All Unbelievable? articles – Page 14
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ShowsUnbelievable? Francis Spufford and Philip Pullman on why Christianity makes surprising emotional sense – Classic Replay
Prize-winning author Francis Spufford discusses his book ‘Unapologetic: Why despite everything Christianity can still make surprising emotional sense’ with famed atheist writer Philip Pullman in this replay of their 2012 conversation.
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ShowsUnbelievable? The Jesus of Islam and Christianity: Can we reconcile the two? Mustafa Akyol and Richard Shumack
Does Islam or Christianity go back to the true person of Jesus? Richard Shumack, author of ‘Jesus through Muslim Eyes’ and Mustafa Akyol, author of ‘The Islamic Jesus’, debate the issues.
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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? Do faith and politics mix? Tim Farron and Polly Toynbee
Tim Farron is an MP and former leader of the Liberal Democrats. His Christian faith came under scrutiny during the 2017 UK General Election, leading to his resignation as party leader. His autobiography ‘A Better Ambition: Confessions of a faithful liberal’ (SPCK) tells his story.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Francis Collins answers your questions on science and faith
Dr. Francis Collins is a renowned geneticist who oversaw the Human Genome Project and is currently the director of the National Institutes of Health, USA responding to Covid-19.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Christianity, Psychology and Compassion - Paul Gilbert and Roger Bretherton
Is Christianity a positive force for compassion in the world? Prof Paul Gilbert and Dr. Roger Bretherton join Justin for a conversation on psychology, the brain, Christianity and what makes us choose compassion over callousness.
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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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ShowsUnbelievable? Are martyred apostles good evidence for the resurrection? Sean McDowell vs Paulogia
Would the followers of Jesus have been willing to suffer and die for something they knew to be false? Can we be historically confident they were martyred at all?
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ShowsUnbelievable? Where do atheists get their meaning from? Zach Broom and Michael Brady
Zach Broom is the author of ‘Without God: Science, belief, morality and the meaning of life’ in which he claims that many of our most basic intuitions don’t make sense in the absence of God.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Why doesn’t God end Coronavirus and mend the world? Justin Brierley
In a bonus mid-week episode Justin shares his own thoughts on why God doesn’t step in to stop ‘natural evils’ like coronavirus, plague and natural disasters.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Is it time to end the war on drugs? Peter Hitchens vs Christina Dent. Plus William Lane Craig and Amy Orr Ewing on God, atheism and Covid 19
Peter Hitchens and Christina Dent, two Christians with very different views on drug legalisation, debate whether or not decriminalisation is the way to combat drug abuse.
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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.
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ShowsBecky Pippert: Evangelism during COVID-19
Evangelist Becky Pippert, bestselling author of ‘Out Of The Saltshaker’, talks to Justin Brierley about how Christians can be a faithful witness to Christ during the COVID-19 lockdown and about her new book ‘Stay Salt: The world has changed. Our message must not’.
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ShowsUnbelievable? God vs Stephen Hawking – Dave Hutchings, David Wilkinson and Phil Halper
‘God, Stephen Hawking and the Multiverse’ is the name of a new book by physics teacher David Hutchings and Prof David Wilkinson of Durham University. They discuss Hawking, his science, the big bang and what it means for the God question with atheist Phil Halper, who runs the Sky Dive Phil channel on YouTube.
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ArticleThe resurrection may make sense of history. More importantly, it makes sense of me
Dr. Erik Strandness says it’s not just historical facts that need to be harmonized.
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ShowsWilliam Lane Craig: Refuting atheist Coronavirus memes
Renowned Christian thinker William Lane Craig tells Justin Brierley how to respond to online atheists during Covid 19
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ShowsUnbelievable? Is the resurrection unbelievable? Jonathan McLatchie vs David Johnson
Christian apologist Jonathan McLatchie and atheist sceptic David Johnson debate the evidence for the resurrection in an Easter weekend edition of the show.
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ShowsUnbelievable? John Lennox: Where is God in a Coronavirus world?
In a midweek bonus episode Justin talks to Oxford professor and Christian thinker John Lennox about his new book ‘Where is God in a Coronavirus World?’.
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ArticleHow much is a life worth? Human dignity in the time of COVID.
As health systems come under pressure our culture‘s value of human life is being tested, says Esther O’Reilly
