Episode 3 - Series 3. Suffering, living with impairment and glory with Professor Terry Young.

Terry Young was born to missionary parents working in the Middle East. He has always tried to unify his life of worship and secular missions, and has been part of church leadership teams in Essex, and at Slough Baptist Church. He has written a few books that link worlds, including After the Fishermen, and Jake, Just Learn to Worship. After a mobile early childhood his family settled in the UK to the northwest of Birmingham, and eventually he studied at the local university. After his doctoral studies he worked for 16 years in Chelmsford undertaking research and business development in the aerospace sector, where his interest was in fibre optics and photonics. In the end he gravitated to healthcare systems and move to Datchet with a position as a university professor.

Blog series referenced in the interview are from Baptist Times:

Pandemic series (1-9 April 2020)

· Christians in the crisis · God and the nations · Fear not! · The balance between trust and action (Hezekiah’s tunnel) · Blessings in disguise

Lockdown learning series (27 May – 4 June 2020)

· Learning under lockdown: trying something new · Learning under lockdown: just listening · Learning under lockdown: fast and slow reading · Learning under lockdown: driven by curiosity · Learning under lockdown: Bible study in a socially distanced world

Series from 1 Peter (7-20 January 2021)

· Calling and being called

· Alert and sober

· Suffering and glory

· An upside down world

· Peter and baptism

He has also published a number of books including Making sense of Romans and John On… Reflections on an unusual gospel

https://www.wordsbydesign.online/shop/making-sense-of-romans-when-you-read-it-for-yourself

study guide https://www.wordsbydesign.online/shop/making-sense-of-romans-study-guide

https://www.wordsbydesign.online/shop/john-on-reflections-on-an-unusual-gospel

study guide https://www.wordsbydesign.online/shop/john-on-study-guide