Best Joseph Beavan Podcasts (2025)

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All The Information Is On The Task (ft. guests Edgar Wright, Rosamund Pike & Isla Fisher, Michael Shannon) 1:58:03

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast would surely deserve to get a full fat five points from Greg Davies, the Taskmaster himself, as Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and John Nugent apply themselves wholeheartedly (some more wholeheartedly than others, it must be said) to deciding which Taskmaster contestant has appeared in the best fil…

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Julia Ducournau & Tahar Rahim On Alpha: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 24:35

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Alpha is the third film from the brilliant French filmmaker, Julia Ducournau, following on from her titanic debut, Raw, and her raw follow-up, Titane (which won the Palme D'Or, no less!). A tale of an unusual epidemic and generational trauma, there's much going on above and below the surface, which we get into in this interview special, as Jamie Gr…

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Saved, yes or no? (1 Minute Daily Devotion) 2:43

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Saved, yes or no? (1 Minute Daily Devotion) - So many think belief is the finish line. But the Bible calls us to more! This quick 60-second devotion explores the tapestry of true salvation, showing how faith must be woven with love and complete trust in the finished work of Christ. Don't settle for partial truth—see what's required! #toughquestions…

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Ashamed of Jesus? (1 Minute Daily Devotion) 0:47

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Ashamed of Jesus? (1 Minute Daily Devotion) - We all say a resounding “No!” But are we really that bold in our faith? Are there times that we falter or fail? Jesus … what to do … #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod #faith #dailydevotions #faithingodalways #christianrock Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/chan…

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Jenny Beavan: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 45:41

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Nicholas Hytner's The Choral, a delightful drama set in 1916 Yorkshire, is in cinemas now, folks. It features costumes designed by the legendary Jenny Beavan, who is one of the best costume designers in the business. Nominated for 12 Oscars, winner of three, Beavan has worked with directors like Robert Altman, James Ivory, and George Miller across …

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What is “salty?” (1 Minute Daily Devotion) 0:49

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What is “salty?” (1 Minute Daily Devotion) - How do you make salt “salty” again? Hmmmm, I’m not sure. Did Jesus say anything about this topic? #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod #faith #dailydevotions #faithingodalways #christianrock Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hA…

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Guard your heart? (1 Minute Daily Devotion) 0:48

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Guard your heart? (1 Minute Daily Devotion) - Everything flows from it? Sometimes its just too hard to live the way the Bible tells me to. How in the world can I ever measure up? #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod #faith #dailydevotions #faithingodalways #christianrock Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/chan…

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Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, & Ronan Day-Lewis On Anemone: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 50:02

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Every year at the London Film Festival, Empire hosts a gala screening for a film that we particularly admire. This year's choice was Ronan Day-Lewis' Anemone, a drama that we called 'sad, absurdist, brooding, tender, and intense', and which marks the return to acting of the great Daniel Day-Lewis, father of Ronan and co-writer of the movie, after e…

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What is truth? (1 Minute Daily Devotion) 0:46

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What is truth? (1 Minute Daily Devotion) - What are you talking about? You talking about in “life” or in my walk of trying to believe in God, you know, Jesus, God the Father, Holy Spirit? #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod #faith #dailydevotions #faithingodalways #christianrock Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube…

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The Sound Of Burning Felt (ft. guests Jennifer Lawrence & Lynne Ramsay; Elle Fanning & Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi; Sean Bean & Daniel Day-Lewis) 1:51:46

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Blimey, this week's episode of the Empire Podcast is star-studded, and then some. First, Chris Hewitt chats with Die, My Love star, Jennifer Lawrence, and director Lynne Ramsay, about unpredictability on set and receiving an email from Martin Scorsese; then, he has a crash course in Yautja from Predator: Badlands stars Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatan…

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A temple of the Holy Spirit! 0:57

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A temple of the Holy Spirit! Really? My body, it seems to impossible! #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod #jesusquestions #faith Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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The Shameless Plug #9: Stranger Things Has Happened 43:20

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Another month, another issue of Empire, another episode of The Shameless Plug. This time, Chris Hewitt and Nick de Semlyen sit down to talk about how Stranger Things ended up on the cover of the world's biggest movie magazine, and nearly did so upside down. And they also talk about less strange things, including the stories behind the stories of th…

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Life and death, blessings and curses? 1:59

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Life and death, blessings and curses? What gives? Why would God say that to me, no, I really want to know! #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod #jesusquestions #questionsneedanswers Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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All things that work for good? 2:06

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All things that work for good? Are you kidding me! Have you seen my life lately? That’s so unbelievable … or … is it …? #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod #jesusquestions #questionsneedanswers Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hA…

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Is “believing” the only thing that is required? 2:48

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Is “believing” the only thing that is required? Well not really. It’s only part of what’s required to have a saving relationship. Hmmmm … #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod #jesusquestions #faith Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hA…

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Shut God out of the equation? 1:47

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Shut God out of the equation? What are you talking about … Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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Now It's Time For Halloween (ft. guests Edward Berger, Yorgos Lanthimos, Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Maika Monroe) 1:56:15

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It's Halloween, folks, so this week's episode of the Empire Podcast is extra-spooky, with Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Beth Webb get way too invested in a listener question about the horror movie death that they would want for themselves. Just keep repeating: it's only a podcast, it's only a podcast, it's only a podcast. Elsewhere, o…

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If I knew then 1:28

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If I knew then what I know now, boy, things would be so different! But then again, don’t we all have that problem? Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hA…

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I need to fix myself! 2:15

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I need to fix myself! I know I’m sinful, but still I need to fix it, right? Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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Kenny Dalglish & Asif Kapadia on Kenny Dalglish: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 33:11

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If you can hear a high-pitched squealing noise in the background of our latest interview special, that's just Chris Hewitt vibrating with excitement. For this podcast puts him in the room with one of his all-time heroes, Liverpool FC icon Kenny Dalglish, who is the eponymous subject of Asif Kapadia's latest documentary, which is out today (October …

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God is faithful? 1:17

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God is faithful? God is just? God will always forgive? You really expect me to believe all of this stuff? Hmmmm … #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hA…

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Death is no more? 1:31

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Death is no more? Wipe away every tear? Are you kidding me! What kind of “pie-in-the-sky” ideas are these? #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod www.toughquestionsforgod.org Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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“Eternal Life!” 2:12

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“Eternal Life!” Woohoo, I’m sooooo excited! Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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We've Gone And Caught A Sniffle (ft. guests Nia DaCosta, Jeremy Strong, Rebecca Ferguson & Kathryn Bigelow) 1:59:22

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This week's Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt struggle with the enunciation of one word in particular (you'll have to listen to find out which). Incredibly, it's not 'Howl-o-ween', which is just one of the many things discussed by Chris and his three colleagues of such lethal cunning, Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Ben Travis. They get their teeth in…

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Partners with Christ? 1:29

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Partners with Christ? Wow, now that’s something to consider! Does He want me? Am I supposed to? How would you answer these questions…? #toughquestionsforgod #questionsforgod Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hA…

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United in death? 1:29

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United in death? Huh? What in the world are you talking about? Jesus, am I really supposed to believe this? #questionsaboutgod Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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“a man of suffering!” 2:08

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“a man of suffering!” Huh? Jesus, what are you doing? Is this truly necessary? Can’t I simply be forgiven without all of this suffering? Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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Diane, Drew And The Greatest Poster Ever (ft. guests Rebecca Miller, Channing Tatum & Kirsten Dunst, Mason Thames & Madeleine McGraw) 1:59:53

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This week's Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara and James Dyer pay tribute to two cinematic greats who left us this week: the legendary Oscar-winning actress, Diane Keaton, and Drew Struzan, the artist who defined posters, and people's walls, for decades. Struzan's work inspires this week's question, which asks our trio to identify the g…

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It’s impossible to please God! 1:29

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It’s impossible to please God! Are you kidding me, after all of this effort on my part! But wait, I do have to truly believe in Him, especially believe that He is all that Scripture tells me He is! Hmmm, it makes sense! Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/c…

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This life is sooooo hard! 1:02

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This life is sooooo hard! There’s so much to combat and maneuver around. Where can I get some help? Is it in Jesus? Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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Trust in God. 1:16

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Trust in God. Easier said than done! How is it that God has given me a brain and a sense of reason, but want’s me to trust in Him over that? Does that make any sense? How do you see it? Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hA…

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Wish You Well (ft. guests Greta Lee & Jodie Turner-Smith; Robert Aramayo; Gillian Anderson) 1:45:37

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Alex Godfrey display his versatility as an interviewer, going from utter chaos with Tron Ares stars Greta Lee & Jodie Turner-Smith [22:46 - 34:31 approx] and Gillian Anderson [1:33:01 - 1:43:53 approx] to a heartfelt and passionate chat with Robert Aramayo, star of this week's excellent drama, I Swear,…

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I’m done, just done! 1:15

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I’m done, just done! Sometimes I feel like I just can’t do it anymore. Ever felt that way? Ever wanted to just give up, or blame God for the overwhelming obstacles you’re facing? Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ where you can find past devotionals, videos and blogs Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.…

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The Shameless Plug #8: Wicked Panna Cottas 45:11

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In this month's Shameless Plug, the show in which Chris Hewitt sits down with Empire editor Nick de Semlyen to do a deep dive into the latest issue of Empire, Chris Hewitt sits down with Empire editor Nick de Semlyen to do a deep dive into the latest issue of Empire. Which, for the first time in our history, has a musical on the cover, Jon M. Chu's…

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Plans for me. Really? 1:24

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Plans for me. Really? Why haven’t I seen them unfolding all around me? God, Lord, You still have a strange way of leading me! Nevertheless, I will trust You! Looking for more … https://www.toughquestionsforgod.org/ where you can find past devotionals, videos and blogs Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/U…

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THIS LIFE IS HARD! 1:08

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Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Justin Tipping on Him: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 41:41

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Justin Tipping's Him is a Jordan Peele-produced horror film in which a young quarterback discovers the kind of sacrifices it takes to become the GOAT of American Football. That young quarterback is played by Tyriq Withers, who is taken under the wing of a legendary quarterback played by Marlon Wayans, and in this Empire Podcast interview special Ja…

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Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera & Paul Greengrass On The Lost Bus: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 43:14

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Paul Greengrass' The Lost Bus stars Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera as a bus driver and teacher, respectively, who have to navigate a deadly Californian wildfire while stuck on a school bus with a group of terrified children, very little water, and fire and flames closing in on all sides. Based on a true story (the 2018 Camp Fire is one of …

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Vendrak The Vertical, Scáthach, And The Kamino Kid (ft. guests Benny Safdie, Malcolm McDowell, Harris Dickinson) 1:55:38

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This week's Empire Podcast sees us welcome another hat-trick of wonderful guests, as Chris Hewitt has lovely chats with The Smashing Machine writer-director (and Happy Gilmore 2 villain), Benny Safdie, [24:13 - 40:39 approx] and bona fide acting legend, Malcolm McDowell, star of new WWII drama, The Partisan (please excuse the sound quality of Chris…

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Love “who” as ourselves? 1:07

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Love “who” as ourselves? What if I don’t really like them or respect them? What if they don’t like me? How’s that work? #toughquestionsforgod #dailydevotion #devotions #morningdevotion #morningdevotional Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hA…

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I can’t fix “me!” 2:39

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I can’t fix “me!” I have tried, believe me! And I’ve come to understand that “I” am my own worse enemy, problem and obstacle. Ever felt that way? #toughquestionsforgod #dailydevotion #devotional Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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Live for God, life is good! 1:31

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Live for God, life is good! Right? Or is that just foolish thinking? Does God really care, or even more, is He really there? www.toughquestionsforgod.org #jesuslife #devotions #dailydevotion #faithoverfear Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hA…

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What is the most important thing in your life? 1:29

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What is the most important thing in your life? Money? Security? Family? God? Something else? Its always been a matter of choice … #toughquestionsforgod #devotion #jesuslife Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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What’s the plan? 1:08

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What’s the plan? The world will tell you that YOU have to make your own plan for your life! But God has a plan for your life, and our job is to listen to His plan and accept it. How does that make you feel …? www.toughquestionsforgod.org Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hA…

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The Edge Is A Battenberg (ft. guests Brett Goldstein, Emma Thompson, Paul Thomas Anderson) 1:59:43

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast is one of those jam-packed ones in which we specialise. Guest-wise, Chris Hewitt is blessed with the presence of our old chum, Brett Goldstein, who talks beards, bums, and baring his soul in new romantic drama, All Of You; [18:37 - 36:33 approx] and Chris also has a lovely chat with Emma Thompson as she ent…

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Afraid? Fearful? 1:18

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Afraid? Fearful? Sure, we all have things in life that create a sense of fear. So as a Christian, how do I handle it? What if my faith is just starting, and I doubt that Jesus really said “not to fear?” www.toughquestionsforgod.org #jesuslife #devotions #dailydevotion #faithoverfear Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtub…

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Have you accepted Jesus in your life? 1:26

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Have you accepted Jesus in your life? For real? What is it that is stopping you? Check out #toughquestionsforgod #jesusquestions #godimissyou #jesusismyeverything #jesusquestions #searchforjesus Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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Ever forget about Jesus? 1:34

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Ever forget about Jesus? Opps! Sometimes we forget about God especially when things are going well. Sorry God, I’m back … #toughquestionsforgod #godimissyou #jesusismyeverything #jesusquestions #searchforjesus Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hA…

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Have you opened your heart to God? 1:18

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Have you opened your heart to God? For real! Have you? #toughquestionsforgod #jesuslovers #godislove #GODISLOVE #ineedjesus #ineedjesusinmylife Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan

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Is God testing me? 0:52

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Is God testing me? Why? Haven’t I been through enough! Come on …! #toughquestionforgod Website: www.toughquestionsforgod.org youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC769G9moIYN53BNHlGNf-hABy Joseph Beavan