The Keswick Convention Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to the Keswick Convention podcast 2024, meeting some of the speakers and seminar leaders to unpack the content and topics that feature at the Convention 2024, where the big theme is ‘Resurrection’.

Hosted by Graham Albans and Matt Holden.

DAVE GOBBETT
Dave Gobbett is the lead minister of Highfields Church in Cardiff, Wales.  His book is called ‘The Environment’.  Dave’s seminar in Week 2 is called ‘Climate Change, The Bible,  And What On Earth We’re Here For’, and he’ll also be appearing on The Big Issue Interview in the youth venue.

BOOKS
10ofThose have kindly provided a discount code for listeners of this podcast, and a link to find all the titles mentioned in this series. Simply visit https://uk.10ofthose.com/partners/keswick-podcast and use the discount code: Keswick5

Books mentioned in this episode:
-  The Environment: Dave Gobbett
- Creation Care: Douglas & Jonathan Moo
- Not Home Yet: Ian K Smith

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Welcome to the Keswick Convention podcast 2024, meeting some of the speakers and seminar leaders to unpack the content and topics that feature at the Convention 2024, where the big theme is ‘Resurrection’.

Hosted by Graham Albans and Matt Holden.

KIRSTEN BIRKETT
Kirsten Birkett is a writer, researcher, speaker, and lecturer. Kirsten is doing a seminar on 'Magic and the Supernatural' in Week 3 of the Convention. You may also be interested in Kristi Mair’s seminars on 'Paranormal Activity and the Spirit World'. Kirsten’s book is called ‘Spells, Sorcerers and Spirits: Magic and the Occult in the Bible’.

BOOKS
10ofThose have kindly provided a discount code for listeners of this podcast, and a link to find all the titles mentioned in this series. Simply visit https://uk.10ofthose.com/partners/keswick-podcast and use the discount code: Keswick5

Books mentioned in this episode:
-  Spells, Sorcerers & Spirits, magic and the occult in the bible: Kirsten Birkett 
- Living Without Fear: Kirsten Birkett 
- The Unseen Realm: Michael Heiser 
- Encounters: D.W. Pasulka 
- Christ and the powers of darkness: J. Godfrey Raupert 

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Work hard or play hard? We all at times wrestle with the purpose of our time, work, relationships and life. As Christians, we know that the Bible should answer these questions for us, but this isn't always easy to apply to our own lives.

In this episode, we delve into this big topic on the theme of Human, exploring what God tells us about our purpose as we are made in his image, and as we live out our faith in every aspect of our life.

We speak with Sam Allberry (pastor, apologist, author), John Wyatt (Professor of Ethics and Perinatology at University College London and University College London), and Andy Robinson (Training Director for South Central Gospel Partnership) ahead of Keswick Convention 2023.

Further resources: 

• Human | Self-esteem and self-worth: Why bearing God's image is good news for us
• Sam Allberry - A Better Hope
• Matt Fuller - Time for Everything? 

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Am I good enough as I am? What does it mean to be made in God’s image? What even is to be human? How do we live out our Christian faith in an age of flattery, self-actualisation and narcissism? 

In this episode, we are exploring how we think of ourselves and others in a culture of self-esteem and identity and how we approach this within our churches. We also pick up the conversation on trans-humanism with John Wyatt again.

Join Matthew Mason (Pastors' Academy, Crosslands Cultivate), Professor John Wyatt (Professor of Ethics and Perinatology at University College London and University College London), Ros Clarke (Priscilla Programme, Church Society), and Ben Cooper (Cornhill Training Course) as we interview Keswick Convention speakers, exploring the human obsession with building self-esteem and how the Bible speaks into this culture.

Further resources: 

• Ros Clarke: Human - Made and Re-made in the Image of God will be available at Keswick Convention 2023 and from IVP Books
• Got Questions: What does the Bible say about self-worth?
• Ros Clarke: Forty Women

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Spoiler alert: the answer is no! But, why is this good news for us? What makes Jesus a relatable God and can this help us in the face of temptation? What does the incarnation mean for our bodies? How do we respond to this as Christians?

In this episode, we're joined by Sam Allberry (pastor, apologist, author), Matthew Mason (Pastors' Academy, Crosslands Cultivate), Ben Cooper (Cornhill Training Course). Join us as we interview Keswick Convention speakers to dig deeper into the nature of Jesus and his humanity.

Further resources: 

• Sam Allberry - A Better Hope
• The Gospel Coalition - Was it Possible for Jesus to Sin?

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 1.28 billion people are on Instagram and by the end of 2023, the global fashion market is estimated to be worth $1.7 trillion. Why do we care so much about beauty? Why would God allow us to age? How does the church provide a helpful and alternative view of beauty in an age of social media?

In this episode, we're joined by Sam Allberry (Week 1 bible reader) Ros Clarke (Week 3 seminar leader), Nathan Weston (Week 3 evening speaker), and Professor John Wyatt (Week 2 seminar leader). Listen in as they tackle this trending question… Am I beautiful?

Further listening: 

• Human | Episode 1 - Could I be Stored on a Memory Stick?
• Sam Allberry - What God Has to Say about Our Bodies
• Think Theology blog - Ink and Identity
• Ros Clarke - Forty Women

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Do we still value human dignity over usefulness? What is transhumanism and will this solve all our problems? Can we become everlasting AI holograms like ABBA? How does Jesus point us towards a better eternal life?

Welcome back to the Keswick Convention podcast with James Cary and Rachel Redeemed! The theme for Keswick Convention 2023 and this podcast series is Human. We will be exploring big questions around this theme, hearing from 2023 Convention speakers, and unpacking what it is for humans to be made in God's image. In this series, we are also joined by Matt Holden (Children and Youth Ministry Leader for Keswick Ministries).

In this episode, we speak with Nathan Weston, Matthew Mason, and John Wyatt sharing thoughts on this oddly relevant question - Could I really be stored on a memory stick?

You  might also like:

• Matthew Mason's podcast - Church Podmatics episode on Incarnation, Posthumanism and Performative Anthropology.
• John Wyatt's podcast - Matters of Life and Death
• John Wyatt's book - Matters of Life and Death on IVP

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

How can I actually get more grateful? What is it that grateful people do? Do you have some tips on building habits for being and staying a more grateful person for the rest of our lives? We come into land on the last episode in our latest series of The Keswick Convention Podcast on gratefulness with fresh new content from the fab guests we have heard from in previous episodes. Huge appreciation to all who have contributed and are helping us all, by The Spirit, become more grateful. Onwards to The Keswick Convention itself! You'll hear these speakers over the 3 weeks and you'll catch James Cary and Rachel Redeemed at the last week - Week 3 - hosting The Night Shift as part of Keswick Unconventional.

You can have a look at Keswick's publications and further resources here.

This podcast is from Keswick ministries. You can also find a link to the other podcast, Kes Talks, here.

This podcast was presented by James Cary and Rachel Redeemed, and produced by Rachel Redeemed.

Support the show (https://keswickministries.org/donate)

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Our local churches can look small and unimpressive. Up close, we really see the flaws and the problems. But what else can we see? And how can we give thanks for this most precious gathering of God's people? James gets some answers from Director of Co-Mission, Richard Coekin; James also talks to Anna Putt, Keswick Trustee and co-host of the Shielded by Grace podcast, to hear the encouragements and challenges, plus reflections from co-host Rachel Redeemed too.

You can have a look at Keswick's publications and further resources here.

This podcast is from Keswick ministries. You can also find a link to the other podcast, Kes Talks, here.

This podcast was presented by James Cary and Rachel Redeemed, and produced by Rachel Redeemed.

Support the show (https://keswickministries.org/donate)

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.

Here we go. Brass tacks folks! How are we genuinely grateful for our identity in Christ? We've heard it as a nut-shell phrase but how do we go about living out this identity and being grateful? What about when it's really hard and we just don't see it? Or it all just feels theoretical? We start by defining our terms and understanding why and how we've got here with our identity and hear from Professor Glynn Harrison and Author and speaker Karen Soole on our identity in Christ and how on earth we can be grateful for it. As ever, chit-chat and 'what does this feel like for you and me' with Rachel Redeemed and Jam Cary.

You can have a look at Keswick's publications and further resources here.

This podcast is from Keswick ministries. You can also find a link to the other podcast, Kes Talks, here.

This podcast was presented by James Cary and Rachel Redeemed, and produced by Rachel Redeemed.

Support the show (https://keswickministries.org/donate)

For information on year-round training from Keswick Ministries, go to:
https://keswickministries.org/teaching-training-events/

Support the show

Support the show

The Keswick Convention is free to attend, and will be running between 12th July and 1st August 2025.

Find out more: 2025 Convention: Transformed - Keswick Ministries

Visit the Keswick Ministries website for talks, resource and events.