All Bible: Old Testament  articles – Page 15

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    Did God command ‘genocide’ in the Old Testament? John Allister vs Justin Schieber - Unbelievable?

    2013-01-12T00:00:00Z

    1 Samuel Chapter 15 may be one of the hardest passages in the Bible to reconcile with a God of love. It describes God apparently commanding the slaughter of men, women and children in the Amalekite tribe.

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    Did the Old Testament prophesy the birth of Christ? Unbelievable? 24 Dec 2011

    2012-12-24T00:00:00Z

     A festive edition of the show in which we investigate some of the common Old Testament prophecies associated with Christmas. Isaiah 7:14 “The virgin will conceive” and Micah 5:2 “But you Bethlehem…” Do such prophecies supernaturally predict the coming of Christ? Dr Michael Brown is a Messianic Jew who believes there is overwhelming evidence for Jesus fulfiling the prophecies of the Old Testament.

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    Comedy & Christianity - Marcus Brigstocke & David Robertson - Unbelievable?

    2012-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Marcus Brigstocke is a well known comedian on UK radio and TV. An atheist, last year he wrote the book “God Collar” about his problems with religion, but also why he wants to believe in God.

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    Is there evidence for a cosmic creator? Hugh Ross vs Lewis Wolpert - Unbelievable?

    2012-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Recorded at Imperial College London. Christian astrophysicist Hugh Ross of Reasons To Believe debates atheist biologist Lewis Wolpert. Ross brings evidence for God from Big Bang cosmology, explaining why scientific advance provides a testable model of Biblical Creation. Wolpert says that belief in God is a by-product of evolution and nothing more.

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    Do we live on an old or young earth? Unbelievable?

    2012-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Young Earth Creationists (YEC) claim the earth and universe is only some 6000 years old according to the Bible and that science that goes against this is flawed. Old Earth Creationists (OEC) argue that the Bible does not commit us to a 24hr day view of creation days, but that the earth and universe is, as mainstream science predicts, billions of years old. This debate was recorded in front of a live audience at Gunnersbury Baptist Church.

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    Unbelievable? - Signature in the cell - Stephen C Meyer vs Keith Fox

    2011-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Stephen Meyer is a leading proponent of Intelligent Design who directs the Centre for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute in Seattle. His most recent book “Signature in the Cell” claims to show that the DNA code is the product of intelligent mind, not naturalistic processes. Keith Fox is Professor of Biochemistry at Southampton University. He chairs the UK Christians in Science network but disagrees strongly with ID.

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    Unbelievable? - “Is the Bible historically reliable?” debate

    2011-10-15T00:00:00Z

     On today’s Show: New Testament Scholar David Instone-Brewer and Bible sceptic Ken Humphreys met in a debte at Gunnersbury Baptist Church, London recently.

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    Unbelievable? - Old Testament Grill-a-Christian with Peter J Williams

    2011-10-08T00:00:00Z

     Peter J Williams is the Warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge and a first class scholar of both Old and New Testament. He takes non-Christian listener sceptical questions on the Old Testament.

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    Unbelievable? - Unbelievable? the Conference

    2011-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Justin introduces two elements of the conference. Professor John Lennox, Scientist and Christian apologist gave the opening address “What are we apologising for?”

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    Unbelievable? - Is the Bible Unbelievable?

    2011-05-21T00:00:00Z

     Former Methodist minister turned atheist Leslie Scrace stopped reading the Bible after he lost his faith. 20 years later he read it again and wrote a book-by-book account of how he views it as an atheist called “An Unbelievers Guide to the Bible”. Leslie criticises parts of the Old Testament that he sees as primitive and immoral while praising other parts of scripture that illustrate humanist values.

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    Unbelievable? Is God a Moral Monster? Paul Copan & Norman Bacrac

    2011-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Richard Dawkins describes the Old Testament God as “a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser” (among other things). Paul Copan is a Christian apologist and has written a book aiming to show why God’s actions in the Old Testament are not immoral when taken in context. Norman Bacrac is an atheist humanist and part ot the South place Ethical Society.

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    Unbelievable? - Which Translation should we Trust?

    2011-01-22T00:00:00Z

    To mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible Justin Brierley will be presenting a number of programmes looking at issues of Biblical reliability and interpretation in the coming year.

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    Unbelievable? - The Fall & Original Sin

    2010-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Peter Byrom says he is “very nearly” convinced of Christianity. Having dallied with an atheist perspective he now rejects many of those arguments. However one area of theology he doesn’t feel is clear is the question of Adam and Eve and the Fall.

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    Unbelievable? - Does the Bible condone slavery?

    2010-06-19T00:00:00Z

    The Bible is often criticised for either supporting or not condemning the institution of slavery. So how should we treat portions of Scripture in both the Old and New Testaments that relate to slavery? Why does the Old Testament contain laws regarding the treatment of slaves? Does Paul condemn or affirm the institution?

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    Unbelievable? - Atheists Grill A Christian

    2010-04-24T00:00:00Z

    We mix things up a bit this week with a different format. Four atheist listeners of the show get their chance to air their objections to Christian faith. Taking their questions and criticisms is Church pastor David Robertson, author of “The Dawkins Letters”.

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    Unbelievable ? - Can we trust the Trinity? James White vs Anthony Buzzard

    2010-03-13T00:00:00Z

     Is the doctrine of the Trinity to be found in the Bible? Was Jesus really “of one substance” with God the Father?

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    Unbelievable - Are the two Christmas accounts contradictory?

    2009-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Matthew and Luke are the two Gospel writers that include narratives of the birth of Christ. The traditional Nativity Story is an amalgamation of the two accounts.

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    Unbelievable ? - What picture of God does the Bible paint?

    2009-10-03T00:00:00Z

     Andrew Wilson is an author and church leader. His book “GodStories” describes the Bible as “the gospel of God”. He says the story is told in multiple ways of sins forgiven, shame removed, beauty restored, and meaning reinstated.

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    Unbelievable ? - Scriptural reasoning

    2009-08-15T00:00:00Z

    Scriptural Reasoning is an organisation committed to honest interfaith dialogue that promotes “better quality disagreement”. Its founder Muhammad Al-Hussaini explains how they hope to bring greater understanding of the scriptures of the three Abrahamic religions.

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    Unbelievable ?Before Nicea - what is the truth about Early Christianity?

    2009-06-20T00:00:00Z

    What did the first Christians believe about Jesus? Muslim Abdul Haq, the author of “Before Nicea” claims that key doctrines of Christianity were formulated through later councils of the church. He says that there is no good evidence that early Christians believed in Jesus’ divinity or even his crucifixion.