1) The Mind Renewed
The Mind Renewed : Thinking Christianly in a New World Order is a Podcast and Website dedicated to understanding the world in which we live from a Christian worldview perspective.
We are acutely conscious of propaganda in the mainstream media and of the bewildering mass of information in the alternative media—some of it reliable, much of it not. We therefore seek to address matters of concern to people (whether they be 'people of faith' or none) in an unsensational and informed fashion, in the hope that truth will be uncovered and that bridges will be built between people through greater understanding.
Therefore, whether it be the Surveillance State, the threat of Global Government, False-Flag Terrorism, the danger of New Religious Movements (NRMs), or any other issue too often ignored by the institutional church, The Mind Renewed analyses, interprets and critiques from a Christian worldview perspective.
And in all that we do, we call upon our listeners to lay aside preconceptions and embrace an openness of mind that seeks to follow the truth wherever it may lead. In the words of Paul from the New Testament:
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds..." (Romans 12:2, New Revised Standard Version)
The Mind Renewed (TMR) is fully independent of any religious, political or other institution. It is also non-commercial and entirely listener-supported, which enables its productions to remain freely available and free from aggressive and irrelevant advertising.
TMR is affiliated to Revelations Radio Network (RRN via Apple Podcasts)
TMR is currently ranked by Listen Notes in the top 2% of podcasts globally. (TMR via Listen Notes)
2) Julian Charles
The Mind Renewed is edited, produced and presented by Dr. Julian Charles, a Christian thinker, preacher and podcaster based in the UK. Educated at London, Cambridge and York Universities, he holds a PhD in music and is married with two children.
For more on Julian Charles and what motivates this website, please listen to TMR 55 : Julian Charles on Revelations Radio News.
The Mind Renewed respects visitors' privacy and will never share any email addresses or names with third parties without express permission.
The Mind Renewed does not directly collect, store or use any visitor metadata such as IP addresses. Such information may be retained by our server provider, but The Mind Renewed never accesses it.
From the outset it has been the policy of The Mind Renewed to minimise the use of "cookies". However, it is a feature of the Joomla! Content Management System (CMS) upon which this website is built to use a "session browser cookie".
A session browser cookie is a random string of characters generated by the Content Management System of this website in order to identify (in a non-personal way) a visitor to the website. No personally identifiable data is stored by the cookie. Its purpose is to remember— for a limited period of time (see below)—a visitor's preferences and browsing activity on the website for the purpose of enhancing their experience of the website.
Because it is a session cookie it will expire (ie. be automatically deleted) when the visitor's web browser is closed. Alternatively, it may be deleted by the browser itself after a period of inactivity—such as, for example, when a visitor hasn't visited any of the pages on the website for one week. (This feature is a provision for people who leave their computer running and never close their browser.)
In addition, as the website has grown, various functionalities have been introduced: such as the TrustedSite certification badge, which reassures visitors that the website is encrypted and that TMR is "maintaining a high level of website safety standards"; and the Paypal buttons, which allow listeners to make online donations. These functionalities allow third-party cookies associated with those specific services to function on the website, none of which collects personally identifiable information.
You can nevertheless choose to disable, or selectively turn off, cookies in your browser settings.
Please be aware, however, that if you click on hyperlinks in this website that lead to other websites—or click on embedded video players, or badges and shields provided by other websites—cookies may be stored on your computer by those other websites. The Mind Renewed has no control over the cookie policies of other websites, and visitors are advised to consult the cookie policies of those websites before using those particular services.
Specifically, visitors are advised:
1) That the TrustedSite shield—which periodically appears on the bottom right-hand side of the The Mind Renewed website—if clicked, triggers a popup information box that may allow TrustedSite to place cookies on visitors' computers. (If it remains unclicked, the shield collects no personally identifiable information.)
2) That playing embedded YouTube videos allows YouTube to place cookies on visitors' computers. (If the video remains unplayed, it remains in "privacy enhanced mode".)
3) That clicking the PayPal buttons ("Donate") takes visitors to PayPal's website, which may place cookies on visitors' computers.
4) That clicking the "Buy Me A Coffee" buttons takes visitors to the website of Buy Me A Coffee (buymeacoffee.com), which may place cookies on visitors' computers.
5) That clicking on the Voicemail button on The Mind Renewed leads to Speakpipe.com, which may also place cookies on visitors' computers.
6) That clicking on Internet radio badges, such as TuneIn, Stitcher, Spreaker, iTunes, etc. leads off-site to other websites and web-services, each of which may place cookies on visitors' computers. Should you be concerned in any way, you are advised to consult the privacy policies of such providers before following these links.
In each case, The Mind Renewed has no control over the management of these other websites and web-services, and visitors are advised to consult the cookie policies of these third-party websites and web-services for further information.
In using this website, visitors understand and agree to the following:
While efforts have been made to enhance the safety and trustworthiness of this website—such as SSL and security certification—The Mind Renewed gives no guarantee that this website, and any internal or external Internet content to which it links, shall be free of errors, malicious code or computer viruses.
The views expressed by guests on this website are the sole responsibility of the guests themselves and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mind Renewed.
The Mind Renewed shall therefore not be responsible for any loss of data, financial loss, claims of libel, damages or loss said to arise from the use of this website, or any linked content, or the reliance upon any information so provided.
The Mind Renewed takes most seriously the rights of copyright holders, and makes every effort to comply with copyright licence requirements in its use of third-party creative materials. However, should a copyright holder find a reproduction, in whole or part, on this website that he or she believes to be not in accordance with its licence, or not in accordance with his or her personal beliefs with respect to that copyright, we invite that person to contact us, and we shall remedy the issue as soon as possible.
The Mind Renewed also wishes to stress: The fact that third-party creative materials appear on the The Mind Renewed website and in its productions should in no way be understood as implying that the creators of these third-party materials endorse anything produced by The Mind Renewed.
The Mind Renewed reserves the right to modify the terms of this disclosure without notice.
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Podcast theme music by the brilliant Antony Raijekov from Jazz U album (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). In accordance with the conditions of that licence TMR wishes to state that the fact that this music appears in TMR podcasts should in no way be understood as implying that its creator endorses anything produced by TMR.