Unbelievable?

<p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">The Unbelievable? show has been broadcasting for over 17 years. Justin Brierley and Ruth Jackson take a retrospective tour through highlights from the show from day one to some of the most significant debates that have been hosted, before being joined by Dr. Vince Vitale for a special announcement by Justin.</p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">Links to the full shows featured in this episode, if you'd like to explore more:</p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Bart Ehrman vs Peter J Williams (2009): <a href='https://unbelievable.podbean.com/mf/play/8u2gvn/unbelievable_replay_bart_ehrman_vs_peter_j_williams.mp3'>https://unbelievable.podbean.com/mf/play/8u2gvn/unbelievable_replay_bart_ehrman_vs_peter_j_williams.mp3</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Bart Ehrman vs Peter J Williams Big Conversation debate (2019): <a href='https://www.thebigconversation.show/videos/season-2/episode-3-the-story-of-jesus-can-we-trust-the-historical-reliability-of-the-gospels/'>https://www.thebigconversation.show/videos/season-2/episode-3-the-story-of-jesus-can-we-trust-the-historical-reliability-of-the-gospels/</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Bart Ehrman vs Justin Bass Big Conversation debate (2023): <a href='https://www.thebigconversation.show/videos/season-5/episode-1/'>https://www.thebigconversation.show/videos/season-5/episode-1/</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Rob Bell vs Adrian Warnock: <a href='https://youtu.be/Fk75oxo2094'>https://youtu.be/Fk75oxo2094</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Mark Driscoll interview: <a href='https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ypaeb4/UNBEL_Classic_Replay_Mark_Driscoll_Interview_AD_36-24b0kmt.mp3'>https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ypaeb4/UNBEL_Classic_Replay_Mark_Driscoll_Interview_AD_36-24b0kmt.mp3</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Dr. Stephen Law vs Dr. William Lane Craig: <a href='https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-b9ubc-1144291'>https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-b9ubc-1144291</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Peter Byrom's story: <a href='https://youtu.be/3lxD2avzABs'>https://youtu.be/3lxD2avzABs</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Dr. Jordan Peterson vs Dr. Susan Blackmore: <a href='https://www.thebigconversation.show/videos/season-1/episode-1-the-psychology-of-belief-do-we-need-god-to-make-sense-of-life/'>https://www.thebigconversation.show/videos/season-1/episode-1-the-psychology-of-belief-do-we-need-god-to-make-sense-of-life/</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Dr. Sharon Dirckx & Alom Shaha: <a href='https://youtu.be/PTchYDTRtcs'>https://youtu.be/PTchYDTRtcs</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• NT Wright & Tom Holland: <a href='https://youtu.be/nlf_ULB26cU'>https://youtu.be/nlf_ULB26cU</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Dave Rubin & Dr. John Lennox: <a href='https://www.thebigconversation.show/videos/season-2/episode-4-part-1-is-god-dead-a-conversation-on-faith-culture-and-the-modern-world/'>https://www.thebigconversation.show/videos/season-2/episode-4-part-1-is-god-dead-a-conversation-on-faith-culture-and-the-modern-world/</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Alex O'Connor vs Bishop Robert Barron: <a href='https://www.thebigconversation.show/videos/season-3/episode-1-atheism-or-christianity-which-makes-best-sense-of-who-we-are/'>https://www.thebigconversation.show/videos/season-3/episode-1-atheism-or-christianity-which-makes-best-sense-of-who-we-are/</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Dr. Vince Vitale vs Julian Baggini: <a href='https://youtu.be/GgCiEftlNy4'>https://youtu.be/GgCiEftlNy4</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-lcoedz eRpmnA slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.

<p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">From 2013: The second of two debates in which Young Earth Creationist Andy McIntosh debated palaeontologist Robert Asher.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">Andy responded to a number of questions left hanging over from the previous show. Both are Christians and give their differing views on how the Genesis stories of Adam and Eve and death and suffering can (or cannot) be reconciled with evolutionary theory.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">The Big Conversation - Episode 1 | Season 5</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">The rise of Christianity has shaped the modern world, but are its historical origins best explained in purely naturalistic terms, or the explanation the first followers gave – that Jesus had risen from the dead?</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">New Testament historian Bart Ehrman doesn’t believe in the miraculous claims of the New Testament, including the resurrection of Jesus. New Testament scholar Justin Bass argues in his book ‘The Bedrock of Christianity’ for a number of facts concerning the death and resurrection of Jesus, that point to its truth. They debate scripture, history and the resurrection.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For bonus content, updates and more shows sign up at: <a href='http://www.thebigconversation.show/'>http://www.thebigconversation.show</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Take our survey! <a href='https://survey-star.net/bart'>https://survey-star.net/bart</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">The Big Conversation is a video series from Premier Unbelievable? featuring world-class thinkers across the religious and non-religious community. Exploring science, faith, philosophy and what it means to be human. The Big Conversation is produced by Premier Unbelievable? in partnership with John Templeton Foundation.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">First broadcast in 2013: The Young Earth Creation movement claim that the Bible and science show that the world is only a little over 6000 years old. Andy Macintosh is Professor of Thermodynamics and Combustion Theory at the University of Leeds. He is a leading British Young Earth Creationist. He debated with Robert Asher, a paleontologist at the Museum of Zoology in Cambridge, and the author of “Evolution and belief: Confessions of a religious paleontologist”.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">Renowned Christian thinker William Lane Craig answers listener questions on a live edition of the show. He responds to questions on philosophy, Adam & Eve, suffering, the worst argument for God and more. Plus we hear from Jeremiah J Johnston on the 7 best reasons to believe in the resurrection.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">For the Equip course from Reasonable Faith <a href='https://knowwhyyoubelieve.org/'>https://knowwhyyoubelieve.org/</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">Support Premier Unbelievable? and receive your free, exclusive ebook of William Lane Craig vs Roger Penrose: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/craig'>https://premierunbelievable.com/craig</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">First broadcast in 2013: Greg Koukl is the host of the apologetics radio show Stand To Reason which aims to equip believers with good reasons for their faith and to answer the objections of sceptics.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">Greg talked to three atheists on this show. Stuart questioned whether Christian doctrines of sin and atonement make sense. Bill asked whether the argument from morality makes sense. Derek pointed out that Christians seem to hear contradictory things from God.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">Show listener Grace Hill grew up in church but has always had lots of skeptical questions, especially around whether Christianity is too exclusive when it comes to honest seekers in other faiths. She recently found a church home where she could ask her questions - The Story Church in Houston, TX founded by Pastor Eric Huffman, host of the Maybe God podcast.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">Grace and Eric talk about making space for skeptics and the question of Christianity's exclusive claims.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">For Grace Hill: <a href='https://www.wakingupwonder.com/'>https://www.wakingupwonder.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">For Eric Huffman: <a href='https://www.maybegodpod.com/'>https://www.maybegodpod.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p>In a podcast special Justin is joined by Ugandan pastor Richmond Wandera to talk about the joys and challenges of ministry in Africa. They discuss theology, syncretism, witchcraft, secularism, prayer and revival in East Africa. The life of Richmond and his whole family was transformed because of Compassion International's child sponsor programme. You can make a difference too</p> <p> To sponsor a child through Compassion International & Unbelievable?</p> <p>USA: text JUSTIN to 83393</p> <p>USA & GLOBAL: visit <a href='https://www.compassion.com/justin'>https://www.compassion.com/justin</a></p> <p>Donors from the USA will receive Justin's book 'Unbelievable? Why, after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian' as a thankyou gift.</p>

<p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">Secular scientist and academic John Hands has been described as a 'polymath'. His 2016 book Cosmosapiens received wide praise for its analysis of human evolution since the beginning of the universe. His new book 'The Future of Humankind' looks ahead to what lies in store for homosapiens. </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">He discusses the issues with Christian thinker Perry Marshall, author of Evolution 2.0, as they discuss whether the dangers posed by AI, climate change or conflict are likely to lead to extinction, or whether we are due for a further development of human consciousness. </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">For John Hands: <a href='https://johnhands.com/'>https://johnhands.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">For Perry Marshall: <a href='https://evo2.org/'>https://evo2.org/</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">CS Lewis said "If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world."</p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">Peter Kreeft is a philosophy professor and well known Christian thinker and writer. He defends the "argument from desire". Does our experience of transcendent longing indicate that there is a God to satisfy it?</p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">Atheist philosopher Richard Norman says that the argument amounts to wish-fulfillment.</p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">They both sat down to discuss this issue, first broadcast in 2013.</p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">Prof Saleem Ali of the University of Delaware is author of 'Earthly Order: How natural laws define human life' and describes the way order in the universe drives order in human and social settings. He engages with Dr Stephen Meyer of the Discovery Institute, whose book 'The Return of The God Hypothesis' makes the case that order in nature points to a divine mind. </p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">For 'Earthly Order' <a href='https://saleemali.net/'>https://saleemali.net/</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">For Stephen Meyer <a href='https://returnofthegodhypothesis.com/'>https://returnofthegodhypothesis.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">To honour the passing of the great scientist and Christian educator Tom McLeish, we're replaying this show first broadcast in 2017. </p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">David Hutchings is a physics teacher and prof Tom McLeish chaired the Royal Society’s education committee. Both Christians co-authored the book ‘Let there be Science: Why God Loves Science and Science needs God’ arguing that the Christian worldview has fuelled many of the greatest leaps forward in science.</p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">Joining David and Tom was Suzie Sheehy, an accelerator physicist at Oxford University who is agnostic when it comes to religion. She argued that science doesn’t need God since it’s a fundamentally human activity.</p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">Tania Harris, founding director of God Conversations and author of 'The Church who hears God's Voice' makes a biblical and experiential case for the ongoing activity of the Spirit communicating through dreams, visions and prophecy. She engages with cessationist pastor Jim Osman. author of 'God Doesn't Whisper', who argues that people who claim to hear God's voice are misled and that the Bible is the only way in which Gods revelation comes to us today. </p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">For Tania Harris: <a href='https://www.godconversations.com/'>https://www.godconversations.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">For Jim Osman: <a href='https://jimosman.com/'>https://jimosman.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-cNQtGM bxYLkp slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">Two different approaches to apologetics were debated in this classic show from the archives. K Scott Oliphint is Professor of Apologetics & Systematic Theology at Westminater Theological Seminary, PA. Kurt Jaros is the founder of <a href='http://www.realclearapologetics.com/'>www.realclearapologetics.com</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">Scott believes that the best apologetic method is to assume that Christianity is true and show why a non-Christian is suppressing that truth. Atheists presuppose the existence of God even to argue against Him. This approach is called presuppositional or covanental apologetics.</p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">Kurt Jaros believes that method is flawed and argues for the primacy of Natural Theology (or evidential apologetics) in presenting the case for Christianity to non-believers.</p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">Thousands have been flocking to Asbury University in Kentucky after a chapel service turned into a 24/7 revival outpouring. Justin is joined by guests as he asks: What are the true marks of revival? What are the blessings and concerns that accompany this student-led awakening?</p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">Timothy Tennent, president of Asbury Theological Seminary shares what has been happening on campus. Author and podcaster Alisa Childers voices her thoughts and concerns about the revival, and pastor and author Gavin Ortlund shares his thoughts on the awakening, and how it maps onto historic moves of God.</p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">For Timothy Tennent: <a href='https://timothytennent.com/'>https://timothytennent.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">For Gavin Ortlund: <a href='https://gavinortlund.com/'>https://gavinortlund.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">For Alisa Childers: <a href='https://alisachilders.com/'>https://alisachilders.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">Classic replay from the archives. Former atheist Holly Ordway came to Christian faith via poetry and literature. She tells her story and explains her passion for literary apologetics.</p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">Laura Miller is an online literary critic and an agnostic. She loved the Narnia stories as a child but felt betrayed by CS Lewis after discovering their Christian symbolism as an adult.</p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">Holly and Laura discuss the rights and wrongs of using literature for a Christian message. Do great art, poetry and literature point to a transcendent reality?</p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-hcJkSI bHAqsT slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">Andrew Bunt, Emerging Generations director at Living Out and author of 'Finding Your Best Identity', is a same-sex attracted Christian who has chosen celibacy and believes marriage is male-female. Charlie Bell, a gay Anglican vicar who also works as a psychiatrist, is the author of 'Queer Holiness' and wants to see gay marriage accepted in the church.</p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">In a live show with audience Q&A they discuss sexuality, gender and identity, recent controversy in the CofE over gay blessings, and what the Bible says about marriage and LGBT. </p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">Give today and receive our e-book 'Why You Can Believe' <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate/donate/12767.article'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate/</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">For Andrew Bunt: <a href='https://ivpbooks.com/finding-your-best-identity'>https://ivpbooks.com/finding-your-best-identity </a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">For Living Out: <a href='https://www.livingout.org/'>https://www.livingout.org/</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">For Charlie Bell: <a href='https://www.dartonlongmantodd.co.uk/titles/2359-9781913657925-queer-holiness'>https://www.dartonlongmantodd.co.uk/titles/2359-9781913657925-queer-holiness</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">From May 2013: Brother Guy Consolmagno has an asteroid named after him! The planetary scientist for the Vatican talked to Justin about his journey of faith, his scientific research and answered questions from listeners on the interaction of science and Christianity. Including: Did the church persecute Galileo? Could there be extra-terrestrial life? And Is the Pope pro-science?</p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-cBOWjd iergbE slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">Punk singer-turned-pastor Josh Porter charts his own journey of reconstructing his Christian faith in the book 'Death to Deconstruction: Reclaiming faithfulness as an act of rebellion'. He discusses deconstruction, the Bible, the problem of evil and more with Jon Steingard, former lead singer of Hawk Nelson who underwent his own journey of deconstruction in 2020.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">For 'Death To Deconstruction': <a href='https://www.joshuasporter.com/'>https://www.joshuasporter.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">For Jon Steingard: <a href='http://www.steingardcreative.com/'>http://www.steingardcreative.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">Another classic show from the archives. Randal Rauser is a Christian, John Loftus is a former-Christian-now-atheist. They co-authored the book “God Or Godless? debating 20 controversial questions.”</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">They joined me for two discussions. In his “Outsider Test for Faith” Loftus claimed that Christians would abandon their faith if they critiqued it in the way they do other religions. But Rauser argued that Loftus needed to put his own atheistic worldview through the test.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">They also debated whether stories of miracles can count as evidence of the supernatural.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">First broadcast 2013.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">'You just can't make this stuff up!' That, in a nutshell is the contention of Mike D'Virgilio's book 'Uninvented: Why the Bible could not be made up and the evidence that proves it'. He says that the life of Jesus doesn't read like made up stories, myths and legends.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">He engages with ex-Christian Matthew Taylor, host of the 'Still Unbelievable' podcast, who believes that many stories and details in the Gospels are the result of pious fiction on the part of later authors.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">For 'Uninvented': <a href='https://mikedvirgilio.com/'>https://mikedvirgilio.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">For Matthew Taylor: <a href='https://reasonpress.net/'>https://reasonpress.net/</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">From the archives: Do science and genetics support the existence of a 'first' human couple? How should we interpret the first chapters of Genesis? Do we need a historical Adam & Eve to make sense of sin and salvation?</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">Three Christians discussed the issues from different perspectives. Dr Denis Alexander is the emeritus director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in Cambridge. Fuz Rana is a biochemist with Reasons To Believe. Peter Enns is a theologian and author of 'The Evolution of Adam'. First broadcast 2013.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">Can a skeptical doctor be persuaded that there is medical evidence for modern day healing?</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">Craig Keener, author of 'Miracles Today', returns to the show to debate one of his fiercest critics Peter May, a retired medical doctor who says he has never encountered a compelling case of miracle healing after decades of investigation. Craig is joined by Joshua Brown of the Global Medical Research Institute who defends two cases of healing - of a digestive tract and restored vision - which he says pass Peter May's criterion for miracles.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">Justin also hears from Alanzo Paul on the upcoming 'Reboot' event from OCCA.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">For Joshua Brown: <a href='https://www.globalmri.org/'>https://www.globalmri.org/</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">For Craig Keener: <a href='https://craigkeener.com/'>https://craigkeener.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">For Peter May: <a href='https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2022/07/miracles-today-a-medical-critique-of-craig-keeners-miracle-claims/'>https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2022/07/miracles-today-a-medical-critique-of-craig-keeners-miracle-claims/</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">Papers referenced by Peter May:</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• “Miracles Today?” A Medical Critique of Craig Keener’s miracle claims. The Skeptic, Reason with Compassion. (on line) 8th July 2022</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• “Miracles in Medicine” Science and Christian Belief 2017, Volume 29, No 2, pp 121-134</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• “Response to my Critics” Science & Christian Belief 2019, Vol 31, No 1, pp 70 - 77</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• “Beatification of Cardinal Henry Newman” Medico-Legal Journal, 2017, Vol 85 (4)</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Faith and Thought (the Victoria Institute), October 2009, pp11-25,</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Claimed Contemporary Miracles, Medico-Legal Journal, Volume 71, Part 4, 2003</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• The Faith Healing Claims of Morris Cerullo, Free Enquiry, 1993/94</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">In 2013, in the USA Kermit Gosnell, was being tried on counts of murdering children born alive in illegal late-term abortions at his unsanitary practise in Philadelphia.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">Dr Trevor Stammers is a Christian former GP who refused to personally refer women for abortion. Dr Evan Harris is a former Liberal Democrat MP and atheist who believes that women should have the choice to terminate their pregnancy.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">They discussed the Gosnell case with Telegraph journalist Timothy Stanley, one of the first in the UK to report the case in the mainstream press after claims of a "media blackout".</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">They also discussed the case of Savita Halappanavar in Ireland, who died from a miscarriage after being refused an abortion, as well as the current abortion law in the UK. First broadcast 2013.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">Justin and Ruth were joined by research scientist Dr John Wyatt on a live show to talk about AI, robotics and technology. Listeners asked questions about machine consciousness, the potential dangers of AI and how to raise children in a tech world. </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">Justin also reveals that a recent article on AI featured on the Premier Unbelievable website was in fact generated by ChatGPT - the new AI platform that is sweeping the world. Ruth, John and Justin talk through the implications of this fast-evolving technology.</p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support the show and receive your 130 page e-book of John Wyatt & Lord Martin Rees' Big Conversation on Robotics, Transhumanism & AI: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/wyatt'>https://premierunbelievable.com/wyatt</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For John Wyatt's list of further resources for engaging with AI: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/unbelievable/chatgpt-ai-and-the-future-john-wyatt-qanda-on-living-faithfully-in-a-technologically-confusing-world/14719.article'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/unbelievable/chatgpt-ai-and-the-future-john-wyatt-qanda-on-living-faithfully-in-a-technologically-confusing-world/14719.article</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For the AI article referenced on the show: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/articles/should-christians-be-concerned-about-the-rapid-advancements-in-artificial-intelligence/14631.article'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/articles/should-christians-be-concerned-about-the-rapid-advancements-in-artificial-intelligence/14631.article</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For John Wyatt's website: <a href='https://johnwyatt.com/'>https://johnwyatt.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-hrzOVh hMYofW slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">In this week’s classic replay we go back to when Rob Bell returned to Unbelievable? 2 years after his debate on the controversial best-seller 'Love Wins'.</p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">He talked about life after Mars Hill Bible Church and his then-latest book 'What we talk about when we talk about God'.</p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">Andrew Wilson, author and theologian with the New Frontiers church network, quizzed Rob about his view of God, salvation and his recently stated support for gay marriage. First broadcast 2014.</p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">Matt Arnold, editor of the Christian Parapsychologist Journal and Dr Cal Cooper, a psychologist and paranormal researcher, speak to Justin about how they interpret account of ghosts, exorcism and apparitions as a Christian and skeptic.</p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">For Matt Arnold: <a href='https://ghostsghoulsandgod.co.uk/'>https://ghostsghoulsandgod.co.uk/</a></p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">For Cal Cooper: <a href='https://www.callumecooper.com/'>https://www.callumecooper.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-fYIOIr ggjThl slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">In this classic show from the archives, atheist scientist Adam Rutherford and Christian biochemist Fazale (Fuz) Rana of Reasons To Believe, discuss the scientific advances in attempting to create simple synthetic life in the laboratory and how this research may be of benefit.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">Fuz contends that the amount of ingenuity and intelligence required to produce life in the lab lends strong support to the view that life on earth is a product of an intelligent mind. Adam Rutherford, author of the book "Creation: The Future of life" disagrees. First broadcast 2013.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">Tim Keller is a renowned thinker, writer and speaker who has been dubbed New York's 'pastor to skeptics'. In a live online show hosted by Ruth Jackson and Justin Brierley he answers audience questions on his journey with pancreatic cancer, his transformed prayer life and his new book 'Forgive'.</p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For Tim's book 'Forgive': <a href='http://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/timothy-keller/forgive/9781473643130/'>http://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/timothy-keller/forgive/9781473643130/</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Support the show and receive your e-book 'In Conversation with Tim Keller': <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/keller'>premierunbelievable.com/keller</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-feINqK igFXGR slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p>

<p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">Was the emergence of the first self-replicating organism a result of design or the blind forces of nature? In today's show from the archvies, Adam Rutherford is an atheist scientist whose book "Creation: The Origin of Life" claimed to show a naturalistic explanation for how life arose. Fazale (Fuz) Rana is a biochemist with Reasons To Believe. He values scientific research into origins but believes that Rutherford's explanation was a dead-end, and that design was still the best explanation. First broadcast 2013.</p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">Justin presents an end of year show featuring a conversation with theologian and philosopher James KA Smith on his new book 'How To Inhabit Time' recorded at the Everything Conference. Justin also caught up with Trevin Wax in Oxford who gave him a tour of CS Lewis' home The Kilns. </p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">Support our End Of Year Appeal: <a href='https://gtly.to/aAxRk0kQs'>https://gtly.to/aAxRk0kQs</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-gauFBm kVReQx slate-block">Christians believe that Jesus' death on the cross provided the atonement for sins. But in what way? Advocates of the penal substitution view hold that God punished the Son, instead of us. Others argue this is an unjust way of viewing the crucifixion and prefer the 'Christus Victor' view, that Jesus defeats the powers of evil on the cross.</p> <p class="sc-gauFBm kVReQx slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-gauFBm kVReQx slate-block">In this classic replay, Steve Jeffery defended Penal Substitution, while Alan Molineaux questioned it. We also had contributions from American theologian & church leader Greg Boyd in defense of Christus Victor and UK leader Dave Bish in defense of Penal Substitutionary Atonement. First broadcast in 2013</p> <p class="sc-gauFBm kVReQx slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-gauFBm kVReQx slate-block">Support our End Of Year Appeal: <a href='https://gtly.to/aAxRk0kQs'>https://gtly.to/aAxRk0kQs</a></p> <p class="sc-gauFBm kVReQx slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-gauFBm kVReQx slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-gauFBm kVReQx slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-gauFBm kVReQx slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-gauFBm kVReQx slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-gauFBm kVReQx slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-gauFBm kVReQx slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">Justin interviews two guests with remarkable stories of adult conversion to Christianity. </p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">Lawyer Nico Tarquinio went from atheist skeptic to Catholic convert via the Unbelievable? show. Storyteller and mythologist Martin Shaw explains how a revelation during a forest vigil led to his recent conversion to Eastern Orthodox Christianity. They also tell Justin what Christmas means to them now.</p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">Justin also speaks to Dan LaRock about his new book 'Grandpa's Gift'.</p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">Support our End Of Year Appeal: <a href='https://gtly.to/aAxRk0kQs'>https://gtly.to/aAxRk0kQs</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">Martin Shaw: <a href='https://drmartinshaw.com/'>https://drmartinshaw.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">Nico Tarquinio: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/nicodemusapologetics'>https://www.instagram.com/nicodemusapologetics</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">Dan LaRock: <a href='https://www.grandpasgiftbook.com/'>https://www.grandpasgiftbook.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-eCDnqH cXWPJe slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">In this episode from the archives we’re revisiting a debate between two Christian philosophers on the arguments for God. </p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">AC Grayling is one of the UK's most well known atheist thinkers. His book The God Argument claims to refute the key arguments for God and show why humanism is the best way forward. Christian Philosopher Peter S Williams interacted with Grayling who he believes badly misunderstood the arguments for God in his book. </p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">In a busy show they debated The Argument from Fine Tuning, The Cosmological Argument and The Moral Argument. First broadcast in 2013</p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">Support our End Of Year Appeal: <a href='https://gtly.to/aAxRk0kQs'>https://gtly.to/aAxRk0kQs</a></p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p>A Public Order Bill in UK Parliament proposing 'buffer zones' could potentially criminalise pro-life activity or even silent prayer outside abortion clinics. </p> <p> Lois McLatchie of ADF UK says the bill threatens civil and religious liberty and is not 'pro-choice' for women. Ann Furedi, former head of BPAS the UK's leading abortion provider, says the legislation is necessary to prevent distress to women who access abortion providers.</p> <p> Support our End Of Year Appeal: https://gtly.to/aAxRk0kQs For ADF UK: https://adf.uk/ For BPAS: https://www.bpas.org/</p> <p> • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</p>

<p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">Rowan Williams led the Anglican Church for 10 years. He reflects on his journey of faith, and the trials and joys of his time in office in a wide ranging interview with Justin Brierley. First broadcast in 2013.</p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-cBQgDv jBnHLm slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p>'Truth Over Tribe: Pledging allegiance to the lamb, not the donkey or the elephant' is the name of the new book by Patrick Miller and Keith Simon. They are both church pastors in the USA who started the Truth Over Tribe podcast to combat polarisation in politics, culture and Christianity.</p> <p> They talk to Justin about Trump, abortion, LGBT, Christian nationalism, progressives and conservatives, and how the church can be part of the solution rather than the problem of tribalism in politics and culture. </p> <p> Justin is also joined by Tim Farron MP to talk about his new book 'A Mucky Business: Why Christians should get involved in politics'.</p> <p> For Keith and Patrick: https://choosetruthovertribe.com/ For A Mucky Business podcast: https://pod.link/1548503241 For A Mucky Business book: https://ivpbooks.com/a-mucky-business</p> <p> • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</p>

<p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">"Why?" was the title of a book that had just been published by Sharon Dirckx looking at God, evil and suffering. She interacted with atheist Alom Shaha as we asked "how can a loving God allow suffering?"</p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">We also heard stories from people who had been through suffering but kept their faith such as Will, who became a Christian after losing his wife and a child in a tragic road accident, and Rachel who suffered from MS for a number of years. First broadcast in 2013</p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p>

<p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">Get our launch discount for 'Science, Faith and the Evidence for God with John Lennox' <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/lennox'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/lennox</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">Justin is joined by Prof John Lennox to talk about his debates with well-known atheists and to introduce a new online apologetics course: 'Science, Faith and the Evidence for God with John Lennox'.</p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p>The film “Hellbound” by Kevin Miller questioned the traditional "eternal, conscious torment" view of hell and asked whether Universalism is actually taught in scripture.</p> <p> Justin was joined by Kevin Miller, along with Glenn Peoples who holds an "annihilationist" position, and Peter Sanlon who defended the traditional view. They discussed whether questioning hell goes against evangelicalism, whether evangelism is at stake and what most Christians really believe about hell. First broadcast in 2013.</p> <p> Support Unbelievable? for Giving Tuesday: https://gtly.to/t4eSg7RRc</p> <p> • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</p>

<p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">Apologist and author Sean McDowell joined Justin along with hundreds of Unbelievable? listeners for a live show talking about Sean's new book 'A Rebel's Manifesto' and taking questions on LGBT, same-sex marriage, transgender, divorce, theology and more. </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">Support Unbelievable? for Giving Tuesday: <a href='https://gtly.to/t4eSg7RRc'>https://gtly.to/t4eSg7RRc</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">For Sean's book 'A Rebel's Manifesto': <a href='https://seanmcdowell.org/item/a-rebels-manifesto'>https://seanmcdowell.org/item/a-rebels-manifesto</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">For our next live show with Tim Keller: <a href='https://www.unbelievable.live/'>https://www.unbelievable.live/</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">From the archives: NT Wright is a leading professor of New Testament at the forefront of what has been called the New Perspective on Paul. His reassessment of the words of Paul on "justification" led to concern from some reformed church leaders. Does this new perspective undermine important doctrine, or did the reformers read their Bible wrong? James White, reformed Bible scholar of Alpha and Omega ministries, discussed with NT Wright as they sought to find out what Paul really said about justification.</p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">Were Victorian missionaries a tool of oppression, exploitation and empire as some critics claim? Or did they leave a legacy of education, healthcare and eradicating inhumane practises?</p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">Victor Simz, known online as the Z Historian, is a Zambian historian who has charted the impact of missionaries in East Africa. He discusses the issues with Jonathan Wilson who comes from a missionary family and believes the story of the positive global impact of missions work is often under-appreciated.</p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">For Victor Simz: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/c/TheZHistorian'>https://www.youtube.com/c/TheZHistorian</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">For Jonathan Wilson: <a href='https://leadbysoul.com/'>https://leadbysoul.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">For Premier's 'Missions Week' website: <a href='https://www.missionsweek.org.uk/'>https://www.missionsweek.org.uk/</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">From the archives: the Veritas Forum in Cambridge invited Christian philosopher Keith Ward and atheist philosopher Arif Ahmed to present the reasons for their different worldviews. Justin hosted this discussion with these two thinkers in front of an audience of Cambridge students who asked their own questions too.</p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">As COP 27 gets underway Justin is joined by Christian climate campaigner Rachel Mander and Humanist activist Lori Marriott. They agree on the science and what needs to be done but have different views about which worldview provides the better moral foundation for the work of climate change action.</p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">For Rachel Mander: <a href='https://arocha.org/en/about/people/rachel-mander/'>https://arocha.org/en/about/people/rachel-mander/</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">For Lori Marriott: <a href='https://humanists.uk/humanist-climate-action/'>https://humanists.uk/humanist-climate-action/</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">In Jan 2013 a new church began in London - with singing, a sermon and a great sense of community - but for godless people. Atheist stand up comedian Sanderson Jones who co-founded "the Sunday Assembly" talked about its first meeting and why he set it up. David Robertson, at the time a church minister, asked questions about whether an "atheist church" makes sense and what Christians could learn from it. Justin was also joined by two of those who attended the first service, Rory Fenton and Simon Jenkins.</p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">Stand up comedians Andy Kind (the Christian) and Andy White (the Atheist) join Justin to talk about comedy and faith and discuss Andy Kind's new book 'Hidden In Plain Sight: Clues you may have missed in the search for meaning'.</p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">For Hidden In Plain Sight: <a href='https://standrewsbookshop.co.uk/product/hidden-in-plain-sight-2/'>https://standrewsbookshop.co.uk/product/hidden-in-plain-sight-2/</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">For Andy Kind: <a href='https://www.andykind.co.uk/'>https://www.andykind.co.uk/</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">For Andy White: <a href='https://twitter.com/AndyJWhite'>https://twitter.com/AndyJWhite</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p> <p class="sc-lbhYTY hwDDFB slate-block"> </p>

<p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">In this episode from the archives, we go back to the time when then-leading UK evangelical Steve Chalke wrote an article for Christianity magazine on why he switched to affirming committed, faithful gay relationships.</p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">Justin talked to Steve about why he changed his mind, while theologian Greg Downes offered a defense of the traditional evangelical understanding of sexuality. We also heard the responses and reflections of church leaders including Steve Clifford of the Evangelical Alliance, Lord Richard Harries former Bishop of Oxford, Faith Forster of Ichthus Christian fellowship and more.</p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events</a></p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">Michael Gungor and his wife Lisa were pioneers in the Christian music scene, building a loyal fan base through Gungor's music and podcasts such as The Liturgists. However, Michael's recent turn towards an increasingly progressive, msytical and deconstructed interpretation of faith has left many Christians confused.</p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">Evan Wickham is a pastor in San Diego and a friend and former musical collaborator with Gungor. They engage in a discussion on Michael's spiritual journey and why Evan has stayed within a historic orthodox Christian tradition. </p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">For Michael Gungor: <a href='http://www.gungormusic.com/'>http://www.gungormusic.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">For Evan Wickham: <a href='https://evanwickham.com/'>https://evanwickham.com/</a></p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block"> </p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events</a></p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p class="sc-jUtGcO bvJDX slate-block">• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>

<p>Mark Shrime tells Justin Brierley about his journey of faith and career as a surgeon, which now sees him deliver life-saving treatment around the world with Mercy Ships. Mark is the author of ‘Solving For Why: A surgeon’s journey to discover the transformative power of purpose’.</p> <p> </p> <p>To support Mercy Ships <a href='https://www.mercyships.org.uk/premier/'>https://www.mercyships.org.uk/premier/</a></p> <p>• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: <a href='https://pod.link/267142101'>https://pod.link/267142101</a></p> <p>• More shows, free eBook & newsletter: <a href='https://premierunbelievable.com/'>https://premierunbelievable.com</a></p> <p>• For live events: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.live'>http://www.unbelievable.live</a></p> <p>• For online learning: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events</a></p> <p>• Support us in the USA: <a href='http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow'>http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow</a></p> <p>• Support us in the rest of the world: <a href='https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate'>https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate</a></p>