All Shows articles – Page 72

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    Has Neuroscience killed God? Dr Alasdair Coles vs Martyn Frame - Unbelievable?

    2012-01-21T00:00:00Z

     Continuing our Mind, Body and Soul month of programming on Premier, Justin is joined by a Christian and an atheist as they discuss whether people’s religious experiences can be explained by brain activity alone. Revd Dr Aladair Coles is an academice neurologist in Cambridge and part of the Faraday Institute’s Test of Faith initiative. He says that even though neuroscience has helped us understand the brain activity of religious people, atheist scientists such as Sam Harris have not thereby disproved God.

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    The Mark Driscoll interview - special podcast

    2012-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Justin Brierley interviews Grace & Mark Driscoll on their book Real Marriage and on Mark’s ministry as pastor of Mars Hill Church Seattle. 

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    Is Our Mind More Than Matter? Keith Ward vs David Papineau - Unbelievable?

    2012-01-14T00:00:00Z

     Is our physical brain one and the same with the consciousness, thoughts and perceptions we experience? Is matter all there is ultimately? Keith Ward is a prominent Christian Philosopher & Theologian. The Former Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. He believes in an immaterial mind, as well as the phsical brain. David Papineau is Professor of Philosophy of Science at Kings College London. As an atheist & physicalist he believes that the mind is one and the same with the brain - there is nothing immaterial about it.

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    Is there scientific evidence for the star of Bethlehem? Unbelievable?

    2012-01-07T00:00:00Z

    A show marking January’s Feast of the Epiphany which marks the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus. Various astronomical theories have been put forward for what might have constituted the “Star of Bethlehem” that guided the Magi as recorded in Matthew 2. Christian Astrophysicists Hugh Ross and Jeff Zweerink of Reasons To Believe join Justin.

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    Unbelievable? Believing Bulls**t - Is Christianity an intellectual blackhole?

    2011-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Stephen Law is an atheist and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Heythrop College and director of the Centre for Inquiry UK. His latest book “Believing Bulls**t: how not to get sucked into an intellectual black hole” looks at the reasons people are persuaded into believing irrational things. Jame Orr is a Christian convert studying for a Doctorate in philosophy at Cambridge University. He engages Stephen on whether the criteria for recognising “intellectual black holes” applies to the claims of Christianity, including The Resurrection.

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    Unbelievable? Revisiting the evil God challenge - Law vs Peoples

    2011-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Stephen Law is senior lecturer in philosophy at Heythrop College, London and director of the Centre For Inquiry UK. He joins Justin to reflect on his debate with William Lane Craig during the UK Reasonable Faith Tour where he defended atheism. Glenn Peoples is a Christian Philosopher from New Zealand.

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    Unbelievable? - Did man make God, or did God make man?

    2011-12-03T00:00:00Z

     Edgar Andrews is Emeritus Professor of Materials at the University of London and the author of “Who Made God?” He returns to support the view that only God explains the ability of science to make sense of the world around us. Lewis Wolpert is Emeritus Professor of Biology at University College London, he is an atheist and Vice President of the British Humanist Association.

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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? - William Lane Craig apologetics Q&A

    2011-11-12T00:00:00Z

     William Lane Craig is research professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, La Mirada, California.

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    Unbelievable? - Is God a Delusion? William Lane Craig in Oxford

    2011-11-05T00:00:00Z

    On 25th October 2011 Professor William Lane Craig spoke to a capacity audience at Oxford’s Sheldonian theatre. He critiqued Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion and interacted with a panel of academics.

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    Unbelievable? - Gary Habermas & Geoff Campos - Belief in Miracles

    2011-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Justin went backstage at the Bethinking Apologetics Conference last week to record a show with one of the speakers - Professor Gary Habermas and an atheist listener to Unbelievable? Geoff Campos.

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    Unbelievable? - William Lane Craig vs Peter Millican - Does God Exist?

    2011-10-26T00:00:00Z

    The Reasonable Faith Tour has concluded!

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    Unbelievable? - William Lane Craig vs Stephen Law - Does God Exist?

    2011-10-18T00:00:00Z

    Due to popular demand we are releasing an early Special Podcast Edition of the show featuring the full audio of the recent debate between William Lane Craig and Stephen Law on “Does God Exist”. The debate took place at Westminster Central Hall on Mon 17 October in front of an audience of over 1700 people.

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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? - Craig, Lennox, Habermas & PJ Williams - Apologetics conference preview

    2011-10-01T00:00:00Z

    On this week’s show: We look ahead to the Bethinking National Apologetics Day Conference “Countering the New Atheism” on Sat 22 Oct in London. It will form part of the Reasonable Faith Tour. Speakers include William Lane Craig, John Lennox, Gary Habermas & Peter J Williams.

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    Unbelievable? - Understanding Jesus - listener Q&A

    2011-09-24T00:00:00Z

     Peter S Williams is a Christian philosopher and apologist. His latest book Understanding Jesus brings together lines of evidence for a philosophical, historical and theological understanding of Jesus.

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    Unbelievable? - Can an atheist believe in meaning?

    2011-09-17T00:00:00Z

     Geoff Crocker is a former Christian, now atheist. However, he says he still believes in Spirituality even as an atheist and that believing the universe is Godless does not mean there is no meaning to be grasped. His book “An Enlightened Philosophy” asks if atheism may be able to borrow from Religion “reintrepreted as myth”. Peter S Williams is a Christian Philosopher and apologist. He says that Atheism does not allow for objective meaning, value or purpose, only theism can provide those.

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    Unbelievable? - William Lane Craig Q&A & Tour preview

    2011-09-10T00:00:00Z

     William Lane Craig is coming to the UK from October 17-26 2011 for a series of debates and lectures countering atheism and presenting strong rational grounds for belief in God.

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    Unbelievable? - Islam, conversion & apostasy

    2011-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Today’s show: Patrick Sookhdeo converted from Islam to Christianity as a young man. He has since gone on to represent the rights of persecuted Christians all over the world via the Barnabas Fund.