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ShowsFrom the Big Bang to Belief: Astrophysicist David Wilkinson
In this episode, Professor Andrew C. Scott speaks with Professor Rev. David Wilkinson about his journey through science and faith. David Wilkinson is an astrophysicist, theologian, Methodist minister, and former Principal of St John’s College, Durham. He is also a professor in Durham University’s Department of Theology and Religion, a director of Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science, and a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s
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ShowsWho Will Be Saved? Can You Go to Heaven Without Believing in Jesus?
What happens to those who die without faith in Jesus? And could God’s mercy reach beyond death?
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ShowsThe death penalty
Two stories about capital punishment in the United States have grabbed attention across the world: the doubly-botched attempt to execute Christa Pike, which left this convicted murderer alive but hospitalised, and plans by the federal government to livestream their own execution of the army officer behind the Fort Hood shooting.
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ShowsAlister McGrath: Why are we attracted to things that aren’t good for us?
Can something – or someone – be beautiful, charismatic and deeply dangerous at the same time? And why is the world so rarely as simple as “good people” and “bad people”?
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ShowsIs Christianity making a comeback? The “quiet revival”, Ananias & Sapphira and church unity
Is Christianity really experiencing a “quiet revival” in Britain? Tom Wright responds to reports of increased interest in church and asks what genuine spiritual revival should look like.
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ShowsDid Matthew and Luke make up the Christmas story? Caleb Friedeman on the historical evidence
Were the virgin birth, the Magi, Luke’s census and Herod’s massacre of the innocents intended as history, or theological legend? Biblical scholar Caleb Friedeman joins Dr. John Nelson in this special edition of Unbelievable shot in the USA to argue that the Gospel birth narratives deserve to be taken far more seriously as historical sources.
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ShowsIs Christianity making a comeback? Pat Allerton on faith, atheism and the search for meaning
Pat Allerton joins Luke Martin to explore the growing openness to Christianity, the search for meaning and why faith may be returning to the cultural conversation.
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ShowsNear death experiences
Once dismissed as quackery or New Age woo, near-death experiences are seeing something of a modern revival. A slew of serious scientists and doctors have begun studying the phenomenon, even constructing clinical trials to try and see what, if anything, goes on when someone is on the brink of death but is resuscitated successfully.
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ShowsAndrew Lazo: Can atheism actually lead you to God?
Can becoming an atheist ever be a step towards God? What if walking away from religion is sometimes more honest than pretending to believe? Are reason and evidence really enough to explain why we change our minds?
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ShowsN.T. Wright on church councils, biblical righteousness and Jesus’ Ascension
N.T. Wright and Mike Bird tackle three big questions: Can Christians challenge historic church councils? What does “the righteousness of God” really mean? And what did Jesus’ Ascension actually involve? Tom Wright explains why creeds matter, unpacks biblical righteousness, and reimagines the significance of the Ascension as the joining of heaven and earth.
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ShowsIs Christian apologetics making us worse? Mary Jo Sharp
Has Christian apologetics become more about winning arguments than seeking truth? Mary Jo Sharp joins John Nelson to explore the dangers of pride, confirmation bias, and treating people as opponents - and asks if apologetics should shape our character, not just our beliefs.
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ShowsThe Secret Gospel of Mark: Christianity’s Greatest Hoax? | Stephen Carlson
Is the Secret Gospel of Mark a long-lost Christian text or one of the greatest hoaxes in biblical scholarship? Mike Bird and Stephen Carlson dive into the mystery, exploring linguistic clues, historical puzzles, and the explosive accusation that the manuscript is a modern forgery.
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ShowsHow do you solve a problem like social care?
The UK’s social care system for older people is broken, underfunded, and desperately needs reform. Christian economist Andrew Dilnot joins the podcast to explain why past solutions - including his own - were never implemented, and whether social insurance could be a more just, Christian approach to caring for an ageing population.
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ShowsAndrew Lazo: Did C.S. Lewis get his own conversion story wrong?
Did C.S. Lewis misremember his own conversion story? Scholar Andrew Lazo joins Ruth Jackson to discuss a newly revealed manuscript that challenges what we thought we knew about Lewis’s journey from atheism to faith. Discover what truly changed Lewis’s mind - and what he was really searching for.
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ShowsIs the Rapture really biblical? Apostles, prophets and sacraments
Is the Rapture really biblical? And if friends or family strongly believe in it, should you try to change their minds?
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ShowsWill AI kill us all?
It’s been hard to avoid the endless news stories coming out of Silicon Valley in recent weeks, as AI insiders and executives earnestly tell the world they really are now worried that the tools they are making could destroy humanity as we know it. What on earth should we as Christians make of these stark predictions, and should we be starting to prepare as a church to live in a much more dangerous, unpredictable and unstable world?
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ShowsWhat was Jesus doing before age 30? Joan Taylor investigates the missing years
What do we really know about Jesus before he began preaching?
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ShowsAndrew Lazo: How C.S. Lewis changed the minds of atheists, scientists and prisoners
What do an atheist scientist, a Watergate prisoner and the author of Interview with the Vampire have in common? C.S. Lewis changed the way they thought.
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ShowsWhy would God tell Israel to kill its enemies? The Book of Acts and the missing end of Mark’s Gospel
How should Christians handle the Bible’s most difficult passages? Tom Wright and Mike Bird tackle why Mark’s Gospel ends so abruptly, what the Book of Acts is really about, and how to make sense of God’s commands for violence in the Old Testament. They explore how these tough texts fit into the bigger story that finds its fulfilment in Jesus.
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ShowsThey killed Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Why couldn’t they silence him?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed by the Nazis as a traitor, but his legacy only grew stronger after his death. Mike Bird and John McCabe explore how Bonhoeffer’s courage and writings inspired movements for justice and freedom around the world, proving that his voice could never be silenced.
