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We live in a celebrity-obsessed culture, the age of the influencer, where "being famous" has become the aspiration of over 50% of teens. How can Christians respond to the shallowness that often goes along with celebrity culture? Are Christians equally guilty of uncritically putting people on pedestals? How should Christians think and act wisely in terms of the need to build 'platform'? And can we use the cult of celebrity as a bridge to the deeper truths of the gospel? 

Join the entirely non-famous (indeed possibly infamous) and definitely at least Z-list celebrities, Aaron Edwards, Andy Bannister, and Michael Ots as they explore all these issues and more alongside the usual heady mix of banter, theology, and comedy.

This is a listener-supported podcast. If you enjoy the show and would like us to keep making these episodes, please consider supporting us @ www.patreon.com/wkop

And for more info on Andy's new book, mentioned in this episode, visit https://www.solas-cpc.org/new-book/

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Episode 5 - Is There a Celebrity Crisis in the Church?

The topic of gay conversion therapy divides opinion today. But what actually is it? Are there different kinds? Should they all be illegal? Are they all as offensive as LGBT+ lobby-groups would have us believe? The term itself covers an extraordinary range of practices, from the outright abusive and homophobic to the genuinely pastoral, such as offering consensual prayer. 

Should the Church be condemning or defending these things? Should a pastor be arrested for responding to a prayer request? This issue raises all sorts of other concerns beyond homosexuality too, such as discrimination against personal and religious freedoms, and even issues of backdoor racism via the marginalisation of West African Pentecostal churches in the West. 

Aaron, Andy, and Michael dive into this hugely controversial topic, hoping to offer some insight on this issue, all whilst attempting to avoid getting cancelled themselves.

Episode 13 - What's Wrong with Gay Conversion Therapy?

In this first pilot episode, Aaron, Andy, and Michael explore one of the big questions raised by the COVID lockdown — what *is* church? Is it the kind of thing that can happen online, or is there an essential "in person" element? And what have been the challenges (and opportunities) for the Church in the pandemic?

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Episode 1 — Is Online Church Really Church?

In this second episode, Aaron, Andy, and Michael explore another massive  question raised by the COVID lockdown — how do the Church and State relate? Can the State tell the Church what to do? Is Romans 13 the sum total of what the Bible has to say about how Christians should relate to their government? How do we know when the State has crossed a line and the Church should say "this far and no further?"

This is a listener-supported podcast. If you enjoy the show and would like us to keep making these episodes, please consider supporting us @ www.patreon.com/wkop

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Episode 2 - Can the Church Resist the State?

In this third episode we discuss the relationship between church and culture. How can we avoid the two opposite pitfalls of simply being shaped by the culture around us or, on the other hand, ignoring it all together? How can the Church be truth and light in our culture and offer a unique and distinct voice into some of today’s culture wars? 

Aaron, Andy, and Michael dig into these questions with the usual mix of theology, apologetics, banter, and bad jokes.

This is a listener-supported podcast: if you'd like to help us to continue recording these shows, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/wkop.

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Episode 3 - Has the Church Sold Out to the Culture?

Our fourth episode tackles the thorny issue of what we do when Christian leaders fail. We consider, in particular, the fallout of the Ravi Zacharias scandal, what our responses have been, and what we can learn from it more broadly. In light of the many cases of prominent Christian leaders going awry in recent years, how do we continue to encourage strong, accountable, Christian leadership today? What do we do with the legacy of a fallen leader? Should we get rid of all their books? If so, are we being consistent in how we do that with the legacies of other leaders, within and beyond the Church? 

Aaron, Andy, and Michael consider these various cans of worms alongside the usual healthy diet of banter, theology, and perpetual speculation about the as-yet-decided name of the podcast.

This is a listener-supported podcast. If you enjoy the show and would like us to keep making these episodes, please consider supporting us @ https://www.patreon.com/wkop

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Episode 4 - When Christian Leaders Go Bad

An occasional podcast featuring Aaron Edwards and Andy Bannister. Each episode sees the two friends take a contemporary issue in culture and explore it from a Christian perspective.

Featuring banter, philosophy, culture, theology, bad jokes, apologetics, and more — the podcast aims to help Christians think wisely about the challenges of living in the 21st century.

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Theological and Political Disclaimer 

The content of this podcast does not represent the views of any institutions, colleges, networks, churches, or secret government organisations with which we are affiliated or employed."

Episode 13 - What's Wrong with Gay Conversion Therapy?

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