All Church articles – Page 18
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Unbelievable? Why do young people leave church? Drew Dyck & Ben Watts
Ben Watts lost his faith and left his church in his late teens. He explains why, and engages in a discussion with Drew Dyck, author of ‘Generation Ex-Christian: Why young adults are leaving the faith and how to bring them back’. Get the MP3 For Drew ...
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From witchcraft to Christ
From birth, David Ole Kereto’s life was marked out. He was to become a witch doctor, like his father, but God intervened.
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Unbelievable? Is the church failing gay Christians?
Church leader Steve Chalke is well known for his support of same-sex relationships. Ed Shaw is a same-sex attracted Christian whose traditional biblical convictions have led him to remain celibate. They discuss how churches should treat those in their congregation who are LGBT. Jayne Ozanne, an ...
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Steve Chalke and Ed Shaw ∕∕ Is church silence failing gay Christians?
Steve Chalke of Oasis Trust explains why he believes evangelical churches need to start a conversation on changing their theology on homosexuality to avoid tragic consequences for young, gay Christians.
Ed Shaw of Living Out is a same-sex attracted Christian whose Biblical convictions have led him to remain celibate. He says evangelical churches needs to talk about homosexuality but shouldn’t change their theology. -
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Unbelievable? The Outsider Test Pt 2 & James Emery White on the ‘Rise of the Nones’
In a continuation of last week’s show David Marshall & John Loftus continue to debate whether Christianity is rationally tenable and unique among world religions. David Marshall author of ‘How Jesus Passes the Outsider Test’, argues that Christianity uniquely fulfils the hopes and desires of all ...
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Unbelievable? Explaining your faith (to a church-going atheist) - John Pritchard, Andrew Nightingale & Mark Roques
Rt Revd John Pritchard is the recently retired Bishop of Oxford and the author of ‘How to Explain Your Faith’. He joins Justin along with church-going atheist Andrew Nightingale and Christian philosopher and storyteller Mark Roques as they discuss what Andrew loves about the church he ...
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What my 45 minutes with Mark Driscoll told me about him
Following Mark Driscoll’s resignation from Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Justin Brierley reflects on the lessons he learned from an interview with the megachurch pastor, which went viral.
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Unbelievable?: Do we need to reclaim the Jewish Jesus?
A discussion on whether the Western church has lost the Hebraic roots of its faith and why anti semitism has been a factor in the church. Salim Munayer directs Musalaha – a charity focused on trying to bring reconciliation ...
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Paradoxology - Krish Kandiah & Tony Smollet
Krish Kandiah is a speaker and author passionate about church mission. His latest book is Paradoxology: Why Christianity was Never Meant to be Simple. He aims to show why some of the paradoxes of Christian faith can be a path to ...
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Hans Kung vs Peter D Williams - Does the Catholic Church need to modernise?
As Pope Francis enters his second year of papacy, Justin is joined by Hans Kung, one of the most influential and controversial Catholic theologians in the world. He debates his radical liberalising ideas for the future of Catholicism with traditional Catholic ...
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Bart Ehrman & Simon Gathercole debate pt 2 - How God became Jesus - Unbelievable?
The second episode in which Bart Ehrman defends his latest book ‘How Jesus Became God’ against Simon Gathercole. Ehrman claims that the early church turned Christ into the son of God. In this episode they discuss the earliest Christian writings in Scripture, and whether St Paul ...
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Does the future have a church? Unbelievable?
A recent report on the Church of England showed overall decline, but growth among ‘Fresh Expressions’ and Cathedral congregations. The Archbishop’s advisor on Evangelism Chris Russell, tells the story of how his own church in Reading was revitalised, and why there is a bright future for ...
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3 Same-Sex Attracted Church leaders speak out - Unbelievable?
A special radio feature titled “A Different Kind of Coming Out” sees Justin meet three evangelical church leaders who talk about their struggle with same-sex attraction and why they’ve decided to choose celibacy, or being ‘post-gay’. Justin is joined by Anglican blogger Peter Ould and Savi Hensman ...
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Amy Orr-Ewing on why the Church needs working women
“My husband was once offered a job working in a leadership role for a church on the condition that I gave up my job”
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The atheist church - Sanderson Jones & David Robertson - Unbelievable?
In Jan 2013 a new church began in London - with singing, a sermon and a great sense of community - but its for godless people. Atheist stand up comedian Sanderson Jones who co-founded “the Sunday Assembly” talks about its first meeting and why it exists.
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Unbelievable? - Islam, conversion & apostasy
Today’s show: Patrick Sookhdeo converted from Islam to Christianity as a young man. He has since gone on to represent the rights of persecuted Christians all over the world via the Barnabas Fund.
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Unbelievable? Grill a Christian round 4
Scottish pastor and apologist David Robertson returns for a show interacting with three UK atheist listeners of the show.
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Unbelievable? - Should women be church leaders?
In 1995 the Church of England allowed the ordination of Women priests. But the question of whether the Bible forbids female authority in the church remains.
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Unbelievable? - Is the Catholic church a force for good or evil?
With the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the UK, some are protesting that his visit should not be sponsored by the State. They say that the Catholic church is a force for bad in the light of its record on human rights, child abuse and past persecution.
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Unbelievable? - Homosexuality and the church
In response to listener requests Justin hosts two shows dealing with Homosexuality and Christian faith.