Unbelievable?

Presented by Ruth Jackson

Every Saturday from 6pm - 7pm

Are psychedelics a path to spiritual enlightenment? Ashley Lande vs Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes

10 Sep 2021
01:25:24

There has been a revival of interest in psychedelics & hallucinogenic drugs. But are they a path to enlightenment or a spiritual dead end?  Ashley Lande was heavily into psychedelics until bad experiences led her to abandon the drugs and embrace...

Classic Replay: Alvin Plantinga defends his Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism

7 Sep 2021
01:04:10

First broadcast Nov 2010. Renowned Christian philosopher Alvin Plantinga joins the show to debate The Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism, one of his most famous arguments against atheism. He was met by a worthy opponent. - atheist philosopher S...

2 scientists, a 3 year dialogue and 1 conversion - Steve Robinson and Victoria Lim

3 Sep 2021
01:33:36

Dr Stephen Robinson and Dr Victoria Lim entered into a 3-year email dialogue as a Christian and agnostic working in science. They tell Justin Brierley what happened. Also, Luke Martin talks about the Creed & Culture Project event with John Lennox...

Classic Replay: The Mark Driscoll interview

31 Aug 2021
57:05

First broadcast in Jan 2012. Justin's 'infamous' interview with controversial Christian leader Mark Driscoll, then pastor of megachurch Mars Hill Church in Seattle. More Resources: • For exclusive resources and to support us: USA: http://www.premieri...

Kristin Kobes Du Mez on masculinity, Mark Driscoll and the future for US evangelicals

27 Aug 2021
01:19:08

Kristin Kobes Du Mez is the author of the bestselling book 'Jesus and John Wayne: How white evangelicals corrupted a faith and fractured a nation'. She chats live with Justin about the recent 'Rise and Fall of Mars Hill' podcast, the support Donald T...

Classic Replay: Ex-gay vs gay-affirming dialogue

24 Aug 2021
01:03:41

First broadcast in Nov 2010. Jonathan Berry and Jeremy Marks, two Christians with different approaches to counselling those who are same-sex attracted discuss ex-gay and gay-affirming approaches to Christianity.  More Resources: • For exclusive resou...

Do meaning, truth and love make sense without God? Rationality Rules vs Simon Edwards

18 Aug 2021
01:39:33

Christian apologist Simon Edwards, author of 'The Sanity of Belief: Why faith makes sense', debates atheist YouTuber Stephen Woodford (aka Rationality Rules) on whether atheism or Christianity makes best sense of our beliefs about meaning, truth and...

Classic Replay: Debating the apologetics of CS Lewis

17 Aug 2021
01:02:01

First broadcast in Oct 2010. CS Lewis scholar Michael Ward and atheist activist Dan Barker debate whether Lewis' Christian apologetics were convincing or not. Michael Ward currently has a new book out on Lewis - After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’...

Did Adam & Eve exist? William Lane Craig and Joshua Swamidass

13 Aug 2021
01:39:26

How should Christians understand the Adam & Eve story in Genesis? Is it scientifically plausible that humanity can be traced back to a first human couple? What does it mean for the concept of 'Original Sin'? These and more questions are discussed...

Classic Replay: Philosophers debate the moral argument for God

10 Aug 2021
01:02:34

First broadcast in Oct 2010. Cambridge philosopher and atheist Arif Ahmed want head to head with New Zealand based Christian philosopher Glen Peoples in for this classic debate on the moral argument for God. More Resources: • For exclusive resources...

Egalitarian and Complementarian views on Biblical Womanhood - Beth Allison Barr and Rachel Green Miller

6 Aug 2021
01:27:03

What is the Biblical Womanhood movement and is it actually biblical?  Beth Allison Barr, author of ‘The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the subjugation of women became Gospel truth’ takes an egalitarian view of scripture. Rachel Green Miller, autho...

Hawking’s God - Polkinghorne and Ross

4 Aug 2021
53:16

First Broadcast in Oct 2010. Famed Cambridge physicist-priest John Polkinghorne engages in conversation with US astrophysicist and Christian apologist Hugh Ross of Reasons To Believe. They took listener questions on whether Hawking was right or wrong...

Jackie Hill Perry Q&A: Same sex attraction, transgender, racism and more

30 Jul 2021
01:19:37

Jackie Hill Perry author of 'Gay Girl, Good God' and 'Holier Than Thou' talks to Justin about life, faith and why she turned her back on her lesbian identity when she became a Christian in this broadcast of a recent livestream in which she answered.....

Classic Replay: Hawking, God & the Universe

28 Jul 2021
01:02:14

First broadcast Sep 2010. Justin is joined for first time by famed physicist (now a Nobel prize winner) Sir Roger Penrose. He was joined by scientist theologian Alister McGrath to debate a book by Stephen Hawking that had been causing a stir - The Gr...

Giles Fraser and Amy-Jill Levine - Judaism & Christianity: Can we recover the Jewish Jesus?

23 Jul 2021
01:26:21

Jesus was a Jew. But has Christianity become divorced from its Jewish roots? How should we understand the shared story and differences of these two great religious traditions?Journalist-priest Rev Giles Fraser who has been on a journey to rediscove.....