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Grace Church Stockholm Weekly SermonsJesus is coming with his reward: Live ready - Tom ScrivensOur friend, Tom Scrivens, leads Hope Church Ipswich. In this encouraging message, Tom reminds us to live ready for Jesus' return. To understand there is a great reward to pursue in our lives devoted to Christ. And when Christ returns, that reward will be with him. Tom shares a very exciting perspective on the wedding culture of Jesus' day, and it offers new freshness to anticipate that wonderful day when Christ and his church share in the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Learn more about Tom Scrivens and Hope Church Ipswich at hopeipswich.co.uk
2026-02-1053 min
Hope Church IpswichPart 2 - Our Confidence in AskingThis week Tom Scrivens continues our “Teach Us to Pray” series, calling the church to deeper fruitfulness by rediscovering confidence in prayer through our union with Jesus. Drawing from Ephesians 3, Tom shows how prayer is an invitation to ask boldly because we have full access to the Father on the throne. He explores what it means to approach God clothed in Christ’s righteousness, and why our imperfect prayers are welcomed and carried by Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
2026-02-0942 minHope Church IpswichPart 1 - Victory Begins in PrayerThis week Tom Scrivens kicks off a new series called “Teach Us to Pray”, opening up 2 Chronicles 20 and the story of King Jehoshaphat to show why prayer is not an optional extra but the primary weapon of God’s people. Speaking into an exciting season of growth, baptisms and fresh vision at Hope Church, Tom explores how times of blessing often bring opposition, and how God uses pressure to draw us away from self-reliance and back into dependence on him. Through a remarkable national prayer meeting, we see how worship fuels faith, specific prayer invites God’s intervention, and the Holy Spi...
2026-02-0236 min
Community ChurchChurch Arise! - Tom ScrivensWe take a break from our current series "Arise and Build" Focusing on Nehemiah to welcome Tom Scrivens from Hope Church Ipswich to preach to us.(This was recorded from our Chafford Hundred site on 05/10/2025)Any questions on the preach?Ask them here:https://communitychurch.churchsuite.c...If you want to talk to us, you can email us at:hello@mycommunitychurch.org.ukWhy not check out our website:www.mycommunitychurch.org.ukOr download our app...Apple:
2025-10-0648 min
Mosiac Church Harlow PodcastPositioned for a move of God - Tom Scrivens - 08.06.2025Tom Scrivens from Hope Church, Ipswich preaching from the book of Acts Chapter 9.
Tom shared that across the UK, churches are experiencing a growing hunger for Jesus.
Don’t believe the lie that no one wants to hear the gospel. There is a hunger that the secular world cannot satisfy. People are searching, and Jesus is the answer ✨
In Acts 9, a man called Ananias trusted God’s voice - even when it didn’t make sense. What would it look like for us to live like that?
God is moving. Let’s be a people who are ready, listening and obedient...
2025-06-0842 min
Hope Church IpswichPart 2 - Who defines life, worth and identity?What happens when society drifts from the foundations that it was built upon? In this episode, Tom Scrivens examines how human dignity, gender, and the sanctity of life are being redefined in a foundation-less society. The Bible gives a clear response—will we return to it and build upon strong foundations? Join the conversation in the latest instalment of our "A Question of Design” series in the book of Genesis.
#IdentityCrisis #Gender #Race #HumanLife
2025-02-1047 min
Hope Church IpswichPart 1 - Am I Created or Just a Coincidence?How you finish the sentence "In the beginning…" shapes how you see the world, live your life, and where you place your hope. In this message, Tom Scrivens explores Genesis 1 and the big questions: Are we created or just a coincidence? And “If there is a creator God how can we know what he is like?” Join us as we dive into the foundations of life, purpose, and truth. #Genesis #Creation #BigQuestions #Science
2025-02-0336 min
Hope Church IpswichPart 1 - The Struggle is RealThere has been a huge shift in our society when it comes to talking about our mental health: talk of these matters is seemingly everywhere now. In this message Tom Scrivens exams the good and not-so-good outcomes of the fact that this is discussed much more now and examines what the Bible have to say about these matters.
#MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety
2025-01-1141 min
Hope Church IpswichPart 31 - Going Public for JesusAs we near the end of our series in John, Tom Scrivens explores the powerful transformation of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus—two secret believers who risked everything to honour Jesus after His death. What moved these powerful politicians from fear to boldness, silence to proclamation? Discover how the love of Jesus compels us to lay down reputation, comfort, and wealth for something infinitely greater. #Jesus #AmazingGrace #GoingPublic
2024-11-1839 min
Hope Church IpswichPart 30 - "Jesus our Champion"People across the globe have ideas about what the big problems in life are and how to solve them. In this message Tom Scrivens unpacks Jesus’ last words on the cross, where we see Jesus exclaiming that a mission has been accomplished - a mission to win our freedom. We will see how Jesus frees us from empty living, from the fear of death and brings us into a life lived in the power of his victory. #Victory #Freedom #Politics #NewLife
2024-11-1138 min
Hope Church IpswichPart 27 - "Jesus and the Quest for Popularity"We all want to be liked and accepted but that desire can take over and the bible calls it 'the Fear of Man'. In this message, Tom Scrivens looks at the story of Peter denying Jesus and asks the question, How can we get free from the Fear of Man? #fear #popularity
2024-10-2534 min
Hope Church IpswichPart 25 - "Jesus, His People and the World"How are Christians to walk in this world? Are they to retreat into a Christian bubble or should they try to blend in? In this week’s message, Tom Scrivens unpacks Jesus’ prayer for his people in John 17, where we see that he desires that his people be distinct and united as they are sent into the world as he was sent.
2024-10-0739 minHope Church IpswichPart 23 - "Jesus Promises Trouble"We all love to be loved and we don’t want to be hated at all and if we’re honest, we all want an easy life. Tom Scrivens unpacks Jesus promise that as Christians we are guaranteed trials and hardships, but we can take heart knowing that Jesus has overcome the world. Despite the challenges, we find peace and strength through the Holy Spirit and the ultimate victory in Christ.
#Trouble #Persecution #Strength #HolySpirit
2024-09-2337 minHope Church IpswichPart 21 - "Jesus - The Way to Soul Satisfaction"Every heart longs for deep, soul satisfaction, a sense of finally being in a place of true rest, but it seems no-one knows how to get to it. In this message Tom Scrivens takes us through some of Jesus’ most famous and controversial words as Jesus claims to be the only way to soul satisfying relationship with God.
#RealLife #Truth #Jesus
2024-09-0935 min
Hope Church IpswichPart 6 - "Praying"What do we do when we see those we love going through difficulties but feel powerless to practically help them? Do our prayers for others really make a difference? What sort of things could we be praying for them? In this message, Tom Scrivens looks at the prayer life of the Apostle Paul and gives us practical pointers on how to build prayer for others into our lives.
2024-08-1940 minHope Church IpswichPart 4 - "Serving"Jesus came to serve and not to be served. Naturally, human beings come to be served and not to serve. If we want to be great then it's going to look like a life of service. In part 4 of our "Love is a Verb" series, Tom Scrivens and Bram & Ella-Sophia Cross unpack what it looks like to serve in the light of all that Jesus has done and is doing in the world. #Serve #Greatness #Mission
2024-08-0538 minHope Church IpswichPart 3 - "Rejoicing and Weeping"How can we as a community enter into people's joy and their grief? Is community really worth the pain that it can sometimes be? It's the third message in our new mini series 'Love is a Verb' and this time we'll be hearing from Tom Scrivens along with Greg and Jenny Frost as we look at 'Rejoicing and Weeping'. #Community #Love #Grief #Joy
2024-07-2938 minHope Church IpswichPart 18 - "Jesus Is Calling"In this passage of scripture we read Jesus’ last call to the people before he goes to his arrest and crucifixion. In this message Tom Scrivens shows us that Jesus is calling a people to come and find life in him by actually dying to their ambition and reputation. Desiring to upkeep our reputation is one thing that can hinder us from following Jesus’ call.
#Reputation #Calling #Sacrifice #InCrowd
2024-06-2435 minHope Church IpswichPart 17 - "Jesus And True Worship"Tom Scrivens unpacks the remarkable story of Mary’s costly worship of Jesus. In an age of distraction, Jesus deserves to be our number one priority, he’s worthy of our time, attention, devotion and sacrifice.
2024-06-1033 minHope Church IpswichPart 16 - "Jesus in Our Pain and Confusion"Where is God in our pain and confusion? Is he listening? Does he care? We all ask ourselves these questions at some point and this story of Lazarus’ death gives us so much comfort. As Tom Scrivens unpacks in this message, we see in this story a God who cares, who can be trusted and who wants us to trust him in our pain. We also are pointed to our death and the hope that we can have through faith in Jesus.
#Hope #Pain #Confusion #Grief #Trust #Jesus
2024-06-0337 minHope Church IpswichPart 13 - "Jesus Brings Freedom"In today’s message we once again see Jesus in a lengthy discussion with the crowds, a discussion that gets very heated and ends with the crowd wanting to kill Jesus. In this message from Tom Scrivens we’ll see Jesus making the clearest declaration yet as to his true identity and the claim that he makes to have come to bring freedom from slavery.
#Freedom #Slavery #Jesus #Eternity #Death
2024-05-1336 minHope Church IpswichPart 12 - "Jesus And Our Mess"We all have mess in our lives. Depending on what you believe, you might call that sin. What does Jesus say & do in response to our mess? Tom Scrivens continues our series in the gospel of John as we see Jesus come face to face with a messy situation.
2024-05-0732 minHope Church IpswichPart 10 - "Jesus Exposes The Heart"With him having just performed a miracle, feeding 1000s of people, the crowds flock around Jesus. Jesus sees the motive of their hearts - they don't want him, they want what he can offer. Tom Scrivens unpacks this tough passage, where Jesus gives some teaching that the crowds find hard to hear and eventually all but a few of Jesus followers leave him.
#breadoflife #Jesus #miracles #heart
2024-04-2237 minHope Church IpswichPart 7 "Jesus and Our Shame"Jesus encounters a woman who is living in deep shame. In this message Tom Scrivens shows how we too can live free from crippling shame - only through what Jesus has done.
#shame #forgiveness #Jesus #grace
2024-03-2544 minHope Church IpswichPart 5 "Jesus, Full Of Zeal"Wait, Jesus got angry?! Yep... so angry that he made a whip and drove people out of the temple courts. In this episode, Tom Scrivens unpacks Jesus' great passion, his zeal for the house of God the church.
#church #passion #zeal #jesus
2024-03-0431 minHope Church IpswichPart 1 "Jesus - The Centre of the Universe"In John's dramatic opening to his account of Jesus' life, we see him painting Jesus as the always-existing, fully-divine Son of God.
In this message, Tom Scrivens shows us that this universe was made through Jesus and for Jesus and until we come to see him as the centre of the universe, we'll not know the true life that he has for us.
#truelife #gospelofjohn #meaningoflife #jesus
2024-02-0542 min
Hope Church IpswichLife at HomeTom Scrivens is joined by Sarah Scrivens as we unpack the words from 1 Peter 3, life at home.
2023-05-2230 min
Broadcast Church Planting Podcast236 - Big Vision for the Church with Tom Scrivens (Live from Project 23)We're continuing to bring you live sessions from the most recent Project 23 conference. Project is a conference aimed at students and 20s who have a passion to see God move in their generation. In this session, Tom Scrivens spoke on having a Big Vision for the Church, Tom leads Hope Church in Ipswich and also heads up Sent Generation, a movement of young adults from across the family of churches Relational Mission - and beyond. Follow Project on social media:
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2023-04-2529 min
Relational MissionLife in the Overlap - Tom ScrivensWhat do we mean by the 'last days'? Tom Scrivens kicked off the weekend in helping us see that we are living in a new day, dawned at Christ's ascension and ending at His return. What does it look like to be a people who live in the daylight?
Sent Generation is a movement of young adults from across the family of churches in Relational Mission.
2023-01-0436 min
Relational MissionSENT 2022 // Session 3: To Live is Christ, to Die is Gain (Tom Scrivens)We live in uncertain times, where we aren't certain what the future will turn out to be. Tom Scrivens reminded us that as Christians, we have an unshakeable hope no matter what happens in the future: if death, we get eternity with Christ, and if life, we continue to have earthly fruitfulness.
Sent 2022 was a gathering of students and twenties pursuing the radical call of Jesus to see our lives, neighbourhoods and nations transformed.
2022-02-2626 min
2022-02-1331 min
City Students PodcastWhat's Next? 6 - Settling DownThere's so many changes and transitions in early adult life, often moving from place to place and job to job. How do we know when to stay somewhere, and when to move on? What does it mean to truly settle somewhere? How do we know when to? How does being a follower of Jesus influence this whole process? Sam talks to Tom Scrivens, lead elder of Hope Church in Ipswich, to end our series on what's next.
2021-03-2920 min
A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 53After seven years of carefully dissecting the year that was 1997 in the WWF, Tom and Kellen and ready to make their proclamations of the very best, worst, and most interesting wrestlers, matches, and promos of the year. Following that they announce their next, much shorter wrestling review project.
2021-03-213h 11
Future of Law by Goodlawyer#34 [Future of Law] - Billable Hours, Legal Tech & Law School: A conversation with Tom Freeman, Lawyer & Adjunct Professor of Law at Creighton UniversityOur guest today is Tom Freeman, General Counsel at Midwest Laboratories, Adjunct Professor of Law at Creighton University, and founding member of the Institute for Digital Humanity. Tom joins us to discuss some of this issues facing the legal profession including the billable hour and some of the consequences of this method of pricing legal services, how technology will impact the practice of law and some of the unintended consequences that will need to be navigated, and the problems with the purely theoretical teaching model currently in vogue at most law schools.For any of...
2021-03-0351 minA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 52The final week of 1997 shows why Faarooq's grip on The Nation of Domination is weakening thanks to The Rock (and his own questionable management). Meanwhile, mystery boxes abound, and Owen Hart tries to get his revenge on D-Generation X!
2021-01-302h 06
Stellar FirmaSTL 57 - Histrionics and High-HandednessEpisode 57 - Histrionics and High-HandednessThe client, Zeith Fel, is looking for ideas for new productions for The Diabolical Flotilla Actors’ Guild to tour in the upcoming season. She has found that audiences are dwindling for their tours across the galaxy (entirely unconnected to the entirely justifiable destructive actions of Stellar Firma) and are in need of a hit.Management Consultants’ advice: a roster of updated “classics”, react to the pretend, pretend real knives, historical re-enactment, shattered bums, execute the fool, sexy wedding, the end?Content Warning for: Emotional abuseBull...
2021-01-1528 minA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 51Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon's run on Shtogun continues in a match that the ring simply could not contain. Meanwhile, on Monday Night Raw, there's a special Christmas episode, and Shawn Michaels is in a very giving mood as he is forced to defend the European Championship against HHH. Kellen and Tom review Shawn's championship history in despair.
2020-12-261h 40A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 50After taking some time to discuss the then-current passing of Hana Kimura, Kellen and Tom review an interesting week of programming, featuring Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon vs Jeff and Matt Hardy on Shotgun in the dream match you never realized you wanted. On Raw, Vince McMahon explains why Kellen and Tom named the podcast as they did, and Steve Austin encourages The Rock to take up a new hobby.
2020-11-131h 31A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 49Bow bow, are you ready? It’s the final PPV of the year, D-Generation X, and that means we have Shawn vs Shamrock, Austin vs Rock, the real Vince McMahon, The Blackheart, The Bootcamp, Butterbean, and blue-eyed Babyface Jim Cornette. Also Jeff Jarretts new music, a 20-minute detour into the history of TNA, and Don Callis giving some really bad advice. And if you think that description was all over the place, just wait until you hear about this week with New York, Free for All, the PPV, and Raw.
2020-10-173h 09
Future of Law by Goodlawyer#23 [Startup Sessions] - Goodlawyer Startup Series Episode 3: “The Product” with Tom AlvarezToday we bring you Episode 3 of our Startup Series where we are taking you behind the scenes at Goodlawyer to show you the highs and lows of running an early stage startup.On the show we have on Tom Alvarez, Chief Product Officer and Co-founder at Goodlawyer. Tom takes us through the eclectic role of CPO at a startup, discusses the importance of setting up and developing a strong brand, and sheds light on the importance of honest communication and trust when building products with co-founders. We hope the issues discussed prove helpful to any of you l...
2020-10-0631 minA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 48On the final week before the D(e)-Generation X pay-per-view, we scramble to fill out the card and actually get some build. The semifinals for the Light Heavyweight Championship tournament, kind of. Ken Shamrock continues his rivalry with Shawn Michaels, kind of. And Stone Cold Steve Austin drives The Rock absolutely berserk. That one is actually really awesome, and you should hear what Kellen has to say and what Tom had to miss out on.
2020-09-091h 21A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 47D-Generation X recruits two of their most unlikely members ever, Goldust continues to be on the mend, Steve Austin becomes the greatest stage tech in the history of wrestling, and The Rock reminds us that beepers were once a thing. Meanwhile, our opening contest serves as another big step towards the Attitude Era as The Legion of Doom defend their Tag Team Championships against The Road Dog, Billy Gunn, and new entrance music.
2020-07-291h 44A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 46On Week 46, Vince McMahon sits down with Jim Ross to say "Bret screwed Bret." How will Kellen and Tom side on the matter? (If you've listened to us before you probably know.) Meanwhile, The Rock and Stone Cold continue to make each other's acquaintance, and Rick Rude manages to be in two places at once.
2020-07-081h 45
City Students PodcastPodcast Chats 1 - Tom ScrivensIn our first Podcast Chat, we talk to Tom Scrivens, Lead Elder of Hope Church in Ipswich, about his university years and his thoughts and insights for being a young adult and a follower of Jesus today.
2020-06-2224 minA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 45It's official! This is the last time anyone anywhere ever will talk about Montreal! Who was right? Who was wrong? Was it a shoot? Bret, Vince, and No. It's the 1997 Survivor Series all decided right here for all time! You won't want to miss this! Also featuring other stuff: New York, Raw, and the first Rock v Austin segment.
2020-06-113h 28
Future of Law by GoodlawyerThe Importance of Brand and Design with Alberta University of the Arts Instructor, Lynne Rennie.On this weeks episode, Tom Alvarez, Chief Product Officer at Goodlawyer, steps in for Brett to discuss branding with this weeks guest, Lynne Rennie. Lynne is an entrepreneur, instructor at the Alberta University of the Arts, and Design Director at Cococo Chocolatiers Inc. Our conversation covers the difference between marketing and branding, and why branding should always come first, the importance of putting designers at the core of any business strategy, and tips for branding effectively during the Covid-19 crisis. We also discuss Lynne’s role in helping develop the strategy behind Goodlawyer's branding, and our drive to enhance ac...
2020-06-0233 min
Future of Law by GoodlawyerA "Poetic" Story: The Rise of Poeta DigitalOn today's show we have on Tim Nguyen (CEO), and Tom Muir (CTO) for Poeta Digital. Poeta Digital is a global product development agency, with offices in Vietnam, Seattle and Calgary, that partners with companies of all shapes and sizes to provide custom apps and digital solutions, that focus on beautiful user experience. Today's conversation covers tips for managing a distributed team across different regions, how to maintain and grow innovative culture, the importance of identifying the most crucial problem you are attempting to solve before starting any digital build, why Tim decided to start his own...
2020-05-1938 min
Life Church Peterborough UKTom Scrivens : LUKE - The last supper but not the last supperTom continues our Luke series in Chapter 22 and looking at making decisions in light of eternity.
2020-03-0836 minA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Wrestle Kingdom 14 RecapTom and his roommate Chris live in Bristol, England. Kellen and his wife Jen live in Madison Heights, Michigan, USA. It only makes sense that the first place they would meet in person is Tokyo, Japan. Tom and Kellen discuss their simultaneous vacations with a heavy emphasis on their shared experiences at Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling's TJP '20, as well as both nights of New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome and New Year's Dash.
2020-01-263h 28A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 44On the final week before Survivor Series, we see surprisingly little of champion Bret Hart while Shawn Michaels takes on Ken Shamrock. Ahmed Johnson begins (and ends) his quest for revenge against Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Vader stoops to desperate levels to find a last-second replacement for an injured member of Team USA.
2019-12-022h 10A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 43Prepare for trouble, and make it double. To protect the world from devastation. To unite all peoples within our Nation. Its Week 43 of The Cure, and the Nation of Domination are seeking revenge on the Harts for a racist attack, Bret is challenged by Ken Shamrock for the title, Mankind pledges revenge on Kane, and The Boricuas get their rightful main event spot. Oh, and Shawn Michaels tries to ruin everything. Team Rocky blast off at the speed of light, surrender now or prepare to fight!
2019-10-051h 42
Relational Mission04 | The Kingdom Unshakeable (Tom Scrivens)"God the consuming fire is WITH us and FOR us... I am CONFIDENT of Kingdom advance." It is not foolish optimism to live in the confidence of the kingdom that is unshakeable. Let's waste our lives, risking everything, to seek His kingdom because we will always come out on the side of victory in the end.
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We want to see those in their 18-30s envisioned, equipped and sent into the world to see God's Kingdom come. The main session talks from Sent 2019 were on the theme of The King and His Kingdom.
2019-04-1150 min
Relational Mission02 | The Mystery of the Kingdom (Wendy Mann)The main session talks from Sent 2019, on the theme of The King and His Kingdom, with Stef Liston (Revelation Church London), Wendy Mann (Kings Arms Church Bedford), Maurice Nightingale (Relational Mission) and Tom Scrivens (Hope Church Ipswich).
2019-04-1139 minA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 42Not one, but two fantastic matches on Raw is War as Taka Michinoku takes on Yoshihiro Tajiri and Shawn Michaels and Owen Hart go one-on-one in a Winner Takes All match for the Intercontinental and European Championships. The Road Dogg and Billy Gunn have their first two proper matches as a tag team, and Jeff Jarrett makes his re-debut with the WWF and promptly (and repeatedly) buries himself on a live mic.
2019-03-302h 20A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 41After a soft launch a few weeks back, we finally see Jesse Jammes and Rockabilly change names and form a tag team on Shotgun. (One name sticks, one is quickly forgotten.) Meanwhile on Raw, Shawn Michaels and friends take another crack at naming their little group. Wonder if it sticks this time. All this excitement, the merciful end of Sable's Laser Tag advertisements, and Kellen marking out over another fighting game in the ad breaks.
2019-03-042h 13
Revelation Church LondonGuest speaker Tom Scrivens from Relational MissionGuest speaker Tom Scrivens from Relational Mission speaks
2019-01-2044 minA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 40Tragedy rocks the WWF as Brian Pillman suddenly passes away. Tom and Kellen discuss his career and how the WWF handled his death in the week's program. On a more positive note, this show features coverage of Badd Blood: In Your House, featuring the legendary inaugural Hell in a Cell match between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker.
2018-12-234h 13A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 39Shawn Michaels is running for his life as his Hell in a Cell encounter with The Undertaker draws near. Meanwhile on Shotgun, Vader and The Patriot join forces against The Godwinns, and Raw sees Faarooq and Ahmed Johnson do battle one more time in the semifinal of the Intercontinental Title Tournament.
2018-12-092h 04A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 38A PPV from Manchester, England and the first ever weekly TV show to emanate live from the World's Most Famous Arena are the highlights of Week 38 of A Cure for the Common Podcast. The dos and don'ts of how to handle a popular wrestler's homecoming, the match Bret Hart has deemed his last great WWF contest, the continuation of the worst tournament in the history of professional wrestling, and something about Vince McMahon and Steve Austin you might have heard about are all covered this week.
2018-10-284h 45A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 37Shawn goes into business for himself, Bret verges on losing his professional edge, Taker is trapped in a steel cage of his own making, and Austin is doing Looney Tunes skits with King. And the Pillman storyline is messed up. What can save us this week? Any wrestler under 200 pounds. Have fun with this as we discuss whether we had fun with this!
2018-10-072h 23
Relational Mission09 Tom Scrivens - Sent Session 3 - Saturday AM09 Tom Scrivens - Sent Session 3 - Saturday AM by Relational Mission
2018-06-0234 minA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 36Friday Night's Main Event, Shotgun Saturday Night, Free for All, Ground Zero: In Your House, Raw is War: it takes a lot of time to cover all of this. Steve Austin takes target practice at top WWF officials, Undertaker finally gets his hands on Shawn Michaels, a match featuring two newcomers and no build almost steals the PPV, and Savio Vega develops a crippling addiction to triple threat matches. And that's just the tip of the iceberg as Kellen and Tom review one of the busiest weeks of the year.
2018-04-156h 26A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Weeks 34 and 35A special double episode sees the WWF go into a holding pattern as its regular flagship program is preempted. Taking the place of Raw Is War is Friday Night's Main Event, featuring Vader vs Bret Hart for the WWF Championship, and the unexpected debut of a future ECW and ROH World Champion as the WWF stays in a holding pattern on its way to Ground Zero: In Your House.
2018-04-012h 40A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 33On Monday Night Raw, Rocky Maivia cuts his first promo as a heel, and in the main event two first-time pairings collide as The Undertaker and Mankind face Shawn Michaels and Hunter Hearst Helmsley. What seemed like such an inconspicuous week at the time, in fact, laid the groundwork of the wrestling industry for years to come and Tom and Kellen break it all down.
2018-03-032h 27A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 32On Monday Night Raw we see the rematch of one of the best matches of 1996 as Shawn Michaels makes his in-ring return to Raw (for the second time in three months) against Mankind! Bret Hart makes his heroic return home as champion, and in a match that somehow is far more notable than it should ever have any right to, Faarooq takes on Chainz.
2018-02-082h 22A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 31We have come to one of the greatest subtitled major Pay-Per-Views of all time: Summerslam: Hart & Soul. Come for the continued dominance of Los Boricuas in the Gang Warz, stay for the supremely performed final minutes of the Bret Hart v Undertaker, then get kind of awkward as we go over the terrible aftermath of the Owen Hart v Steve Austin Intercontinental Championship clash.
2017-10-074h 16A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 30"If you were going to give the United States of America an enema, you'd stick the hose right here in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania!" Yes, this week Raw emanates from the Steel City as the build to SummerSlam continues. Sable finds herself next to a stack of cash as Vince struggles to connect with his audience, Shotgun is missing and presumed miss-able, the Godwinns are in a real love / hate situation, and we catch up with The Undertaker at home prior to his match with The Hitman.
2017-08-241h 54A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 29Halifax, Nova Scotia is the latest battleground in the WWF's Canada / USA conflict featuring Bret Hart, Owen Hart, and The British Bulldog taking on any three Americans in a Flag Match. In addition, the Patriot wrestles his first-ever WWF match in Canada. All this, plus: what happens when local jobbers clearly aren't local, and how will Kellen and Tom cover a missing episode of Shotgun Saturday Night?
2017-05-132h 18A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 28Get a lottery ticket and keep an eye out for lightning because the Disciples of Apocalypse / Los Boricuas feud may have generated the most genuinely entertaining part of the week. In addition, we finally resolve the Tag Title situation with Owen Hart and British Bulldog taking on Steve Austin and a partner of his choosing. Will it be Shawn Michaels, Ken Shamrock, Sycho Sid, the debuting Patriot, Mankind, or somebody else entirely?
2017-05-052h 29A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 27The WWF invades The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth with In Your House: Canadian Stampede from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Widely regarded as one of the greatest PPVs in history, there is no surprise that the show holds up from top to bottom in the eyes of Kellen and Tom. What may surprise many, however, is that one of the hosts posits that the legendary main even of The Hart Foundation v Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust, and The Legion of Doom may actually be the worst match on the show. All this, a terrible Truth Commission match on Shotgun, a...
2017-04-224h 00A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 26Manbeast v Mantaur: In the real main event this week we have The Clash of the Century as these natural rivals lock horns. On the undercard we have the equally illustrious debuts of both Michael Cole and the latest gang in the wars, Ahmed attempts to cut a promo under the influence of surgical medication, Undertaker goes full on Batman, Paul Bearer calls him a goddamned murderer, we have Pokemon references up to the eyeballs, and Kellen and Tom achieve a freaky psychic link. Trust me, this is a fun one.
2017-03-222h 36A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 25Ahmed Johnson explains why he joined The Nation and hypes up his PPV Title match. He then gets injured and has to relinquish it. Owen Hart, HHH, and Goldust square off (or would that be triangle off?) in the first ever televised Triple Threat Match for the Intercontinental Championship. The tag team tournament continues, and Sabu faces Flash Funk on Raw in Week 25 of A Cure for the Common Podcast.
2017-01-202h 27A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 24It's time for a bigger, badder Nation to debut, but who is going to take the plunge and join? The tag tournament kicks off, but what kind of man might Austin pick to replace Shawn Michaels as his partner? Why does Savio insist he wasn't fired when we all saw it live on TV? And finally, the biggest unanswered question of all is revealed; the paternity test is in and Dr. Heyman is all set to reveal who Brian Christopher's father really is! It's mystery week here on Shotgun and Raw, and Kellen and Tom are all set to investigate.
2017-01-022h 05A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 23Kellen and Tom discuss the biggest match of the weekend, and it never aired on television or pay-per-view. After months of buildup, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels finally throw down backstage in the locker room, for real, before Raw goes live on air. Oh, and on the actual wrestling side of things, there's the King of the Ring, Steve Austin v Shawn Michaels, and The Nation of Domination implodes.
2016-11-184h 34A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 22With only a week to go until King of the Ring, it's time for the injury bug to get rid of half the card. Will the WWF be able to save the PPV? Meanwhile, in-ring this week we see the return of the missing Sycho Sid and a Wrestlemania rematch against The Undertaker in the main event, as well as Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels defending their tag team titles for the first time against The Legion of Doom.
2016-10-292h 27A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 21While Shotgun is paint-by-numbers, Raw is War provides one of the most captivating episodes of television of the year. Amazing storytelling, focus on great young wrestlers, one of the most shocking promos of the year, more of the epic History of Mankind, and the saga of the $71 inflatable chair. Top it all off with one of the best matches of the year as Owen Hart and The British Bulldog defend against the unlikely duo of Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin.
2016-10-042h 35A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 20It's dark days for The Undertaker as his secret is threatened, Mankind's cloudy disposition intimidates interviewers on both Shotgun and Raw, lightning strikes for Bob Holly, Dakota Runnels brightens up the ring, and a chance of Sunny Days sets Bret and Shawn on a collision course.
2016-08-272h 03A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 19It's a big episode for week 19 as Kellen and Tom cover In Your House: A Cold Day in Hell, featuring Undertaker v Steve Austin for the WWF Title and Ken Shamrock damn near crippling Vader. Also, on Monday Night Raw we see the son of a WWF Hall of Famer as well as a future Hall of Famer make their debuts, the 1997 King of the Ring tournament kicks off, part two of the Goldust interview, Paul Bearer threatens to reveal Undertaker's secret, and the Legion of Doom squash to end all Legion of Doom squashes.
2016-06-013h 41A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 18They seek him here, they seek him there, The Harts they seek him everywhere. Is he under a truck, or a barrel lid? That damned elusive Heartbreak Kid! Also featuring Goldust coming out of a closet, a trap for Ahmed Johnson, and some strapping young jobbers all on Shotgun and Raw.
2016-05-252h 11A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - WrestleMania 32 RecapWrestleMania 32 left a lot of wrestling fans shaking their heads and feeling like they needed to vent. Tom and Kellen were feeling that way themselves, and, joined by The Tranquil Tirades' Damien Wilkens, they pick apart this year's edition of the seven-hour Showcase of the Immortals.
2016-04-041h 58A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 17Shotgun Saturday Night sees both one of the nastiest injuries in wrestling in a Legion of Doom / Godwinns match, but also a surprisingly good match pitting Crush, Savio Vega, and the debuting D'Lo Brown against the future ECW team of Aldo Montoya, Freddie Joe Floyd, and Steve Corino. From there Raw is War steps things up with Brian Pillman at his Loose Cannon best, Bret Hart cuts one of the best promos of his life, Owen Hart v Rocky Maivia for the Intercontinental Title, and Undertaker v British Bulldog.
2016-03-272h 36A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 16This week we sink in to the supposed traditional post-Mania slump, but could Revenge of The Taker buck that trend and be a hot contender for best PPV so far? Austin v Bret comes to the boil, Undertaker and Mankind have a blistering encounter, and Tiger Ali Singh gets a tepid response. Also featuring a show that's a shell of its former self in Shotgun Saturday Night, and the Monday Night War comes under fire from a Loose Cannon.
2016-02-103h 08A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 15Look at that photo. We can type in this space that Sunny Undercover was one of the most entertaining edition yet (for all the wrong reasons). We can tell you that Ahmed Johnson has one of the most "I'm out of my depth here" moments all year. We can tell you Raw was broadcast from three different countries. We can tell you that the WWF doesn't seem to realize Apartheid has ended, but all you really want to know is what the heck happened to Goldust. Click the link to find out.
2016-01-081h 44A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 14While Mankind puts in a contender for promo of the year and most dangerous spot of the year in a match against Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels steals the show by taking his real hatred of Bret Hart in front of the camera. The change from Bret and Shawn not liking each other to hating each other is in Week 14 of A Cure for the Common Podcast.
2016-01-012h 28A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 13While Shotgun is the general weekend fare, Raw has plenty to write home about. Owen v Bulldog in a rematch for the European Title, Rocky Maivia v Bret Hart for the first (and only) time for the Intercontinental Title, Mankind and Undertaker take their feud up a notch, Stone Cold explains what a tweener is, Road Warrior Hawk ascends to Ahmed Johnson levels of microphone greatness, and Vince Russo inspires the creators of Battlefield Earth.
2015-12-061h 42Animezing PodcastAnimezing Podcast - Episode 175The Lost Episode of Animezing Podcast finally surfaces as Kellen and Tom from November 2014 discuss the final four episodes of Deadman Wonderland: "Worm Eater," "Undertaker," "GIG of Despair," and "Grateful Dead." In addition, they also cover the prequel OVA: The Red Knife Wielder. Join the Commonwealth duo as they discuss even more gratuitous violence and disturbing features than ever before, awkwardly discuss if there is a place for sexual assault as a plot element, and Kellen makes an announcement for a sabbatical that he has already been on for the past year.
2015-12-021h 33A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 12Ooh, ooh, Wrestlemania! Yeah this is our life! It's finally here, the biggest week ever of this podcast. Weighing in at over four hours, this show has it all, from Owen Hart's unforgettable antics at The Slammys to the blood soaked canvas that launched the biggest draw in wrestling history. Plus japes, jokes, Shotgun, Superstars, Free for All, the post-Mania Raw, and plenty of Sid and Ahmed Johnson promos, what's not to love? Join us for the granddaddy of the all!
2015-11-014h 20A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 11"Frustrated isn't the Goddamn word for it. This is Bullshit!" And just like that we realize that the Attitude Era may be closer than we think. On the final episode of A Cure for the Common Podcast before Wrestlemania, Shotgun retools once again with Brian Pillman on commentary and the highly hyped debut of Sunny Undercover, while on Raw we have our final build to Wrestlemania, including a steel cage match between Bret Hart and Sycho Sid. That is, if The Undertaker doesn't destroy the cage first.
2015-07-232h 41A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 10Wrestlemania is fast approaching, and we're starting to feel the heat. Ahmed reveals his tag partners, Austin cusses out Shamrock, Paul Heyman debates Jerry Lawler, and our main event features Bearers Buddies versus Undertaker and Sid; can they work together long enough to survive? All this on Shotgun Saturday Night, the final episode in our review of Superstars, and the long-awaited first appearance of Raw is War.
2015-07-021h 53A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 09While Shotgun and Superstars continue their "one show, two names" phase, Monday Night Raw makes its way to Berlin, Germany with a fabulous main event between Owen Hart and The British Bulldog for the European Championship. Also: Sycho Sid v Mankind, Bret Hart v Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and an Ahmed Johnson promo.
2015-06-242h 04A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 08"Your challenge has been accepted! ECW is in... the... hooooouuuse!" Yes that's right, it's a very special week for the show as the spotlight is shared between WWF Superstars and a notable local promotion with a diehard attitude and a rabid fanbase. We have Shotgun, Superstars, and a unique edition of Raw from the Manhattan Center in New York City.
2015-03-202h 05A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 07What may be the biggest week of the year sees a legend win the Intercontinental Title for the first time, Shawn Michaels losing his smile, a last second PPV card shakeup, multiple title changes, an overlooked classic PPV main event, and the start to the build to Wrestlemania. Join Kellen and Tom as they cover Thursday Raw Thursday Live!, In Your House: Final Four, and Monday Night Raw.
2015-03-053h 09A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 06Choosing to not cover the 1997 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Kellen and Tom are left with a short week, which features Shawn Michaels' hilarious fashion sense on Superstars, and the final live episode of Shotgun with the famous Escalator Tombstone.
2015-01-021h 03A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 05As we role into Week 5, we see one of the members of the Final Four main event jerk the curtain on all three shows. Shotgun makes a long-awaited homecoming. Marc Mero tests his potential main event acumen against The Undertaker on Superstars. And Raw begins the two-hour format with a major show from Toronto's Skydome, featuring: two title matches, a potential Match of the Year, and a confrontation between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. On top of all that, Kellen gets an injury update wrong, which he will mea culpa in a later episode.
2014-11-221h 56Animezing PodcastAnimezing Podcast - Episode 172Kellen and Tom continue to make their way through the sickening, vile, and somewhat entertaining Deadman Wonderland with the middle four episodes. Ganta's first two Carnival Corpse Fights take place in "Carnival Corpse" and "Hummingbird," while we meet the rebellious Scar Chain faction in "Wretched Egg" and "Scar Chain."
2014-10-071h 16A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 04Week 4 of the Cure sees the WWF simultaneously build to two big shows with In Your House: Final Four and the ridiculously titled Thursday Raw Thursday Live, both announced for Week 7. With these two shows ready to set the table for Wrestlemania 13, we see the World Title scene muddled with all six people in the title hunt featured in a mass interview on Raw. Shotgun emanates from the Webster Hall, featuring Bret Hart v Mankind. And it all coincides with that evening's Super Bowl Superstars and four teams compete for the first (and last) annual Superstars Bowl.
2014-10-031h 22Animezing PodcastAnimezing Podcast - Episode 171In order to shamelessly shill their new podcast (The Cure for the Common Podcast), Kellen welcomes Tom Hemmings onto the show to review the gory, twisted, and, at times, disturbing Deadman Wonderland. To start, the duo reviews the first four episodes: "Death Row Inmate," "Antidote (Candy)," "G Block," and "Crow Claw."
2014-09-171h 27A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 03The Cure for the Common Podcast makes its way to Texas for the 1997 Royal Rumble. Marvel at the neon cacti of Denim and Diamonds on Shotgun, be wowed by Stone Cold Steve Austin's amazing performance during the Royal Rumble match, and be shocked at just how quickly they set up February's In Your House PPV on Raw.
2014-09-053h 17A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 02This week's episode of Shotgun may be one of the worst hours of wrestling ever televised. It includes a Todd Pettengill / Honky Tonk Man duet, and a fake sex tape that may out Sunny as a furry. (You can't make this stuff up.) Superstars and Raw fare better thanks to the first interview of the year from one of the greatest mic masters in the history of professional wrestling: the one and only Ahmed Johnson.
2014-08-211h 48A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 RetrospectiveA Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 01In the first of a 52-part series, Kellen Scrivens and Tom Hemmings review Week 1 of 1997 in the WWF. This episode features the debut of Shotgun Saturday Night from New York's Mirage Nightclub, along with coverage of Superstars and Monday Night Raw.
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