Life at college or sixth form can be full on. The start of a new year is a great time to pause, pray and ponder on the ‘what next?’ In today’s episode, we are joined by two guests who recently finished college and are now coming to the end of their GAP years. Listen in to hear about their experience and see whether a GAP year could be a good fit for you.

• Check out Yorkshire Camps here: yorkshirecamps.org.uk/training-team/
• Check out The Message School of Evangelism here: www.message.org.uk/mse/
• Read about three other student’s GAP year experiences here: www.festive.org.uk/blog/gap

Do you long to step out in faith but often feel that fear holds you back? This week, we welcome Dan Randall to help us get to the root of our fears. What do we do when they rise up? What resources do we have as Christians to grow in this area – building greater resilience and courage? This is an honest and helpful chat that we pray will lift your eyes to how God can use you to be salt and light, even when fears rise.

• Dan mentioned his involvement in both The Way UK (www.instagram.com/thewayuk) and Amplify Young Evangelists Academy (www.amplifyacademy.co.uk) - two excellent places to check out if you’re a Christian at college or sixth form.
• For loads of ideas, free resources and inspiration in sharing Jesus this Christmas, check out: www.festive.org.uk/christmas-resources

In today’s episode, Sara Stevenson from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics (OCCA) helps unpack whether Science really is at odds with faith. She looks back at her own journey, dismantles common misconceptions and gives some great advice on pointing sceptical and scientific mates to Jesus.

Sara gave some excellent places to dig into this topic a bit more – including resources to pass on to seeking and sceptical friends:

Video content and events

• Reboot Questions: www.rebootquestions.com and www.youtube.com/REBOOTquestions
• OCCA content (Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics): www.youtube.com/@OCCAOxford

Recommended Podcasts

• Unbelievable? https://www.premier.plus/unbelievable/podcasts/episodes
• Speak Life (Glen Scrivener): https://open.spotify.com/show/6RTY21mbOb3G0ywyXvowqy and https://www.youtube.com/@SpeakLifeMedia

Recommended books

• Can Science explain Everything? By Prof John Lennox:
• Origins by Paul Copan and Douglas Jacoby
• Am I Just My Brain? By Sharon Dirckx