The Speak Life Podcast
Martin Shaw and Glen Scrivener: People Are Coming to Christianity... But What Kind? || SLP660
Glen Scrivener interviews Dr Martin Shaw about storytelling, his journey to Christ, the renewed interest in Christianity, the differences between Protestantism and Eastern Orthodoxy and more.
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It’s A New Era - What Can Protestants Offer? || SLP659
Glen Scrivener discusses Jonathan Pageau's conversation with Gavin Ortlund and what Protestantism can bring to the table in a time of renewed interest in Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism.
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Henry Nowak: It's Deeper Than Left Vs Right || SLP658
Glen Scrivener discusses the comparison between the deaths of Henry Nowak and George Floyd.
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How John Lennox is Making Stephen Bartlett Rethink Jesus || SLP657
Glen Scrivener reacts to John Lennox interviewed by Stephen Bartlett on The Diary of a CEO.
Full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLrvJeSugkM
Divine Hiddenness is a REAL Problem (SLP613): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGCbR94TBNo&t
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Alex O’Connor’s Biggest Objection to Christianity Backfires || SLP656
Glen Scrivener reacts to William Lane Craig debating Alex O'Connor on the topic of God's existence.
Full debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEBTtMjm_4U&t
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Every Moment Holy: Why Liturgy Is Making A Comeback || SLP655
Join Naomi Brehm and Thomas Thorogood as they discuss 'Every Moment Holy' the series of prayer books for everyday life written by Douglas McKelvey and illustrated by Ned Bustard.
Chapters
00:00 Trailer
01:00 What is Every Moment Holy?
10:27 Meeting the Every Moment Holy team at Hutchmoot
15:11 Every Moment Holy Live
20:46 Questions we have
34:44 Writing our own prayers
38:07 Listener correspondence
41:22 The Speak Life Intensive
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Atheist Podcaster Challenges Glen Scrivener's "Circular Argument" || SLP654
During his conversation with Ruslan KD, Elliot Bewick pushed back on Glen Scrivener's argument in 'The Air We Breathe'. Are Christians shooting themselves in the foot? Here, Glen responds.
Watch the original conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLZqLTWX_xU&t
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Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse: Not Afraid To Die (Here's Why) || SLP653
Glen Scrivener reflects on Ross Douthat's conversation with Ben Sasse, who is is terminally ill with cancer.
Original conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CFo6-6BN9k
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Is The Trinity a Maths Problem? — Dan McClellan vs Joshua Sijuwade Debate || SLP652
Glen Scrivener moderates a conversation between Joshua Sijuwade and Dan McClellan about the doctrine of the Trinity in Christianity.
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100,000 Subscribers... But At What Cost? || SLP651
Join Glen Scrivener, Naomi Brehm and Thomas Thorogood to celebrate 100,000 subs and discuss your questions. This episode features highlights from the full livestream, which you can watch here: https://youtube.com/live/p2XsB8gjNBk
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The One Thing Christians Should Learn By Heart || SLP650
Join Nate Morgan Locke, Thomas Thorogood & Naomi Brehm, on Nate’s final day at Speak Life, as they discuss one of his favourite topics: The Hero’s Creed.
Tune in to find out:
Why is memorisation still valuable when we have such easy access to information?Can Thomas Thorogood recite the Doctor Who actors in order?Why the Apostle’s Creed is more than a series of statements (spoiler: it’s a story)Tips for learning scripture by heartKeep up with Nate: www.heroscreed.com
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What CS Lewis Could Teach This Astronaut (and all of us) || SLP649
Glen Scrivener comments on the profound experiences of the Artemis II astronauts with the help of C. S. Lewis, Carl Sagan, Alien, WALL-E and Isaiah.
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What Alex O’Connor Gets Wrong About Gender Equality (and Christianity) Feat. Tom Holland || SLP648
Glen Scrivener and Alex O’Connor debating the effects of Christianity on our moral sensibilities: https://youtu.be/-ZnVNM8lkGw?si=f44nExNr5agN8skq
Tom Holland on the Christian Revolution as regards gender and sex: https://youtu.be/cDa4vpkNKeQ?si=WqxQEnOCHV5qIuSQ
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Alex O'Connor and John Lennox: Faith is Inescapable || SLP647
Glen Scrivener reacts to Alex O'Connor and John Lennox talking about what The New Atheism got wrong.
Full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbs8JGA_Y-M&t
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Do We Need Evidence for the Resurrection? || SLP646
Join Thomas Thorogood, Glen Scrivener, Naomi Brehm & Nate Morgan Locke as they discuss the evidence for the resurrection. Recorded in the run-up to Easter 2026. This conversation includes:
What do we tend to think of when it comes to evidence for the resurrection?Where might that approach be lacking?How can we ultimately have confidence in the resurrection?Why is the resurrection so important?Chapters
0:00 Trailer
0:54 In this age of AI, can anything convince us?
7:08 What is often meant by evidence for the resurrection?
15:29 Problems with this approach<...
What This Famous Sceptic Can't Deny (Bart Ehrman) || SLP645
Glen Scrivener reacts to Ross Douthat's conversation with Bart Ehrman on the topic 'Did Jesus Rise From the Dead?'.
Watch the full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7EwdZ0Z_gc&t
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Is Easter “Blood Magic”? Christian vs Atheist || SLP644
Glen Scrivener reflects on his debate with Matt Dillahunty. What does Matt miss about the Easter story?
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This Manosphere Documentary Needed to Go MUCH Deeper || SLP643
Glen Scrivener reflects on the Netflix documentary 'Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere'.
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"Quiet Revival" Report Withdrawn. Why? What Now? || SLP642
The Bible Society have withdrawn their headline grabbing 2025 report, The Quiet Revival. This comes after YouGov finally admitted their data was unreliable. Glen Scrivener responds.
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Top Historians CLASH on Islam: What's Really Going On? || SLP641
Glen Scrivener reacts to Dominic Sandbrook's recent comments on LBC regarding Tom Holland's views on Islam.
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God in the First Trimester || SLP640
Join Thomas Thorogood, Glen Scrivener, Naomi Brehm & Nate Morgan Locke as they celebrate 25th March: the day God became human. Including:
What is the Feast of the Annunciation?What are the implications of God becoming an embryo?Did Mary have a choice?How can we speak life to those struggling with pregnancy today?We’d love to know what you think. How will you mark the Feast of Annunciation next year? Have you ever pictured Jesus as an apple seed? Been listening since 25th March 2013? Send us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.or...
Does Religion Poison Everything? Christian Debater Turns the Tables || SLP639
Glen Scrivener on his opening statement during his debate with Stephen Woodford (Rationality Rules), hosted by Pangburn.
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Christian Exposes Atheist's Absurd View of Humanity (Rationality Rules) || SLP638
Glen Scrivener reflects on his debate with Stephen Woodford (Rationality Rules), hosted by Pangburn. The topic was 'does religion poison everything?'
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Glen Scrivener Asks Wes Huff About His Viral Moments || SLP637
Glen Scrivener interviews Wesley Huff about his debate with Billy Carson, leading to appearances on Joe Rogan, FLAGRANT (with Andrew Schulz), Piers Morgan, Diary of A CEO and more.
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It Got HEATED on Diary of a CEO — Wes Huff on Hell || SLP636
Glen Scrivener reacts to Wesley Huff interviewed by Steven Bartlett on Diary of a CEO.
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Glen Scrivener Pressed on his Debate with Alex O'Connor: Full Breakdown || SLP635
Glen Scrivener sits down with Speak Life Media Producer Thomas Thorogood to analyse his recent debate with Alex O'Connor on the question 'did Christian faith give us our belief in kindness, equality, freedom and consent?'. The debate was part of Justin Brierley's 'Uncommon Ground' podcast. In this full breakdown of the debate, Glen and Thomas cover the key moments and Glen's reflections.
Watch the full debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZnVNM8lkGw&t
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@CosmicSkeptic Tells 4 Unlikely Stories: I'm Skeptical || SLP634
Glen Scrivener reacts to his debate with Alex O'Connor for Justin Brierley's 'Uncommon Ground' podcast. Recently, Tim O'Neill tweeted about the debate and Alex's handling of history.
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Alex O’Connor vs Glen Scrivener: Epic Debate or Failure to Communicate? || SLP633
Glen Scrivener reacts to his debate with Alex O'Connor for Justin Brierley's 'Uncommon Ground' podcast. The debate got stuck a number of times because of two words: 'unthinkable' and 'unfalsifiable'.
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10 Tricks This Scholar Uses to Deny the Trinity || SLP632
Glen Scrivener responds to Dan McLellan's critique of the doctrine of the Trinity.
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The Terrifying Reality of the Epstein Files || SLP631
Glen Scrivener discusses the release of the Epstein files.
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Interview: John Lennox Responds to Shocking Claims About AI || SLP630
Glen Scrivener interviews Professor John Lennox about AI, and Yuval Noah Harari's recent comments at Davos.
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We Went to an Atheist Event About Love, Meaning and Happiness || SLP629
On Saturday 24th January 2026 we attended an event called 'A Modern Day Pursuit of Love, Meaning & Happiness' at Asylum Chapel. It was a collaboration between Elliot Bewick (The Next Generation) and Discourse Collective, featuring guest speakers including Joe Folley (Unsolicited Advice) and Jonny Thomson (Philosophy Minis).
In this conversation, we reflect on what was said on the night. We consider the battle between Epicureanism and Stoicism and how Paul responds to both of those philosophies in Acts 17. Featuring Glen Scrivener, Thomas Thorogood and for the first time on The Speak Life Podcast, Naomi Brehm!
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It’s WILD What This Atheist Demands As Proof || SLP628
It was a fascinating conversation between Sam Harris and Ross Douthat. Here Glen Scrivener breaks it down.
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Did Scott Adams Convert On His Death Bed? || SLP627
Glen Scrivener reflects on the death of Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoons, bestselling author and Internet sage.
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What Rhett McLaughlin and Alex O'Connor Get Right (And Wrong) || SLP626
Recently Rhett McLaughlin sat down with Alex O'Connor to discuss how to save Christianity from Christians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfSl-fZ85kQ
Here Glen Scrivener speaks of all the things Rhett and Alex get right about faith, reason and apologetics — as well as the big thing they're missing.
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Glen Scrivener @ Responding to the Rebirth: We've Gone From Pro-Jesus to Anti-Hitler — What Now? || SLP625
Watch the other talks from Responding to the Rebirth: rebirthconference.net
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Harrison Clewes: Has Tommy Robinson Put Christ Back Into Christmas? || SLP624
Glen Scrivener interviews former right wing activist Harrison Clewes about Tommy Robinson's recent Christmas carols event in London. Harrison tells his story of being, in his words "to the right of Tommy Robinson", coming to faith in Christ and how the church might respond to a renewed interest in cultural Christianity.
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The World’s Most Famous CEO is Rethinking Faith… Meet the Reason || SLP623
Glen Scrivener interviews Anthony Scott Logan, friend of Steven Bartlett from Diary of a CEO, about his journey to Christian faith and Steven's reaction.
Logan's links:
https://www.anthonyscottlogan.com/
https://www.instagram.com/loganxnoir
https://x.com/noir_logan
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Dr Andrew Ollerton: The Bible is Trending - Here’s How To Respond || SLP622
Dr Andrew Ollerton works with Bible Society, presents The Bible Course (biblesociety.org.uk/explore-the-bible/the-bible-course) and is the author of "God’s Book: An Honest Look at the Bible's 7 Toughest Topics: Making Sense of the Bible's Trickiest Topics". Here, Glen Scrivener interviews him about the book and recent interest in The Bible across the culture.
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Students HATED This Talk: Pastor Speaks About Jordan Peterson || SLP621
Glen Scrivener spoke at UCL Christian Union on Tuesday 25th November on the topic 'Jordan Peterson - Prophet or Poison', followed by a Q&A from the students.
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