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| 28 Sep 2023 | S2:00 - Season Two introduction | 00:02:12 | |
Nick Allan (The Well Sheffield) introduces our new season two of Wise Lives! | |||
| 13 Jan 2025 | Season 3 trailer | 00:02:14 | |
Welcome back! Revd Nick Allan introduces a taste of what's coming up in Season 3 of the Wise Lives podcast, produced by The Well Sheffield. Look out for Episode 1 from 22 January 2025. Subscribe for updates! Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 The Well Sheffield (producers of this podcast): | |||
| 17 Apr 2024 | Why focus on the next generations? With Isabella Senior // S2:12 | 00:30:20 | |
Isabella is a young adult with a passion. She tells Nick all about saying yes to the call of God aged 15 to 'go' which ended with her becoming a 'reverse missionary' from Brazil to the UK, reaching Generation Z for Christ. Today she has a national role to empowering her peers in Baptist churches to become disciples and impact the nation. Isabella shared an encouraging picture of the spiritual climate and passion amongst the new generations in the UK. ---------------------------- Want more on reaching and discipling the new generations? Podcast hosts Nick & Marjorie Allan authored an award-winning book in 2020 all about understanding and reaching generations Y & Z. It's called The XYZ of Discipleship, available in paperback or ebook. *SPECIAL OFFER* Save £4 off RRP (cheaper than Amazon!) use code: WISELIVES at checkout Order here: https://www.wellsheffield.com/xyz Mentioned in this episode: Baptists Together GB : Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 | |||
| 13 Sep 2019 | S1:02 - From Breakdown to Supernatural Breakthrough // Chad Norris with Nick | 00:17:51 | |
We took to our back yard, the Peak District national park for this episode! Nick Allan digs deep with friend of the show Chad Norris (Bridgeway Church SC Senior Pastor and Coach & Joe Podcast anchor) to talk through how God took Chad out of depression and breakdown into an everyday life of supernatural signs and wonders. What difference does deep friendship with God make, and how can we get it? | |||
| 20 May 2020 | S1:16 - Discipling The Next Generations - Introducing The XYZ of Discipleship // Nick and Marjorie Allan with David | 00:29:29 | |
The teens to thirties are missing from the UK church but are spiritually hungry and will soon be leading and defining our nations. How can we reach, understand and disciple them towards Jesus? Nick & Marjorie Allan speak about their new book The XYZ of Discipleship : Understand and Reaching Generations Y & Z, launched May 2020. | |||
| 03 Mar 2020 | S1:12 - Adventures in Following God // Hugo and Hanneke van Driel with Nick | 00:28:02 | |
What would you do if God called you as a missionary to Mongolia? How did a powerful touch of God’s Spirit hold a man through the tragedy of his wife’s death? We meet Hugo & Hanneke van Driel and hear how they’ve learned to love and obey Jesus through thick and thin. | |||
| 14 Sep 2019 | S1:03 - The Secret Life of a Worship Leader // Steve Tebb with Nick | 00:28:32 | |
Steve Tebb, now an international worship leader with Catch the Fire chats with Nick Allan about his journey with God. How does somebody begin to become a worship leader? The supernatural encounters with God that empowered Steve to play and sing, and propelled his inner life and character to match the vocation of his life to lead others into worship. | |||
| 18 Oct 2019 | S1:04 - Talking Supernatural: Healing, Angels, Faith and Doubt // Amanda Curtis with Marjorie | 00:18:27 | |
Marjorie Allan, Senior Leader at The Well, chats with Amanda Curtis, one of the ministry school leaders, about her journey with physical healing and training others to pray for healing. Together they look at the question of faith, obedience and God's supernatural power. | |||
| 28 Feb 2024 | S2:10 Being a Christian at Uni // with Yasmin and Josie | 00:25:36 | |
What's it like going to university as a Christian? How do you stay one, and cope with all the pleasures and pains of uni life? Josie and her friend Yasmin (daughter of podcast host Nick!) share with remarkable wisdom and maturity their stories of walking with God through first-year life at Uni. ---------------------------- Want more on reaching and discipling the new generations? Podcast hosts Nick & Marjorie Allan authored an award-winning book in 2020 all about understanding and reaching generations Y & Z. It's called The XYZ of Discipleship, available in paperback or ebook. *SPECIAL OFFER* Save £4 off RRP (cheaper than Amazon!) use code: WISELIVES at checkout Order here: https://www.wellsheffield.com/xyz Mentioned in this episode: Fusion student movement : https://www.fusionmovement.org/students Resources for sharing your faith & discipling new believers: Everyone Disciple One : https://www.everyonediscipleone.com/ Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 | |||
| 22 Jan 2025 | The church of tomorrow. With John McGinley // S3:01 | 00:33:05 | |
We begin Season Three and 2025 by taking a step back and asking 'what is God doing in the UK today, and how can I join in?' What's changing in our nation and in church as a response? There's a move of ordinary people starting micro-churches, and teens/twenties turning to God. Am I willing to change if necessary, and champion it? Our guest John McGinley heads up Myriad, a national training program for lay micro-church planters. And The Send UK/Ireland, a movement to mobilize the new generations into mission at home and abroad. Mentioned in this episode: John's book The Church of Tomorrow Nick's book The XYZ of Discipleship Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 The Well Sheffield (producers of this podcast): | |||
| 12 Sep 2019 | S1:00 - Wise Lives Introduction | 00:01:39 | |
Welcome to Wise Lives, honest conversations in under 30 minutes about the authentic Christian life in contemporary culture. The grit and the glory of how we seek first the kingdom of God in everyday life. Introduced by Anna and Duncan Akehurst and Nick Allan. Watch back episodes at www.youtube.com/thewellsheffield and join the conversation at the Wise Lives website: www.wiselives.co.uk plus follow us on Facebook and Instagram. | |||
| 05 Feb 2020 | S1:10 - Spiritual Awakening as the Agenda // Nick, Marjorie and Duncan | 00:25:37 | |
Too busy to pray? Bothered enough? Many Christians across Britain seem to be feeling challenged to pray and to prioritise these days. Nick, Marjorie and Duncan talk about keeping spiritual awakening the main agenda of the western church, our church and our lives. | |||
| 03 Apr 2024 | What's my calling? With Charlotte & Ben // S2:11 | 00:25:56 | |
Lifting the lid on a sense of 'vocation' and calling. How do you know? Is it for everyone, or just special people? Charlotte and Ben are young Baptist Ministers and they reflect on what they've learned about the call and the cost of Christian ministry, and how to integrate God's call into our everyday lives. ---------------------------- Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 | |||
| 18 Oct 2023 | S2:02 Prayer and faith deconstruction // with Josh Green | 00:17:58 | |
How do we lean into the Holy Spirit to meet and inspire us in prayer? How can we deconstructing faith well, involving Jesus in the process, so that deconstruction doesn't result in the demolition of our faith. Marjorie meets Josh Green, the UK youth director of 24/7 prayer. Find more about 24-7 Prayer movement: https://www.24-7prayergb.com/ Wise Lives social Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 | |||
| 07 Jan 2020 | S1:08 - First Things First: When It Comes To Prophecy // Isabel Allum with Marjorie | 00:19:14 | |
Marjorie Allan chats with Isabel Allum, internationally known for her prophetic ministry, about what is important when it comes to prophecy and growing in the prophetic. | |||
| 05 Feb 2025 | Laying down everything at God's calling. With Ann Calver // S3:02 | 00:28:29 | |
How would a busy, fulfilled Christian respond when it seems that God asks you to lay down everything you are working for, to simply pray and wait upon Him? This was Ann's experience, when as a church minister, national speaker and mum she heard God's prompting and had some tough decisions to make. Mentioned in this episode: Ann & Gavin Calver's book: 'Unleased The Acts Church Today' https://amzn.eu/d/bkalg4R Evangelical Alliance : Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 The Well Sheffield (producers of this podcast): | |||
| 03 Oct 2023 | S2:01 The Best of Friends // with Phil Knox | 00:30:11 | |
Friendship is amazing yet it needs to be formed and nurtured, and deep friendships are rare. How do we build them, how do we introduce people to friendship with God? Nick chats to Phil Knox, Evangelical Alliance evangelism specialist, about his book ‘The Best of Friends’. Phil’s book: https://ivpbooks.com/the-best-of-friends Wise Lives social Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives
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| 20 Dec 2023 | S2:06 Christmas 23 what is God doing today? // with Marjorie & Duncan | 00:34:40 | |
As 2023 comes to a close, The Well leaders reflect on what God is doing. From the hospital ward, to baptisms in the river, how to pray for the Israel conflict, to young men coming to faith... Hosts Marjorie (senior leader The Well Sheffield) and Duncan (leader The Well at Woodseats) share what they've experienced personally, and through our church community this year. Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 | |||
| 17 Jan 2024 | S2:08 Starting the right kind of church for my context // with David and Nick | 00:25:40 | |
Nick asks his good friend David to tell the story of how his family grew a new church from scratch in an unusual way, on an inner-city estate in Sheffield. Its an account of staying close to God, listening to the context and the people's needs, trying new things, and persevering through tough times like Covid. Mentioned in this episode: Big Life (Disciple Making Movements): https://big.life/ Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 | |||
| 01 Jul 2020 | S1:19 - Young and Black in the British Church // Spencer and Favour with Nick | 00:34:32 | |
Racism is a key issue at this time. Two young adults at The Well Sheffield Church who moved to England as children bravely share their experiences of racism in British society, what it’s like being from a black culture in a predominantly white British church, and how things can be improved. If you’re interested in more dialogue, listen-back to The Well Sheffield Sunday service interview with Spencer and Anu, as Pastors Nick & Marjorie address a Godly view of race, justice and the church. https://www.wellsheffield.com/talks/2020/6/7/living-hope-race-justice-amp-the-church _____________________________________________________________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE for daily content from The Well www.youtube.com/thewellsheffield Join Wise Lives on Instagram for behind the scenes and exclusive content: www.instagram.com/wiselives.co.uk | |||
| 15 Nov 2023 | S2:04 Can you describe discipleship? // with Miles Toulmin | 00:27:54 | |
What are the simple steps that each of us can take, to raise disciples of Jesus, who go on to raise disciples themselves? Podcast host Nick Allan is joined by Miles Toulmin, who tells his story of coming to faith from scratch. Later he worked with HTB in London and the Alpha course, and now leads a fast-growing church in Kuala Lumpur, experiencing big numbers coming to faith. Things mentioned in the podcast: The Alpha Course : https://alpha.org/ HTBB that church that Miles leads in KL: https://www.instagram.com/htbbcampus/ Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 | |||
| 02 Feb 2024 | S2:09 Launching a Christian university in Africa // with Cathie Vincent | 00:21:24 | |
We found gold in the archives! Duncan sat down with Cathie in 2019 to hear her journey to seeing herself and her whole life as a missionary. She answered a seemingly crazy call to establish a new university in Mozambique, which is now well underway. It's a story of simple, costly faith that transformed Cathie's life, and will now transform the lives of many others. Cathie is a qualified teacher, a communication coach, and visiting faculty staff at Iris University, having volunteered for the past decade with Iris Global. She lives in Oxfordshire, UK. Mentioned in this episode: Iris Global: https://www.irisglobal.org/ Iris Universtiy: https://irisuniversity.org/ Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 | |||
| 22 Jan 2020 | S1:09 - Faith on the Touchline // Sheffield United FC // Dr Delroy Hall with Nick | 00:22:09 | |
Ever wondered about the life of a Premier League football club chaplain? Delroy, or ‘Revs’ as the players know him, has a (very) informal congregation of 30,000 a week. He walks alongside players in the pressures of professional life, writes programme notes, enjoys a bit of banter with the backroom staff and shares the love in some very unusual circumstances. | |||
| 17 Jun 2020 | S1:18 - Debunking Some Myths! // Isabel Allum with Marjorie | 00:11:53 | |
Marjorie Allan chats with Isabel Allum about growing in supernatural power. ____________________________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE for daily content from The Well www.youtube.com/thewellsheffield Want to enjoy more awesome Wise Lives content? Subscribe to the Wise Lives podcast on the platform or your choice at: www.wiselives.co.uk Join Wise Lives on Instagram for behind the scenes and exclusive content: www.instagram.com/wiselives.co.uk Do you know someone who would be blessed by the insights shared here? Share this episode! | |||
| 19 Feb 2025 | What a world record can teach us about discipleship. With Jonathan Saunders // S3:03 | 00:33:49 | |
Jonathan is a regular guy in his middle-years with a talent. He swims competitively at the highest level. Jonathan tells us his story from the perspective of being a Christian: what has training hard, facing set-backs, and ultimately achieving a world record taught his about the journey of discipleship to Jesus in everyday life? Mentioned in this episode: City of Sheffield Swim Squad : Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 The Well Sheffield (producers of this podcast): | |||
| 23 Sep 2020 | S1:24 - Raising Followers of Jesus in Current Culture | 00:20:41 | |
Marjorie chats with students leader Pippa Baker from the Catholic Charismatic Renewal about her own discipleship walk and how she disciples others. | |||
| 19 Dec 2023 | S2:03 Work as Worship // with Ben Woollard | 00:28:34 | |
How can we see work as worship? Work means what we do with the majority of our time - paid or otherwise. Does the bible speak into this? Ben Woollard CEO of Together for Sheffield and business consultant is Nick's guest as they talk about their personal journeys, and talk the theology of work as worship. Things mentioned in the podcast: LICC (London Institute for Contemporary Christianity) Resources to live as a disciple in everyday life, including lots on the world of work: https://licc.org.uk/ Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 | |||
| 24 Apr 2020 | S1:15 - Nowhere To Go But God // Chad Norris with Nick | 00:13:56 | |
Wow! This Wiselives was filmed some time before but is absolutely a message for Today! Chad Norris interviews Nick Allan out in the Peak District on how to remain on fire for Jesus; how to avoid burn-out in busyness. They talk through walking through difficult times: “ faith grows on those very hard days when you have nowhere to go but to God." | |||
| 09 Feb 2021 | S1:25 - Processing The Prophetic // Nick, Marjorie, David, Naomi and Duncan | 00:13:29 | |
Some of our leaders at The Well discuss discerning the prophetic. | |||
| 23 Nov 2019 | S1:07 - Ambassadors for Christ in Contemporary Culture // Dr Delroy Hall with Nick | 00:25:11 | |
How can we integrate faith into the maelstrom of a busy working life beyond the church? Since failing his school exams, Delroy has been an athlete, engineer, Pentecostal pastor, university sociology lecturer, counsellor/well-being practitioner and Premier League soccer team chaplain! We talk how to influence and love people towards Jesus in the everyday. Twitter: @DelroyDr | |||
| 03 Jun 2020 | S1:17 - Living Well Through Stressful Situations // Dr Mary Wren with Marjorie | 00:19:22 | |
Another really relevant conversation. Dr Mary Wren and Marjorie talk anxiety, stress - recognising it and processing it and learning to live well as disciples of Jesus. | |||
| 29 Jul 2020 | S1:21 - Deeper Discipleship // Naomi Fennell with Nick | 00:26:47 | |
Discipleship is a church buzzword, but what does it mean to be a disciple and to disciple others? Deeper School of Ministry leader Naomi shares from her years of wisdom and experience in helping others to shape their whole lives to be disciples of Jesus in contemporary culture. Find out more about Deeper here: https://www.wellsheffield.com/deeper | |||
| 11 Nov 2019 | S1:06 - Revival: do you love or loathe the word? // Nick and Marjorie with Duncan and Anna | 00:23:38 | |
The Wise Lives team chat through the choice to be revivalists in current western culture and the adventure of bringing and living life. | |||
| 03 Jan 2024 | S2:07 Justice issues facing Christians in 2024 // with Mark and Nick | 00:28:20 | |
Nick interviews his brother Mark, asking what are some of the top justice issues for Christians as we begin 2024? Often these issue align with the bible and the gospel, how can we make them align with our own lifestyles? Mentioned in this episode: https://greenchristian.org.uk/environmental-issues-network-ein/ Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 | |||
| 19 Dec 2023 | S2:05 Online Dating // with Ben and Miriam | 00:30:42 | |
The Well's Ben and Miriam got together online. They take a dive into the world of Christian online dating: is it OK? Is it an ungodly distraction? What's the best way, what to avoid? With humour and candour, Ben & Miriam tackle the subject head on. Wise Lives social: Homepage: wellsheffield.com/wiselives Instagram: @wiselivespod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiselives YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfLRwFQOJKmOIfI0jIq6AGW7kMmm2M56 | |||
| 13 Feb 2020 | S1:11 - What Does It Mean To Be Well? // Dr Mary Wren with Marjorie | 00:21:51 | |
People’s mental health is now widely acknowledged and is an important conversation within the church. As many of us struggle with health issues at times of our lives, how can Christians live towards wellness both of body and soul? What are some biblical keys towards health? Can renewing our minds and emotions (Romans 12:2) help with our physical symptoms? Dr Mary Wren, a General Practitioner doctor in the UK, shares some of her journey of discovering the overlaps between medical and supernatural healing. Dr Wren is a co-presenter of a new resource for the Christian church: a short-course called ‘Keys to Health and Wholeness’ produced by Freedom In Christ ministries. The whole course is free online. You can find out more here, and watch a introductory 1-minute video. https://freedominchrist.org/health Click here to sign-up for the course beginning at The Well Sheffield on 27th Feb 2020. https://wellsheffield.churchsuite.co.uk/events/0uubihzf | |||
| 12 Aug 2020 | S1:22 - Walking In Friendship With God // Pippa Baker with Marjorie | 00:23:12 | |
Marjorie talks to Pip about walking in friendship with God in the everyday and what that has looked like in this unusual season. | |||
| 13 Sep 2019 | S1:01 - The Surrendered Life // Nick, Duncan and Anna | 00:22:05 | |
We launch our show with the Nick, Anna and Duncan introducing ourselves and throwing questions like "what does it mean to follow Jesus 100% in the middle of 21st century life?" There's some talk as to whether this show is a VOD or a POD, then we get into Anna & Duncan's story, the surprise of hearing God's call and selling-up their middle-class life in England to move to Mozambique. Watch back episodes at www.youtube.com/thewellsheffield and join the conversation at the Wise Lives website: www.wiselives.co.uk plus follow us on Facebook and Instagram. | |||
| 15 Jul 2020 | S1:20 - Living in Community // Chris Whitehead with Nick | 00:11:56 | |
What could community life look like? Really sharing our lives means discipleship on the go. Chris has been a businessman and a busy parent, and his family have always prioritied sharing life and their home with many others. “This isn’t a way of being benevolent, its a way of enriching everyone’s lives.” | |||
| 09 Apr 2020 | S1:14 - Responding to Covid 19: Faith on the Frontline // Dr Emily with Marjorie | 00:24:15 | |
Marjorie talks with Dr Emily, who has much experience of operating as a medical doctor in difficult and dangerous situations and draws on her experience and expertise with mental health to chat through mental health in a lock down situation. | |||
| 26 Aug 2020 | S1:23 - New Life in Jesus // Jackie Thompson with Duncan | 00:25:34 | |
Jackie shares her own powerful story of encounter with God and radical transformation, and what it looks like to walk in faith as a new creation in Christ Jesus through the very real trials and challenges of life. | |||
| 29 Oct 2019 | S1:05 - Thinking Outside the Box: Is Your God Personal or Conceptual? // Isabel Allum with Marjorie | 00:15:42 | |
Marjorie Allan chats with well known conference speaker and prophet Isabel Allum about her friendship with The Trinity. | |||
| 31 Mar 2020 | S1:13 - There’s Nothing Boring About Prayer // Aaron Jarvis with Marjorie | 00:17:08 | |
Why are the toughest gang members turning to Jesus? What fuels supernatural miracles in the West Midlands? Prayer. Aaron grew up with a gang mentality, now the church he pastors is a band of brothers & sisters learning to pray and fast with purpose and passion. Hear about a rapidly growing missionary church, breakthrough conversions of the toughest characters and incredible recent testimonies of healing. Aaron is clear: the engine-room of the church is prayer. | |||