All Theology articles – Page 30
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Unbelievable ?- “Expelled” The Movie - Stephen C Meyer vs. Peter Atkins
The documentary film “Expelled” is presented by US Actor Ben Stein and makes the case that scientists who question Darwinian orthodoxy and support Intelligent Design are being “expelled” from academia.
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Unbelievable ? - Bill Dembski & Norman Hansen on Natural Evil
William (Bill) Dembski is an American mathematician, theologian and professor of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, TX.
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Unbelievable ? - Intelligent Design - William Dembski debates Lewis Wolpert
One of the world’s leading Intelligent Design proponents joins Justin to explain why he believes biological life exhibits “specified complexity” that runs against Darwinian evolution.
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Unbelievable? Dan Barker on losing faith
Dan Barker was a Christian evangelist and musician for 19 years before he lost his faith. He tells the story in his book “Godless: How an evangelical preacher became one of America’s leading Atheists”. Dan is now President of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in the USA.
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Unbelievable ? - John Shelby Spong vs. Terry Boyle
John Shelby Spong is one of the most influential liberal Christians in the world and advocates that Christianity needs to re-interpreted for the modern world leaving behind supernatural beliefs. In his latest book “Eternal Life: a new vision” he claims that we need to transcend belief in God, heaven and hell to undesrtand what “Life in all its fullness” means.
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Unbelievable ? - Preterist, Dispensational and Liberal views of The return of Jesus.
Matthew Chapter 24’s “Olivet Discourse” records Jesus saying that his followers will see him “coming on the clouds of the sky with great glory” and that “this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.”
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Unbelievable ? - The “Evangelical Universalist” is revealed
“The Evangelical Universalist” was published several years ago. The author claimed to be an evangelical Christian who believes that everyone will ultimately be saved. He published under a pen name, but recently revealed his true identity as Robin Parry, editorial director of UK Christian publisher Paternoster.
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Unbelievable ? - Hell - two different views debated
What do Christians believe about the immortality of the soul and the justification for punishment? Has hell been lost as a doctrine in the modern church?
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Unbelievable ? - Calvinism & predestination
The first of two programmes focusing on inter-Christian debates over doctrine.
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Unbelievable ? - Michael Shermer debates “Miracles”
You don’t have to look far for claims of the miraculous. But what constitutes a “miracle” and do Christian beliefs in this area make sense?
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Unbelievable ?- Intelligent Design vs Evolution
A re-broadcast of a classic debate that won a New York Radio Festivals Gold medal.
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Unbelievable ? Bible contradictions
What should Christians believe about the “infallibility” of the Bible? Are the apparent contradictions that exist a problem?
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Ubelievable? Was Jesus the Jewish Messiah?
Jesus was a Jew. Christianity owes its birth to Judaism. But did Jesus represent the fulfilment of Jewish Messianic hopes and prophecy?
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Unbelievable? “Challenging Atheist Myths” Part1
Church minister David Robertson authored a series of Open Letters to Richard Dawkins after the publication of “The God Delusion” that sought to expose the flaws in his argument and the “atheist myths” that he was guilty of. Those missives became a book called “The Dawkins Letters: Challenging atheist myths” and has propelled David into the spotlight as he addresses sceptical audiences on whether Christian belief makes sense.
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Unbelievable? 7 Feb 2009 “The Atheist’s Bible”
“The Atheist’s Bible” (Duckworth & Co) has been a bestseller in the USA. It brings together a mass of quotes from atheists, agnostics and more. Its compiler Joan Konner speaks to Justin Brierley about why she put it together and her own thoughts on atheism. She interacts with Christian apologist Peter Williams whose own book “The Sceptic’s Guide to Atheism” (Paternoster) has just been published.
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Unbelievable? Christadelphianism
On the surface Christadelphians look very similar to Christians - they read the same Bible, go to church, believe Jesus died for our sins and rose again. So what’s the difference between a Christian and a Christadelphian?
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ShowsUnbelievable? “How did Christianity begin?” Part 2
Justin is joined for the seond time by New Testament scholars Michael F Bird And James G Crossley. Their book “How Did Christianity begin? A believer and non-believer examine the evidence” gives rival accounts of the cause of Christianity and its beliefs.
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ShowsUnbelievable? “How did Christianity begin?” Part 1
On this week’s show (17 Jan 09) two New Testament scholars go head to head. Michael Bird is a believer, James Crossley is not. They have different conclusions about how the Christian faith began and have written a dialogue in their new book “How Did Christianity Begin - a believer and non-Believer examine the evidence”.
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ShowsUnbelievable? “Misquoting Jesus” Ehrman & Williams
Bart Ehrman is the US author of the bestselling book “Misquoting Jesus” (In the UK “Whose word is it?”). He calls into question the authority of the New Testament as scribal changes over time have changed the documents.
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ShowsUnbelievable? End of Year apologetics interview special
A treat for the end of the year as Justin plays some exclusive content accumulated in the past year. NT Wright is among contributors to a feature answering common ojections to the resurrection of Jesus; New York Pastor Tim Keller on his book “The Reason for God”; and David Robertson author of “The Dawkins Letters”. Happy new year!
