* Conversations with Christian Women * Hosts: Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes chat to women from Australia and around the world about faith, life and ministry. Ordinary women trusting an extraordinary God makes for inspirational stories and great wisdom shared about all aspects of life as a Christian woman.
Episodes
Saturday Aug 29, 2020
Episode 52: Claire Smith
Saturday Aug 29, 2020
Saturday Aug 29, 2020
Claire Smith is a New Testament scholar, women’s Bible teacher, and the author of God’s Good Design: What the Bible really says about Men and Women. Listen as Claire talks to Tori Walker about these topics as well as the value of other aspects of ministry.
EPISODE NOTES
Claire Smith is married to Rob, and attends St Andrew’s Anglican Cathedral, Sydney. They have a married son. Claire is a New Testament scholar, women’s Bible teacher, and the author of God’s Good Design: What the Bible really says about Men and Women, 2nd ed. (Matthias Media, 2019), and contributor to the ESV Women’s Devotional Bible (Crossway, 2014) and Word-filled Women’s Ministry: Loving and Serving the Church (eds. Gloria Furman and Kathleen Nielson, Crossway, 2015). Claire serves on TGCA editorial panel, working to develop women writers and content.
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SHOW SNIPPETS:
"I went home that night thinking “I can’t possibly become a Christian"."
"He stuck in there with me for six years, sharing the gospel with me as my life progressively fell apart."
"The whole subjective view of gender identity is entirely at odds with the embodied view of personhood you see in Scripture."
"I do think committees are a form of ministry."
"The Gospel Coalition Australia is a way of helping those different gospel networks talk to one another and resources one another with articles, podcasts & resources….trying to serve Christian people with good evangelical thought-provoking material that is going to help them."
"What we all want to be as Christian people is faithful servants of Christ - what better summation of our lives could there be than that we’ve poured ourselves out for Christ."
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Friday Aug 14, 2020
Episode 51: Carolyn Russell
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Dr Carolyn Russell's expertise and experience in mental health care makes this episode especially informative and encouraging. Listen as she shares with Taryn Hayes about faith, family and her pathway into medicine and ministry.
EPISODE NOTES:
Dr Carolyn Russell is a medical doctor and qualified counsellor who spends much of her time either in counselling or in teaching others about mental health and counselling. Carolyn is married and has three children that are all grown up and independent. She recently became a grandmother and loves to spend her time sewing and kayaking or spending time with her granddaughter. Carolyn attends Mitchelton Presbyterian Church (MPC) and is a GP Counsellor and Relationship Therapist. She loves to watch people grow within themselves and as a result start to trust in Jesus.
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Queensland Theological College
SHOW SNIPPETS:
For the first time she put mercy and justice together for me, in God. And I was stunned. It’s not all about having fun or knowing this God who is a grandfather. I had to wrestle with the fact that God is a judge and I was a sinner.
A community mental health practice where we could be Christians not just in name but Christians in practice. Having a place where we could invite people who did have mental health struggles and who could not feel embarrassed to raise the fact that they wanted to trust God at the same time.
Our journey of transformation is one where we think we are less dented and we realise that we are more dented and damaged and that grace allows us and our relationships to function even though we are pretty bad at them …
The more flawed we are the more we know how wonderful it is what the Lord has done for us and that he wants to walk beside us. Even though we are still flawed human beings, he gives us his presence. How remarkable is that?
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