WelshRev's Podcast

Have you ever said "I've got nothing to hide"? Paul says the same thing about the gospel itself, no small print, no softened sales pitch, no catch hidden until it's too late. In 2 Corinthians 4:2, Paul refuses to tamper with the message to make it look easier than it is. That cuts both ways: the Good News really is good, but following Christ really does reorder your whole life. Nothing hidden, nothing oversold. This is part of a short series working through 2 Corinthians 4, exploring what it m

Cracked pots don't get thrown out, not if the Fixer's inside. A short, honest word from 2 Corinthians 4: Paul calls himself a jar of clay, cheap, breakable, and so are we. But cracked isn't the same as crushed. If your life's got failure, angst, or things falling apart in it right now, this isn't the end of you, it's a question of mebbe reviewing what's there to hold you together at the centre. For Paul it was death-defying Jesus. Are you ready for straight talk, no polish, just the truth about

What does a preacher's integrity look like in an age of Artificial Intelligence? Biblically, it looks totally as it always has! In this Word for the Week, Rev Simon Bowkett works through five Pauline texts on ministerial integrity (2 Corinthians 2:17, 2 Corinthians 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 2:3-6, 1 Corinthians 4:1-2, Galatians 1:10) to ask a question nobody else seems to be asking ... When more than one pair of hands, human or artificial, has touched God's word before it reaches you, what does

Who actually stands behind the words you're reading? At the University of Aberystwyth, where questions of authorship and authority obviously matter deeply, Rev Simon Bowkett asks the most important question Christians should be asking about Artificial Intelligence: who is prepared to put their name on this content? The Apostle Paul took personal accountability in communication seriously, often signing epistles in his own handwriting so people would know it was genuinely him (2 Thessalonians 3: