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With All Your Mind
by Tom Amos
Thinking is good for us! My name is Tom and I love to think. I also love Jesus! In this podcast I invite you, Christian or otherwise, to join me on a journey of thinking through what it is to exist on this planet: politics, society, culture, biblical study, movies, entertainment and more I will be discussing these topics through the lens of loving God with all our mind and how this extends to loving each other and making a difference on the planet. Come and join me!
Episodes
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Questions For God
"God... Who are you?" In this rather turbulent time of opinion and frustration during the pandemic I have had a lot of questions for God: questions about His nature, His goodness, His existence, His will and His ways. In this episode I explore these questions in the form of a prayerful reflection...
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Questions for Myself
In this episode I kick off the Questions Series for real with asking questions to myself. So often we want to point the finger outwards at everything and everyone else that should be contributing to change in the world without first asking "what am I contributing?" My heart in this episode is not...
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Questions: A Scattered Introduction
This week I introduce a new series: Questions! I have a feeling that this could be a messy but exciting series, born out of a large amount of processing my thoughts that I have been doing over the past year. It has been a year of many questions, and probably not a huge amount of answers. Instead…
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The Bible as a Three Act Story
The Three Act Story is one of the most basic structures for writing a story - it is recognisable in most Hollywood movies. In this episode I explain for the Three Act Story works through testing it against Toy Story before going on to explain the thrust of the main story of the Bible by…
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The Bible is Full of Stories!
Stories are powerful. They provoke us, they stir our emotions and they resonate with our experiences. We remember stories far more deeply than most other forms of teaching or communication. Stories are incredibly powerful, with the best simply revealing to us the truths of life and saying: This…
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The Bible Was Written By People!
Today I kick off a probably 5 parter series on the Bible! In this introduction I ask what the Bible is, why is matters and why is it significant that it was written by people? Through this we will be examining a little bit of what is called textual criticism and (hopefully) beginning to see how...
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Daniel Ostyn - Breaking Up With Silence
Today I attempt my first ever interview on the show! I'll be discussion with my friend Daniel the idea of Breaking Up With Silence. We talk about his experiences with using silence as a way of avoiding conflict and pain and parts of his journey where he learned to use his voice whilst still…
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We Need Each Other
Today I wrap up my first series on the value of having, sharing and critiquing opinions. I've spoken a lot so far about unity and seeking connection and the need to allow ourselves to be challenged by others. Today, I observe the fact that in 2020 much of this has been practised on social media…
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The Dangers of Telling People What To Think
So many emotive arguments are full of assertion instead of a desire to seek education. Today I'm going to talk about where I see this going wrong, what I think it would look like to prioritise education over assertion and how we can go about doing this in our own lives and in the ways that we...
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Making People Powerful
So far we have been talking about striving for unity and connection when having conversations and sharing opinions - but how can we treat people as responsible for their own minds and thoughts without trying to force them to agree with us or feeling powerless against them? In this episode I...
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Unity vs. Uniformity
Last week I finished by saying that many groups are really just looking for your support or your silence. This week I'll be continuing that thought by exploring examples of tribalism (or, for alliteration's sake, uniformity) and how we must transfer this for unity: where we seek to be united over...
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How to Ruin a Conversation
Conversations about ideas and opinions are very messy, especially on social media! Today I'm going to be exploring some key ways in which I think we shut down and ruin such conversations and why I think it is important to try and steer clear from them! Have questions or comments? Please find With...
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Opinions are Good for Us!
Let's begin! Today we talk a bit about the vision behind this podcast and the pursuit of loving the Lord with all your mind. We also talk a bit about ideas and why it is so beneficial for us to have them and be willing to share them! If you're going to start sharing your opinions and ideas, there...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Thinking is good for us! My name is Tom and I love to think. I also love Jesus! In this podcast I invite you, Christian or otherwise, to join me on a journey of thinking through what it is to exist on this planet: politics, society, culture, biblical study, movies, entertainment and more I will be discussing these topics through the lens of loving God with all our mind and how this extends to loving each other and making a difference on the planet. Come and join me!
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