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8 November 2026 · Ade Birkby

Jesus the Revolutionary

The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats Explained

Ade Birkby teaches the parable of the sheep and the goats from Matthew 25, where Jesus says we're judged not by what we believe but by how we treat the people we overlook. The talk unpacks the goats' sin of omission, the context behind the story, research on how society views the struggling, and a practical challenge to find the least of these in your own week. Part of the Jesus the Revolutionary series, with community wisdom from Conversation Street.

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Jesus the Revolutionary

8 November 2026 · Ade Birkby

The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats Explained

Ade Birkby teaches the parable of the sheep and the goats from Matthew 25, where Jesus says we're judged not by what we believe but by how we treat the people we overlook. The talk unpacks the goats' sin of omission, the context behind the story, research on how society views the struggling, and a practical challenge to find the least of these in your own week. Part of the Jesus the Revolutionary series, with community wisdom from Conversation Street.

Jesus the Revolutionary

1 November 2026 · Sharon Edmundson

Is Jesus the Only Way to God

Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." To modern ears that can sound arrogant and exclusive, like a door shut on everyone who believes differently. Sharon Edmundson takes that discomfort head on, from a very particular way to cut a tomato, to C.S. Lewis, to sweets at the cinema, and shows why the claim is actually the most inclusive invitation there is. And why these words were first spoken not as a challenge, but as comfort to frightened friends the night before Jesus died.

Jesus the Revolutionary

25 October 2026 · Mike Harris

What Jesus Said to the Rich Young Ruler About Money

Mike Harris teaches on the rich young ruler in Mark 10, a wealthy man who kept all the rules but could not let go of his money. Mike explains why Jesus asked him to give it all away, not because money is wrong, but because something had taken God's place in his heart. Drawing on Paul, the book of Job, and Psalm 118, the talk explores self-sufficiency, grace, and holding everything we own as a gift rather than a reward we earned. Conversation Street digs into generosity, the prosperity gospel, and where we really put our trust.

Jesus the Revolutionary

18 October 2026 · Dave Connolly

Marriage, Singleness and Your Worth in Christ

Culture keeps selling us the same lie, that somewhere out there is a person who will finally complete us. This week, Dave Connolly looks at Matthew 19, where Jesus answers a question about marriage by going back to God's original design. We see that marriage is covenant rather than a consumer contract, singleness is a gift rather than a waiting room, and your worth is never defined by your relationship status.

Jesus the Revolutionary

11 October 2026 · Ade Birkby

Love Your Enemies and the Freedom of Forgiveness

Someone has hurt you, and part of you is certain they don't deserve to be let off. Ade Birkby picks up one of the hardest lines in Jesus' teaching, love your enemies, and shows why forgiveness is less about them and more about you. Holding a grudge quietly costs us our health, our peace and, strangely, our character, because we start to mirror the very person we can't stand. Drawing on Matthew 5, the real cost of resentment and the story of Corrie ten Boom, this is an honest look at how we let go, and why it sets us free.

Jesus the Revolutionary

4 October 2026 · Dan Orange

The Woman Caught in Adultery and the Grace of Jesus

When the religious leaders drag a woman caught in adultery in front of Jesus, they think they have trapped Him. Instead, Jesus bends down, writes in the dust, and says the words that change everything, "Neither do I condemn you." In John 8, Dan Orange explores what happens when our worst moment gets exposed and we are sure we are beyond forgiving. This is not about learning to forgive yourself. It is about meeting the One who already has. A story about shame, grace, and discovering you are not defined by the thing you most want to hide.

Jesus the Revolutionary

27 September 2026 · Ade Birkby

The Parable of the Talents and the Comparison Trap

Ade Birkby joins Crowd from North Wales to explore the Parable of the Talents and what it says about comparison culture. Drawing on a 2023 UK study, where 93% of young people felt pressure to compare themselves online, he shows that the third servant's failure started not with laziness but with a single sideways glance. Even one talent was worth around £780,000, so the size of our assignment was never the point, the way we steward it is. God prefers messy, risk-taking faith over safe, buried faith. It's not what you've got, it's how you use it.

Jesus the Revolutionary

20 September 2026 · Mike Harris

When You Feel Like You Don't Belong

Mike Harris explores that all-too-common feeling of walking into a room and knowing you don't belong. Through three Bible stories, Mary Magdalene, Ruth, and a man with leprosy, he shows a God who moves toward the people everyone else avoids and pulls outsiders into His family. The real work of welcome, Mike says, starts in us, not in the chairs and banners. In Conversation Street, Matt and Sharon dig into welcome versus approval, what "repent" really means, and why Jesus was drawn to the broken. The heart of it all is a seat at God's table you never had to earn.

Jesus the Revolutionary

13 September 2026 · Sharon Edmundson

What Does John 16:33 Mean? Trouble, and Taking Heart

Sharon Edmundson opens Crowd Church's tougher teachings of Jesus series with John 16:33, "In this world you will have trouble, but take heart, I have overcome the world." Following Jesus was never a promise of an easy life, so hardship isn't proof you've failed or that God has abandoned you. Sharon explains what trouble really means, why the promise of it is oddly encouraging, and shares her own cancer story alongside a colleague's very different outcome. With honest Conversation Street reflections from Anna Kettle and Dave Connolly on suffering, doubt and deep roots, this is faith for the hard days.

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Latest What’s The Story Podcast Episode

Everyday stories about faith and courage.

4 November 2026

Grieving a Child Who's Still Alive — James Luginbyhl's Story

James Luginbyhl grew up on a West Texas cattle ranch, where faith was inherited and feelings were buried. In his late 30s everything came apart at once, and to stop a two-year custody battle from hurting his two daughters he had to walk away and say goodbye. He hasn't seen them since. In the grief that followed he finally found grace, and learned how to mourn with God instead of running from him.

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