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Into the PrayQ&A With Pastors & Elders | God Closed Church (Two Baskets of Figs)Dear Church This is the video HERE to watch before listening to this podcast!This is the Q&A session with pastors and elders following episode four of a new six-part YouTube series in which Mairi is reading out our 2024 book, God Closed Church. (All info about the book here). How do church pastors and elders typically think about the all-important church closures of March 2020? Where are the fault lines that result from a lack of wisdom and 'prophetic knowledge'?...
2025-10-0442 min
Into the PrayUnite the Kingdom: Waterloo Bridge or the Bridge of Khazad-dûm? 👹🇬🇧Dear Church WATCH this podcast here.Gandalf said, "Swords are no more use here!" on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring to emphasize that the creature they were facing, Durin's Bane, was a foe beyond their collective skill and physical weapons. He meant that their swords were useless against this powerful being, a demon of shadow and flame, and that they needed to flee, not fight.Following on from the significant events in London over the last weekend, you ca...
2025-09-1615 min
Into the PrayHow Does AI See the Future of the Church? (w/ Nick & Mairi)Dear Church Following on from the second episode of a new six-part YouTube series in which we are reading out our 2024 book, God Closed Church, this is a follow-up conversation about the importance of recognising the illogical place of 'agree to disagree' that the Church comes to on matters of eternal importance. (All info about the book here).WATCH this podcast here.What of this juncture in world and church history really? Have we not profoundly underestimated the pivotal importance of clarifying true d...
2025-09-061h 23
Into the PrayGod Closed Church (Chapter 1)Dear Church This is the first episode of a new six-part YouTube series in which Mairi is reading out our 2024 book, God Closed Church. (All info about the book here). We are only including this episode on the podcast because we are trying to encourage engagement with the videos on YouTube. You can help us by 'liking/commenting/sharing' the videos there. Here is the first video. Yours in Christ, Nick & Mairi FranksPSOur main g...
2025-08-3049 min
Into the PrayWorse than muzzling an ox 🐂 (w/ Nick & Mairi)Dear Body of Christ, A YouTube version of this podcast is here. As we prayed and read Acts chapter 21 this morning, like Paul in Acts chapter 17 v 16, we were provoked by the immaturity of the behaviour of the men involved. Paul walked bow-legged because of the extreme suffering that he endured (the marks of the Lord Jesus Christ, no less — Galatians 6:17) and yet he was wrongly accused of being false by immature Christians who would essentially have no clue whatsoever as to what Paul was called to walk...
2025-08-1021 min
Into the PrayWhen good church men do nothing... (w/ Nick & Mairi)Dear All,Thank you for taking the time to listen to Into the Pray. You can find all content, including seminal books to flesh-out what we’re saying, below! Our main giving page is here."The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." (Edmund Burke)We often hear from good men and women who are harassed and agitated by the plight of the Body of Christ but who are also fundamentally unwilling to act, to step out, to join forces, to...
2025-06-1520 min
Into the Pray“The Plight of Man & the Power of God” by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (5/5)Martyn Lloyd-Jones is our ‘go-to’ minister though he passed away in 1981. The quality of his preaching/teaching is very difficult to find today such is the rising tide of ecumenical seeker-sensitivity. Lloyd-Jones departed from all such nonsense and, rather, preached about such awesome realities as, ‘…the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men…’ (Romans 1:18).Mairi and I pray that these rough audio recordings (captured in a Skoda Fabia pulled into a remote beach lay-by) will be a blessing to you this Christmas. Chapter One: The Religious History of M...
2024-12-2344 min
Into the Pray“The Plight of Man & the Power of God” by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (4/5)Martyn Lloyd-Jones is our ‘go-to’ minister though he passed away in 1981. The quality of his preaching/teaching is very difficult to find today such is the rising tide of ecumenical seeker-sensitivity. Lloyd-Jones departed from all such nonsense and, rather, preached about such awesome realities as, ‘…the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men…’ (Romans 1:18).Mairi and I pray that these rough audio recordings (captured in a Skoda Fabia pulled into a remote beach lay-by) will be a blessing to you this Christmas. Chapter One: The Religious History of M...
2024-12-2232 min
Into the Pray“The Plight of Man & the Power of God” by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (3/5)Martyn Lloyd-Jones is our ‘go-to’ minister though he passed away in 1981. The quality of his preaching/teaching is very difficult to find today such is the rising tide of ecumenical seeker-sensitivity. Lloyd-Jones departed from all such nonsense and, rather, preached about such awesome realities as, ‘…the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men…’ (Romans 1:18).Mairi and I pray that these rough audio recordings (captured in a Skoda Fabia pulled into a remote beach lay-by) will be a blessing to you this Christmas. Chapter One: The Religious History of M...
2024-12-2136 min
Into the Pray“The Plight of Man & the Power of God” by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (2/5)Martyn Lloyd-Jones is our ‘go-to’ minister though he passed away in 1981. The quality of his preaching/teaching is very difficult to find today such is the rising tide of ecumenical seeker-sensitivity. Lloyd-Jones departed from all such nonsense and, rather, preached about such awesome realities as, ‘…the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men…’ (Romans 1:18).Mairi and I pray that these rough audio recordings (captured in a Skoda Fabia pulled into a remote beach lay-by) will be a blessing to you this Christmas. Chapter One: The Religious History of M...
2024-12-2034 min
Into the Pray“The Plight of Man & the Power of God” by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1/5)Martyn Lloyd-Jones is our ‘go-to’ minister though he passed away in 1981. The quality of his preaching/teaching is very difficult to find today such is the rising tide of ecumenical seeker-sensitivity. Lloyd-Jones departed from all such nonsense and, rather, preached about such awesome realities as, ‘…the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men…’ (Romans 1:18).Mairi and I pray that these rough audio recordings (captured in a Skoda Fabia pulled into a remote beach lay-by) will be a blessing to you this Christmas. Chapter One: The Religious History of M...
2024-12-1945 min
Into the Pray800-year-old churches CLOSED & New Advent Audiobook 👀This advent I will be reading Martyn Lloyd-Jones’, “The Plight of Man and the Power of God” as an audiobook for your advent devotions. I trust that this will be of encouragement as we reflect on the deep mystery of the incarnation and the Word become flesh.You can also see a little glimpse of the closed 800-year-old cathedral that we filmed in yesterday here. Book orders for Christmas delivery (UK) here."ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 4TH, 2020, BEFORE ANY SIGN OF COVID-19 OR ANY REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF A GLOBAL LOCKDOWN, THE HOLY SPIRIT LED ME TO PUB...
2024-12-1302 min
Into the PrayResurrection in the 1000 years of Revelation 20?What will it be like to have a new body? What on Earth will it be like for Jesus Christ to rule and reign for 1000 years? If you'd prefer, you can watch this PodVlog here. "ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 4TH, 2020, BEFORE ANY SIGN OF COVID-19 OR ANY REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF A GLOBAL LOCKDOWN, THE HOLY SPIRIT LED ME TO PUBLICLY CALL THE CHURCHES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TO CLOSE..."Now five years later, with the threat of world wars looming and with Israel's vulnerability on show...
2024-12-0408 min
Into the PrayNEW BOOK RELEASE: God Closed Church (w/ Nick & Mairi)"ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 4TH, 2020, BEFORE ANY SIGN OF COVID-19 OR ANY REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF A GLOBAL LOCKDOWN, THE HOLY SPIRIT LED ME TO PUBLICLY CALL THE CHURCHES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TO CLOSE..."Now five years later, with the threat of world wars looming and with Israel's vulnerability on show in the geo-political world, the Body of Christ remain comatose amidst the ramping chaos. It is at this juncture in world and Church history that Nick Franks answers the question,"Is there really a biblical precedent for God...
2024-11-2735 min
Into the PrayCalling for the Catastrophic from Canada (w/ Nick & Mairi) 🇨🇦🍁This week we are recording Into the Pray from an island off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where friends have blessed us with a time away from the United Kingdom. We are in the middle of producing the new book, God Closed Church, and will be producing related content about the pivotal importance of March 2020 while we are here. Please see a preview of our overseas trip here and a related vlog en route here.
2024-11-0938 min
Into the PrayProof that John MacArthur is very wrong... ⚔️Listen to proof that John MacArthur is very wrong and that the gifts of the Holy Spirit very much continue today. And yet cessationists won't even engage with the evidence in this video. You can watch this original video of this short podcast here. Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a growing library of voice-notes helping disciples of Christ around the world to breach the global chaos of the unfaithful Church...because Christ is coming and we are not ready.
2024-11-0314 min
Into the PrayEmma Stark, are we deceived?🃏(Part 2 w/ Nick & Mairi)Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a growing library of voice-notes helping disciples of Christ around the world to breach the global chaos of the unfaithful Church...because Christ is coming and we are not ready. This episode of the Into the Pray today follows this YouTube video/exposé of the dire deception of Emma Stark and those who've succumbed to her false teaching.Please watch our YouTube conversation about deception here with our notes here.
2024-10-1455 min
Into the PrayThe Necessary Appeal of Jude (Unnoticed Lodgers)Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a growing library of voice-notes helping disciples of Christ around the world to breach the global chaos of the unfaithful Church...because Christ is coming and we are not ready. Please watch our YouTube conversation about deception here with our notes here. As a follow-on, this episode of the podcast today in an introductory session in Jude ...from which we encourage you to do your own study.Please don’t...
2024-10-0655 min
Into the PrayA Statement Concerning Pastor Chris WicklandDear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a growing library of voice-notes helping disciples of Christ around the world to breach the global chaos of the unfaithful Church...because Christ is coming and we are not ready. We would be very grateful if you’d support our work here (or below) and also leave us a review here to help this podcast travel as far as possible. Thank you.You can read this statement here and/or watch a video version (portraying Ezra's appalled state) here.
2024-10-0104 min
Into the PrayA Prayer of Emergency (WW3 & World's End) 🆘🎥Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a growing library of voice-notes helping disciples of Christ around the world to breach the global chaos of the unfaithful Church...because Christ is coming and we are not ready. We would be very grateful if you’d support our work here (or below) and also leave us a review here to help this podcast travel as far as possible. Thank you.You'll probably want to grab your Bible and a pen for this podcast, (YouTube version ...
2024-09-2912 min
Into the PrayPeacetime Church in Wartime World ⚔️Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a growing library of voice-notes helping disciples of Christ around the world to breach the global chaos of the unfaithful Church...because Christ is coming and we are not ready. We would be very grateful if you’d support our work here (or below) and also leave us a review here to help this podcast travel as far as possible. Thank you.Mairi and I went to some gorgeous gardens this week to pick some apples for somebody an...
2024-09-201h 22
Into the PrayIVF —NEW Series [preview] (w/ Nick & Mairi)Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a growing library of voice-notes helping disciples of Christ around the world to breach the global chaos of the unfaithful Church...because Christ is coming and we are not ready. We would be very grateful if you’d support our work here (or below) and also leave us a review here to help this podcast travel as far as possible. Thank you.In her profoundly beautiful testimony concerning that wh...
2024-08-2924 min
Into the PrayThe Pivotal Importance of March 2020 (w/ Nick & Mairi)Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a growing library of voice-notes helping disciples of Christ around the world to breach the global chaos of the unfaithful Church...because Christ is coming and we are not ready. What is your opinion about the events of March 2020 that included the Church? Are you sure? You better be right because it will determine where you go henceforward. Ephesians 3:8-10:“To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was gi...
2024-08-2728 min
Into the PrayThe Thing with Keswick & Brephos/CBR-UK…Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a growing library of voice-notes helping disciples of Christ around the world to breach the global chaos of the unfaithful Church...because Christ is coming and we are not ready. Despite being advertised as such, there is no YouTube version of this podcast but you can watch my message to Justin Welby here and my brief analysis of Tommy Robinson’s reflections on Christianity here. The right hand of fellowship is an essential safeguard for the darkness that is...
2024-08-1647 min
Into the PrayMy Message to Justin Welby, Nicky Gumbel & HTBDear All, You can watch the original YouTube version of this here.Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a growing library of voice-notes helping disciples of Christ around the world to breach the global chaos of the unfaithful Church...because Christ is coming and we are not ready. Jesus issues a warning of great exclamation in Luke 12 — that we must be very careful to fear Him who has authority to throw us into hell rather than man who can but kill th...
2024-08-0436 min
Into the PrayWhat's Coming Up? | IVF, Recognising Apostate Churches & War (w/ Nick & Mairi)Hello!Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a growing library of voice-notes helping disciples of Christ around the world to breach the global chaos of the unfaithful Church...because Christ is coming and we are not ready. Today's episode of the podcast briefly previews a taster of what we're going to be talking about over the next few months: IVF, recognising apostate churches and war. We then spend most of our session today hearing from Mairi about the I AM JEALOUS series and the life-changing nature of godly human...
2024-07-2657 min
Into the PrayWhich doctrines are essential? (w/ Mairi & Nick)Hello!Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a growing library of voice-notes helping disciples of Christ around the world to breach the global chaos of the unfaithful Church...because Christ is coming and we are not ready. Today's episode deals with two seminal Martyn Lloyd-Jones sermons on schism (division) within the Church:— Which doctrines are “essential”— How does the ecumenical position get John 17 and Acts 2 VERY wrong?—What difference has the 58 years since Lloyd-Jones’ retirement made to this important matter of schism?Related teaching on...
2024-06-141h 06
Into the PrayThe Wrestle with Demons (w/Nick & Mairi)Hello!**N.B. Our main giving page is here. We especially need help with a new filming project that is arguably the most important project we will ever produce. We need financial backing for venue-hire and the expertise from film-makers/editors.**“The devil's cleverest ruse is to make men believe that he does not exist” Baudelaire 1. The related YouTube vlog is here.2. The euthanasia blog Nick mentions is here.3. Nick's university pastiche is here. Thank you for listening to Into the Pray, a podcast akin to a grow...
2024-05-1846 min
Into the PrayExamining Cessationist Theology (Follow-up) 🕊️ [feat. Nick & Mairi]Hello!**N.B. Our main giving page is here. We especially need help with a new filming project that is arguably the most important project we will ever produce. We need financial backing for venue-hire and the expertise from film-makers/editors.**This important episode of Into the Pray provides the promised follow-up conversation to this YouTube video exposing the woefully weak arguments of Peter Master's book, The Charismatic Illusion.As Nick and Mairi discuss together, on the one hand we should be all calling out the...
2024-04-1939 min
Into the PrayOur Podcast | From The Temple of Mammon (PodVlog#2) [w/ Nick & Mairi]Hello!The “Into the Pray” podcast lands this week in a new “on the run” vlog-form. Please let us know in the comments section if you like it!The YouTube version of this podcast is here. Please don't forget to subscribe and click the bell for notifications. Our main giving page is here. We especially need help with a new filming project that is arguably the most important project we will ever produce. We need financial backing but also expertise from film-makers/editors. Episode #2 of these new PodVlogs is from a very bus...
2024-03-3036 min
Into the PrayOur Podcast | From A Beach Cafe (PodVlog#1) [w/ Nick & Mairi]Hello!The “Into the Pray” podcast lands this week in a new “on the run” vlog-form. Please let us know in the comments section if you like it!The YouTube version of this podcast is here. Please don't forget to subscribe and click the bell for notifications. Our main giving page is here.Episode #1 is from a very blustery Scottish beach in bright sunshine and taking shelter together in a warm cafe with excellent coffee, (we resisted the delicious cakes on offer). Our conversation this week is to get us all to thi...
2024-03-2234 min
Into the PrayWhy Have We Stopped Eating McDonald's & Shopping w/ Amazon? (feat. Nick & Mairi)Greetings All![Apologies that the sound isn't as good as we would like it to be while we're trying to make the most of our current set-up].Nick recently had a significant conversation with a dairy farmer, Edward, while he milked his cows. Edward opened up about the inordinate pressures that he and his family are being put under by the godless government of the land which now means that a bottle of water is more expensive (of more worth) than a bottle of milk. But what does this have to do with...
2024-03-0259 min
Into the PrayWill Church Leaders Wake Up? | PART 2/2 ☕️Greetings All![Apologies that the sound isn't as good as we would like it to be while we're trying to make the most of our current set-up].In today's episode of Into the Pray, Mairi and Nick provide a follow-on from this YouTube a few days ago that probes the general response of church pastors to the prospect of radical change. Please leave your comments on the YouTube videoPodcast title music can be listened to here. In short,
2024-02-211h 10
Into the PrayEntering the Realm of Conflict & Cost | A Personal Testimony [PART 2/2] (feat. Nick Franks)Greetings All!In today's episode of Into the Pray, I provide a follow-on from my personal testimony shared on YouTube last week. You can watch that here. In short, what happens when "domesticated" civilian leaders encounter shell-shocked prophetic soldiers?At the end of the episode I offer some advice to both1) Shivering, shell-shocked prophets &2) Civilian pastoral leadersMy university pastiche is here. The other book I mention is here. T.A-Sparks video re the demonic idolatry in t...
2024-02-0839 min
Into the PrayLeaving Home & City | LIVE from Costa Coffee (feat. Nick & Mairi) ☕️🎙Greetings All!Firstly, would you consider supporting our full-time ministry as we head into another increasingly "radicalised" year of service for the soon-to-come Lord Jesus? Neither of us now have salaries and the work we are doing in the background to produce all that we do is significant. You can support us here. Thank you!Podcast title music can be listened to here. In today's episode of Into the Pray, we sit down in Costa Coffee with a microphone to have a...
2024-01-251h 02
Into the Pray"Home" (song of worship)Greetings All!We hope this song of worship is a blessing to all of you who happen to listen to this podcast and who are longing for your John-14-home. God bless, N&MPlease seriously consider supporting our full-time ministry as we head into another increasingly "radicalised" year of service for the soon-to-come Lord Jesus. Neither of us now have salaries and the work we do in the background to produce all that we do is significant. As I explain in this teaching session, regular videos/podcasts will resume, Lord wiling, when we have...
2024-01-1705 min
Into the Pray"You Can Not Be My Disciple" | Faithful Disciples in 2024?Greetings All!Please seriously consider supporting our full-time ministry as we head into another increasingly "radicalised" year of service for the soon-to-come Lord Jesus. Neither of us now have salaries and the work we do in the background to produce all that we do is significant. As I explain in this teaching session, regular videos/podcasts will resume, Lord wiling, when we have a home to move into. You can support us here. Thank you. The YouTube version of this recording is here.
2024-01-0313 min
Into the PrayWhat Should Happen When Christian Leaders Fall? | Bible StudyDear AllThank you for listening to Into the Pray — our little offering of sanity amidst the ramping chaos of the Church and the anti-Christ world.Wasn't Ravi Enough? is the title of one of the chapters in my latest book that you can see here. The question as to whether or not the scale and shock of the RZIM scandal was sufficient to rouse the Church from comatose is rhetorical; of course it wasn't. Neither was COVID-19, church closures and the emergence of totalitarian governments. Nevertheless, if we are going to take Je...
2023-10-1220 min
Into the PrayDoes IHOP Teach True Doctrine? | Pray for Mike BickleDear AllThank you for listening to Into the Pray — our little offering of sanity amidst the ramping chaos of the Church and the anti-Christ world. This podcast is infinitely more important than anything that Russell Brand is saying.YouTube version of this podcast here. Stuart Greaves message here.I love him, but Mike Bickle does not seem credible as a Bible teacher in this video.Please read: THE DEATH & DEARTH OF SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY.You can support us here.Ti...
2023-09-3032 min
Into the PrayWhy Did I Resign? Mairi Speaks Out (feat. Nick & Mairi)Dear AllThank you for listening to Into the Pray — our little offering of sanity amidst the ramping chaos of the Church and the anti-Christ world. You can support us here.Title music can be listened to here. Do you feel lonely? Please watch this. Back in the spring of this I year, I published the seminal work, "The Glorious Few: Redeeming Radicalisation in the Kingdom of God." In the period of 2 weeks following publishing, several major things happened all...
2023-08-291h 26
Into the Pray🔒 The Glorious Few (Chapter 11)Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThank you for purchasing this audiobook version of the 2023 book by Nicholas Paul Franks, The Glorious Few. If you would like to support this ministry, please click here. For more information, including the book's promo film and hard copy orders, please click here. “Islamic extremists blow-up our teenagers, our elected governments teach our children about the benefits of pornography and prominent church leaders say nothing biblical about abortion and transgenderism.”Beginning with Saul’s dramatic transf...
2023-07-1240 min
Into the Pray🔒 The Glorious Few (Chapter 12)Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThank you for purchasing this audiobook version of the 2023 book by Nicholas Paul Franks, The Glorious Few. If you would like to support this ministry, please click here. For more information, including the book's promo film and hard copy orders, please click here. “Islamic extremists blow-up our teenagers, our elected governments teach our children about the benefits of pornography and prominent church leaders say nothing biblical about abortion and transgenderism.”Beginning with Saul’s dramatic transf...
2023-07-1216 min
Into the Pray🔒 The Glorious Few (Epilogue)Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThank you for purchasing this audiobook version of the 2023 book by Nicholas Paul Franks, The Glorious Few. If you would like to support this ministry, please click here. For more information, including the book's promo film and hard copy orders, please click here. “Islamic extremists blow-up our teenagers, our elected governments teach our children about the benefits of pornography and prominent church leaders say nothing biblical about abortion and transgenderism.”Beginning with Saul’s dramatic transf...
2023-07-1207 min
Into the Pray🔒 The Glorious Few (Appendix 1: Aimee's Testimony)Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThank you for purchasing this audiobook version of the 2023 book by Nicholas Paul Franks, The Glorious Few. If you would like to support this ministry, please click here. For more information, including the book's promo film and hard copy orders, please click here. “Islamic extremists blow-up our teenagers, our elected governments teach our children about the benefits of pornography and prominent church leaders say nothing biblical about abortion and transgenderism.”Beginning with Saul’s dramatic transf...
2023-07-1208 min
Into the Pray🔒 The Glorious Few (Appendix 2: Open Letter to the Church)Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThank you for purchasing this audiobook version of the 2023 book by Nicholas Paul Franks, The Glorious Few. If you would like to support this ministry, please click here. For more information, including the book's promo film and hard copy orders, please click here. “Islamic extremists blow-up our teenagers, our elected governments teach our children about the benefits of pornography and prominent church leaders say nothing biblical about abortion and transgenderism.”Beginning with Saul’s dramatic transf...
2023-07-1214 min
Into the Pray🔒 The Glorious Few (Appendix 3: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes)Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThank you for purchasing this audiobook version of the 2023 book by Nicholas Paul Franks, The Glorious Few. If you would like to support this ministry, please click here. For more information, including the book's promo film and hard copy orders, please click here. “Islamic extremists blow-up our teenagers, our elected governments teach our children about the benefits of pornography and prominent church leaders say nothing biblical about abortion and transgenderism.”Beginning with Saul’s dramatic transf...
2023-07-1203 min
Into the Pray🔒 The Glorious Few (Credits)Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThank you for purchasing this audiobook version of the 2023 book by Nicholas Paul Franks, The Glorious Few. If you would like to support this ministry, please click here. For more information, including the book's promo film and hard copy orders, please click here. “Islamic extremists blow-up our teenagers, our elected governments teach our children about the benefits of pornography and prominent church leaders say nothing biblical about abortion and transgenderism.”Beginning with Saul’s dramatic transf...
2023-07-1200 min
Into the PrayThe Things That Changed Us: Reflections on 10 Years of Marriage (1/4)Dear AllThank you for listening to Into the Pray — our little offering of sanity amidst the ramping chaos of the Church and the anti-Christ world. If you'd prefer you can watch this podcast here.You can support this work here.Title music can be listened to here. Please note: the audiobook version of The Glorious Few will be available at the end of June 2023.The other day I happened to see a sermon that I preached when I was only 26. It was one of...
2023-07-0649 min
Into the PrayNEW BOOK: The Glorious Few (+audio-book taster)Dear AllThank you for listening to Into the Pray and this special episode of the podcast that features the focus of my full-time work over more than the last year. All information and sales can be found here.Please watch/share The Glorious Few film here.If you would like to support our work financially, please do so here (or contact us directly via email). Yesterday, Mairi and I released a new book entitled, The Glorious Few: Redeeming Radicalisation in the Kingdom of God
2023-04-1940 min
Into the PrayThe Children, The Deception & The Dishonour (feat. Nick Franks)Greetings everyone!If you would prefer to watch the YouTube version of this podcast, please do so here. You can find the full version of the featured worship song, Jesus Come, here. The ESV claims that the book of Lamentations is the only book in the Bible to be penned by an eye-witness of the divine act of judgement that the Bible consistently calls, “the Day of the LORD”.But what do they mean? And why must the Church radically alter its posture so as to wholeheartedly cry out God...
2023-03-0854 min
Into the PrayAn Email From An Apathetic Evangelical Publisher (Book Update) 🐥Dear All,Thank you for listening to the podcast!I received a very disappointing rejection of my manuscript last week after a promising potential for it to be supported by an evangelical publisher in the UK. Even more distressing however was the publisher's stated rationale (as well as lack thereof) for their decision: apathy.Dear Nick,Thanks again for sending over your book idea. We appreciate you thinking of us.Another team member and I looked over the PDF you sent and discussed it. I t...
2022-12-1234 min
Into the PrayDealing With A Very Angry Atheist (Textual Criticism series) 😡 😢Dear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray. If you would be willing to support our work, please see here and get in touch. This is part 5 of our series on textual criticism and close look at Elijah Hixon and Peter Gurry's excellent book, Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism. (Check YouTube for a short glimpse of the book).Episode 1 is here. Episode 2 is here. Episode 3 is here. Episode 4 is here.This week Nick...
2022-10-281h 15
Into the PrayNew Testament Textual Criticism (Myths & Mistakes) w/ Nick & MairiDear All, Thank you for listening to Into the Pray. This is part 1 of our close look at Elijah Hixon and Peter Gurry's excellent book, Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism. (Check YouTube for a short glimpse of the book).What is textual criticism, why is it so important to get right and how does it relate to our faithful, public witness as disciples of Jesus Christ, the coming King?Recent content: The Context of the Power.Your thoughts of God Are Too Human.
2022-07-2329 min
Into the PrayEschatology Explained: Historic Pre-Millennialism ⛅️Hello!Thank you for listening to Into the Pray. We hope you're being encouraged as you listen.Please consider supporting our work here and/or here. We're sorry this episode is later than originally planned. It has been difficult fitting everything in during Nick's writing commitments as he works on a sequel to Body Zero. Today's episode is our next instalment digging down into the three main eschatological positions that we introduced in April. (You can listen to the overview episode...
2022-06-0958 min
Into the PrayIVF is NOT OK (feat. Mairi Franks)Hello!Thank you for listening to Into the Pray. Please consider supporting our work here and/or here. “Some people read the headline and don’t stay around long enough to listen to the song. This is one of the most beautiful testimonies I (Nick) have ever heard.”Today’s episode of the podcast is the audio from Mairi’s beautiful testimony to a group of ladies from a church in London last week. You can watch the vlog here. Please l...
2022-05-2632 min
Into the PrayAwake! Awake! (C. H. Spurgeon)Hello!Thank you for listening to Into the Pray.Please consider supporting our work here and/or here. As mentioned in our final, concluding episode of City of Temples on Thursday, Nick has now embarked on a period of writing for a second book (info forthcoming).Therefore, Sundays will now be impromptu/unplanned teaching sessions to allow room for that for the rest of the year.Today’s episode is an audio version of the C H Spurgeon sermon (1857), ent...
2022-05-2246 min
Into the Pray1 Corinthians (FINAL EPISODE - 59): Maranatha! [+Writing Announcement]Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray. Episode 59 of City of Temples is Nick’s poignant conclusion of a teaching series through the book of 1 Corinthians that started on Thursday, September 3rd, 2020, and which concludes, today, on Thursday May 19th, 2022. As Nick now takes a break from weekly teaching for the rest of the year, (in order to enter into an intense period of writing, info to follow), our prayer is that this pivotally important key verse of 1 Corinthians (2:2), will be in harness with the last phrase of 16:22.
2022-05-191h 20
Into the Pray1 Corinthians (part 58) Deo Volente🕊Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray. Today Nick covers the penultimate session of City of Temples — an extended teaching series through the book of 1 Corinthians.As we conclude with the final verses of chapter 16, we continue to consider the window that Scripture provides into the reforming (and sanctifying) Church in Corinth and consider the Body of Christ, today, in our juncture of world/church history. God is sovereign. “Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” (James 4:15)....
2022-05-1531 min
Into the PrayShould I Leave My Church? (Then What?): [Testimony & Teaching] 🦁Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray. Today's Friday session is the audio from the third part of a YouTube series that went live last night. You can watch the video here if you prefer. In recent weeks we have been posing the difficult question, "Should I Leave My Church?". This is clearly a weighty matter and, as such, we have dealt with the question over three separate weeks (on YouTube) culminating today in considering what one should do in order to transition from a context of idolatry into...
2022-05-1345 min
Into the PrayEschatology Explained: Calling Time On Pre-Mill Dispensationalism (w/ Nick & Mairi) 🛑Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray. We hope you're being built up as you listen.If you have any testimonials, please reach out, make contact across the 'digital divide', and let us know!As promised, today's episode is our next instalment digging down into the three main eschatological positions that we introduced last time. (You can listen to the overview episode here). Today, our aim is to reject (and encourage you to also reject) the variant of pre-millennialism which is "dispensational". (Historic...
2022-04-2159 min
Into the PrayNEW SERIES: Eschatology Explained (w/ Nick & Mairi)Hello!Thank you as ever for listening to Into the Pray. This podcast today is the private episode we recorded for our supporters this month and that we published mid-week. It then occurred to us that this would also be good for the general public to hear, hence posting today.To compliment these episodes on eschatology, if you would like to hear/be involved in the private podcasts/follow-ups/Q&A, please consider becoming one of our supporters here. We've had this series in mind f...
2022-04-0151 min
Into the Pray1 Corinthians (part 51): Redeeming RadicalisationHello! Thank you for joining us on Into the Pray. To prove that even what Nick says in this episode doesn’t go far enough, please read this.Today we go through vv12-19 of chapter 15 of 1 Corinthians and ask ourselves, "What could it mean for us all to be redeeming radicalisation?"Look out for a new book project of this same title later in 2022.As we continue into this 51st episode of City of Temples - and the great crescendo of...
2022-03-2639 min
Into the Pray1 Corinthians (part 49): Silencing Demonic Disorder 2/2 🤫 (w/ Nick & Mairi)Hello!Thank you for joining us on Into the Pray. What does it mean to be submissive and selfless? Essential/related reading here. Essential viewing here.This is part 2 of “Silencing Demonic Disorder”. Part 1 here. Today Nick covers the final concluding verses of 1 Corinthians 14 (vv36-40) in which Paul essentially silences demonic disorder and says that if we don't follow his command regarding church and home life - the Lord's command - that God will not recognise us. You c...
2022-03-131h 10
Into the PrayMen of the Letter or Men of the Spirit? (A Word of Testimony) w/ Nick FranksHello! This is a relatively brief word of testimony that we felt it right to give now following our recent reading of T A Sparks’ “Prophetic Ministry” at the same time as J C Ryle’s, “Holiness”.Although this is partially referred to in Body Zero, the extra nuance here - and the passage of time since - is important. We’ve been gracious and anonymous but, equally, unreserved in the conclusions being drawn.You can read this podcast here.This coming Sunday Mairi and I will be sharing more on the critically...
2022-03-0923 min
Into the Pray1 Corinthians (part 48): Silencing Demonic Disorder 🤫 1/2Hello! Thank you for joining us on Into the Pray. Please consider supporting our work here.Essential viewing here.Last night we continued our public readings of Scripture; you can see the reading of the book of Revelation here.You can order copies of our new gospel tract here.As we resume City of Temples today, we come to a difficult passage in 1 Corinthians 14 (vv26-36) in which Paul silences women. What’s going on here, both in Corinth and in...
2022-03-0646 min
Into the PrayWhen God Cancelled Jeremiah's Ticket For the Mainstream (w/ Nick Franks)Hello!Welcome to Into the Pray and thank you for joining.If you would like to become one of our Patrons, to support our work, please do here and/or here. Why was Jeremiah told to sack the mainstream? This episode from Jeremiah 16 today is to clarify a couple of things that have featured in recent weeks on the podcast regarding our reservation about an event in London in a few weeks from now.Our "Repent Now; He Loves You." publication is now ready if you're wanting to...
2022-03-0336 min
Into the PrayJesus Weeps Then He Whips 🎂 (feat. Nick Franks)Hello!Thank you for your time listening to Into the Pray and prayerfully considering what you're hearing here. If you think we're wrong or missing something, please feel free to get in touch and show us from the Bible. Today is Nick's birthday and, as such, here is a brief teaching from Luke 19 (focussing on vv41-44) that's intended to be a gift to the listener, much like it would be to bring a cake into the office:This is what we see, this is what we believe and this is why...
2022-02-2537 min
Into the PrayDevotional #1: Do You Love Me?Hello!Welcome to the first of a new mini-devotional series on Into the Pray to set us right for Monday mornings.I (Nick) was arrested by a couple of things in the last 24 hours:1) Someone unusually saying to me, “Stay close to the Lord…”, and the sin of my heart in response;2) An Oswald Chambers post that you can read here.May this encourage us all towards growing humility, increasing love of Jesus and significant progress in the building up of the Church in agapé.“And the K...
2022-02-2109 min
Into the PrayRepent Now; He Loves You. [New Gospel Tract Explained] (w/ Nick & Mairi)Hello!Welcome and thank you for listening to Into the Pray!We thought we would take today's session to go through the new gospel tract that we've produced - "Repent now; He loves you."This is probably a gospel tract unlike any other you've come across before because we begin it with a "reality check" and an apology. Why would we need to apologise to those who don't know Jesus yet? What warning is there sounding from those who are coming to faith in Jesus and who immediately...
2022-02-1840 min
Into the PrayChurch Alarmed ≠ Church Terrified [Online Event]: (feat. Nick Franks)Hello!**This podcast is longer than usual because it is an edited morning of teaching from two sessions**Welcome to Into the Pray and our weekly Bible teaching session. (There are 46 previous "City of Temples" sessions to catch up with from 1 Corinthians).Today we were due to be continuing our study in 1 Corinthians chapter 14 but Nick was speaking at an event yesterday and didn't have time to prepare two sessions. Being alarmed is not equal to be terrified.What you're about to hear is his edited morning...
2022-02-131h 12
Into the PrayBible Reading LIVE & Home-by-Home Evangelism (feat. Nick & Mairi)Greetings! Welcome to Into the Pray and our first joint convo of the year that you can also watch here.Would you be willing to help support our work? Please see here.We keep it brief today to give you a little more news about what our plans are for public ministry in 2022. Nick is speaking at an event tomorrow morning so Sunday’s teaching this week will be the recording from that. (Luke 21). We’ll continue with City of Temples on February 20th.Please keep your eyes...
2022-02-1119 min
Into the PrayThe Absolute Terms of Jeremiah's Weighting 1/2 (feat. Nick Franks)Greetings All!We're glad to be back after a month of extended reading, praying and discussing and hope that you're doing well! Mairi and Nick together will be having the first convo of season 5 a week tomorrow (Friday, February 11th, 6am GMT) and will be featuring our plans for the extensive public reading of Scripture."Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion." (Psalm 84:5)This initial episode of season 5 includes an update regarding some changes to the weekly scheduling of t...
2022-02-0356 min
Into the PrayAll the Prophets: Isaiah (feat. Gwil & Beth Davey)Hello! Welcome to Into the Pray and thank you for listening. (Don’t miss an extended YouTube conversation between Nick and Steve Buckley on Boxing Day here).This is the final episode of Into the Pray for 2021 and we couldn't be joined by better people! Please stay tuned to the end of this podcast where Gwil performs an impromptu acoustic version of his new song, Like Jehovah. Gwil & Beth Davey are involved in the leadership of New Hope Christian Ce...
2021-12-2252 min
Into the PrayWhy I Love (but disagree with) Christian Concern (feat. Nick Franks)Dear All, It was lovely to connect with one of our supporters, Peter, yesterday via zoom and spend an hour or so chatting together. If you would like to join our small group of supporters, please see here and/or here. You can also watch the video of this podcast here.Today’s podcast is as a pause in our City of Temples series as we go into the Christmas holidays. Instead, what you're about to hear is the audio of a YouTube vid...
2021-12-1938 min
Into the PrayAll the Prophets: Jeremiah (feat. Josh Fortune)Hello and welcome to Into the Pray. Thank you for listening in. Nick is joined this morning by Josh Fortune, a church pastor and very talented film-maker and animator serving in Woolwich, London. It has been a joy to meet with Josh in recent months as he brings a rare sense of honesty and transparency regarding both the church at large and his own leadership within that. Please sit back and be refreshed by Josh's openness and honesty fuelled by a desire to know the power of God working in our churches!
2021-12-1733 min
Into the PrayThe Disruption of Sound Doctrine (feat. Dave Brennan)Hello!Welcome and thank you to you all for listening to Into the Pray. This week's penultimate mid-week session of 2021 with Dave Brennan focuses on the book of 2 Timothy and the disruption of sound doctrine. Please also consider sharing this podcast to your networks for us. We'll let this podcast speak for itself. The relevant content/links that we discuss in today's podcast are as follows:1. Where is this Coming? (video)2. Fake Prophets Do Not Mean Zero Prophets (info)3. Is Your Church Faithful...
2021-12-1542 minInto the Pray1 Corinthians (part 45): Eternity Now?Hello! Thank you for joining us in our teaching sessions through 1 Corinthians. Please consider sharing this podcast to your networks for us. Here is a preview of this evening’s vlog.Today we finish chapter 13 by focusing on vv8-13. "Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is." (1 John 3:2)Here are the helpful AMPC definitions for you: ...
2021-12-1237 min
Into the PrayAll the Prophets: Amos (feat. Ant Franks)Hello!Welcome to the Into the Pray podcast and thank you for joining. Our Friday focus on 'All the Prophets' continues today with the help of our Dad, Ant Franks!Many thanks to you again, Dad, for faithfully preparing as you always do. You can also watch this podcast via YouTube here. One of the thoughts that stayed with us having listened back again was the thought of Amos being taken by the LORD from his context and commanded prophetically into something new. How are we open t...
2021-12-1041 min
Into the PrayIs The Holy Spirit Correcting You? (feat. Nick & Mairi)Hello!Thank you for listening in to Into the Pray. This week's Wednesday session is a follow-up from Nick's open letter to the Church last week. You can read this here. You can watch this podcast on YouTube here.The bottom line is that false theology and false doctrine has spread and is spreading like gangrene throughout the Church.Church leaders/Bible teachers are more accountable than those whom they lead (James 3:1) but we are all accountable before God for the diet that we consume, both for...
2021-12-0833 min
Into the Pray1 Corinthians (part 44): The Ultimate Language of Love (feat. Nick & Mairi)Hello!Thank you for joining us on Into the Pray!Today Nick and Mairi kick back in a more relaxed conversational style to approach the next few verses of 1 Corinthians in our study series, City of Temples. This conversation is also available to watch on YouTube.The focus of today is vv 4-7 of chapter 13. Drawing on Mairi's expertise as a French teacher, we begin to think about the less familiar reality of this chapter which is that it should never be wrenched out of its context for wedding...
2021-12-0532 min
Into the PrayAll the Prophets: Ezekiel (feat. John Betts)Hello!Thank you for listening to Into the Pray!For our latest Friday session looking at "All the Prophets", it is a joy to spend time talking with John Betts from Norwich, the most senior guest that we've hosted on this podcast. Leading within both the local and national church scene for more than 50 years, John carries an infectious passion to see biblical truth once again resound from British churches. Talking broadly around the mysterious biblical prophet, Ezekiel, grab your Bible and sit back and listen to John and Nick discuss...
2021-12-0349 min
Into the PrayAn Open Letter to the Church: Is Your Church Faithful? (feat. Nick Franks)Hello! Thank you to all of you for tuning in to Into the Pray. As the intro in this podcast explains, over the weekend we have been compelled to communicate again regarding the proliferation of false doctrine in our churches up and down the country and through the nations of the West. "Is Your Church Faithful? -The Instruction of 2 Timothy in Assessing The Faithfulness of Our Churches" is the open letter that Nick has written this week to the Church as a result. This episode of Into the...
2021-12-0130 min
Into the Pray1 Corinthians (part 43): But Have We Not Love?Hello! Thank you for listening to this week's teaching session through 1 Corinthians. Today we're looking at chapter 13 and especially the first three verses. **Just to clarify about the point concerning Bar Mitzvah and chapter 13 having 13 verses: obviously these are man-made constructions (the original manuscripts didn’t have chapter or verse divisions) but in Paul’s forensically ordered and inspired thinking it seems significant that this issue of love and ‘coming of age’ is saved for this exact point in his letter.**In chapter 14, Paul directly commends the distinctive role of individual instruments being pl...
2021-11-2844 min
Into the PrayAll the Prophets: The Black Friday of Hosea (feat. Body Zero)Hello!Thank you for listening to Into the Pray! We would be very surprised if there was another podcast available today offering an overview of the prophet Hosea as an antidote to the madnesses of Black Friday. As a balm for our materialistically bombarding world, sit back in your favourite chair with a coffee or in the car or on the move with your favourite podcast and listen to Nick read part of chapter 7 (HIM) from is book, Body Zero.Don't forget to join us for our teaching sessions...
2021-11-2642 min
Into the PrayA World of Windows: Peering Through Jeremiah 7 (feat. Dave Brennan)Hello! Thank you all for listening to this episode of Into the Pray. You can watch our conversation with Dave Brennan here if you'd prefer. First of all we'd like to honour the memory of our good friend, Melvin Tinker, who very sadly passed away earlier yesterday morning. We feel very grateful for the times we had with Melvin, albeit briefly, and will miss calling on him for input and the vast wisdom he carried. Our next episode of our new YouTube series, featuring Melvin at length, is available...
2021-11-2449 min
Into the Pray1 Corinthians (part 42): The Major Heart Surgery of Our Very Great PhysicianHello!Thank you for listening to these City of Temples sessions through 1 Corinthians. (This is episode 42 and all previous episodes are here). You might like to watch/share our flagship 2021 film here. You can also watch Friday’s session with Alisa Childers here via YouTube. Finally, you can also watch our new YouTube series, featuring 15 leaders, regarding the state of the Church. View/subscribe/share here. Drawing on some experience of open heart surgery and working in a...
2021-11-2151 min
Into the PrayA World of Windows: Peering Through Jeremiah 1 (feat. Nick Franks)Hello! Thank you for joining us for our mid-week session of Into the Pray - you can find all episodes here.You might like to watch/share our flagship 2021 film here. This week we continue peering through the God-given window of Scripture to discover how abnormal our secularised world is, let alone our secularised Church. The main audio in this episode is from a meeting Nick had been invited to speak in last year, hence the audio quality is via Zoom. The blog article...
2021-11-1738 min
Into the Pray1 Corinthians (part 41) - The Language of DislocationHello! Thanks as ever for joining us on Into the Pray and our teaching series, City of Temples, through the book of 1 Corinthians.You can watch this podcast on YouTube here. For related reading, you can buy Nick's book, Body Zero, here. In today's session, we spend time looking at vv 14-27 of chapter 12.Because of his immense suffering for the sake of Jesus’ Name, Paul's own body would have been disabled, heavily scarred and bow-legged; he would have experienced wound infections, mental anguish and, quite likely, joint dislocations.
2021-11-1440 min
Into the PrayTop Ten Questions For a 1st Date (feat. Nick & Mairi)Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray. Next Friday we are being joined by Alisa Childers so we thought it would be fun this Friday to have a relatively light hearted wind down to the weekend. Listen to us discuss the top ten most common questions for first dates and you might just chuckle...you'll certainly hear some stories that were new to us!Here's the film, "Paul - Apostle of Christ" - that we mention. I'm sure you can find it easily for rent. ...
2021-11-1235 min
Into the PrayA World of Windows: Peering Through Psalm 139 (feat. Dave Brennan)Hello! Welcome to Into the Pray and thank you for listening along. You can also watch along here. Today's midweek session with Dave Brennan of Brephos begins to lift our thinking above the realm of the natural and normal into the transcendent and eternal. “A world without windows” is how sociologist Peter Berger describes the secularized view of the world. He also calls it the “prison of modernity.” Bultmann the theologian, as much as Sagan the scientist, is an inmate of this prison. Both agree that a modern scientific view of the cosmos requ...
2021-11-0956 min
Into the PrayClimate Change: The Real Emergency? (2/2) A CALL TO PRAYER (feat. J C Ryle)Hello!Thank you for listening to Into the Pray!This week's Friday session is special! Turn off the TV, sit back and listen to Dave, Nick and Mairi read J.C.Ryle's 19th Century classic, A Call to Pray.This is our answer to the question regarding climate change: No! The real emergency threatening the world is the "prayerless Church". Please follow our new vlog series over on YouTube that is showcasing the very rare wonder that is faithful
2021-11-051h 16
Into the PrayClimate Change: The Real Emergency? 1/2 (feat. Dave Brennan)Greetings All, This is part 1 of a 2-part podcast. **Tune in to Into the Pray this Friday to hear J C Ryle's "A Call to Pray" read in full by Mairi, Nick & Dave.**You can watch this podcast via basic YouTube video here.Look out for our conversation with Alisa Childers next week.Thank you very much for your prayers for healing as we have sought to return to full capacity this week. We share more on our Patreon page for t...
2021-11-0335 min
Into the PrayPODCAST UPDATE: Health Difficulties (feat. Nick & Mairi Franks)Hello!Thank you for listening to this episode of Into the Pray. Our schedule of podcasts this coming week (as well as VLOGs etc) has been delayed for a week or two due to Nick’s ill health. Please do pray for us and, especially, for pain management and good, uninterrupted, healing sleep.Here’s a related prayer.In the meantime, you might enjoy a glimpse into our half-term break and Scotland’s jaw-dropping beauty. “Open Your Eyes” can be seen here.Thank you for your p...
2021-10-2613 minInto the PrayWhere is the Cry? // part 2 (feat. Nick Franks)Hello!*UPDATE: you can listen to the song of praise we wrote after this two-part podcast here*Today's midweek episode of Into the Pray finishes an impromptu 15 minute devotional that Nick posted on Sunday morning. If you've not listened to that you can do so for context here. Psalm 106 and Psalm 107 relate very closely by helping us to understand the timeless way that the LORD works in the personal and corporate lives of His covenant people. Remember Moses who turned aside to see...
2021-08-1044 min
Into the PraySeason 4 Preview: All the Prophets (feat. Nick Franks)Hello everyone!Thank you for listening to this podcast! We've missed our regular podcasting sessions with you all while we've been working on a new film and song of worship entitled, Calling YESHUA. You can find out about this forthcoming release - and how to support production - by clicking here. Today we are previewing our fourth season on Into the Pray and the focus that has dropped into our hearts as we've paused, prayed and waited for His help. "All the prophets" is one of Peter's phrases from Acts 3:24 as...
2021-06-2234 min
Into the Pray45 Minutes of Prayer (feat. Nick & Mairi Franks)Greetings All, [Quick notice: We have a new film in the pipeline, a piece of content that we have no doubt is extremely important for the Body of Christ at large. We're needing some help with the practicalities/financial costs associated, so if you would like to help with this, to make it happen, and get more info ahead of release, please feel free to drop us a line. We very much value your interest/support.]Normally at this stage of the week we would be joined by Dave Brennan of Brephos for...
2021-04-2846 min
Into the PrayLife Together With Dietrich Bonhoeffer (feat. Nick & Mairi Franks)Welcome to the third season of the Into the Pray podcast! Mairi and I needed a wee break from the frenetic activity surrounding podcasting as season two drew to a close just a few days before Christmas. (There are more than 40 other episodes over seasons 1&2 that you can go ahead and listen to, including solid teaching through the book of 1 Corinthians). 2021 has started with an intense sense of spiritual activity surrounding a one day fast as we gratefully said goodbye to 2020. (How much do we have to be grateful for in such an unparalleled...
2021-01-2331 min
Into the PrayAbortion, Remembrance & the Power of God (feat. Dave Brennan)In this week's episode of Into the Pray, we come to our next conversation about the abhorrence of abortion. Words are important and we need to keep using specific words that are vital for us to "get" in our hearts. Abortion is abhorrent and yet we don't feel the abhorrence of it; to us it is just normal. This is where we really need to pray for the power of the Spirit, that the hearts and minds of the redeemed of the Lord (who should "say so") would be set free from this...
2020-12-1153 minInto the PrayWhy Should We Take Jesus Seriously? (feat. Gareth Hides)Hello everyone![CORRECTION: At the end of the episode Nick refers to a Messianic Psalm... this is Psalm 22 not Psalm 24. Also, the prophetic passage describing Jesus’ suffering is in Isaiah 52 & 53]This is a special episode of the Into the Pray podcast specifically with our Edinburgh neighbours in mind! Thank you for making the effort to come through to listen to this episode and we hope that we've managed to strike the right balance in both how and what we discuss. Thanks also to Gareth Hides for joining Nick to...
2020-11-2444 min