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ArticleSteven Bartlett, Wesley Huff and the search for meaning
Diary of a CEO is no longer just a business podcast. It has become one of the places where a meaning-starved generation is talking about God.
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ArticlePhilip Yancey’s affair raises a difficult question: Should a fallen Christian leader’s work still be trusted?
After Philip Yancey admitted to an eight-year adulterous affair, many Christians are wrestling with what to do with the writings of a compromised leader. Erik Strandness argues that while hypocrisy must be confronted, truth does not become false simply because it passed through sinful hands.
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ArticleNT Wright: “We can’t be the world’s policeman”, but we can’t do nothing
A bonus, audio-only episode of Ask NT Wright Anything reflects on war, moral responsibility, and Christian peacemaking through the lens of humanitarian intervention.
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ArticleMissiles in Dubai: A Wake-Up Call for Comfortable Westerners
When a missile lands in Dubai, it shatters the illusion that Western comfort can shield us from global conflict. Drew Cordell challenges Christians to move beyond escapism and ask: What does a Kingdom-shaped response to war look like when the world’s troubles hit close to home?
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ArticleThe Parable of the GP: What My Mouth Ulcers Taught Me About Modern Britain
When a painful outbreak of mouth ulcers led to two very different GP appointments, J.John discovered a quiet but urgent truth about modern Britain: efficiency may keep systems moving, but empathy is what truly heals.
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ArticleHeaven and Earth, One New Family: N.T. Wright’s Vision for Unity in Ephesians
In this bonus episode, Tom Wright and Michael Bird open up Ephesians as Paul’s “panoramic” letter, exploring why its vision for unity, holiness, and the renewal of all things is urgently needed in today’s church.
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ArticleWhy Did I Debate Douglas Wilson? By Rev. Dr. Michael Bird
Rev. Dr Michael F. Bird explains why he chose to debate Douglas Wilson, a controversial figure in American Christianity. Bird argues that honest engagement, fair critique, and open dialogue are better tools than censorship or outrage for addressing the influence of Christian nationalism.
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ArticleShould Christians keep Saturday as the Sabbath?
If the biblical Sabbath is Saturday, why do Christians worship on Sunday? N.T. Wright traces the Sabbath through Scripture to show how Jesus’ resurrection reshaped time, rest, and the meaning of God’s Kingdom
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Article“Despair is forbidden”: Nigel Biggar on civilisational decline, culture wars, and Christian courage
In this wide-ranging interview, Lord Nigel Biggar - Oxford theologian, Anglican priest, and Conservative peer - argues that Christians must stop outsourcing public courage and can’t hide behind niceness when truth and justice are contested.
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ArticleWhy CS Lewis and Leadership Is Exactly the Conversation We Need
He never sought authority, avoided institutions, and disliked administration, yet CS Lewis has led millions into faith. What does his influence tell us about leadership, persuasion, and belief today?
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ArticleCan an atheist “decode the cosmos” without God?
An atheist philosopher and a Christian scientist ask whether the universe looks “designed” or whether we’re reading meaning into the maths. From fine-tuning and multiverses to time, salvation and aliens, this conversation goes to the edge of science and faith.
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ArticleWhat Does Tom Holland Really Think About Jesus? By Unbelievable host, Dr. John Nelson
Tom Holland has spent years showing how Christianity shaped the West — but last week at All Souls Langham Place, he turned to the harder question: what can we really know about Jesus himself?
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ArticleNigel Biggar: “The only reason not to give a reason is that what you’ve done is embarrassing”
Oxford theologian and peer says “illiberal” minorities are narrowing debate on colonial history, free speech, and assisted dying
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ArticleThe Hidden Country: How Longing Shaped CS Lewis from Atheism to Faith
Few themes are as central to the work of C. S. Lewis as longing. Again and again, Lewis describes a deep, unsettling desire for something beyond the world we know, a yearning that beauty awakens but never satisfies. He famously came to call this experience joy, or by its German name, Sehnsucht.
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ArticleBeyond Clichés: Suffering, Sovereignty, and Sharing the Gospel
From a mother walking her son to the edge of life, to a young apologist engaging Muslims in London, this classic New Year conversation explores faith tested by loss, challenged by culture, and sustained by hope without easy answers.
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ArticleWho do you say I am?
Talk of a renewed openness to God is no longer just anecdotal. Bible Society research suggests church attendance is rising in England and Wales, while publishers report a marked uptick in Bible sales. If something like a “quiet revival” is underway, argues Erik Strandness, the pressing question is whether the Church is ready not only to welcome interest in Jesus, but to introduce people to the Jesus of Scripture.
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ArticleWhat the new year cannot fix
As the New Year begins, Australia is still reckoning with violence that defies easy explanation. Beyond politics and policy lies a deeper question about evil and whether it can truly be overcome.
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ArticleCS Lewis, Longing, and the Search for the Hidden Country
What if the deepest ache of the human heart is not a problem to be solved, but a clue pointing beyond this world?
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ArticleWelcome to Premier Unbelievable?
Premier Unbelievable? brings Christians, sceptics and thinkers together for honest conversations on faith, science, ethics and culture. Through open dialogue and thoughtful discussion, we explore life’s biggest questions and encourage deeper understanding between different perspectives. Join the conversation. Ask the questions. Explore the faith.
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ArticleHell, Heaven, and the God of Love: A Fresh Look at Judgment and Mercy
Is Hell compatible with a God of love? Erik Strandness unpacks the theological, ethical, and existential dimensions of divine judgment and what Scripture reveals about our ultimate destiny.
