Skip the quack
Skip the quack
Podcast Description
Cutting Through the Noise is your weekly dose of thought-provoking conversations about faith, leadership, and youth culture. Hosted by a passionate leader with over 33 years of experience in youth work and leadership across 80+ nations, this podcast brings a unique, global perspective to the challenges and opportunities faced by today’s youth.
In each 10-minute episode, we dive deep into the intersection of faith and leadership, offering insights, stories, and practical tips that empower listeners to make a real difference in their communities. Whether you're navigating the challenges of faith, the complexities of modern youth culture or looking for inspiration to lead with purpose, Cutting Through the Noise is here to encourage, equip, and inspire.
Tune in weekly for impactful conversations that speak directly to your heart and equip you to lead with faith and authenticity. While Neil is a youth practisioner everything touched on can be applied in many other areas of life.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of faithfulness in adversity, leadership challenges, and youth culture dynamics, with episodes including discussions on staying faithful when facing struggles and understanding how God uses people despite their personal battles. Specific examples include conversations on the impact of unanswered prayers and the implications of leading with invisible disabilities, all aimed at empowering listeners to make a difference in their communities.
Cutting Through the Noise is your no-fluff, 10-minute hit of faith, leadership, and real talk about life in today’s culture. Hosted by Neil, CEO of British Youth for Christ with 33+ years’ experience across 80+ nations, this podcast blends gritty honesty with biblical hope.
Each week, we tackle the real questions—about God, purpose, identity, and the challenges of leading in a world that’s loud, distracted, and often disillusioned. From the raw realities of ministry to timeless truths for everyday discipleship, you’ll get practical wisdom, unpolished stories, and Spirit-led encouragement you can use—whether you’re in full-time ministry, parenting teens, or simply trying to follow Jesus in real life.
If you’re done with fake, hungry for depth, and ready to cut through the noise, this podcast will help you live, lead, and love with authenticity and courage.
Ever felt like you’ve poured yourself out — worked hard, prayed harder, showed up faithfully — and still have nothing to show for it?
How do we make sense of sowing when someone else gets to reap? And what happens when the applause never comes, when we’re overlooked, when we’re knocked down again and again?
In this raw, unfiltered episode we dive into:
The tension between labouring in vain (Isaiah 49:4) and bearing much fruit (John 15).
The sting of sowing unseen while others reap the harvest and the praise.
What it means to be “knocked down but not destroyed” (2 Corinthians 4).
Wrestling with the promise that “He who began a good work will see it through” (Philippians 1:6).
Why obedience may matter more than visible outcomes.
This isn’t neat. It isn’t polished. It’s about facing the ache of unfruitful seasons and rediscovering why your labour in the Lord is never wasted — even when it feels like it is.
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