Tuesday Talks is a short talk 1.10pm to 1.40pm most Tuesdays. It's a friendly, relaxed opportunity to explore modern issues through the lens of faith.

For more events in the city, visit the ChaplaincyPlus website. Recordings of previous talks can be found below, along with bible passages and other resources.

Who listens to Sermons anymore?

Upside-down values (20 September) - listen here

• Portraits of Charles Simeon
• Information about Charles Simeon
• Anonymous advice
• The beatitudes from the gospel of Matthew
• The 'negative' 'worldly' or 'opposite' beatitudes
• The Message version of the beatitudes

Out of the salt-shaker (27 September) - Listen Here

The long arm of the Law (4 October) - Listen Here

In the dock... (11 October) - listen here and here

• Sam Allberry's twitter account
• Jesus' speaks about anger
• A modern paraphrase of Paul's letter to the Ephesians about anger
• Boiling Point a report by the Mental Health Organisation about the problem of anger
• Chapter 15 of the book of Proverbs
• The book Psalms as tools for prayer

Affairs of the heart... (18 October) - Listen Here

Let your ‘yes’ be ‘yes’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no’ (25 October) - Listen Here

The great giveaway (1 November) - audio coming soon

Don’t tell a soul (8 November) - Listen Here

The Lord’s Prayer (15 November) - Listen Here

Hungry for life (22 November) - audio coming soon

You’ve gotta serve somebody (29 November) - audio coming soon

Tuesday Talks Carol Service (6 December) - ALL WELCOME!

'A line in the sand'

No experience of life is ever wasted (31 May 2016) - listen here

• Chapter 1 of the book of Daniel

Daydream believer? (7 June 2016) - listen here 

• Chapter 2 of the book of Daniel 
• Some resources to help you think through the EU referendum from a Christian perspective: Christian Action, Research and Education, Christians in Politics, Evangelical Alliance, Reimagining Europe, Theos, Jubilee Centre, The Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
• The book The Queen and the King she serves (available from the cathedral)
• For the Glory, the biography of Eric Liddell

To whom will you bow? (21 June 2016) - listen here

• Chapter 3 of the book of Daniel

Out of the mouths of... Kings! (28 June 2016) - listen here

• Chapter 4 of the book of Daniel
• More information about the Birmingham Prayer Breakfast 2016
• Election Advice from John Wesley, 1774
• Six things the Lord hates... from the Book of Proverbs
• The Lord alone will be exalted... from the Book of Isaiah
• Unless you change and become like children... from the Gospel of Matthew
• Nigel Farage's speech to the European Parliament

And the writing's on the wall... (5 July 2016) - listen here

• Chapter 5 of the book of Daniel
• Rembrandt's painting Belshazzar's Feast
• Footage of the Iceland Football Team's homecoming

Dare to be a Daniel (12 July 2016) - listen here

• Chapter 6 of the book of Daniel
• Subscribe to the ChaplaincyPlus mailing list
• Tony Benn's autobiography, Dare to be a Daniel
• Lyrics to the song 'Dare to be a Daniel'
• Daniel 3:18 'Even if He doesn't...'
• A short article about Eric Liddell, Olympic runner
• The Open Doors World Watch List of countries where Christians are persecuted
• Romans 12:1-2 from the J B Philips Paraphrase of the New Testament

'Seven deadly sins'

Pride (12 April 2016) - listen here

• Dealing with Pride by Graham Tomlin
• A series by the Guardian on the Panama Papers leak
• An interview with Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain in the Telegraph about Justin Welby
• A video from BBC news of Dennis Skinner being asked to leave the House of Commons for calling David Cameron "Dodgy Dave"
• Mere Christianity a book by C S Lewis
• The Reign of King Uzziah from the second book of Chronicles
• Jesus washes the disciples' feet from John's Gospel
• Six things the Lord hates from the book of proverbs

Envy (19 April 2016) - listen here  

• A saying from the book of Proverbs
• A quote by Mark Twain

Anger (26 April 2016) - sorry, this talk wasn't recorded due to a technical issue

Gluttony (3 May 2016) - sorry, this talk wasn't recorded due to a technical issue

Lust (10 May 2016) - listen here

• James Wallman's book Stuffocation: Living More with Less
• Richard Foster's book Money, Sex and Power
• Jesus' words on adultery from Matthew's Gospel (and the same story from the Message version)
• The story of David and Bathsheba from the book of Samuel
• Stephen Covery's book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Greed (17 May 2016) - listen here

• The Christian Aid website
• Peter J Kreeft's book Back to Virtue
• An article by Christine Hoover about the greed of social media
• The Parable of the Rich Fool from John's Gospel
• Psalm 103

Sloth (24 May 2016) - listen here

• The Parable of the Talents from Matthew's Gospel
• An address by Dorothy Sayers on Sloth
• St Paul's advice to the Philippians