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Well, hello everybody. This is Simon Gilbo, and I'm back this week with a familiar name to many of us.

His name is Nikki Gumble. He's the pioneer of the Alpha Course. He's a vicar of H-TB. He's author of a whole load of books. I've really benefited Nikki from your Bible in the year. And when I said I was interviewing you a couple of hours ago to my wife, she said, oh, brilliant. Thank you for the Bible in the year. It's been such a blessing. So thank you for your impact on our life. Welcome.

Oh, brilliant. Thank him for the Bible in the year. It's

been such a blessing. So thank you for your impact on our life. Welcome.

Thanks, Simon. Great to be with you. Well, I really appreciate your time. So listen,

let's just get straight into it. In terms of your faith journey, could you just go back a bit?

You know, how did you come to faith? What was your background?

My father was Jewish.

He was a German Jew who escaped from the Nazis in the 1930s.

He was disbarred as a lawyer in Germany, came over to this country and he practiced as a barrister here.

And then he met my mother.

On the other side, she was also a barrister on the other side of a case.

They got married.

And she was not a church girl.

So I didn't have a church game background.

But when I was in my first

year at university, through Nikki and Silla Lee telling me that they had become Christians and wanting

to help them out, I decided to do some research and ended up reading an old Bible I'd had at school

for RE, and it was reading the New Bible I'd had at school for RE,

and it was reading the New Testament as I read about Jesus.

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