The Graham Joseph Hill Podcast
A theologian who's done the reading, following the Jesus Way through the hardest questions facing Christians and the world, with depth, honesty, and hope.
I'm Graham Joseph Hill, and I research and write every episode myself, then think it through with you the way two people might talk across a kitchen table. These are long-form, deeply researched explorations of faith, justice, spirituality, culture, and the global church. You won't always land where I land, and that's the point. On each topic, I'll lay out the strongest case on every side, go deep into what the Bible and the Christian tradition actually say, draw in history, philosophy, science, and sociology, and ask what it all means for how we live now. Every episode ends where I believe the gospel leads: in hope. And I close each one by recommending three books that have shaped my thinking, in case you want to go further.
We take on the questions people are genuinely wrestling with. Faith and honest doubt. Anxiety, grief, burnout, and the care of the soul. The global church, and what Majority World Christians can teach the West. Following Jesus in a post-Christian Australia. Power, gender, sexuality, and who gets to lead. Technology and the shape of the human person. Justice for refugees, the poor, the imprisoned, and the land. Science and the case for God. Politics when the nation pulls the church sideways. Indigenous justice and reconciliation. And the slow, steady work of prayer and formation. No topic is off limits.
If you're looking for Christianity engaged with mind and heart together, thoughtful, fair to the people it disagrees with, grounded in Scripture, honest about the hardest things, and alive to the present moment, you'll be at home here.
Graham Joseph Hill (OAM, PhD) is an Australian theologian and the author of more than thirty books, and an Adjunct Research Fellow and Associate Professor in the School of Theology at Charles Sturt University.
There's a written companion to every episode at my Substack, grahamjosephhill.substack.com, so you can read along or go deeper. Follow the podcast so you don't miss an episode. If something here resonates, share it with someone who needs it. And if you've got a question you'd like me to take on, or a topic you wish I'd explore, email me at GrahamPodcast@icloud.com.
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A word on where I stand. I hold that the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired and infallible Word of God, written by holy people carried along by the Holy Spirit, and that they carry supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct. This episode asks how we read Scripture faithfully, and it questions one particular approach that treats the Bible as a flawless instruction manual, clear on every question and flat across every page. The authority of Scripture holds firm through that whole conversation, and the tradition offers ancient and generous ways of reading the text that make room for our hardest questions and our deepest trust at the same time. I'm writing from inside historic Christian faith, shaped by the Nicene, Apostles', and Chalcedonian creeds, and centred on Jesus Christ, crucified and risen for us.
Episodes
Apr 5, 2026
Apr 5, 2026
1 hr 9 min
What happens when the faith you were given as a child stops making sense? A migration is unfolding across Western Christianity, and the Christ-centered mystics saw it coming centuries ago.A word on where I stand. I hold that the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired and infallible Word of God, written by holy people carried along by the Holy Spirit, and that they carry supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct. I'm writing from inside historic Christian faith, shaped by the Nicene, Apostles', and Chalcedonian creeds, and centered on Jesus Christ, crucified and risen for us.
In this episode, I explore the exvangelical movement through the lens of Scripture, the Christian mystical tradition, sociology, and pastoral theology. I examine the idols that drive people from the church, including certainty, power, nationalism, purity culture, and tribalism. I engage with voices like St. John of the Cross, Simone Weil, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Charles Taylor, and Paul Ricoeur. And I ask what reconstruction looks like for those who've walked through the fire, and what the church must learn if it wants to accompany people through the wilderness with honesty, humility, and love.
Book recommendations: The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross, Waiting for God by Simone Weil, and A Secular Age by Charles Taylor.
Email us at GrahamPodcast@icloud.com
See my Substack with an article related to this episode:
https://grahamjosephhill.substack.com/
Podcast links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GrahamJosephHillPodcast
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7aqTMTcoYPcvneL4xg4Ohv
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-graham-joseph-hill-podcast/id1890838919
Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-tsqgs-1534f12
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/271b0dd3-990d-41e6-b4ba-3fd4bcf78cef
iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/329136112
Player FM: https://player.fm/series/3726148
Listen Notes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-graham-joseph-hill-podcast/id1890838919
Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-graham-joseph-hill-podcast-6435212
Boomplay: https://www.boomplaymusic.com/podcasts/143800
Apr 5, 2026
Apr 5, 2026
2 min
Conversations about faith, justice, spirituality, culture, and the global church.
Graham Joseph Hill OAM PhD is an Australian theologian, the award-winning author of more than 30 books, and a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to theological education. On this podcast, he explores the questions that matter most for Christians today. What can Majority World Christians teach the Western church about mission? How do we follow Jesus faithfully in a post-Christian Australia? What does the Bible say about power, gender, and who gets to lead? How do we hold Christ at the centre when nationalism pulls the church sideways? How should we respond to AI, secularism, and shifting culture? What does a resilient Christian community look like in fractured times?
New episodes each fortnight. Got a question or suggestion? Email GrahamPodcast@icloud.com
See my Substack with articles related to this podcast:
https://grahamjosephhill.substack.com/
Podcast links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GrahamJosephHillPodcast
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7aqTMTcoYPcvneL4xg4Ohv
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-graham-joseph-hill-podcast/id1890838919
Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-tsqgs-1534f12
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/271b0dd3-990d-41e6-b4ba-3fd4bcf78cef
iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/329136112
Player FM: https://player.fm/series/3726148
Listen Notes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-graham-joseph-hill-podcast/id1890838919
Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-graham-joseph-hill-podcast-6435212
Boomplay: https://www.boomplaymusic.com/podcasts/143800