Description

Little Christs is a thoughtful podcast hosted by David Cupples, a retired minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Each episode offers a devotional and practical exploration of what it truly means to live out a relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ in everyday life. The podcast goes live on 20th September and over the next 18 months around 400 episodes will be released at a rate of one bundle  of 5 per week. 

Drawing on a lifetime of pastoral experience, David unpacks Scripture, connecting biblical truths to the challenges and opportunities of modern living. Little Christs invites listeners to consider how a living union with Christ  shapes attitudes, actions, and relationships with God and with other people, encouraging a transforming and deeper walk with Christ.

Whether you’re seeking quiet reflection, spiritual encouragement, or practical guidance for daily discipleship, this podcast will aim to provide a steady and meaningful companion on the lifetime journey of becoming more like Him.

Whether you are new to the faith or have walked with Christ for many years, this introduction offers both challenge and encouragement: the call to Christlikeness is for all, and it is worked out in the details of everyday living. 

The episodes of this podcasts dig deep into the scriptures, both the Old Testament & New Testament, looking at Christ as he is presented in the whole story of the Bible.

A BROADER VISION OF CHRISTLIKENESS

1.      Hearing Christ’s Call –  come, follow, grow, run

2.      Renewed in Christ’s Image – image, imitate, example, walk –  introducing idea of becoming by beholding

3.      Receiving Christ’s Grace –  stories, parables and teachings illustrating the principle of receiving and giving 

4.      Entering Christ’s Story –  creation  fall, redemption, consummation 

5.      Knowing Christ’s Father – exploring what the Father gave to  Jesus, and Christ’s response of obedience and prayerfulness 

a.      Loved – various texts

b.      Chosen and called –  servant Songs

c.      Envisioned – - many OT passages  and themes which show where Jesus got his identity,  

d.      Taught –  Christ’s own attitude to the Old Testament 

e.      Resourced – Jesus and the Holy Spirit, angelic support

f.        Supported – his experience of God’s presence inc the transfiguration;

g.      Appreciated – his affirmation in this life  and exaltation in the next.

h.      United in a team – his helpers; his attitude to receiving help;  1 Corinthians 12 and the body of Christ.

i.        Trusted -  parable of the talents; his decisionmaking; management of time. 

Christ’s response in obedience and prayer – loving God, trusting, waiting, obeying; prayer  inc. Lord’s Prayer, Gethsemane, Luke 11, John 17.