Exploring the Big Topics

What Christians think about ...

Re-imagining our uncertainties

Being Fully Alive

Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount - Living well in the Kingdom of God

Rob Trickey from Oasis Bath joins us in starting our 'Big Topics' series by starting the conversation of "Original Sin or Original Blessing?"

Original Sin or Original Blessing (Rob Trickey) - 17/09/23

Claire prepares us for our 'Big Topics' series, thinking about what we mean by a progressive theology.

Introduction: Towards a progressive theology (Claire) - 10/9/23

Ralph explores the question "Does God get angry?" and how this relates to sin. Sharing his personal journey, he reflects on the nature of God's relationship with us.

Does God get angry? (Ralph) - 01/10/23

Nathan from Oasis Waterloo joins us for our talk, thinking about why Jesus died and what we think about about Penal Substitution Atonement theory.

Why did Jesus die? - Rethinking Penal Substitution (Nathan Jones) - 15/10/23

Following last week's rethink of Penal Substitution, Claire talks about other ways we can explore how we understand the cross, and why Jesus died.

Why Did Jesus Die? - Other Understandings (Claire) - 22/10/23

Claire talks about heaven and hell, and whether we know who goes to heaven.

Who's going to Heaven? (Claire) - 05/11/23

Claire talks about church as family - is this a helpful or unhelpful way of thinking about church, and what does it mean for us as we work at being church together?

Church As Family (Claire) 07/01/23

Continuing our series thinking about what church is, Ralph and a panel talk about being active- in our communities, jobs, spare time and more.

Church Is Active (Sofa Sunday) - 14/01/24

Following on from our series in the Autumn that tackled some of the ‘big topics’, we think about what this means for the way we live our lives. 
If we renew the way we think about God and ourselves, how does this change us and make us different?

Does Progressive Theology change our lives? (Ralph) 04/02/24

Continuing our series on being transformed, Claire talks about how our progressive theology changes the way we think about ourselves.

Being Transformed: Viewing Ourselves (Claire) - 11/02/24

Our Guest Speaker, Symon Hill, continues our series on how our progressive theology transforms us, focusing on how we see the world and in particular peace.

Being Transformed: Seeing the World (Symon Hill) - 18/02/24

Claire talks about how our theology changes the way we see other people, with a focus on what this means for social justice and activism whilst Kat joins us digitally and talks about the social action projects Oasis is involved in across the UK.

Being Transformed: Social Justice - 03/03/24

Claire talks about the day everything changed.

Easter Sunday - 31/03/24

Ralph talks about what Christians think about climate change.

What Christians think about: Climate Change - 02/06/2024

Steve Chalke, founder of Oasis is with us, talking about what Christians think about education.

What Christians Think About: Education - Steve Chalke (16/06/24)

Steve Chalke talks about how faith communities, local charities, and grassroots movements can get involved in transforming our communities for the better.

Listen to the conversation about how we may approach a different way of thinking. We need a new social covenant between government and local charities, grassroots movements and faith groups – one designed to create a less bureaucratic, more collaborative and imaginative approach to community development, and transform the life chances of countless children, young people and families.

An Evening With Steve Chalke - 15/06/24

Claire continues our series of talks with the topic 'What Christians think about poverty'

What Christians Think About: Poverty - 09/06/24

Jo Dolby, Leader at Oasis Church Bath, joins us to talk about toxic relationships.

What Christians think about: Toxic Relationships - Jo Dolby (23/06/24)

Claire introduces a new series of talks where we think about some of our beliefs and practices and reimagining what we think about those things. The first of these is called 'Reimagining our certainties'

Re-imagining our uncertainties: Introduction  - 08/09/24

Nathan continues our series by talking about 'Reimagining Baptism'.

Re-imagining Baptism - 15/09/24

Ralph continues our series of talks by "Reimagining healing".

Re-imagining Healing - 22/09/24

 Dave Parr, CEO of Oasis UK, joins us as our guest speaker.
Dave continues our series of talks about re-imagining our certainties by exploring the topic of having a prophetic voice in the world.

Re-imagining our prophetic voice - Dave Parr - 06/10/24

We welcome Rob Trickey from Bath who continues our series of talks, with the topic Re-imagining the Spirit.

Re-imagining the Holy Spirit - Rob Trickey - 13/10/24

Claire continues our series, talking about Re-imagining prayer and thinking about what our questions are about prayer, how it works, how God acts in the world and whether we can change God through our prayers.

Re-imagining Prayer - 20/10/24

Claire reflects on Mother God and thinks about some of the feminine characteristics of God.

Viewing God as our Mother - 17/11/24

Continuing our series of talks Re-imagining Christmas, Claire talks about the birth Jesus.

Re-imagining Christmas -  The Birth of Jesus - 08/12/24

Steph joins us for our final talk in the series, looking at Herod and the Wise people.

Re-imagining Christmas: Herod and the Wise People - 05/01/25

Starting our new series of talks called Being Fully Alive, Claire thinks about what it means to live life in all its fullness, acknowledging that sometimes we mess things up, and how we can use our freedom to pursue a full and meaningful life.

Being Fully Alive: Introduction - 02/02/25

 Rev Simon Cross from the local URC Church joins us to continue our series of talks 'Being fully alive' by talking about Wrath: from polarisation to welcome and peacemaking.

Being Fully Alive: Wrath (Rev Simon Cross) - 09/02/25

Jill Rowe from Oasis Church Waterloo joins us to continue our series of talks 'Being fully alive'. Talking about Avarice, from stuffocation to generosity and letting go.

Being Fully Alive: Avarice, from stuffocation to generosity (Jill Rowe) - 16/02/24

Ralph continues our series on how to be fully alive. With the topic of listlessness, from distraction to attention.

Being Fully Alive: Listlessness, from distraction to attention - 02/03/25


Kat Agar, who leads Oasis Youth and Community work, continues our series on how to be fully alive. Her topic is envy, from status anxiety to belovedness and shalom

Being Fully Alive: Envy (Kat Agar)- 09/03/25

Continuing our series on how to be fully alive, Steph talks about her topic: Pride, from individualism to community and dependence.

Being Fully Alive: Pride, from individualism to community - 23/03/2025

Claire starts a new series of talks based on the sermon on the Mount.
Starting with,  'Living well in the Kingdom of God. Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount. Introduction: we’re all included in God’s Kingdom (Matt 5:1-20)'

Living well in the Kingdom of God: Introduction, We’re all included in God’s Kingdom - 04/05/25

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