Unbelievable?

<p>Justin hosts a lively debate between John Lennox and Peter Atkins in front of a student audience at the University of Southampton. They debate whether science can answer all the questions we need to answer or whether some questions such as miracles, purpose and human morality require a supernatural explanation.</p> <p>Christian guest John Lennox is emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Philosophy of Science at Oxford University. Atheist guest Peter Atkins is emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University.</p> <p>For ‘Can Science Explain Everything?’ by John Lennox: <a href='https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/can-science-explain-everything'>https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/can-science-explain-everything</a> </p> <p>For ‘Conjuring the Universe’ by Peter Atkins: <a href='https://global.oup.com/academic/product/conjuring-the-universe-9780198813378'>https://global.oup.com/academic/product/conjuring-the-universe-9780198813378</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Einstein said: “The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible”. In his new book ‘Logos: The mystery of how we make sense of the world’ atheist philosopher Raymond Tallis explores various explanations of why we have minds capable of understanding the universe. </p> <p>US theologian/philosopher David Bentley Hart author of ‘The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss’ joins the conversation to debate whether God is the ground of consciousness and our sense-making abilities.</p> <p>For ‘Logos’: <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logos-mystery-make-sense-world/dp/1788210875'>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logos-mystery-make-sense-world/dp/1788210875</a> </p> <p>For ‘The Experience of God’: <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Experience-God-Being-Consciousness-Bliss/dp/0300209355'>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Experience-God-Being-Consciousness-Bliss/dp/0300209355</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Dr Allan Chapman is an Oxford historian, fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a Christian believer. His new book ‘Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang: From Halley to Hubble’ traces 400 colourful years of astronomical advance and the faith of those involved.</p> <p>Friend and colleague Lord Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal, joins the conversation to talk about his recent book ‘On The Future’ and why as an agnostic he doesn’t see God as the explanation for the mystery of the Universe, even though many before him have.</p> <p>At the end of the show Justin chats to Frank Viola about his new book ‘Insurgence: Reclaiming the gospel of the Kingdom’</p> <p>For ‘Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang’: <a href='http://www.lionhudson.com/page/detail/?k=9780745980317'>http://www.lionhudson.com/page/detail/?k=9780745980317</a> </p> <p>For ‘On The Future’ <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Future-Prospects-Humanity-Martin-Rees/dp/069118044X'>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Future-Prospects-Humanity-Martin-Rees/dp/069118044X</a> </p> <p>For ‘Insurgence’ by Frank Viola <a href='http://insurgence.org/'>http://insurgence.org/</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Although he writes from a secular perspective, Jonathan Haidt’s books on moral psychology such as ‘The Righteous Mind’ have been praised by many evangelical Christians. His latest title is ‘The Coddling Of The American mind: How good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure.’</p> <p>Church leader and theologian Andrew Wilson is a fan of Haidt’s work. They discuss safe spaces, micro-aggressions, free speech, the Bible and the intersection of evolutionary psychology and faith.</p> <p>For ‘The Coddling of the American Mind’: <a href='https://www.thecoddling.com/'>https://www.thecoddling.com/</a> </p> <p>For Andrew Wilson <a href='https://thinktheology.co.uk/blog/article/peanuts_cbt_and_martin_luther_king'>https://thinktheology.co.uk/blog/article/peanuts_cbt_and_martin_luther_king</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Does the church need a #MeToo moment? Does egalitarian and complementarian theology help or harm men and women in the church? Natalie Collins, a gender justice specialist and author of ‘Out Of Control: Couples, conflict and the capacity for change’, supports an egalitarian approach to male and female roles. Phil Moore, leader of Everyday Church in London and author of ‘Straight to the Heart’ argues that a good complementarian view of scripture enables flourishing of both men and women. For Natalie Collins and the Out Of Control conference: <a href='https://www.nataliecollins.info/outofcontrolevent'>https://www.nataliecollins.info/outofcontrolevent</a> For Phil Moore <a href='http://www.philmoorebooks.com/%3C/a%3E'>http://www.philmoorebooks.com/</a> Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/</a> For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a> Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a> Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Justin chats to Kevin Palau of the Luis Palau Association, and Sam Adams, the first openly gay mayor of Portland. They talk about how they worked together, despite their differences, to make a difference in the city of Portland, and the lessons they have learned. </p> <p>Later in the show Justin is joined by John Dickson of the Centre for Public Christianity in Australia to talk about the new video documentary ‘For The Love Of God: How The Church Is Better And Worse Than You Imagined’.</p> <p>For ‘Unlikely: Setting Aside Our Differences To Live Out The Gospel’: <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unlikely-Setting-Aside-Differences-Gospel/dp/1476797269'>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unlikely-Setting-Aside-Differences-Gospel/dp/1476797269</a> </p> <p>For Kevin Palau <a href='https://www.palau.org/kevin-palau/'>https://www.palau.org/kevin-palau/</a> </p> <p>For Sam Adams <a href='https://twitter.com/samadams_tweets?lang=en'>https://twitter.com/samadams_tweets</a> </p> <p>For The Love Of God doc: <a href='https://fortheloveofgodproject.com/'>https://fortheloveofgodproject.com/</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>In a Christmas special Justin is joined by priest and physicist Revd Gillian Straine and agnostic astronomer Mark Kidger of the European Space Agency. They discuss the scientific theories for the star of Bethlehem, who the Magi were and how scientists reconcile the miracles of Christmas with science. And… cute kids alert! We hear the Christmas story retold by 6 and 7yr olds.</p> <p>Towards the end of the show Justin also asks NT Wright whether we can trust the Christmas stories in Matthew and Luke as historical.</p> <p>For Gillian Straine: <a href='http://www.gillianstraine.com/'>http://www.gillianstraine.com/</a></p> <p>For Mark Kidger’s blogs on the Star of Bethlehem <a href='https://openspacescience.blog/2017/12/01/star-of-bethlehem-reflections/'>https://openspacescience.blog/2017/12/01/star-of-bethlehem-reflections/</a> </p> <p>For a previous show on the Star of Bethlehem <a href='https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-The-Star-of-Bethlehem-Fact-or-Fiction-Colin-Nicholl-Aaron-Adair-Mark-Kidger'>https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-The-Star-of-Bethlehem-Fact-or-Fiction-Colin-Nicholl-Aaron-Adair-Mark-Kidger</a> </p> <p>For the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: <a href='http://www.askntwright.com'>http://www.askntwright.com</a></p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby gave a keynote speech at the UK Trade Union Congress in September 2018 calling for the government to change its tax and welfare policies in order to support the neediest in society.</p> <p>James Price of the Taxpayers Alliance strongly criticised Welby’s intervention, quoting Jesus’ words ‘Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and unto God what is God’s’ and saying the Archbishop should ‘stick to his theological work’.</p> <p>Left-leaning Christian journalist Andy Walton praised Justin Welby’s speech. He debates James on what Jesus’ famous statement means, and whether religious leaders should keep out of the politics of taxation and the welfare state. </p> <p>For James Price: <a href='https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/comment_on_justin_welby_s_higher_tax_proposals%3C/a'>https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/comment_on_justin_welby_s_higher_tax_proposals</a></p> <p>For Andy Walton <a href='https://twitter.com/waltonandy'>https://twitter.com/waltonandy</a> </p> <p>For Justin Welby’s speech in full <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QewjUsHmScs'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QewjUsHmScs</a> </p> <p>Buy the Unbelievable? Christmas bundle: <a href='https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Unbelievable-the-Book/Exclusive-Christmas-Offer'>https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Unbelievable-the-Book/Exclusive-Christmas-Offer</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Are ‘social justice warriors’ a danger to the Gospel? In August 2018 a group of conservative Christians in the USA, led by John MacArthur, released The Statement On Social Justice And The Gospel to take a stand against the church being influenced by “questionable sociological, psychological, and political theories presently permeating our culture”. Some of the affirmations and denials in the document caused controversy among both evangelicals and progressives for its statements on political activism and racism.</p> <p>James White of Alpha and Omega ministries, was one of the framers of the document and a key signatory. He debates the Statement with Australian pastor and justice activist Jarrod McKenna, founder of Common Grace, on whether the concepts of privilege, intersectionality and identity politics should have any part to play in the Gospel.</p> <p>For the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel: <a href='https://statementonsocialjustice.com/%3C/a'>https://statementonsocialjustice.com</a></p> <p>For Jarrod McKenna: <a href='https://www.commongrace.org.au/jarrodmckenna/'>https://www.commongrace.org.au/jarrodmckenna/</a></p> <p>For James White: <a href='https://www.aomin.org/'>https://www.aomin.org</a></p> <p>Buy the Unbelievable? Christmas bundle: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>iTunes</a></p>

<p>In a ‘classic playback’ edition of the show, Justin re-airs the debate he hosted with agnostic Bible scholar Bart Ehrman opposite Christian Bible scholar Peter J Williams.</p> <p>They debate the reliability of the Gospels, textual criticism, and Bart’s claim that we can’t know what some of the original texts actually say.</p> <p>For Peter J Williams new book ‘Can We Trust the Gospels?’: <a href='https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/can-we-trust-the-gospels'>https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/can-we-trust-the-gospels</a> </p> <p>For Bart Ehrman: <a href='https://www.bartdehrman.com/'>https://www.bartdehrman.com/</a> </p> <p>Buy the Unbelievable? Christmas bundle: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>In his new book ‘A War Of Loves’, David Bennett tells his story of being an atheist gay activist who experienced a dramatic conversion to Christianity.</p> <p>David still identifies as gay but lives a celibate lifestyle, holding to traditional Christian sexual ethics. He engages with Justin Lee, author of ‘Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gay vs Christian debate’, who affirms faithful same-sex relationships.</p> <p>To support Unbelievable? on #GivingTuesday: <a href='https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable-givingtuesday/'>https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable-givingtuesday/</a> </p> <p>For David Bennett: <a href='https://www.awarofloves.com/'>https://www.awarofloves.com/</a> </p> <p>For Justin Lee: <a href='http://geekyjustin.com/'>http://geekyjustin.com/</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Lord Richard Harries, former Bishop of Oxford is the author of ‘Haunted by Christ: Modern writers and the struggle for faith’ (SPCK). Philosopher Sir Anthony Kenny, former master of Balliol college Oxford, is the author of ‘Brief Encounters: Notes from a philosopher’s diary’ (SPCK) which recounts anecdotes from a life meeting significant personalities.</p> <p>They discuss their friendship, stories of significant encounters, why Anthony lost his faith as a young Catholic priest and why Richard found his faith affirmed in his literary loves. </p> <p>For ‘Haunted By Christ’ by Lord Richard Harries: <a href='https://spckpublishing.co.uk/haunted-by-christ'>https://spckpublishing.co.uk/haunted-by-christ</a> </p> <p>For ‘Brief Encounters’ by Sir Anthony Kenny: <a href='https://spckpublishing.co.uk/brief-encounters'>https://spckpublishing.co.uk/brief-encounters</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p> <p> </p>

<p>As Remembrance services take place to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1, Justin is joined by atheist guest Prof Michael Ruse and Christian guest Prof Nigel Biggar to discuss Darwinism, Christianity and just war theory.</p> <p>Michel Ruse is Professor of Philosophy of Science at Florida State University. Nigel Biggar is Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford. Ruse’s latest book ‘The Problem of War’ critiques Biggar’s work on just war theory ‘In Defence of War’.</p> <p>For ‘The Problem of War’ by Michael Ruse: <a href='https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-problem-of-war-9780190867577'>https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-problem-of-war-9780190867577</a></p> <p>For ‘In Defence of War’ by Nigel Biggar: <a href='https://global.oup.com/academic/product/in-defence-of-war-9780199672615'>https://global.oup.com/academic/product/in-defence-of-war-9780199672615</a></p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Justin is joined for the 6th episode of The Big Conversation by moral philosopher and atheist Peter Singer, professor of bioethics at Princeton University, and Christian theologian Andy Bannister of Solas Centre for Public Christianity.</p> <p>They debate whether humans have intrinsic value and dignity as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 70 years ago. They debate Singer’s controversial utilitarian approach to disability, the problem of suffering, and whether a moral reality to the universe points towards God.</p> <p>Watch the video and sign up at: <a href='https://www.thebigconversation.show/peter-singer-and-andybannister'>https://www.thebigconversation.show/peter-singer-and-andybannister</a> </p> <p>For Peter Singer: <a href='https://petersinger.info/'>https://petersinger.info/</a> </p> <p>For Andy Bannister: <a href='http://www.andybannister.net/'>http://www.andybannister.net/</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Should Christians take part in Halloween festivities? And is it ok to watch grisly horror films? These are the two questions debates by Peter Laws and Michael Cummins ahead of Halloween.</p> <p>Peter Laws is a Baptist minister and lifelong fan of the horror genre, as he explains in his new book The Frighteners: Why We Love Monsters, Ghosts, Death & Gore. He believes that Christians don’t need to fear being involved in the spooky side of Halloween and thinks horror films aren’t bad for people who enjoy them. Michael Cummins is involved in supernatural deliverance ministry. He explains his concerns about demonic aspects of Halloween and horror films and tells stories of what he has witnessed in his ministry.</p> <p>For Peter Laws <a href='https://www.peterlaws.co.uk/'>https://www.peterlaws.co.uk/</a> </p> <p>For Michael Cummins <a href='https://christsetsyoufree.wordpress.com/5-halloween/'>https://christsetsyoufree.wordpress.com/5-halloween/</a> </p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a> </p>

<p>Austin Fischer is a church pastor who tells the story of his own struggle with doubt in the book ‘Faith In The Shadows: Finding Christ in the midst of doubt’ and how he has kept his faith.</p> <p>Ed Atkinson is a former Christian and co-host of the Doubts Aloud podcast. He talks about why he lost his faith and why he believes Christians should take doubt more seriously.</p> <p>For Austin Fischer: <a href='https://www.ivpress.com/faith-in-the-shadows'>https://www.ivpress.com/faith-in-the-shadows</a> </p> <p>For Ed Atkinson on Doubts Aloud: <a href='https://www.spreaker.com/user/heremcast'>https://www.spreaker.com/user/heremcast</a> </p> <p>For the Unbelievable? Christian & Skeptic Meetup group: <a href='https://www.meetup.com/Unbelievable-Christian-and-Skeptic-Discussion-Group-London/'>https://www.meetup.com/Unbelievable-Christian-and-Skeptic-Discussion-Group-London/</a> </p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a> </p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a> </p> <p> </p>

<p>Michael Brown is a Messianic Jew and hosts The Line Of Fire radio show in the USA. He engages with liberal UK Reform rabbi Jonathan Romain on whether Jesus fulfilled the role of Messiah. </p> <p>Michael and Jonathan end up disagreeing on much more than just Jesus as they debate the rabbi’s pluralist view of religion compared to Brown’s belief that Jesus is the only way to God. </p> <p>For Michael Brown: <a href='https://askdrbrown.org'>https://askdrbrown.org </a> </p> <p>For Jonathan Romain: <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Romain'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Romain</a> </p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show/'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>In the 5th episode of The Big Conversation, Justin is joined by atheist guest Daniel Dennett and Christian guest Keith Ward. Daniel C Dennett is Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University, USA and a leading naturalist voice in the philosophy of mind. Keith Ward is a British philosopher and former Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University as well as being an ordained priest in the Church of England..</p> <p>They debate physicalism, idealism, the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness, whether an objective moral realm exists, freewill vs determinism and whether robots could have an immortal soul Watch the video debate and subscribe to the newsletter at <a href='https://www.thebigconversation.show/daniel-dennett-and-keith-ward'>https://www.thebigconversation.show/daniel-dennett-and-keith-ward</a> </p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>In this podcast special edition of the show Justin broadcasts the 2008 public debate between Christopher Hitchens and his brother Peter Hitchens. Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was one of the four so-called ‘horsemen of the new atheism’, well known for his colourful anti-theistic polemical writing and speaking. In contrast his journalist brother Peter Hitchens is a Christian who converted from atheism in his adult years. In this classic public debate from 2008, hosted by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University, both men debate the Iraq war, the case for God and respond to questions from the 1,400 strong audience. For the Hauenstein Center: <a href='https://www.gvsu.edu/hc/'> https://www.gvsu.edu/hc/</a></p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show/'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a></p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a></p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Thousands of people recently attended four high-profile debates on religion and atheism between psychology professor Jordan Peterson and atheist writer Sam Harris.</p> <p>Why are Peterson and Harris so influential, especially among young men? Why is Peterson’s approach making waves in atheist circles? Does the atheist movement have an alt-right problem?</p> <p>These and more questions are debated by Humanist leader James Croft and Christian blogger Esther O’Reilly as they discuss the popularity of Peterson and Harris and whether Christianity or secular humanism can answer the questions people are asking.</p> <p>For the Peterson / Harris debates: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jey_CzIOfYE'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jey_CzIOfYE</a> </p> <p>For Esther O’Reilly: <a href='http://www.patheos.com/blogs/youngfogey/2018/07/sam-harris-asks-questions-jordan-peterson-cant-answer/'>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/youngfogey/2018/07/sam-harris-asks-questions-jordan-peterson-cant-answer/</a> </p> <p>For James Croft: <a href='http://www.patheos.com/blogs/templeofthefuture/2018/04/the-atheist-alt-right-connection/'>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/templeofthefuture/2018/04/the-atheist-alt-right-connection/</a> </p> <p>For The Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a> </p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Justin is joined by Christian apologist Sean McDowell and ‘Friendly Atheist’ blogger Hemant Mehta for a live audience edition of the show recorded at Westside A Jesus Church in Portland, Oregon.</p> <p>They discuss motivations, faith, science, evidence, atheism, life after death, morality and bigotry. Each guest sets out two ways in which they believe the other side frequently mischaracterises their worldview. Includes audience Q&A.</p> <p>Watch the video: <a href='https://youtu.be/Hhuxq7wLpFc'>https://youtu.be/Hhuxq7wLpFc</a> </p> <p>For Sean: <a href='https://seanmcdowell.org/'>https://seanmcdowell.org/</a></p> <p>For Hemant: <a href='http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/'>http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/</a> </p> <p>For The Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>In the 4th episode of The Big Conversation, Justin is joined by Prof John Lennox and Prof Michael Ruse in front of a live audience in London. Christian guest John Lennox is professor of Mathematics at Oxford University and author of books including ‘Gunning for God: Why the new atheists are missing the target’. Atheist guest Michael Ruse is professor of Philosophy of Science at Florida State University and author of books such as ‘Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose?’.</p> <p> They debate their different perspectives as a Christian and atheist on science, evidence, faith , miracles, suffering and more. The dialogue was followed by an audience Q&A which you can also receive as a bonus video by subscribing to the Unbelievable? newsletter at <a href='https://www.thebigconversation.show/john-lennox-and-michael-ruse'>https://www.thebigconversation.show/john-lennox-and-michael-ruse</a></p> <p> For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show/'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a></p> <p> Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a></p> <p> For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p> Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p> Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Ed Husain was once a Muslim extremist. Today he is still a Muslim but says the Islam he once practised is a distorted version of the faith. In his new book The House of Islam: A Global History he argues that his religion needs to return to a once-golden age of pluralism, tolerance and diversity.</p> <p>Beth Grove of Pfander regularly engages in debate with Muslims. She disputes Ed’s view of a golden age of Islam, saying that both Muslim history and scriptures advocate violence and mistreatment of women.</p> <p>For The House of Islam by Ed Husain <a href='https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-house-of-islam-9781408872260/'>https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-house-of-islam-9781408872260/</a> </p> <p>For Beth Grove: <a href='https://www.pfander.uk/'>https://www.pfander.uk/</a></p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a></p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Justin joins the debate fray himself this week as he tag teams with Christian apologist Randal Rauser to defend Unbelievable? the book against two atheist critics David Johnson and Andrew Knight.</p> <p>Since Justin’s book ‘Unbelievable? why, after ten years of talking with atheists I’m still a Christian’ was published, Andrew and David, along with other sceptical show listeners, have produced a response book called ‘Still Unbelievable? Why, after listening to Christian arguments, we remain skeptics’. They debate the moral argument, the resurrection, and the Christian view of reality.</p> <p>For Unbelievable? the book <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk'>http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a></p> <p>For Still Unbelievable: <a href='https://www.reasonpress.net/'>https://www.reasonpress.net/</a> </p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Unbelievable? the Conference USA, Portland, 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep <a href='https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference'>https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference</a></p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Keep kalam and carry on... In the second of two ‘deep dive’ shows into philosophical arguments for God, Justin is joined by atheist YouTuber Stephen Woodford (aka Rationality Rules) and Christian apologist Blake Giunta, creator of the Belief Map website.</p> <p>They debate the Kalam Cosmological Argument and whether, if the universe had a beginning, it points to a divine cause behind it.</p> <p>For a video of today’s show on the Rationality Rules channel <a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqZMgLgGlYAWvSU8lZ9xiVg'>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqZMgLgGlYAWvSU8lZ9xiVg</a> </p> <p>For Blake Giunta: <a href='https://beliefmap.org/'>https://beliefmap.org/</a> </p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Unbelievable? the Conference USA, Portland, 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep <a href='https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference'>https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>In the first of two philosophical ‘deep dive’ shows debating famous ‘cosmological’ arguments for God, YouTube atheist Alex O Connor (aka Cosmic Skeptic) debates apologist Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity.</p> <p>They discuss the argument from contingency and whether the existence of the universe is contingent on a necessary being - God.</p> <p>For a video of today’s show on the Cosmic Skeptic channel <a href='https://www.youtube.com/user/alexjoconnor'>https://www.youtube.com/user/alexjoconnor</a> </p> <p>For Cameron Bertuzzi: <a href='http://capturingchristianity.com/'>http://capturingchristianity.com/</a></p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Unbelievable? the Conference USA, Portland, 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep <a href='https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference'>https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Dr Denis Alexander is a notable British proponent of theistic evolution – the view that Christianity and Darwinian evolution are perfectly compatible. Many atheist biologists claim that evolution has disproved the idea of purpose in biology. Denis’ new book ‘Is There Purpose in Biology? The cost of existence and the God of love’ sets out how he believes Christians can still discern God’s purposes in evolutionary history. </p> <p>Denis is joined in discussion by Perry Marshall, author of ‘Evolution 2.0’ which draws on his research into biology, intelligent design and evolution to show that neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory is no longer tenable.</p> <p>Towards the end of the show Justin is joined by Dominic Done of Westside: A Jesus Church in Portland with a look ahead to <a href='https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference'>Unbelievable? the Conference USA</a> on Fri 31 Aug and Sat 1 Sep.</p> <p>For Denis Alexander’s book Is There Purpose In Biology?: <a href='http://www.lionhudson.com/page/detail/?k=9780857217141'>http://www.lionhudson.com/page/detail/?k=9780857217141</a> </p> <p>For Perry Marshall’s book Evolution 2.0: <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-2-0-Breaking-Deadlock-between/dp/1940363802/'>https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-2-0-Breaking-Deadlock-between/dp/1940363802/</a> </p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Unbelievable? the Conference USA, Portland, 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep <a href='https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference'>https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Krish Kandiah’s new book ‘Faitheism: Why Christians and Atheists have more in common than you think’, aims to elevate the conversation between both sides. </p> <p>Krish is joined by Terry Sanderson of the National Secular Society as they discuss the good, bad and ugly of how Christians and atheist engage each other. </p> <p>For Faitheism: <a href='https://www.hodder.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781473648951'>https://www.hodder.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781473648951</a></p> <p>For the National Secular Society: <a href='https://www.secularism.org.uk/'>https://www.secularism.org.uk/</a> </p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Unbelievable? the Conference USA, Portland, 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep <a href='https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference'>https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference</a> </a></p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a></p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Renowned New Testament scholar NT (Tom) Wright returns to Unbelievable? to talk about his latest book Paul: A Biography (SPCK). Joining Wright is historical writer Tom Holland, author of popular books on the rise and fall of the Roman empire such as Rubicon and Dynasty,</p> <p>Tom Wright unpacks the life, character and untold story of Paul. Tom Holland explains why as an agnostic, he is nevertheless convinced of the massive cultural significance of Paul’s message in Roman culture and how it would positively shape Western culture for centuries to come.</p> <p>Watch the discussion on video! <a href='https://youtu.be/nlf_ULB26cU'>https://youtu.be/nlf_ULB26cU</a> </p> <p>For Paul: A Biography: <a href='https://spckpublishing.co.uk/paul-a-biography'>https://spckpublishing.co.uk/paul-a-biography</a> </p> <p>For Tom Holland: <a href='https://www.abdumurray.com/'>https://www.abdumurray.com/</a></p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Unbelievable? the Conference USA, Portland, 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep <a href='https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference'>https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference</a></p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For Unbelievable? the Conference 2018 DVD / Digital download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>www.premier.org.uk/shop</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Aliyah Saleem was a Muslim at one time but is now an atheist. She tells her story and those of other former Muslims in ‘Leaving Faith Behind’.</p> <p>Abdu Murray, North America director of RZIM, was a Muslim but converted to Christianity. He engages with Aliyah on why they both left Islam but came to different conclusions about faith.</p> <p>For Aliyah Saleem: <a href='http://dltbooks.com/titles/2224-9780232533644-leaving-faith-behind'>http://dltbooks.com/titles/2224-9780232533644-leaving-faith-behind</a> </p> <p>For Abdu Murray: <a href='https://www.abdumurray.com/'>https://www.abdumurray.com/</a></p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a></p> <p>Unbelievable? the Conference USA, Portland, 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep <a href='https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference'>https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>In the third Big Conversation episode, Justin is joined by illusionist Derren Brown and popstar-turned-media-priest Rev Richard Coles.</p> <p>In a wide-ranging conversation they tell their respective stories of moving away from and towards Christian faith. Drawing on his book Happy: Why more or less everything is absolutely fine, Derren makes the case for living a fulfilled life as an atheist in the absence of God. Richard draws from his experience of ‘meeting the resurrected Christ’ as they discuss suffering, death and ultimate meaning.</p> <p>The Big Conversation is produced in partnership with Templeton Religion Trust.</p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Register for Unbelievable? the Conference USA, Portland, Sat 1 Sep <a href='https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference'>https://westsideajc.org/unbelievable-conference</a></p> <p>For Derren Brown: <a href='http://derrenbrown.co.uk'>http://derrenbrown.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For Richard Coles: <a href='http://www.richardcoles.com/'>http://www.richardcoles.com/</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>In a podcast special Justin goes head to head with atheist podcast host David Smalley debating Justin’s arguments for Christianity in his book “Unbelievable? Why after, ten years of talking with atheists, I’m still a Christian”. They debate suffering, the moral argument and the evidence for the resurrection in a wide ranging discussion of over 2.5 hrs. For Dogma Debate: <a href='/unbelievable/episode/%E2%80%9Chttps:/www.davidcsmalley.com/'> https://www.davidcsmalley.com/</a></p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show/'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>In the second Big Conversation episode, Justin is joined by Harvard professor of psychology Steven Pinker and Nick Spencer of Christian think-tank Theos.</p> <p>They debate the future of humanity in relation to Pinker’s recent book ‘Enlightenment Now’, addressing his claim that science, reason and humanism are the drivers of progress in the world, rather than religion. Nick Spencer argues that science and enlightenment values are firmly tied to the West’s Judeo-Christian tradition.</p> <p>The Big Conversation is produced in partnership with Templeton Religion Trust.</p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>For Steven Pinker: <a href='https://stevenpinker.com'>https://stevenpinker.com</a> </p> <p>For Nick Spencer: <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Evolution-West-Nick-Spencer/dp/0281075204'>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Evolution-West-Nick-Spencer/dp/0281075204</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Sir Colin Humphreys is a Cambridge scientist with an interest in Biblical studies. His book ‘The Miracles of Exodus: A Scientist's Discovery of the Extraordinary Natural Causes of the Biblical Stories’ makes the case that events like the parting of the Red Sea, the stopping of the Jordan river and the sun standing still in Joshua all have a basis in scientific facts and natural causes. The miracle is in the timing of the events by God.</p> <p>Sceptical Bible scholar Bob Price debates Humphreys on these Old Testament events and whether his research proves the credible historicity of the Biblical accounts, and whether his approach runs the risk of eliminating the supernatural from the Bible.</p> <p>For Colin Humphreys: <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Miracles-Exodus-Scientists-Discovery-Extraordinary/dp/0060582731'>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Miracles-Exodus-Scientists-Discovery-Extraordinary/dp/0060582731</a></p> <p>For Bob Price: <a href='http://robertmprice.mindvendor.com/'>http://robertmprice.mindvendor.com/</a></p> <p>For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Launching The Big Conversation debate series, Justin is joined by Canadian psychologist Jordan B Peterson who has risen to fame in recent months for his political, social and religious views. He engages with atheist psychologist Susan Blackmore on the psychology of belief.</p> <p> They debate Peterson’s own religious convictions, the new atheists, whether society needs God, and whether atheists are truly atheists… The Big Conversation is produced in partnership with Templeton Religion Trust.</p> <p> For videos, updates and bonus content sign up: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'> http://www.thebigconversation.show </a></p> <p> For ‘12 Rules for Life’ by Jordan Peterson: <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0241351634'> https://www.amazon.co.uk/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0241351634 </a></p> <p> For Susan Blackmore: <a href='https://www.susanblackmore.uk/'>https://www.susanblackmore.uk/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a></p> <p> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit: <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p> <p><a href='/unbelievable/episode/'> </a></p>

<p>Justin is joined by Christian astrophysicist Hugh Ross, founder of Reasons to Believe, and atheist scientist Peter Atkins of Oxford University, to debate whether the laws of nature came from ‘nothing’ or from God.</p> <p>Peter Atkins’ new book ‘Conjuring The Universe: The Origins of the Laws of Nature’ claims that the Universe and it’s laws reflect the ‘nothing’ from whence they came. Hugh Ross has recently released a 4th edition of ‘The Cosmos and the Creator’ and explains why he believes the scientific evidence is continually growing for a creator of the universe and its life-permitting laws.</p> <p>For ‘Conjuring The Universe’: <a href='https://global.oup.com/academic/product/conjuring-the-universe-9780198813378'>https://global.oup.com/academic/product/conjuring-the-universe-9780198813378</a> </p> <p>For ‘The Creator and the Cosmos’: <a href='https://shop.reasons.org/product/599/creator-and-the-cosmos-fourth-edition'>https://shop.reasons.org/product/599/creator-and-the-cosmos-fourth-edition</a> </p> <p>For The Big Conversation series <a href='https://www.thebigconversation.show'>https://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a></p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Justin presents selected highlights from last weekend’s Unbelievable? The Conference 2018 #JustAsk.</p> <p>Includes Glen Scrivener’s spoken word ‘Given’, Rob Parsons on keeping the faith when life is tough, Sharon Dirckx on why the world is broken, Andy Bannister on Bible reliability, Ken Samples on the divine claims of Jesus and excerpts from the panel Q&A.</p> <p>Pre-order the Unbelievable? Conference 2018 DVD/CD or Digital Download <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a></p> <p>Get updates from Unbelievable’s Big Conversation series <a href='https://www.thebigconversation.show'>https://www.thebigconversation.show</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Justin presents a mid-week bonus podcast to make an important announcement about the forthcoming Big Conversation series.</p> <p>The Big Conversation is a new series of video conversations on science, faith, philosophy and what it means to be human featuring leading atheist and Christian voices.</p> <p>Be the first to watch, listen, download and get the newsletter at <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a></p> <p>Be part of the Unbelievable? Live recording in London on Wed 18 July <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievablelive'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievablelive</a></p>

<p>Christian philosopher Lydia McGrew has recently accused evangelical scholars such as Mike Licona and Craig Evans, of undermining the historical reliability of John’s gospel. She cites Evans’ interactions with Bart Ehrman in debate as giving away too much ground to a sceptical view.</p> <p>New Testament scholar Craig Evans defends his view that John’s gospel is historically reliable but also includes theological development by the Johannine community who knew Jesus’ teaching. Also, at the end of today’s show, Jonny Somerville, creator of the NUA film series talks about its impact on young people investigating Christianity.</p> <p>For Lydia McGrew’s blog <a href='http://lydiaswebpage.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/jesus-never-said-i-am-statements.html'>http://lydiaswebpage.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/jesus-never-said-i-am-statements.html</a></p> <p>For Craig Evans <a href='https://www.craigaevans.com/'>https://www.craigaevans.com/</a></p> <p>For the NUA film series: <a href='https://nuafilmseries.org/'>https://nuafilmseries.org/</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a></p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>New Testament scholar Paula Gooder joins Justin to talk about her new book ‘Phoebe: A Story’ a fictional account of the life of the woman that St Paul entrusted with delivering his letter to the Romans. But have the ensuing centuries lost sight of the role of women such as Phoebe in the early church?</p> <p>Sceptical Bible scholar Francesca Stavrakopoulou joins Paula to discuss whether Christianity is inherently patriarchal and sexist. They debate passages such as 1 Timothy 2: 11-12 and how much St Paul’s attitude toward women leaders in the early church contrasted with the prevailing culture. </p> <p>For ‘Phoebe’ by Paula Gooder <a href='https://www.hodder.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781473669727%3C/a'>https://www.hodder.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781473669727</a></p> <p>For Francesca Stavrakopoulou <a href='http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/theology/staff/stavrakopoulou/'>http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/theology/staff/stavrakopoulou/</a> </p> <p>For Unbelievable? the Conference 2018: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/justask'>http://www.premier.org.uk/justask</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a></p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievabl'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievabl</a><a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>e</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Christian guest John Cottingham is a philosopher whose new book ‘How Can I Believe?’ offers advice on why belief in God can make sense and the human quest for the transcendent.</p> <p>Atheist philosopher Richard Norman engages with John’s case for belief, and responds to the question: ‘What would it take for an atheist to believe?’ Richard is the editor of the book ‘Religion and Atheism: Beyond the Divide’.</p> <p>For John Cottingham <a href='http://rzim.org/bio/sharon-dirckx/'>https://spckpublishing.co.uk/how-can-i-believe/</a></p> <p>For Richard Norman <a href='https://www.routledge.com/Religion-and-Atheism-Beyond-the-Divide/Carroll-Norman/p/book/9781138891913'>https://www.routledge.com/Religion-and-Atheism-Beyond-the-Divide/Carroll-Norman/p/book/9781138891913</a> </p> <p>For Unbelievable? the Conference 2018: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/justask'>http://www.premier.org.uk/justask</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Sharon Dirckx of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics discusses the problem of suffering with Hannah Timson, head of Humanist Students UK. Hannah explains how she lost her faith in her late teens, in part because of the issue of suffering.</p> <p>Drawing on her book ‘Why? Looking at God, Evil and Personal Suffering’ Sharon responds to Hannah as they discuss their different stories and the problem of evil. </p> <p>For Sharon Dirckx <a href='http://rzim.org/bio/sharon-dirckx/'>http://rzim.org/bio/sharon-dirckx/</a></p> <p>For Hannah Timson <a href='https://humanism.org.uk/students/'>https://humanism.org.uk/students</a>/</p> <p>Vote for your top tough question at this year’s Unbelievable? conference <a href='https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Features/Unbelievable-The-Conference-2018/What-s-your-big-question-for-God-Vote-Now'>https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Features/Unbelievable-The-Conference-2018/What-s-your-big-question-for-God-Vote-Now</a></p> <p>Sharon Dirckx is speaking at Unbelievable? the Conference 2018: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/justask'>http://www.premier.org.uk/justask</a></p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>A recent dialogue event at Wycliffe College, Canada saw Jordan B Peterson, Rebecca Goldstein and William Lane Craig in conversation on the question “Is there meaning to life?”</p> <p>In this podcast-only edition of the show Justin introduces the event. One of the participants, Jordan B Peterson, has become an increasingly influential voice and will join Justin in person on Unbelievable? for the start of a series of special programmes called The Big Conversation in early June. </p> <p>For the video of the Wycliffe College event <a href='https://www.wycliffecollege.ca/religionandsociety'>https://www.wycliffecollege.ca/religionandsociety</a></p> <p>For Unbelievable? the Conference 2018: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/justask'>http://www.premier.org.uk/justask</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Rev Gillian Straine is an Anglican priest with a background in science. She tells the story of how she dealt with the spiritual and medical challenges of being diagnosed with cancer aged 21, as told in her book 'Cancer: A Pilgrim's Companion'. </p> <p>She also shares news of a free public lecture by internationally renowned physicist Marcelo Glasier in London on Tue 22 May.</p> <p>Atheist guest Alom Shaha is a secondary school physics teacher and engages with Gillian on the question of faith, illness and science. He shares his story of rejecting his Islamic upbringing after the death of his mother and how he fell in love with the world of science. Alom has recently authored a book of practical science experiments for kids 'Mr Shaha's Recipes For Wonder'.</p> <p>For Marcelo Gleiser's free Drawbridge Lecture 'Unknowns in Heaven and Earth' on 22 May <a href='https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-drawbridge-lecture-tickets-39148003733'>https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-drawbridge-lecture-tickets-39148003733</a> </p> <p>For Gillian Straine: <a href='http://www.gillianstraine.com/my-books/'>http://www.gillianstraine.com/my-books/</a></p> <p>For Alom Shaha: <a href='http://alomshaha.com/books/mr-shahas-recipes-for-wonder/'>http://alomshaha.com/books/mr-shahas-recipes-for-wonder/</a> </p> <p>For Unbelievable? the Conference 2018: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/justask'>http://www.premier.org.uk/justask</a></p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a></p> <p>Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p> <p> </p>

<p>Bart Campolo is the son of high-profile Christian speaker, author and sociologist Tony Campolo. Bart became a Christian in his teens and went on to run an inner city Christian youth ministry. However Bart recently announced that he had lost his faith altogether and become a Humanist chaplain.</p> <p>Justin interviews Bart alongside Sean McDowell. Sean also has a well known father in ministry - Josh McDowell. But when Sean experienced his own crisis of faith he found the rational basis he needed to support his faith. Justin chats to Bart about the reasons for his deconversion as spelled out in a recent documentary 'Leaving My Father's Faith', and Sean responds to Bart's newly adopted Humanist perspective.</p> <p> </p> <p>For 'Leaving My Father's Faith' documentary <a href='https://campolofilm.com/'>https://campolofilm.com/</a></p> <p>For Sean McDowell: <a href='http://seanmcdowell.org/'>http://seanmcdowell.org/</a></p> <p>For Unbelievable? the Conference 2018: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/justask'>http://www.premier.org.uk/justask</a></p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a></p> <p>Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS </a>or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p> <p> </p>

<p>In this Easter weekend edition of the show Justin hosts a dialogue between evangelist Glen Scrivener (who is speaking at <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/justask'>Unbelievable? 2018</a>) and atheist journalist Michael Collett. Glen’s recent book ‘Divine Comedy, Human Tragedy: What is life?’ is an evangelistic book on why Christianity makes sense of the tragedy of death.</p> <p>Michael Collett, an ex-Christian and a fellow Aussie, discusses why as an atheist he believes life can have meaning even if death is the end, and why he can’t believe in the joy of heavenly resurrection if there is also a hell. </p> <p>For Glen’s book <a href='https://www.10ofthose.com/products/23634/divine-comedy-human-tragedy'>https://www.10ofthose.com/products/23634/divine-comedy-human-tragedy</a></p> <p>For Michael Collett: <a href='https://twitter.com/collettmp'>https://twitter.com/collettmp</a> </p> <p>For Unbelievable? the Conference 2018: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/justask'>http://www.premier.org.uk/justask</a></p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a> </p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p>

<p>Calvinist theology holds that everything is pre-ordained by God. Critics say that such a deterministic view makes God morally responsible for evil and means that sinners can’t be blamed for their wrongdoing – after all they were predestined to do it. Guilluame Bignon, a French convert to Christianity who is now a Calvinist philosopher/theologian, seeks to answer these questions in his new book Excusing Sinners and Blaming God: A Calvinist Assessment of Determinism, Moral Responsibility, and Divine Involvement in Evil. He engages W Paul Franks of Tyndale University College, Toronto on the issues, who holds to a Wesleyan/ Arminian view of libertarian freedom. For Guillaume Bignon’s book: <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Excusing-Sinners-Blaming-God-Responsibility/dp/1532618654'>https://www.amazon.com/Excusing-Sinners-Blaming-God-Responsibility/dp/1532618654 </a> For W Paul Franks: <a href='http://wpaulfranks.com/'>http://wpaulfranks.com/ </a> For Unbelievable? the Conference 2018: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/justask'>http://www.premier.org.uk/justask </a> Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk </a> Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop </a> For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a> Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a> Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a> </p>

<p>Justin hosts a public dialogue between Christian Andy Bannister and atheist humanist Justin Trottier, live on stage at the Apologetics Canada conference in Abbotsford, British Columbia.</p> <p>In front of an audience of 1,400 they debate whether Christianity or naturalism provides a better foundation for the concept of universal human rights, followed by questions from the floor.</p> <p>For Apologetics Canada <a href='https://www.apologeticscanada.com/'>https://www.apologeticscanada.com/</a></p> <p>For Andy Bannister: <a href='https://www.solas-cpc.org/what-are-human-rights-based-on-andy-bannister/'>https://www.solas-cpc.org/what-are-human-rights-based-on-andy-bannister</a></p> <p>For Justin Trottier: <a href='https://equalitycanada.com/'>https://equalitycanada.com/</a></p> <p>For Unbelievable? the Conference 2018: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/justask'>http://www.premier.org.uk/justask</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a></p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p> <p> </p>

<p>Mark Karris is author of 'Divine Echoes: Reconciling prayer with the uncontrolling love of God'. He believes Christians often have the wrong idea both about asking for things in prayer and the God they are asking. </p> <p>Steve Jeffery is the pastor of Emmanuel Church, North London and co-author of 'Pierced for our Transgressions'. He takes a Calvinist perspective and critiques Mark's view of prayer, sovereignty and what it means for our understanding of scripture. </p> <p>For 'Divine Echoes' by Mark Karris: <a href='http://conspiringprayer.com/'>http://conspiringprayer.com/</a></p> <p>For Steve Jeffery: <a href='http://www.northlondonchurch.org/'>http://www.northlondonchurch.org/</a></p> <p>For Unbelievable? the Conference 2018: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/justask'>http://www.premier.org.uk/justask</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a></p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

<p>One of the leading voices in 'Jesus mythicism', Richard Carrier, joins Justin on the show. He debates his theory that the apostle Paul only believed in a 'celestial' spiritual version of Jesus, not a flesh-and-blood man.</p> <p>Christian apologist Jonathan McLatchie defends the mainstream view, arguing that Paul's references to Christ, as well as the book of Acts and the Gospels, all provide evidence for a real person.</p> <p>For Richard Carrier: <a href='https://www.richardcarrier.info/'>https://www.richardcarrier.info/</a></p> <p>For Jonathan McLatchie: <a href='http://apologetics-academy.org/'>http://apologetics-academy.org/</a> </p> <p>For Unbelievable? the Conference 2018: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/justask'>http://www.premier.org.uk/justask</a> </p> <p>Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: <a href='http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk/'>www.unbelievablebook.co.uk</a> </p> <p>Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: <a href='http://www.premier.org.uk/shop'>http://www.premier.org.uk/shop</a> </p> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a></p> <p>Join the conversation: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via <a href='http://unbelievable.podbean.com/feed/%22%3ERSS%3C/a'>RSS</a> or Via <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unbelievable/id267142101?mt=2'>Itunes</a></p> <p> </p>