Christ Church Youth Podcast

Appearances can be deceiving. So how can the death of the perfect man be in any way wise?

Do you worry? Do you worry often? Has anyone offered you helpful advice when you've been worried? Will Jesus' words about worry in Matthew 6 be any different?

We hold grudges and think that God doesn't care. We don't think that our relationship with God affects our relationships with others. But can this be true?

What's the meaning of life? Can it be found in wisdom, work, wealth or pleasures? Or is it captured somewhere else?

It's hard to have faith in God when we cannot see him, and when we cannot see what he's doing in our lives and in our world. We want answers to our questions. But is there something better than knowing all the answers? What does the book of Job say about faith?

You might be bored with God because you think he's predictable, or because you think he's bored with us. But Job shows us that neither of these are true.

In our privileged lives we can often think that evil is just an interruption to the normal programming of our lives. But the book of Job shows us that evil is reality, not an interruption. But this ancient book has far more important things to teach us about evil...

Can bad things happen to good people? Does that mean God is bad? What does the Old Testament book of Job, perhaps the oldest book in our Bibles, say about suffering?

They say that talk is cheap, but it really depends on who's doing the talking. As we continue the search for wisdom, Psalm 19 encourages us to listen, because God speaks, and his talk is not cheap!

We are given advice all the time, some good, some bad. Most of the time it doesn't matter. But no-one really wants to live a foolish life. So where do you start the search for wisdom. Proverbs 1, from the pen of the wisest guy of past age, will answer that question for us.

Our culture invented the term "body image" in the 1930s. We invented it and now we are dominated by it, endlessly being reminded of what's hot and how far away we are from reaching that ideal. Does God have anything to do with this issue and how can we possibly have a healthy relationship with ourself?

With all the messages we are bombarded with every day when it comes to sex, how can you relate to members of the opposite sex in a way that is upbeat, positive and real?

We call God "Father" and we call God "Lord", but what do each of these mean? And how can we relate to God as Father and Lord at the same time?

Friendship is good, but how can we make sure we get good friends and are good friends with those around us?

We might think of our parents as the dorkiest people on the planet, but God wants us to honour them. So what does that mean? And whatever kind of birth family we come from, Christians are part of a much bigger family. How can that be and what does it mean to be part of that bigger family?