148: Men and women in God’s family with Simon Flinders

About this episode

The episode discusses Jesus' radical perspective on family life and its implications for Christians.

Christians have always been very pro-family. In fact, historically and in some parts of the world, Christianity and traditional family values are seen as much the same thing. This makes the actual content of the Gospels and what Jesus says about family very surprising—even shocking. It's not as if Jesus is against marriage and family, but his teaching about how to relate to our families brings a radical challenge to our total and unquestioned devotion to our families and to our practice of putting our families first, above all else. CCL Director Tony Payne chats to Simon Flinders, Archdeacon to the Archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, about Jesus’ radical new perspective on family life. For an edited transcript and show notes, visit our website . To ask questions or to get in touch with us about this series, send us a voice memo or email to ccl AT moore edu au . Find out more and register for the 2026 Priscilla & Aquila Centre Annual Conference (Mon 2 Feb 2026). Simon Flinders will be delivering the plenary addresses on the topic of “Radical kinship: Men and women in God’s family”. Support the work of the Centre by making a tax-deductible donation . Please note: The…

People in this episode

Host: Tony Payne

Guest: Simon Flinders

Topics covered

• family values
• Christianity
• Jesus' teachings
• radical kinship
• men and women in God's family

Keywords

• Christian family
• Gospels
• family devotion
• radical challenge
• family life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for Christian Living, Anglican Diocese of Sydney

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