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'Unbelievable?' engages in fundamental questions on Christianity with the intention to openly discuss different opinions between Christians and non-believers.
'Unbelievable?' engages in fundamental questions on Christianity with the intention to openly discuss different opinions between Christians and non-believers.
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Justin presents highlights from the recent Unbelievable? Conference 2021: How to tell the greatest story ever told, featuring NT Wright, Tom Holland, Clare Williams, Sean & Josh McDowell and Ruth Jackson.
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Episode 3 | Season 3 of The Big Conversation. Social commentator Douglas Murray engages theologian NT Wright on whether Christianity still makes best sense of the world in a post-Christian age, and how to address the growing meaning and identity crisis in the West.
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The Big Conversation is a video series from Unbelievable? featuring world-class thinkers across the religious and non-religious community. Exploring science, faith, philosophy and what it means to be human. The Big Conversation is produced by Premier in partnership with John Templeton Foundation
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The Enneagram has become a wildly popular personality tool in secular and spiritual circles. But is it a theologically valid way of understanding human psychology? Pastor and theologian Todd Wilson, author of 'The Enneagram goes to church' believes the Enneagram can be a transformative tool for churches. Ex-new ager Marcia Montenegro, author of 'Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret' believes it is a spiritual deception.
For Todd Wilson http://www.toddawilson.com
For Marcia Montenegro http://www.christiananswersforthenewage.org
For Unbelievable? the Conference 2021 http://www.unbelievable.live
For Douglas Murray & NT Wright in conversation https://www.thebigconversation.show/mythmiraclesandidentity
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1It's still the bestselling book in the world. But can the Bible speak to modern life in the way it has to past generations?
Andrew Ollerton, author of 'The Bible: A book that makes sense of life', explains why he believes the Bible has a unique ability to speak to who we are as humans. He is joined by historian Tom Holland, author of books including 'Dominion', and editor of 'Revolutionary: Who was Jesus? Why does he still matter?' Tom talks about his own journey of finding a new appreciation for the Bible as a source of spiritual truth.
For Unbelievable? the Conference 2021 http://www.unbelievable.live
For Douglas Murray & NT Wright in conversation https://www.thebigconversation.show/mythmiraclesandidentity
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• For Andrew Ollerton https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bible-Story-that-Makes-Sense/dp/1529327008
• For Tom Holland https://www.tom-holland.org
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It's often claimed that, despite their religious differences, Muslims and Christians still believe in and worship the same creator God.
In his new book Andy Bannister explains why he believes the God of Islam and Christianity cannot be the same. In contrast, Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, who heads up Christian-Muslim interfaith work in Nigeria, believes that the two religions are working with different concepts of the same God.
Plus, apologist Clare Williams, who is one of the speakers at our upcoming conference, speaks to Ruth Jackson about some of the big questions young black people face.
For Andy Bannister: http://www.andybannister.net/
For Josiah Idowu-Fearon: https://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/anglican-communion-office/the-secretary-general.aspx
For Clare Williams https://realquestions.co.uk/
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TikTok star Zach Pincince lost his faith after developing a career in hypnotism and growing doubts about whether Jesus rose again. He engages with Christian evangelist and stage illusionist Bryan Drake on whether religious belief is down to our suggestibility and debates the evidence for the resurrection.
For Zach Pincince: https://www.tiktok.com/@zachpincince
For Bryan Drake: https://bryandrakeshow.com/
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Bishop Robert Barron of Word on Fire and Alex O'Connor of the Cosmic Skeptic channel discuss the evidence for God, the nature of faith and the problem of suffering in the first episode of The Big Conversation season 3.
For a bonus video of Bishop Barron and Alex O'Connor debating the Trinity sign up at http://www.thebigconversation.show
We'd love to know what you think of the conversation! Take our survey: https://survey-star.co.uk/thebigconversation1
The Big Conversation is a video series from Unbelievable? featuring world-class thinkers across the religious and non-religious community. Exploring science, faith, philosophy and what it means to be human. The Big Conversation is produced by Premier in partnership with John Templeton Foundation.
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• For Bishop Barron https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMjLgeWNwqL2LBGS-iPb1A
• For Cosmic Skeptic https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7kIy8fZavEni8Gzl8NLjOQ
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Former Christian youth worker, Logan Walker, shares some of the reasons for losing his faith. Evangelist Ben Jack from the Message Trust responds to some of Logan's doubts and provides some of his own thoughts on these difficult topics.
For Ben Jack’s book My Lord and My God https://shop.message.org.uk/product/my-lord-and-my-god-ben-jack/
For Logan Walker’s blog https://linktr.ee/beyondbelief
For our brand new C.S. Lewis podcast www.cslewispodcast.com
For the new series of the Big Conversation https://www.thebigconversation.show/
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Justin and Ruth present 3 interviews in this week's show.
Alister McGrath, Prof of science and religion at Oxford University talks about the life and legacy of physicist-priest John Polkinghorne who has passed away aged 90. Justin also presents a sneak peek of his forthcoming CS Lewis podcast.
Shelby Abbott talks about deconstruction and doubt in his latest book 'Doubtless: Because faith is hard’ and Canadian pastor Mark Clark presents his new book 'The Problem of Jesus'.
For Alister’s tribute to John Polkinghorne https://www.premierchristianity.com/Blog/John-Polkinghorne-1930-2021-The-pre-eminent-voice-on-science-and-religion
For our new C.S. Lewis podcast with Alister https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Weekday/The-CS-Lewis-podcast
For Shelby Abbott https://shelbyabbott.com/
For Mark Clark http://www.pastormarkclark.com/books/
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Julia Rynkiewicz was suspended from her midwifery course at Nottingham University because of her support for the pro-life organisation Students for Life.
Justin is joined by Julia along with Ryan Christoper of ADF UK who fought and won Julia’s case for unfair dismissal. They debate whether there is a problem of free speech on campus with Prof Alison Scott-Baumann of SOAS University of London.
For Julia & ADF: http://www.protectfreespeech.uk
For Alison Scott-Baumann: https://www.routledge.com/Freedom-of-Speech-in-Universities-Islam-Charities-and-Counter-terrorism/Scott-Baumann-Perfect/p/book/9780367257828
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Why do we often picture a Caucasian Jesus with blonde hair and blue eyes? Why are many of the early church fathers depicted as white when they weren’t? Has African Christianity been hijacked?
Dr Vince Bantu of Fuller Theological Seminary and Dr AJ Varmah of the Holy Qubtic Church join Ruth Jackson to discuss these important questions and look at how we can correct the distorted image of Eurocentric Christianity.
For Dr Vince Bantu: https://www.fuller.edu/faculty/vince-bantu/
For Dr AJ Varmah: https://www.holyqubticchurch.com/
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A recent report about Ravi Zacharias has shipwrecked a global ministry and the legacy of one of the most influential Christian apologists has been swept away. Justin and Ruth are joined by Christian psychologist Dr Diane Langberg, a specialist in trauma abuse, and Rev Glen Scrivener, an evangelist with Speak Life, to discuss how we safeguard against more scandals in the future. The focus was on supporting victims, ensuring accountability and the problem with pedestals.
For Dr Diane Langberg: http://www.dianelangberg.com/
For Rev Glen Scrivener: https://speaklife.org.uk/
For more news articles on the Ravi Zacharias scandal: https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/rape-sexting-and-spiritual-abuse-ravi-zacharias-investigation-produces-damning-findings
For the Miller and Martin report: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/rzimmedia.rzim.org/assets/downloads/Report-of-Investigation.pdf
For the Sam Allberry/ Glen Scrivener interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMA6ZDS7eLc&feature=emb_logo
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There’s been a rise in the demand for exorcism from church priests in recent years.
Billy Hallowell author of ‘Playing With Fire: A modern investigation into demons, exorcism and ghosts’ says we need ot take the supernatural seriously. Atheist skeptic Michael Shermer believes that there are better natural explanations for paranormal claims.
For Billy Hallowell: http://www.billyhallowell.com
For Michael Shermer: http://www.michaelshermer.com
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Rev Christina Beardsley is a transgender priest in the Church of England and author of numerous resources on trans experience in the church.
She engages with Preston Sprinkle, author of ‘Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say’ who takes a grace-filled but traditional Christian approach to sexuality.
They discuss how churches should engage with trans people, theological questions of ‘bodily’ and ‘gender’ identity, and the issue of Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria.
Christina Beardsley: www.sibyls.gndr.org.uk
Preston Sprinkle: www.prestonsprinkle.com
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The online atheist world is awash with memes that critique passages from the Bible.
Dan Kimball is the author of the new book ‘How (not) to read the Bible: Making sense of the anti-women, anti-science, pro-violence, pro-slavery, and other crazy sounding parts of scripture’.
He debates atheist memes on slavery, violence and warfare with Michael Wiseman, host of the atheist podcast ‘The Bible Says What’.
Dan Kimball: http://www.dankimball.com
Michael Wiseman: https://twitter.com/bswthepodcast
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Sam Devis is a former Christian and produces a podcast called When Belief Dies. One of the triggers for his faith deconstruction was reading Yuval Noah Harari’s ‘Sapiens’ and the consequent questions this raised, particularly around evolution. Andrew Halestrap is emeritus professor of biochemistry and senior research fellow at Bristol University and was previously the national chair of Christians in Science. They join Justin to discuss faith, proof and the relationship between science and God.
For Sam Devis: https://linktr.ee/whenbeliefdies
For Andrew Halestrap: https://youtu.be/sSCqW40vKFQ
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Following the pro-Trump riots and storming of Congress at Capitol Hill, many fear white evangelicals in the USA are in the grip of political idolatry in their support of the outgoing president.
Justin is joined by Johnnie Moore who chaired Trump’s Evangelical Executive Council and defends Trump’s administration, and Christian justice activist Shane Claiborne who has been an outspoken critic of the president.
For Johnnie Moore: https://twitter.com/JohnnieM
For Shane Claiborne: https://twitter.com/ShaneClaiborne
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It’s often been argued that the prosperity and welfare of Scandinavian countries such as Denmark, Norway and Sweden are proof that secular societies do better than religious ones.
Christian Lomsdalen of the Norwegian Humanist Association & Stefan Gustavsson of Apologia – Centre for Christian Apologetics in Sweden join Justin to debate the issues.Christian Lomsdalen: https://lektorlomsdalen.no
Stefan Gustavsson: https://apologia.se/
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JRR Tolkien was a devout Catholic and friend of CS Lewis. Justin is joined by Michael Jahosky author of ‘The Good News of the Return of the King: The Gospel in Middle Earth’ and Holly Ordway, author of ‘Tolkien’s Modern Reading: Middle Earth beyond the Middle Ages’. They discuss the Christian themes in Tolkien’s fantasy writing, his friendship with Lewis, and the way their literature portrays the Christian story.
For Holly Ordway: http://www.hollyordway.com/
For Michael Jahosky: https://wipfandstock.com/9781725263161/the-good-news-of-the-return-of-the-king/
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does the Catholic get anytime to talk ....My God the other guy won't shut up