Unbelievable?

Presented by Ruth Jackson

Every Saturday from 6pm - 7pm

God vs Stephen Hawking – Dave Hutchings, David Wilkinson and Phil Halper

17 Apr 2020
01:36:03

‘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...

Is the resurrection unbelievable? Jonathan McLatchie vs David Johnson

10 Apr 2020
01:26:25

Christian apologist Jonathan McLatchie and atheist sceptic David Johnson debate the evidence for the resurrection in an Easter weekend edition of the show. For Jonathan McLatchie http://apologetics-academy.org/ For David Johnson https://skep...

John Lennox: Where is God in a Coronavirus world?

8 Apr 2020
33:12

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?’. The normal format of the show resumes this coming weekend with a resurrection debate. For John Le...

Lockdown special feat. Nicky Gumbel, Megan Cornwell, Andrew Wilson, Esther O Reilly, Will van der Hart and NT Wright

3 Apr 2020
01:55:42

Justin speaks to Christians leaders, thinkers and theologians from lockdown in the UK and USA with a variety of responses to Coronavirus. Nicky Gumbel of the Alpha Course looks for the good coming ou of the storm, Megan Cornwell relates her Covid-19...

An evening with NT Wright live in London

27 Mar 2020
01:25:13

Justin recently hosted An Evening with Tom Wright at Westminster Chapel in London (pre-Coronavirus restrictions!). In this podcast special Tom delivers a talk on ‘Jesus, Paul and the Question of God’ and then sits down with Justin to answer audien...

Coronavirus: How will it change the church and the world? AJ Roberts, Mark Sayers and mystery guest

20 Mar 2020
01:35:36

In a special edition of the show, recorded from home, Justin looks at the present Coronavirus crisis, how the pandemic will change global society and how the church can respond. He chats with Reasons To Believe virologist AJ Roberts, church and cultu...

Antinatalism - should we let humans go extinct? David Benatar vs Bruce Blackshaw

13 Mar 2020
01:23:26

David Benatar is the world’s leading ‘antinatalist’ philosopher. His controversial book ‘Better Never To Have Been’ argues that the suffering of existence always outweighs any potential good and that it is morally wrong to bring new human beings into...

The Genealogical Adam and Eve – Joshua Swamidass and Nathan Lents

6 Mar 2020
01:32:32

Joshua Swamidass is the author of ‘The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The surprising science of universal ancestry’. He says that the book could end the war between evolution and creation as it reveals the scientific basis for why everybody on earth coul...

Origins of Life Debate Round 2 - James Tour vs Lee Cronin

28 Feb 2020
01:48:00

Prof of Nanotechnology James (Jim) Tour & Glasgow biology Prof Lee Cronin debate contemporary Origins of Life research and whether Lee’s laboratory is on the way to discovering it. You can watch/listen to the first Unbelievable? debate on this su...

God, Gay Christians and the Church - Brandan Robertson and David Bennett

21 Feb 2020
01:30:18

Two gay Christians on either side of the 'Side A and Side B’ view, join Justin to talk about their stories and why they take different views on sexuality and the gospel. Brandan Roberston is a progressive pastor of an LGBT affirming church who believ...

2 views on the God of Love and the Problem of Evil - Thomas Jay Oord and John C Peckham (+ Greg Koukl)

14 Feb 2020
01:43:06

If God is all-powerful and all-loving, why is there so much evil in the world? Two Christian thinkers with different solutions to this age-old question join Justin. Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian and philosopher who advocates a ‘non-coercive and unc...

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: John Mark Comer and Rachel Homes

7 Feb 2020
01:26:11

Portland pastor John Mark Comer joins Justin to talk about slowing down our lives in our high-tech, anxiety-prone world.  He’s joined by Rachel Holmes, a secular Buddhist and ex-Christian, as they talk about John Mark’s book ‘The Ruthless Eliminati.....

Hinduism, conversion and religious freedom

31 Jan 2020
01:32:53

Tensions between Hindus and other religious groups in India have been growing in recent years as the BJP Government and Hindu nationalists have advocated for anti-conversion laws. Dipen Rajyaguru of the Hindu Council UK, and Henry, an advocate for pe...

The argument from reason - Cosmic Skeptic and Max Baker-Hytch

24 Jan 2020
01:36:26

Can we make sense of our rational capabilities on an atheist naturalist worldview? Alex O’Connor of the Cosmic Skeptic YouTube channel debates Christian philosopher Max Baker-Hytch on the argument for God from reason, which was popularised by CS Lewi...

Controversies in Jesus studies – John Dickson, Lydia McGrew and Jonathan McLatchie

17 Jan 2020
01:39:36

In the first part of the show Australian Bible scholar John Dickson talks to Justin about his new book ‘Is Jesus History?’ They discuss Jesus mythicism and Bart Ehrman’s views on oral tradition. In the second part of the show Lydia McGrew and Jonatha...

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