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The Speak Life Podcast

Speak Life with Glen Scrivener, Naomi Brehm and Thomas Thorogood.
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    Is This Famous Skeptic (Joe Schmid) a New CS Lewis? || SLP676

    11/09/2026 | 1h 58 mins.
    Glen responds to Joe Schmid's (@MajestyofReason) conversion to Catholicism.
    00:00 What's Happened with Joe Schmidt?
    06:40 Joe Schmid and the Cross: Centrepiece or Afterthought?
    11:52 Joe Schmidt and C.S. Lewis: Compare and Contrast
    15:50 Lewis's Conversion: Transcending Rationalism with Myth
    22:24 Schmid's Conversion: Transcending Rationalism with Miracles
    24:29 The Fork in the Road: Meaning or Certainty?
    26:08 Joe's Conversion Moment 
    32:19 The Protestant-Catholic Spiral: Mutual Polarisation
    40:23 The Place of Evidence in Persuasion
    44:09 4 Non-Catholic Explanations of Catholic Miracles
    48:12 Earthly Explanations: The World, the Flesh and the Devil
    55:48 Demonic Explanations and Joe Schmid's 4 Tests
    58:38 Why Biblical Tests Undermine Schmid's Approach
    01:09:17 Lewis's Test: Conformity to the Great Miracle—Christ
    01:14:05 "Nature and Grace" — Different Visions
    01:18:46 Heavenly Explanations That Deny the Miracles Are Vindicatory
    01:30:39 Heavenly Explanations That Deny Roman Supremacy
    01:32:29 CS Lewis's Objections to Roman Supremacy
    01:38:52 CS Lewis on the Source of the Church's Unity
    01:43:00 The Achilles Head of Roman Catholicism
    01:46:14 Schmid's Approach Undermines Certainty and Mission
    01:49:57 How Should Protestants Respond to Schmid's Call?
    01:55:04 A Counter-Offer to Joe Schmid
    01:57:21 Invitation to Free Course: 321
    Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk
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    Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website
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    Is Our View of The Cross Too Small? || SLP675

    07/09/2026 | 1h 19 mins.
    “Jesus died so that…” How would you finish the sentence? Join Glen Scrivener and Naomi Brehm as they explore different images the Bible gives us to understand the mystery of what Christ has done.

    In this episode, we meander through the law courts, the temple, the market, the home and the battlefield as we consider the Bible’s language of “justification”, “propitiation”, “representation”, “redemption”, “adoption” and “victory”. You’ll want a Bible for this one - or follow along with Romans 3 online here. 
    Recommended mentions:
    Evangelism in a Sceptical World, Sam Chan (book)
    The Cross of Christ, John Stott (book)
    It was Finished Upon That Cross, City Alight (song)
    Which image resonates with you most? Any surprises? What did we miss? Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, suggestions and questions: podcast@speaklife.org.uk

    Come and see how the cross fits into the bigger story of reality at 321course.com
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    Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website
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    These New Converts Took the Same Advice — You Can Too || SLP674

    02/09/2026 | 20 mins.
    Glen Scrivener explores the recent conversions of Joe Weller, Brian Guan and Joe Schmid. What do they have in common?
    Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk
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    Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website
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    Brian Guan: Pretended to Believe for 30 Days... Then THIS Happened || SLP673

    01/09/2026 | 58 mins.
    Glen Scrivener interviews Brian Guan, the Instagram influencer who decided to try Christianity for 30 days.
    Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk
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    Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website
    Support the show
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    Glen Scrivener Presses Trent Horn: Why Are People Converting to Roman Catholicism? || SLP672

    24/08/2026 | 1h 18 mins.
    Trent Horn (@TheCounselofTrent) is an apologist for Catholic Answers and the host of the very popular Counsel of Trent podcast. Here he talks to Glen Scrivener about atheism, agnosticism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Orthodoxy and how to speak persuasively in the midst of our current "vibe shift".
    Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk
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    Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here’s where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website
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