The Panic Room by Third Space

It’s easy to panic at times like this. So much going on. So much uncertainty. The Panic Room by Third Space is a place to park your panic. In the Panic Room we’ll discuss why we feel the way we do in troubled times, what responses people have, and how there might be a pathway through it to give us calm in a panicky world.

Join the 10min live discussion at 9am weekdays (Perth time) with David Robertson and Stephen McAlpine on the Third Space Facebook page. Or watch the edited recording published here later the same day. It will be rough and ready and is hastily thrown together! Bring your questions and we’ll address them in the next episodes.

Catch up on all The Panic Room episodes below.

Panic Room - Episode 1

It’s easy to panic at times like this. So much going on. So much uncertainty. The Panic Room is a place to park your panic. In the Panic Room we’ll discuss why we feel the way we do in troubled times, what responses people have, and how there might be a pathway through it that can give us calm in a panicky world. David Robertson and Stephen McAlpine discuss the format of this hastily thrown together, rough and ready new series - as a bit of a taster - to help you survive isolation imposed as a result of the coronavirus. Key message? Don't panic!

Panic Room 5 - The end of religion?

Peter Fitzsimmons thinks that mainstream religion will decline because the elderly will die of COVID-19. What do you think? Is it only the elderly who are religious?

Panic Room 2 - Imagine

Panic is certainly what we did with our first live-streamed episode! If you missed the panicked and chaotic live version - here's the edited and less panicked edition. (We promised rough - and that's certainly what it was!) Imagine no cities. Imagine no heaven. Imagine no possessions. What did you think of the 'heartwarming' celebrity rendition of John Lennon's 'Imagine'?

Panic Room 27 - Russell Brand, Ricky Gervais and Oneness

Join us for our FINAL episode of the Panic Room! At 11am David Robertson and Stephen McAlpine will look more deeply at the ponderings of Russell Brand with regard to his sense of oneness with nature and humanity. When we emerge from COVID-19 isolation, will we have the opportunity for a new way of connecting? Could we experience this oneness he so yearns for? What is the Christian answer to this theory of oneness?

Panic Room 27 - Russell Brand, Ricky Gervais and Oneness

Join us for our FINAL episode of the Panic Room! At 11am David Robertson and Stephen McAlpine will look more deeply at the ponderings of Russell Brand with regard to his sense of oneness with nature and humanity. When we emerge from COVID-19 isolation, will we have the opportunity for a new way of connecting? Could we experience this oneness he so yearns for? What is the Christian answer to this theory of oneness?

Panic Room 3 - Sign of the times

A sign of the times? How should we interpret what's happening? In today's Panic Room we look at The Lord of the Rings: “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” The key resource referenced in this video is a chapter of the Bible - Matthew 16. See here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+16&version=NIV

Panic Room 25 - What is Russell Brand Missing?

Join us as we discuss the fascinating conversations about God between Russell Brand and Ricky Gervais. Russell asks such fantastic questions, but for all the questions, he is just missing the answers. What answers would Jesus offer him?

Panic Room 26 - The Naivety of Ricky Gervais

Staunch atheist and comedian Ricky Gervais presents juvenile arguments against the existence of God. As someone who holds himself up as an intellectual, he fails to recognise or understand the centuries of philosophical and theological thought of those who've gone before him. See how you think his arguments stand up in this - one of our best conversations - the penultimate Panic Room episode!

Panic Room 26 - The Naivety of Ricky Gervais

Staunch atheist and comedian Ricky Gervais presents juvenile arguments against the existence of God. As someone who holds himself up as an intellectual, he fails to recognise or understand the centuries of philosophical and theological thought of those who've gone before him. See how you think his arguments stand up in this - one of our best conversations - the penultimate Panic Room episode!

Panic Room 8 - The death of death

In a great article by Carl Trueman called 'Deaths Delayed' the author says this: "We have clearly become accustomed to remarkably comfortable lives. How else do we explain fights in supermarkets over toilet paper?... And I have often wondered about the significance of “saving lives.” “ Delaying deaths,” while culturally tasteless, is technically more accurate. We are born to die. Death is inevitable, which is why each of us finds it so terrifying." COVID-19 is bringing to light our culture's fear of death. But there is a solution to this problem. There has in fact been a death of death.

Panic Room 4 - Authority

Do you have a problem with authority? Do you trust the government and the way it is currently handling the COVID-19 crisis? Who's authority are we coming under and why?

Panic Room 9 - Easter Bunnies and Viruses

Good news! The Easter Bunny has been granted special access to Queensland even though rabbits are banned from the state. Why do we eat chocolate rabbits at Easter time? Why did Australia construct a rabbit proof fence? What does all of this have to do with the death and resurrection of Jesus? These serious questions and more will be addressed in today's eisode of 'The Panic Room!" with David Andrew Robertson and Stephen McAlpine.

Panic Room 21 - Mental Health Meltdown

The ABC has revealed that GOOD Friday was a particularly BAD Friday for the mental health help line - Lifeline. It recorded its busiest day on record, in its busiest month on record. The second wave of health problems from COVID-19 will be mental health issues. Is there a way out of this pain?

Panic Room 17 - Singing in a Strange Land

Singer Colin Buchanan joins The Panic Room today! How does he sing at a time like this? Should we all learn to sing in this period of lockdown? What is that special something we find in collective singing? How does he cope with the responsibility of teaching children? Join us today as we dive deep into the heart and mind of one of Australia's most well-known and well-loved Christian entertainers.

Panic Room 7 - Running and Death

Stephen loves running but he doesn't love our culture's approach to death. How do we as a society make sense of the fear of death from COVID-19 and the willingness to back euthanasia and abortion? Is not all life precious?

Panic Room 10 - The Unravelling

Week three of lockdown. Are we already unravelling? Have we already decended into chaos and madness? Or are we incredibly blessed in this country? Journalists Catherine McGregor and Julia Baird have some interesting perspectives to consider. Check out the latest episode of 'The Panic Room!' to dive in deep. Articles referenced in this episode include: Catherine McGregor - https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/time-to-ponder-eternity-as-daylight-saving-clocks-off/news-story/0579a1712ef4efef4fd5cfe4ac4c8e3a Julia Baird - https://www.smh.com.au/national/scott-morrison-is-a-genuine-christian-of-course-he-s-going-to-pray-20200403-p54gr2.html

Panic Room 13 - Black Friday? or Good Friday?

How can the horrific death of Jesus on a cross be something to celebrate? How do you make sense of the Christian conviction that 'the wrath of God was satisfied' through the crucifixion of His only son? Is God involved in some kind of sick 'cosmic child abuse'? Why is God so angry? David Robertson and Stephen McAlpine discuss what the death of Jesus means and why it is so significant.

Panic Room 6 - Groundhog Day

Welcome to Groundhog Day! Another day working, schooling, isolating at home. And some of us have it tougher than others. Working parents trying to home school their children in particular.

Panic Room 16 - The Light Within

In her latest book 'Phosphorescence', Julia Baird encourages readers to "find the light within". But what if the light within is darkness? Is there not hope beyond ourselves? In this time of crisis, can we really look inside ourselves for all the answers, all the hope?

Panic Room 14 - Just another manic Monday?

Happy Dyngus Day! Now that Easter Sunday is over, do we just get on with life as normal? Even in this pandemic, is it just another manic Monday? Or does Easter Sunday change everything? And what does all this have to do with women being the initial witnesses to the resurrection of Jesus?

Panic Room 20 - Atheists ain't got no songs

Atheists ain’t got no songs? Where do we get our inspiration for music? Can we plumb the heights and depths of human experience and human emotion without some sort of spiritual connection? Where does music and creativity come from?

Panic Room 11 - Looking to the future

As our Government makes difficult decisions to deal with COVID-19 that will have long-term implications for the wellbeing of Australians, we are starting to count the cost. How much of the economy do we destroy? How do we protect our collective future?

Panic Room 15 - Starting Over

Are you using this period of isolation to reinvent yourself? Yearning for a fresh start? Today we look at the Netflix series 'Unorthodox' and the story of Nicodemus to understand how our lives can be truly transformed.

Panic Room 19 - To school or not to school?

Are we going to school or not? What's happening for term two? What is the right answer here? What's the right relationship between education and christianity? Isn't education just indoctrination?