Cooper & Cary Have Words Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:06:37 -0400 https://www.patreon.com/cooperandcary en-gb © 2026 Cooper & Cary Have Words no Support this Podcast 89ff1b71-b4c8-5d97-bea9-3f6d0b2d7d5c James Cary & Barry Cooper episodic false James Cary and Barry Cooper are two English friends who live 4000 miles apart and enjoy theology, culture and the arts. Now they record themselves and call it a podcast. Thanks, internet.

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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Church, Bible, Faith, Culture, Arts, Books, Jesus, Society, Reformed, Christ, Comedy, Christianity, 941401 James Cary & Barry Cooper https://storage.buzzsprout.com/ykuiptoiqy266b7rs3w53mw4bzf0?.jpg Cooper & Cary Have Words https://www.patreon.com/cooperandcary Barry Cooper James Cary 2025 Reading Round-up w/ Cooper, Cary and jingly jingles 2025 Reading Round-up w/ Cooper, Cary and jingly jingles Cooper and Cary reunite for one special jingly episode recorded at the end of 2025, looking back on their book highlights and lowlights of the year. Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth is given the third degree. James explains why there are a number of books he has some serious problems with (I'm looking at you, George RR Martin). Barry's read some Thomas Hardy. Seriously. Very seriously. And Cary does not care for The Way We Live Now by Trollope.

And do try Cary's own show, The Stand-Up Theologian here.

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]]> Cooper and Cary reunite for one special jingly episode recorded at the end of 2025, looking back on their book highlights and lowlights of the year. Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth is given the third degree. James explains why there are a number of books he has some serious problems with (I'm looking at you, George RR Martin). Barry's read some Thomas Hardy. Seriously. Very seriously. And Cary does not care for The Way We Live Now by Trollope.

And do try Cary's own show, The Stand-Up Theologian here.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-18398239 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 3071 full false Cary Returns! The Stand-Up Theologian podcast is out now! Cary Returns! The Stand-Up Theologian podcast is out now! Cary is back behind the mic. And Coops has written the theme tune - can you tell? And Cary is talking to friend of the show, Nate Morgan-Locke. Let's go!

Shownotes and links here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2528873/episodes/17736377

Further episodes will appear on The Stand-Up Theologian feed. Subscribe!

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]]> Cary is back behind the mic. And Coops has written the theme tune - can you tell? And Cary is talking to friend of the show, Nate Morgan-Locke. Let's go!

Shownotes and links here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2528873/episodes/17736377

Further episodes will appear on The Stand-Up Theologian feed. Subscribe!

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-17736822 Mon, 01 Sep 2025 01:00:00 +0100 2933 full false #180 Cooper & Cary Have The Last Word #180 Cooper & Cary Have The Last Word And so adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu. What have we learned in seven years? What's changed? How have we changed - and why are conservative evangelicals so reluctant to admit to changing? I guess the clue is in the title... Anyway, here are Cooper & Cary's Last Words, with a few fresh jingles as well as some golden oldies.

Keep in touch with Cary at Cary’s Almanac

Keep up to date with Coops' latest work here, his health situation here, and his sermons here.

Celebrities burning themselves (Joe Gaudet)

Trump thinks he’s doing well (Austin Nasso)

You already have the BIBLE based on: (NSFW)

Books 

The Devil’s Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco

O Love That Will Not Let Me Go by Nancy Guthrie

The Unseen Realms by Michael Heiser

Through New Eyes by James B Jordan

Typology by Jim Hamilton

Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

City of Bells by Elizabeth Goudge

Podcasts 

Simply Put by Our Very Own Coops

The Christ-Centred Cosmic Civilisation with Paul Blackham

Bible Talks 9Marks podcast

The Bible Overbrew

Speak Life

YouTube

The Reformed Mythologist with Nate Morgan Locke

The Bible Overbrew

Speak Life

 

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]]> And so adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu. What have we learned in seven years? What's changed? How have we changed - and why are conservative evangelicals so reluctant to admit to changing? I guess the clue is in the title... Anyway, here are Cooper & Cary's Last Words, with a few fresh jingles as well as some golden oldies.

Keep in touch with Cary at Cary’s Almanac

Keep up to date with Coops' latest work here, his health situation here, and his sermons here.

Celebrities burning themselves (Joe Gaudet)

Trump thinks he’s doing well (Austin Nasso)

You already have the BIBLE based on: (NSFW)

Books 

The Devil’s Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco

O Love That Will Not Let Me Go by Nancy Guthrie

The Unseen Realms by Michael Heiser

Through New Eyes by James B Jordan

Typology by Jim Hamilton

Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

City of Bells by Elizabeth Goudge

Podcasts 

Simply Put by Our Very Own Coops

The Christ-Centred Cosmic Civilisation with Paul Blackham

Bible Talks 9Marks podcast

The Bible Overbrew

Speak Life

YouTube

The Reformed Mythologist with Nate Morgan Locke

The Bible Overbrew

Speak Life

 

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-16268624 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000 4259 1 full false #121 REPLAY Cooper and Cary Reunited Q&A #121 REPLAY Cooper and Cary Reunited Q&A Ahead of the last ever episode dropping next time, Cooper and Cary thought this would make a good episode for our last 'replay'. Recorded in front of a tiny audience at Speak Life back in November 2021, this one has a bit of Cooper and Cary behind-the-scenes backstory and the importance of the absurd and daft jingles. And the interviewer/MC is friend of the show, the one who became Reformed Mythologist, Nate Morgan Locke.

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]]> Ahead of the last ever episode dropping next time, Cooper and Cary thought this would make a good episode for our last 'replay'. Recorded in front of a tiny audience at Speak Life back in November 2021, this one has a bit of Cooper and Cary behind-the-scenes backstory and the importance of the absurd and daft jingles. And the interviewer/MC is friend of the show, the one who became Reformed Mythologist, Nate Morgan Locke.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-16194139 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +0000 2512 1 full false #104 REPLAY That Homeschooling Episode #104 REPLAY That Homeschooling Episode Originally entitled 'Too cool for School?', this stridently pro-homeschooling episode from 2021 generated more emails than any other to date. Have a listen and you might find out why. Or maybe you feel differently now?

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]]> Originally entitled 'Too cool for School?', this stridently pro-homeschooling episode from 2021 generated more emails than any other to date. Have a listen and you might find out why. Or maybe you feel differently now?

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-16105385 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 3283 full false #94 REPLAY The Rest is Guy Fawkes #94 REPLAY The Rest is Guy Fawkes Back in November 2020, we released this episode as "I'm Not Your Buddy Guy", which is a South Park reference Cary doesn't get, so he changed it to The Rest is Guy Fawkes, for obvious reasons. If you want to go to Cary's Almanac, you'll find that HERE.

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]]> Back in November 2020, we released this episode as "I'm Not Your Buddy Guy", which is a South Park reference Cary doesn't get, so he changed it to The Rest is Guy Fawkes, for obvious reasons. If you want to go to Cary's Almanac, you'll find that HERE.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15994696 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0000 2735 full false #137 REPLAY God Told Me To Be a Cessationist #137 REPLAY God Told Me To Be a Cessationist Ever heard an audible voice from God? Or fetl that God was clearly instructing you to do something? Does that make you a "Charismatic" Christian? What's the difference between a Cessationist and a Continuationist? Back in October 2022, Coops and Cary chatted this one through.

For other back episodes - dozens of them! - join us on Patreon! And access to our Discord server which is basically what you hoped social media would be, but isn't.

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]]> Ever heard an audible voice from God? Or fetl that God was clearly instructing you to do something? Does that make you a "Charismatic" Christian? What's the difference between a Cessationist and a Continuationist? Back in October 2022, Coops and Cary chatted this one through.

For other back episodes - dozens of them! - join us on Patreon! And access to our Discord server which is basically what you hoped social media would be, but isn't.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15922397 Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0100 3080 1 full false #117 REPLAY Levels of Reward in Heaven? #117 REPLAY Levels of Reward in Heaven? Back in September 2021, Coops and Cares got together to talk about the uncomfortable idea of rewards in heaven. Christians don't tend to dwell on this. Not today. Why? And what is the truth of the matter? Let's look at Luke 19.

For other back episodes - dozens of them! - join us on Patreon! And access to our Discord server.

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]]> Back in September 2021, Coops and Cares got together to talk about the uncomfortable idea of rewards in heaven. Christians don't tend to dwell on this. Not today. Why? And what is the truth of the matter? Let's look at Luke 19.

For other back episodes - dozens of them! - join us on Patreon! And access to our Discord server.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15740870 Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 2647 full false #107 REPLAY Should I Leave My Church? #107 REPLAY Should I Leave My Church? While we await our final episode #180, here's one from back in May 2021 about a question that comes round and around: should I leave my church? You could listen to an extended version via Patreon where you can access all previous 179 episodes!
https://www.patreon.com/cooperandcary

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]]> While we await our final episode #180, here's one from back in May 2021 about a question that comes round and around: should I leave my church? You could listen to an extended version via Patreon where you can access all previous 179 episodes!
https://www.patreon.com/cooperandcary

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15670874 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0100 3398 full false #57 REPLAY The Oughtness of Endings #57 REPLAY The Oughtness of Endings Back in 2019, before everything got really weird, Coops and Cares recorded this episode about endings. The presenting issue was the Game of Thrones season finale, but it's not really about that. How do you end something? I guess we've been thinking a bit about that around here... Hope you enjoy.

More from the archives over on Patreon. You're still welcome to join us there and fill in some blanks...
https://www.patreon.com/cooperandcary

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]]> Back in 2019, before everything got really weird, Coops and Cares recorded this episode about endings. The presenting issue was the Game of Thrones season finale, but it's not really about that. How do you end something? I guess we've been thinking a bit about that around here... Hope you enjoy.

More from the archives over on Patreon. You're still welcome to join us there and fill in some blanks...
https://www.patreon.com/cooperandcary

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15670888 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0100 2552 full false Fairly Large Announcement Fairly Large Announcement This is not episode 180. That's still to come. But that'll be the last one. After that, it'll be "So long, and thanks for all the fish." You can listen to back episodes if you join us on Patreon.

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]]> This is not episode 180. That's still to come. But that'll be the last one. After that, it'll be "So long, and thanks for all the fish." You can listen to back episodes if you join us on Patreon.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15619402 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 01:00:00 +0100 382 full false #179 Writing, Rabbits and Mooses with Bazookas w/ SD Smith #179 Writing, Rabbits and Mooses with Bazookas w/ SD Smith Cary has words with fellow writer, SD Smith (Green Ember) - and whaddayaknow? They complain about how hard it is to be a writer, even though they get to live in castles. In fact, it's mandatory. Anyway, the Green Ember series is huge. Find out why and how and what happened next. And check out SD Smith's wares at his website: https://sdsmith.com

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]]> Cary has words with fellow writer, SD Smith (Green Ember) - and whaddayaknow? They complain about how hard it is to be a writer, even though they get to live in castles. In fact, it's mandatory. Anyway, the Green Ember series is huge. Find out why and how and what happened next. And check out SD Smith's wares at his website: https://sdsmith.com

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15444439 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 03:00:00 +0100 3294 1 full false #178 Love Thy Nerd w/ Ted Turnau #178 Love Thy Nerd w/ Ted Turnau Cary has words with Dr Ted Turnau, academic, author and fanboy. What does it mean to be a fan, dress up and go to conventions? Is it a form of religion or a rival faith? And what happened with those guys who collected My Little Ponies? Is it high time we learned to Love Thy Nerd? https://lovethynerd.com And check out Oasis of the Imagination: https://amzn.to/4cMxURZ Imagination Manifesto https://amzn.to/4bPaERZ and The Pop Culture Parent https://amzn.to/4bVOptD

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]]> Cary has words with Dr Ted Turnau, academic, author and fanboy. What does it mean to be a fan, dress up and go to conventions? Is it a form of religion or a rival faith? And what happened with those guys who collected My Little Ponies? Is it high time we learned to Love Thy Nerd? https://lovethynerd.com And check out Oasis of the Imagination: https://amzn.to/4cMxURZ Imagination Manifesto https://amzn.to/4bPaERZ and The Pop Culture Parent https://amzn.to/4bVOptD

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15440613 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 01:00:00 +0100 2893 1 full false #177 Psalms Psalms and More Psalms! w/ Christopher Ash #177 Psalms Psalms and More Psalms! w/ Christopher Ash Cary has words with Christopher. That would be the utterly delightful Christopher Ash, who has just written a massive four-volume work on the Psalms for Crossway that shows us Christ in the Psalms. You can find it here: https://www.crossway.org/books/the-psalms-hcj-5/ 

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]]> Cary has words with Christopher. That would be the utterly delightful Christopher Ash, who has just written a massive four-volume work on the Psalms for Crossway that shows us Christ in the Psalms. You can find it here: https://www.crossway.org/books/the-psalms-hcj-5/ 

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15416238 Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0100 2581 1 full false #176 Is the Book of Job funny? w/ Ellie Wiener #176 Is the Book of Job funny? w/ Ellie Wiener Cary has words with Ellie Wiener, a young ancient linguist whose bluff was called and she found herself researching a PhD on the Book of Job. Cary wonders if the beginning is so tragic it teeters over into comedy. And when God speaks to Job, is He sarcastic? Ellie has some thoughts.

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]]> Cary has words with Ellie Wiener, a young ancient linguist whose bluff was called and she found herself researching a PhD on the Book of Job. Cary wonders if the beginning is so tragic it teeters over into comedy. And when God speaks to Job, is He sarcastic? Ellie has some thoughts.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15332071 Thu, 04 Jul 2024 01:00:00 +0100 3113 1 full false #175 Why Politics is NOT downstream from Culture w/ Dr Graham Shearer #175 Why Politics is NOT downstream from Culture w/ Dr Graham Shearer Cary has words with Dr Graham Shearer about politics following his talk entitled:  “Contemporary Politics and the Crisis of the Spiritual Sense”. Turns out politics is not downstream from culture, as Cary had often assumed. Who knew? Well, Dr Graham knew. He's a Lecturer in Theology at Union Theological College, Belfast, so I guess he would, right?

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]]> Cary has words with Dr Graham Shearer about politics following his talk entitled:  “Contemporary Politics and the Crisis of the Spiritual Sense”. Turns out politics is not downstream from culture, as Cary had often assumed. Who knew? Well, Dr Graham knew. He's a Lecturer in Theology at Union Theological College, Belfast, so I guess he would, right?

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]]> Buzzsprout-15239026 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 03:00:00 +0100 3156 1 full false #174 The Rest is Baxter (with Rev Ash Carter) #174 The Rest is Baxter (with Rev Ash Carter) Cary and (Rev Ash) Carter have words about the life and times of an extraordinary man: Richard Baxter. He lived from 1615 until 1691, and went from preaching to Parliament on a day of repentance for executing the King - to being imprisoned for being a theological troublemaker. What can we learn from his life, ministry and truly voluminous writings, including The Reformed Pastor. There's an updated and abridged version from Crossway here.

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]]> Cary and (Rev Ash) Carter have words about the life and times of an extraordinary man: Richard Baxter. He lived from 1615 until 1691, and went from preaching to Parliament on a day of repentance for executing the King - to being imprisoned for being a theological troublemaker. What can we learn from his life, ministry and truly voluminous writings, including The Reformed Pastor. There's an updated and abridged version from Crossway here.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15237945 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0100 3190 1 full false #173 Turn Your Life Up To Eleven (With Elizabeth Oldfield) #173 Turn Your Life Up To Eleven (With Elizabeth Oldfield) Cary has words with author, podcaster, failed atheist and former Director of Theos, Elizabeth Oldfield who looks at the seven deadly sins in her new book, Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times. 

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]]> Cary has words with author, podcaster, failed atheist and former Director of Theos, Elizabeth Oldfield who looks at the seven deadly sins in her new book, Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times. 

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15108413 Thu, 23 May 2024 06:00:00 +0100 2873 1 full false #172 Practically Protestant (In Every Way) (With Rhys Laverty) #172 Practically Protestant (In Every Way) (With Rhys Laverty) What is Protestantism? And why are Protestants reluctant to use the term about themselves? Is it useful anymore? Rhys Laverty should know. He is Editor in Chief at Ad Fontes, Managing Editor at Davenant Press, and Director of Communications at the Davenant Institute. Find him and his work here: https://thenewalbion.substack.com/

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]]> What is Protestantism? And why are Protestants reluctant to use the term about themselves? Is it useful anymore? Rhys Laverty should know. He is Editor in Chief at Ad Fontes, Managing Editor at Davenant Press, and Director of Communications at the Davenant Institute. Find him and his work here: https://thenewalbion.substack.com/

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-15034438 Thu, 09 May 2024 01:00:00 +0100 2814 1 full false #171 Drinking Your Culture Through a Straw (With Nate Morgan Locke) #171 Drinking Your Culture Through a Straw (With Nate Morgan Locke) Cooper, Cary and Morgan Locke talk about The State of the Culture, art, entertainment, distraction, addiction and whether dopamine is all that. Plus some EXCITING new jingles...

Referring to this article: https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-state-of-the-culture-2024

And mentioning The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt https://amzn.to/44c7PIz

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]]> Cooper, Cary and Morgan Locke talk about The State of the Culture, art, entertainment, distraction, addiction and whether dopamine is all that. Plus some EXCITING new jingles...

Referring to this article: https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-state-of-the-culture-2024

And mentioning The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt https://amzn.to/44c7PIz

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-14922422 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 01:00:00 +0100 3137 1 full false #170 Questioning Faith (With Randy Newman) #170 Questioning Faith (With Randy Newman) Cary has words with friend of the show, Randy Newman, author of Questioning Evangelism, Mere Evangelism and a new book about spiritual journey called, Questioning Faith.  This is a conversation about how God uses us despite our terrible attempts at evangelism, and how non-believers are often stopped in their tracks by unexpected things. And it turns out there's one book by CS Lewis that neither Cary or Newman can understand or get into.  Find out what it is in this episode.

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]]> Cary has words with friend of the show, Randy Newman, author of Questioning Evangelism, Mere Evangelism and a new book about spiritual journey called, Questioning Faith.  This is a conversation about how God uses us despite our terrible attempts at evangelism, and how non-believers are often stopped in their tracks by unexpected things. And it turns out there's one book by CS Lewis that neither Cary or Newman can understand or get into.  Find out what it is in this episode.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-14828496 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 02:00:00 +0100 3329 1 full false REPLAY EASTER SPECIAL: #139 Did Jesus Descend Into Hell? REPLAY EASTER SPECIAL: #139 Did Jesus Descend Into Hell? From November 2022. Cooper and Cary have words about THAT line in the Apostles' Creed. What exactly was Jesus doing between his death and resurrection?

https://journal.rts.edu/article/he-descended-into-hell/
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]]> From November 2022. Cooper and Cary have words about THAT line in the Apostles' Creed. What exactly was Jesus doing between his death and resurrection?

https://journal.rts.edu/article/he-descended-into-hell/
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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-14787005 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 02:00:00 +0000 2824 1 full false #169 Farewell, 2023 #169 Farewell, 2023 Well, that was 2023. Join James and Barry as they choose their favourite episodes, dive into the C&C mailbag, and talk about their favourite books, films, tv, podcasts, and moments of 2023. Pull up a cocoa, recline by the glowing hearth, and - sure, go ahead - stoke the auld acquaintance, as we see out another year together.

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]]> Well, that was 2023. Join James and Barry as they choose their favourite episodes, dive into the C&C mailbag, and talk about their favourite books, films, tv, podcasts, and moments of 2023. Pull up a cocoa, recline by the glowing hearth, and - sure, go ahead - stoke the auld acquaintance, as we see out another year together.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-14175067 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 01:00:00 +0000 3034 1 full false #168 Space Invaders? #168 Space Invaders? James and Barry have extended words about Unidentified Autonomous (or Anomalous, or Aerial) Phenomena - UAPs to their friends. Strange things are being seen in the skies, even by highly trained and highly sceptical USAF fighter pilots, there is video evidence which has been made publicly available, and these things are being discussed at the highest levels of government. What's going on? Why have governments previously wanted to keep quiet about it? And how should Christians think about these things? Is it a threat to historic, biblical Christianity - or confirmation of it?

UAP footage on NBC News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nSIKYlm2eE

Declassified UAP footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO_M0hLlJ-Q

Haunted Cosmos podcast: https://www.thehauntedcosmos.com

Medieval X-Files courtesy of the Middle Ages Music YouTube Channel

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]]> James and Barry have extended words about Unidentified Autonomous (or Anomalous, or Aerial) Phenomena - UAPs to their friends. Strange things are being seen in the skies, even by highly trained and highly sceptical USAF fighter pilots, there is video evidence which has been made publicly available, and these things are being discussed at the highest levels of government. What's going on? Why have governments previously wanted to keep quiet about it? And how should Christians think about these things? Is it a threat to historic, biblical Christianity - or confirmation of it?

UAP footage on NBC News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nSIKYlm2eE

Declassified UAP footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO_M0hLlJ-Q

Haunted Cosmos podcast: https://www.thehauntedcosmos.com

Medieval X-Files courtesy of the Middle Ages Music YouTube Channel

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-14132947 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000 3193 1 full false #167 Land Of Revivals (With Jonathan Thomas) #167 Land Of Revivals (With Jonathan Thomas) Cooper and Cary have words about spiritual revivals with Jonathan Thomas, writer and presenter of the documentary Welsh Awakenings. Jonathan is pastor of Cornerstone Church Abergavenny, and the presenter of All Things Considered on BBC Radio Wales.

Watch the documentary trailer here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/welshawakenings

Jonathan's book, Intentional Interruptions: Learning to be Interrupted the Way God Intended: https://tinyurl.com/2e4nrdam

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]]> Cooper and Cary have words about spiritual revivals with Jonathan Thomas, writer and presenter of the documentary Welsh Awakenings. Jonathan is pastor of Cornerstone Church Abergavenny, and the presenter of All Things Considered on BBC Radio Wales.

Watch the documentary trailer here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/welshawakenings

Jonathan's book, Intentional Interruptions: Learning to be Interrupted the Way God Intended: https://tinyurl.com/2e4nrdam

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-14056046 Thu, 30 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000 2759 1 full false #166 Should I Watch The Chosen? #166 Should I Watch The Chosen? James and Barry have words about the TV juggernaut that is The Chosen. Lots of their friends love it. But James and Barry have... thoughts. Is The Chosen a 2CV - second commandment violation - and if not, is it still worth watching?

Here's the Justin Peters Youtube Video

Cary’s Water into Wine show




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]]> James and Barry have words about the TV juggernaut that is The Chosen. Lots of their friends love it. But James and Barry have... thoughts. Is The Chosen a 2CV - second commandment violation - and if not, is it still worth watching?

Here's the Justin Peters Youtube Video

Cary’s Water into Wine show




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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-13940138 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000 2632 1 full false #165 Power And The Church (With Mark Stirling) #165 Power And The Church (With Mark Stirling) Cooper and Cary have words about power and its abuse with Mark Stirling, former medical doctor and pastor. He's the author of Not So with You: Power and Leadership for the Church.

Mark's book: Not So With You (Amazon UK)
Not So With You (Amazon US)
 
The spate of recent scandals of power abuse by leaders within the evangelical world suggests something is wrong in our churches. When a leader misuses power, they have misunderstood and misrepresented God and the gospel. This volume addresses the key underlying issue of what a biblical and healthy use of power in the church actually looks like. Authors from a variety of Christian backgrounds and traditions help frame a biblical and theological understanding and practice of power use, describe what it looks like when things go wrong (and how to recognize the signs), and suggest how the contemporary church can and must do better in this area. This book is a rigorously grounded biblical challenge to much contemporary practice. It is a call to reformation.

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]]> Cooper and Cary have words about power and its abuse with Mark Stirling, former medical doctor and pastor. He's the author of Not So with You: Power and Leadership for the Church.

Mark's book: Not So With You (Amazon UK)
Not So With You (Amazon US)
 
The spate of recent scandals of power abuse by leaders within the evangelical world suggests something is wrong in our churches. When a leader misuses power, they have misunderstood and misrepresented God and the gospel. This volume addresses the key underlying issue of what a biblical and healthy use of power in the church actually looks like. Authors from a variety of Christian backgrounds and traditions help frame a biblical and theological understanding and practice of power use, describe what it looks like when things go wrong (and how to recognize the signs), and suggest how the contemporary church can and must do better in this area. This book is a rigorously grounded biblical challenge to much contemporary practice. It is a call to reformation.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-13837387 Thu, 02 Nov 2023 01:00:00 +0000 2974 1 full false #164 Do Not Be Anxious About Anything? #164 Do Not Be Anxious About Anything? James and Barry have words about the shift from "being anxious" to "having anxiety". What does anxiety have to do with idols? What are the reasons behind the current "anxiety epidemic"? Is anxiety a condition that ought to be pathologised? Is looking back at historic "trauma" always a helpful way to improve mental health? And how does our new identity in Christ change things?

References
The Student Health Crisis Is A Myth https://unherd.com/2023/09/the-student-mental-health-crisis-is-a-myth/

Why Do Teenage Girls Feel Unsafe? https://unherd.com/thepost/why-do-so-many-teenage-girls-feel-unsafe/

Humans Are More Resilient Than You Think (podcast about "trauma") https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humans-are-more-resilient-than-you-think/id1570872415?i=1000547660535

Common Questions About Mental Illness (podcast with David Murray)
https://www.crossway.org/articles/podcast-answering-common-questions-about-mental-illness-david-murray/

Jon Haidt's Substack, After Babel:  https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/

Jon Haidt's article about the decline in mental health since 2013, and how colleges have been performing "*reverse cognitive behavioral therapy": https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/mental-health-liberal-girls

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]]> James and Barry have words about the shift from "being anxious" to "having anxiety". What does anxiety have to do with idols? What are the reasons behind the current "anxiety epidemic"? Is anxiety a condition that ought to be pathologised? Is looking back at historic "trauma" always a helpful way to improve mental health? And how does our new identity in Christ change things?

References
The Student Health Crisis Is A Myth https://unherd.com/2023/09/the-student-mental-health-crisis-is-a-myth/

Why Do Teenage Girls Feel Unsafe? https://unherd.com/thepost/why-do-so-many-teenage-girls-feel-unsafe/

Humans Are More Resilient Than You Think (podcast about "trauma") https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humans-are-more-resilient-than-you-think/id1570872415?i=1000547660535

Common Questions About Mental Illness (podcast with David Murray)
https://www.crossway.org/articles/podcast-answering-common-questions-about-mental-illness-david-murray/

Jon Haidt's Substack, After Babel:  https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/

Jon Haidt's article about the decline in mental health since 2013, and how colleges have been performing "*reverse cognitive behavioral therapy": https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/mental-health-liberal-girls

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-13796838 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 01:00:00 +0100 2792 1 full false #163 Should More Christians Write Novels? (With Thomas Umstattd) #163 Should More Christians Write Novels? (With Thomas Umstattd) James and Barry have extended words with Thomas Umstattd (@ThomasUmstattd) about writing. In 2009, Thomas started AuthorTechTips.com, a website to help authors use the web to promote their books. In 2014, Thomas’s blog post Why Courtship is Fundamentally Flawed went viral and reached over a million people in just a few weeks. As a podcaster, he hosts the Novel Marketing Podcast, and the Christian Publishing Show.

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]]> James and Barry have extended words with Thomas Umstattd (@ThomasUmstattd) about writing. In 2009, Thomas started AuthorTechTips.com, a website to help authors use the web to promote their books. In 2014, Thomas’s blog post Why Courtship is Fundamentally Flawed went viral and reached over a million people in just a few weeks. As a podcaster, he hosts the Novel Marketing Podcast, and the Christian Publishing Show.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-13721815 Thu, 05 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0100 2977 1 full false #162 Quick to Listen, Slow to Have Words #162 Quick to Listen, Slow to Have Words James and Barry discuss the art of listening. What does the Bible have to say about it? And how does it relate to anger? Are we bad at listening because it's a selfless thing to do? After all, there's no "I" in "LISTENING" is there? Oh wait.

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]]> James and Barry discuss the art of listening. What does the Bible have to say about it? And how does it relate to anger? Are we bad at listening because it's a selfless thing to do? After all, there's no "I" in "LISTENING" is there? Oh wait.

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]]> James Cary & Barry Cooper Buzzsprout-13534668 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 06:00:00 +0100 2990 1 full false