Unbelievable? Is it Rational to be a Christian? - Stephen Woodford vs Justin Brierley

2023-05-12T16:00:00+01:00

In 2019, Justin Brierley swapped his moderator’s chair for being a debater in a live show recorded in front of a student audience at Oxford University. He engaged atheist Stephen Woodford who runs the YouTube channel Rationality Rules on the question ‘Is it rational to be a Christian?’

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