Real power

the real thing? You imagine you're out shopping and you get yourself a rugby top or a pair of Levi jeans or you see a Gucci handbag or Rolex watch.

Unfortunately, the Sneb's props budget couldn't stretch to the Gucci handbag and the Rolex watch.

But what you have, it looks good quality.

And at that price you're thinking, what a bargain.

But is it the real thing? Now there are different ways to tell.

You can check the labels.

You can see if it's an official supplier.

And maybe actually we don't care that much.

We're quite happy to settle for the replica clothes.

But counterfeit clothing costs the UK retail industry billions of pounds each year in lost revenue and lost tax revenue too.

And then there are scams.

You think it's the bank or the post office that's messaging you, but if you're not careful, you're a victim of fraud.

Or take this.

A deep fake.

That looks, in many cases, sounds so realistic, but as we know, they're AI generated.

Now, some of them are funny, but many of them deliberately spread misinformation and have ruined many people's lives.

Is it the real thing? And that's the question that prompted the writing of the first letter to the Thessalonians.

Is this a real church? What is real Christianity? And how can we tell? The Apostle Paul started this church.

You could call it the King's Church, Thessalonica.

He preached the good news about Jesus and some of the Jews and a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women joined Paul.

But so much for the soft launch of this church.

Within a month, the church had provoked a riot.

The city was in turmoil.

Some of the launch team were in prison and Paul had to flee for his life.

That's not what we're hoping will happen with all saints.

the real thing? You imagine you're out shopping and you get yourself a rugby top or a pair of Levi jeans or you see a Gucci handbag or Rolex watch.

Unfortunately, the Sneb's props budget couldn't stretch to the Gucci handbag and the Rolex watch.

But what you have, it looks good quality.

And at that price you're thinking, what a bargain.

But is it the real thing? Now there are different ways to tell.

You can check the labels.

You can see if it's an official supplier.

And maybe actually we don't care that much.

We're quite happy to settle for the replica clothes.

But counterfeit clothing costs the UK retail industry billions of pounds each year in lost revenue and lost tax revenue too.

And then there are scams.

You think it's the bank or the post office that's messaging you, but if you're not careful, you're a victim of fraud.

Or take this.

A deep fake.

That looks, in many cases, sounds so realistic, but as we know, they're AI generated.

Now, some of them are funny, but many of them deliberately spread misinformation and have ruined many people's lives.

Is it the real thing? And that's the question that prompted the writing of the first letter to the Thessalonians.

Is this a real church? What is real Christianity? And how can we tell? The Apostle Paul started this church.

You could call it the King's Church, Thessalonica.

He preached the good news about Jesus and some of the Jews and a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women joined Paul.

But so much for the soft launch of this church.

Within a month, the church had provoked a riot.

The city was in turmoil.

Some of the launch team were in prison and Paul had to flee for his life.

That's not what we're hoping will happen with all saints.