What comes to mind when you think of the word ‘celibacy’? Monks, nuns, robes and rosary beads? The forced lifestyle of the ‘dateless’ or a relic of yesteryear morality? According to author Christine Colon, celibacy isn’t just about sex and singleness isn’t a life stage to be endured until the real thing (marriage) comes along.
TD Jakes’ first church had 10 members. Today his Potter’s House Church in Dallas, Texas sees over 30,000 attend its services each week. Jakes has been praised for his service to the poor, the imprisoned, the drug addicted and abused, but critics worry about his mansions and tailored suits, and whether his beliefs put him at odds with historic Christianity. In this interview he responds to those criticisms. More…
The collapse of the energy giant Enron in 2001 was one of the most spectacular in corporate history. Sherron Watkins was the employee who blew the whistle on Enron’s ‘creative’ accounting practices and corporate fraud. As you’ll hear in this interview, it was a gutsy stand that cost Sherron greatly, but one which came with unexpected benefits. More…
I’m often asked to name a favourite radio interview I’ve done and this 2001 conversation is always on the list. Adrian Plass is a British writer, speaker, poet and humorist. In this interview we talk about finding the funny side of life and church and, in his usual way, Adrian answers my questions with hilarious stories before delivering some profound lessons on life, faith and God. More…
I’ve had the privilege of interviewing many of my personal heroes. Charles Colson is one of them. Gaoled in relation to the Watergate scandal of 1974 that brought down US President Richard Nixon, Chuck went on champion prison reform and is today an astute thinker on the Christian worldview through his books and Break Point comentaries. In this interview Chuck and I discuss his part in the Watergate affair, the emotional events leading to his discovery of faith, and how the Christian worldview makes sense of life. More…