Budget 2026: Will the People Step Up?

Grant Harris joins Becci and Andrew to discuss how Christians can navigate public opinion and social media, especially heading into an election year. Drawing on Philippians 2:3 and 4, Grant shares practical habits, including using the draft folder and resisting the urge to post immediately, to help ensure our public voice reflects Christ rather than selfish ambition.

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Andrew Urquhart is joined by theologian Dr Yousef Al-Khoury, an Arab Palestinian Christian originally from Gaza who now lectures in theology and Biblical Studies in Bethlehem. Dr Al-Khoury shares a rarely heard perspective on the ongoing conflict in the Holy Land, tracing his community's 800-year Christian heritage and speaking candidly about the pressures of Islamist extremism and Israeli settler violence. He challenges listeners to consider how scripture has been used to justify oppression, and points to Jesus's own experience of occupation as a model of peaceful resistance rather than nationalism or violence.

Content advisory: this episode discusses conflict, occupation and violence in the Middle East.

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Take a trip on a theological time machine to a fascinating period in 19th century New Zealand, the arrival of pioneering missionary Henry Williams in Tauranga 200 years ago. Discover why he was respected by settlers and Maori alike, well before his famed overnight translation of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. With Dave Mann and church historians Rev. Dr Malcolm Falloon and Dr Alistair Reese.

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1:53 Rev. Dr Malcolm Falloon
8:14 Dave Mann
14:45 Dr Alistair Reese

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