All Church articles – Page 15
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ShowsCan a doubter find a place in church? Preston Ulmer and Gaia McDermott
Preston Ulmer author of ‘The Doubters Club’ and ex-Christian Gaia McDermott who hosts the ‘Face The Sun’ podcast, discuss how to explore doubt and questions inside and outside the church.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Should ’Gay Conversion Therapy’ be banned? Jayne Ozanne vs Peter Lynas
The UK Government has published proposals to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’. Should such a law be welcomed by churches as a protection for LGBT+ people, or a cause for concern at the potential criminalisation of prayer? Peter Lynas of the UK Evangelical Alliance and Jayne Ozanne of the Ban Conversion Therapy coalition debate the proposed legislation.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Is toxic masculinity a problem in the church? Kyle Thompson and Martin Saunders
Kyle Thompson of men’s ministry Undaunted Life says we need to champion biblical masculinity in a church that is too feminised. Martin Saunders, author of ‘The Man You Were Made To Be’ says we need to leave behind gender stereotypes and help young Christian men make sense of masculinity in today’s world.
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ShowsUnbelievable? CRT and Woke Christianity - Owen Strachan vs Jermaine Marshall
Is the church too woke or just broke?
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #82 Disappointed by church
Tom comments on the Jonathan Fletcher scandal and answers questions from people disappointed by their church response to Covid and a new Christian who has struggled to find a welcome.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Should we rethink worship in a Covid age? Tim Hughes, Lucy Brierley, Muyiwa Olarewaju and Graham Nicholls
The pandemic has changed the way churches deliver worship online and in person. Justin is joined by church and worship leaders Tim Hughes, Muyiwa Olarewaju, Lucy Brierley & Graham Nicholls, to talk about lessons learned and what the future may look like. Originally broadcast as part of Spring Harvest 2021: Unrivalled.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #66 A conversation with Douglas Murray on identity, myth and miracles
A special edition of the show in which Tom Wright sits down with noted cultural critic Douglas Murray to discuss Douglas’ own journey in and out of faith, the church and culture, and whether Christianity can makes sense of a post-Christian world. Originally aired as part of The Big Conversation from Unbelievable? in partnership with the John Templeton Foundation.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #57 The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches
Tom responds to questions on why the Roman Catholic bible includes more books than Protestant versions, what he makes of the Eastern Orthodox tradition and a listener who is thinking of ‘crossing the Tiber’.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #56 Fasting, resting and worship
Is fasting a practice that Christians should take up? How does Tom balance work and rest? Has Sunday worship become just a musical event? Tom answers listener questions on Christian practices.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Richmond Wandera – Christianity, witchcraft and the prosperity gospel in Uganda
Richmond Wandera, a pastor in Kampala, Uganda and listener of Unbelievable? talks to Justin about the history of Christian revival in Africa, elections and Covid in Uganda, witchcraft, secularism and the problem of the prosperity gospel in churches. He also share his story of coming from the slums of Kampala through to theological education and church leadership in a show in partnership with Compassion.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #50 Icons, praying to saints & dividing over sexuality
Tom answers listener questions around whether shrines are pagan, infant baptism is biblical and how we can live in unity with theological differences around sexuality.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #47 Should women preach and lead in church? What about marriage?
Tom answers listener questions around gender, women in leadership and the dynamics of family life.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #45 Worship in the age of Covid-19
Tom answers listener questions on how the church will be changed by Coronavirus, online communion and the challenges of worshipping in a socially-distanced way.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Coronavirus conspiracies, politics and rebel churches – Mark Sayers, AJ Roberts, Ruth Jackson and Lucy Brierley
Six months on from Justin’s first lockdown show looking at Coronavirus he’s joined again by virologist AJ Roberts from California, Australian church and culture guru Mark Sayers, his wife Rev Lucy Brierley and new Unbelievable? team member Ruth Jackson. They discuss the politics of ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? Is the UK Church racist? Chine McDonald, Gavin Calver and Joe Aldred
In the second of two shows dealing with racism and the church, Justin Brierley hosts a discussion on the UK Church between Chine McDonald of Christian Aid, Gavin Calver of The Evangelical Alliance and Bishop Dr Joe Aldred of Churches Together in England. ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? Racism, white supremacy and Black Lives Matter: George Yancey and Drew Hart
Is the approach and ideology of Black Lives Matter and anti-racism advocates such as Robin DiAngelo, a help or a hindrance in combating racism in the USA? Anti-racism theologian Dr Drew Hart and Christian sociologist Dr George Yancey discuss their different perspectives on racism, ‘white ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? Rob Bell and Adrian Warnock debate heaven, hell and Love Wins - Classic Replay
Justin introduces a classic debate from the Unbelievable? archive in which megachurch pastor Rob Bell defended his controversial 2011 book ‘Love Wins’ opposite Adrian Warnock.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Another Christian worship leader loses his faith? Jon Steingard and Sean McDowell
Jon Steingard of the band Hawk Nelson is the latest in a number of Christian personalities who say they’ve renounced their faith. Jon joins Justin along with Christian thinker Sean McDowell who has written a response blog to Jon’s Instagram announcement.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Christendom’s response to plague and pandemic: Tom Holland, Mike Bird and Rev Marcus Walker
Historian Tom Holland, author of ‘Dominion’ recaps his debate with AC Grayling and talks about his recent article for The Telegraph arguing for the Christian roots of the response we are seeing to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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ArticleCoronavirus-spreading churches: Bad theology has tragic consequences
Pete Phillips explains why being a Christian does not mean magical exemption from the consequences of a fallen world.
