Cross Section

Ep 109: Reacting to Glastonbury and a year of Keir Starmer's government

In this episode of Cross Section, Danny Webster, Alicia Edmund and Mark Gilmore react to the Glastonbury festival and controversy regarding the BBC and Bob Vylan. The team also react to the confusion around welfare reforms and the first year of the Labour government. Stay tuned for predictions of who could last in the cabinet...
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Ep 108: Debating dignity: welfare cuts and the rights and wrongs of conscience voting

In this episode of Cross Section, Alicia Edmund, Peter Lynas and Danny Webster react to the hugely significant and challenging week in UK politics. This includes discussing what will happen next with assisted suicide. They also debate whether conscience votes are a good thing and discuss the government's welfare cuts. 
https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/christian-mp-in-favour-assisted-dying
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Ep 107: From Westminster to Iran: abortion vote and people finding Jesus in the midst of conflict

In this episode of Cross Section, Peter Lynas, Zanna Meynell and Danny Webster discuss this significant week in Westminster. They reflect on the decriminalisation of abortion, assisted suicide debate and the grooming gangs report.
In the second half of the episode, Zanna is joined by David Yeghnazar from ELAM. David shares about the impact of the Israel/Iran conflict on Christians there, the way God is at work, encouragements about people coming to Christ and how the UK church can be praying.
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Ep 106: Should someone be prosecuted for burning the Qur'an?

In this episode of Cross Section, Peter Lynas, Danny Webster and Zanna Meynell discuss the latest headlines. Danny does a 60 second round up of the Spending Review, the team talk about the freedom of speech in relation to Islamophobia and the burning of the Qur'an and finish in response to the violence and tensions in Ballymena.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiJm8MNjml4
https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/prayer-centre/a-prayer-for-ballymena
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Ep 105: 'Progressive' Labour MPs push to change abortion laws in England and Wales

On today's episode Dawn McAvoy, Both Lives UK Lead joins Cross Section regulars Alicia Edmund and Danny Webster to analyse MPs contributions to this week's e-petition Westminster Hall debate to decriminalise abortion and discuss how proposals could harm both lives in pregnancy.
The team also chat about the new "Finding Jesus" report published by the Evangelical Alliance and the new BBC documentary "Sex After Religion" where individuals from different faith groups talk about their relationship to sexuality and faith.
Download 'Finding Jesus' research now - findingjesus.co.uk
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Ep 104: Labour u-turns, benefit cuts & the spiritual warfare debate around fantasy movies

In this week's episode, Danny Webster. Alicia Edmund and Zanna Meynell discuss Labours u-turns in relation to winter fuel payments and the two child cap. They also react to the impact of benefit cuts on the disabled. The team finish with a discussion of whether it is right for Christians to watch Harry Potter. 
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Ep 103: Rhett Mclaughlin's deconversion, immigration and Pope Leo XIV

In this episode of Cross Section, Peter Lynas, Zanna Meynell and Danny Webster discuss that viral podcast episode with Alex O'Connor and Rhett Mclaughlin where they discuss Rhett's deconversion. The team also react to the new pope and Starmer's comments about immigration.
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Ep 102: Should evangelicals care about the rise of Reform or the new pope?

In this episode, Peter Lynas, Danny Webster and Zanna Meynell discuss the rise of Reform and how we can be having conversations about politics in our churches. The team also talk about the importance of the new pope for evangelicals and react to our new resource, Changing Church.
Changing Church 2025 - Evangelical Alliance
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Ep 101: Reacting to the Supreme Court ruling, Trump and Kneecap

In episode 101 of Cross Section, Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund and Danny Webster react to the Supreme Court ruling about what defines a woman. They also discuss Trump's first 100 days and the Kneecap controversy that has taken the media by storm.
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Bonus Episode | Understanding this missional moment, with Gavin Calver

In this bonus episode of Cross Section, Alicia Edmund and Peter Lynas are joined by Gavin Calver, CEO of the Evangelical Alliance. They discuss the hugely significant findings of The Bible Society's new report 'The Quiet Revival'. They talk about the statistics that show the church is growing and how the church can seize this missional opportunity. This is an episode not to be missed. 
https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/research/quiet-revival
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