective to helping leaders align their...
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Helping Lebanon turn the page on its ties to terror
As the Deputy Director of the Philis Project, an organization promoting Christian engagement in the Near East, Luke Moon has decades of experience as a peacemaker in the Middle East, specifically focussing attention on persecuted Christians there. He's known for his incisive analysis on Middle...
About this show
Since the Tower of Babel, the world has grown increasingly divided by language, culture, faith, and ways of thinking.Yet with advancements in technology and our modes of communication, we may have an unprecedented opportunity for interconnectivity.In this global village, we encounter similar issues but approach them in different ways.So, what would it look like to foster a community where learning from each other forms the basis for understanding and coexistence? How can we celebrate our differences while recognising our shared humanity?Welcome to 'Babel Undone', a podcast dedicated to undoing the divisions by creating a space for Christians worldwide to better understand and learn from each other.
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