Westlake Lausanne Podcast

When Exercise Becomes an Idol

Body image. Time taken. Achievement. Community. Just some of the ways sport or exercise can become an issue for us. So how to avoid it?

Heard By Their Singing

Today's episode - Heard By Their Singing - Doug Cripe and Linley Bennett discuss why, more than any other religion, Christians sing. Why?

God, Glory and a Happy Heart

In today's episode - God, Glory and a Happy Heart - Nik and I talk about Jonathan Edwards, arguably America's greatest ever thinker, philosopher and theologian, and one of his famous quotes: 'The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.' If that's a mouthful, just think: you and I are the creature. So, this is about how to be truly happy and truly you.

Here are two of the books we mention:

Jonathan Edwards - A Life: George M Marsden:

https://www.bookdepository.com/Jonathan-Edwards-George-M-Marsden/9780300105964?ref=grid-view&qid=1588969643221&sr=1-1

The Religious Affections: Jonathan Edwards

https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Religious-Affections/9780486491028 

Loving God When No One is Watching

If you could ask Jesus to teach you something, what would you ask? The disciples had just that opportunity. What did they ask? In today's episode - Loving God When No One Is Watching - Christoph Jung brings us our 'Thought for the Day'. 

Sport, Exercise, Life - Part 1

Today's episode - Sport, Exercise, Life - is a round table discussion with David Niblack, Geert Hendriks and Naomi Tiller on the impact of sport and exercise on the whole domain of our lives. Today we deal with the positives!

On God and Man

In today's episode - On God and Man - Rhys and I start a new series on the Ten Commandments. Used for centuries to form disciples, how do they leave you feeling? Cold? Great? because you think you keep them? Beaten down? because you don't? We begin by setting the scene of a people set free.

A Peculiar People - part 2

Today's episode is part 2 of A Peculiar People, our round table discussion on the best and worst things of being a pastor's kid. Can our panel find an answer to the best thing? You bet they can.

Found Just as I Am

In today's episode - Found Just As I Am - I talk to Jeremie Moinat about his favourite song, Here I Am. It's a reminder of just how much we need the Lord's grace, and just how much he is willing to give it.

You can listen to the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGdcq0pAuU

Seeing Everything Else

What's the lens through which you see the world? How do you make a story out of what you see? How do you make sense of it all? In today's episode - Seeing Everything Else - Nik and I discuss the great Christian writer, thinker and apologist, CS Lewis, and (one of) his most famous quotes. 

It might not be a walk on the wild side, but it might be a waltz through the wardrobe. 

 

Waiting

We are experiencing what it is to have inactivity forced on us. But that is not the same as patience, or waiting, or waiting with patience. At least not if you think biblically. In today's episode - Waiting - Geert Hendriks, one of our elders, brings us today's thought for the day.