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“The Big Bang does not contradict the creative intervention of God – it requires it” Pope Francis 1936 – 2025
Is God Dead? The intersection of Nietzsche’s nihilism and the limits for pursuing justice
The CS Lewis Podcast #196 How did Shakespeare influence Lewis’ exploration of death, resurrection and the human condition?
How should we respond to church scandal?
How should we vote in this election?
Three surprising suggestions for fruitful evangelism
Can Tarot & Astrology Open you to EVIL Forces? 🔮👻 Ex-Psychic Jenn Nizza and Horror Filmmaker Toby Watts debate Halloween, demons and horror
The P Diddy charges are awful. But can we really judge who is “good” and who is “bad”?
The CS Lewis Podcast #177 Alister McGrath: Emotions, sentimentality and rational truth
Science, faith and the future of humanity Denis Alexander v Julian Baggini hosted by Andy Kind
The CS Lewis Podcast #175 Alister McGrath: What would Lewis think of Jordan Peterson?
Should Christians break the law? Civil disobedience, climate protest and heavy-handed policing
🌍✨ Should we edit the human genome, or is that playing God? 🧬 John Wyatt vs Sam McKee hosted by Andy Kind
#120 James Emery White: Is online church the way forward?
Definitely, maybe? Should Christians pursue hedonistic pleasures such as attending the upcoming tour of the reunited Oasis?
#226 Why bother improving the world? Can Christians attain perfection? (Classic)
The Man With 1000 Kids: The questions all parents should ask before embarking on sperm donation
The CS Lewis Podcast #169 James Emery White: Culture, translation and COVID-19
Should we be outraged by the Olympics opening ceremony?
Questioning climate anxiety
How did Jesus approach diversity, equity and inclusion?
Should Christians break the law? Civil disobedience, climate protest and heavy-handed policing
Unapologetic: #115 Michael Lloyd: Culture wars, creativity and relativism
Julian Assange, whistleblowers, and the Christian case for journalism
Unapologetic #114: Joe Boot: Resurrection, miracles and climate change
Mental health crisis: Résumé or eulogy
Unapologetic #113 Joe Boot: Is there a role for apologetics in culture?
Unapologetic #112 Joe Boot: Why believe?
Pride month versus humility: What does Jesus say?
Dr Michael Mosley (1957 – 2024): A life of service to all
Election year: How to avoid a witch hunt
Unbelievable? Is gentleness possible in politics? with Michael Wear and Roger Bolton
Has religion ‘led us into all kinds of horror’ as actor Brian Cox argues?
Unapologetic #105 Kathy Keller: Why I changed my mind on women ordination
Why do we get the Bible so wrong?
Unapologetic #103 Rachael Heffer: Are young people more spiritual?
In a crisis we need more compassion not less: A response to journalist Matthew Syed
Unapologetic #99 Sarah Irving-Stonebraker: How can we be effective priests of history?
The CS Lewis Podcast #152 Is ‘The Lord of the Rings’ a religious work?
How the biblical worldview informed Martin Luther King Jr
The psychological toll of witnessing animal cruelty online
Unapologetic #96 Jay Y Kim: Analogue presence in a digital world
Jack Nicholson got it wrong: We can’t even believe in truth, let alone handle the truth
Are faith and feminism compatible?
Unbelievable? If God exists why does he allow suffering? The most googled questions with Bruce Miller, Ruth Jackson & Billy Hallowell
Ask NT Wright Anything #206 How do I share my faith with my New Age, Muslim and Atheist Friends? (Classic)
Unbelievable? What is truth? Mack Stiles and Dan Barker with host Andy Kind
Unapologetic #89 Phil Knox: Did Jesus have favourites?
Abortion through the eyes of a neonatal physician
Are smartphones evil? Unveiling dualities and finding redemption
Ask NT Wright Anything #203 Christian unity, denominations and the modern Church (Classic)
Unapologetic #88 Phil Knox: Why do we need friends?
Unbelievable? Does secular humanism or Christianity offer a brighter future? Sara Stevenson vs Neil McKain
Ask NT Wright Anything #202 LGBTQI+, Transgender and Questions of Sexual Ethics (Classic)
Making sense of reality: How an atheist philosopher discovered Jesus via paganism
The CS Lewis Podcast #140 Sarah Irving-Stonebraker: Does history matter?
Unbelievable? Why do women often feel unequal to men in the church? with Liz Cooledge Jenkins and Andy Kind
Why Christianity could trend in 2024
Unapologetic #86 Andrew Gosler: Why the neo-Darwinian framing of evolution is profoundly flawed
Matters of Life & Death: Pregnancy crisis - A constructive Christian response, heads versus hearts, paternalistic gynaecologists, and ambiguity in the ultrasound clinic
The CS Lewis Podcast #138 Phil Knox: Why the Narnia Chronicles make me cry
Unapologetic #83 Bishop Arun Arora: Stormzy, women ordination and the hope of Christmas
The CS Lewis Podcast: #134 Alister McGrath: Is there an expiry date on Lewis’ relevance?
Unapologetic #80 Bishop Arun Arora: What is Advent and why is it significant?
The CS Lewis Podcast #133 Alister McGrath: Was Lewis a prophet and does he speak to contemporary cultural issues?
Pope Francis on why we need hope
Thanksgiving: Can we be thankful to no one?
Unapologetic #78 Amy Orr-Ewing: Why are women central to the Christian story?
The CS Lewis Podcast #131 David Bates: CS Lewis Reading Day
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, should we remember them?
Was Halloween originally a Christian festival?
Matthew Perry’s friends probably were there for him, but did it ultimately matter?
Unbelievable? Is Halloween harmless fun?
Matters of Life & Death: Baby loss 2: Rising abortion numbers, pills by post, ‘the pregnancy remains’, and Schrodinger’s fetus
Cobbler turned missionary: How William Carey brought hope to the hopeless
Is there a future for evangelicalism in the West?
Unapologetic #74 Michael Lloyd: Should we all study theology?
Is there a rebirth of belief in God?
Matters of Life & Death: Women and Christianity: Purity culture, beyond complementarianism, baggy t-shirts over swimming costumes, and recovering Tamar’s voice
Is Western culture eroding Christianity?
Is AI conscious and does it matter?
Discovering purpose: An engineer's evolution from atheism to a life filled with meaning
Unapologetic #72 Peter Byrom: Disillusioned with Dawkins
Are humans better than animals?
What can we learn from near-death experiences?
Transformed: How a despised Indian child became an evangelist
Why secular sceptic Nir Eyal thinks we need Church
Unapologetic #71 Peter Byrom: Discovering Dawkins
The CS Lewis Podcast #124 Perelandra: Scientism, spirituality and magic
Unbelievable? The Robot Race - Part 2: How should humanity flourish in an AI world? - Nigel Crook & Anil Seth
Does deconstruction signal the death of faith?
Unapologetic #70 Phil Knox: Dealing with objections
The CS Lewis Podcast #123 Out of the Silent Planet: Death, suffering and The Fall
Is the presence of God merely an illusion? A scientist investigates
Unapologetic #69 Phil Knox: Does evangelism matter?
The late Queen (1926-2022): Reflections from a bishop a year after her death
Unbelievable? The Robot Race - Part 1: Could AI ever replace humanity? - Nigel Crook & Anil Seth
Unbelievable? Coming to faith through Dawkins - Part 1: has New Atheism failed? - Alister McGrath & Alex O’Connor
Do near death experiences contradict Christian belief and doctrine?
Unapologetic #67 Adam Coleman: 60 years on has Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘dream’ been realised?
The CS Lewis Podcast #120 Out of the Silent Planet: Weston, Devine and JRR Tolkien
Has Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘dream’ been realised 60 years on?
Why I regularly listen to Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I have a dream’ speech 60 years later
It is time to move on from Richard Dawkins
What is a near-death experience and what can it teach us?
The CS Lewis Podcast #119 Has The Space Trilogy stood the test of time?
Jesus is the true and better Tim Keller
Remembering Tim Keller: Death has lost its sting
Unapologetic #65 Ana Ávila: How to avoid burn out
The CS Lewis Podcast #118 Evil, evolution and theological reflection in The Space Trilogy
Remembering Tim Keller: How our daily work has an eternal value
Remembering Tim Keller: The purpose of marriage
Remembering Tim Keller: The heart is an idol factory
Remembering Tim Keller: Jesus’ teachings only matter if the resurrection is real
Remembering Tim Keller: Religious people may be just as lost as the irreligious (maybe more)
Remembering Tim Keller
Unapologetic #64 Ana Ávila: Has science disproved religion?
The CS Lewis Podcast #117 Vivisection, mental health, racism and sexism
Are we more than just our brains?
Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll: Why CS Lewis’ Space Trilogy is still relevant
Christians in science: How a military meteorologist became a theologian
Unapologetic #63 Ana Ávila: Faith, questions and apologetics in Latin America
The CS Lewis Podcast #116 Did CS Lewis believe in aliens?
What Daleks can teach us about truth
Women in apologetics: Overcoming sexism, societal expectation and vicious online attacks
The CS Lewis Podcast #115 Why did no one want to publish Lewis’ Space Trilogy?
What is Hinduism and how does it differ from Christianity?
Should Christians ever defend themselves with weapons?
The CS Lewis Podcast #114 An introduction to The Space Trilogy
Is parachurch the solution to Christian unity?
Why is Thor not happy?
Food for thought: What has nutrition got to do with faith?
Unapologetic #59 Vince Vitale: From scepticism to Christian apologist
Matters of Life & Death: Surrogacy: The intended parents, altruistic versus commercial, ancient Christians saving abandoned babies, and a post-genetic community
How a sceptical engineer discovered that science, far from disproving Christianity, opened a way to faith
Matter of Life & Life: Digital church: Worship on Zoom, pandemic revival, time-shifting and Gnosticism (Replay)
What is Islam and how does it differ from Christianity?
The CS Lewis Podcast #110 An atheist and Christian reflect on CS Lewis’ apologetics
Unbelievable? The occult, demons and exorcism: Is modern-day deliverance ministry biblical? With ex-psychic Jenn Nizza, pastor Mike Signorelli hosted by Billy Hallowell
Matters of Life & Death: Trans children: Gender dysphoria, diagnostic overshadowing, boy Lego versus girl Lego, and the non-replicated Dutch Protocol
The CS Lewis Podcast #109: Dr Jennifer Woodruff Tait: Jack at home
Matters of Life & Death: Q&A: Christian pacifism in times of war and the Tower of Babel reconsidered
The CS Lewis Podcast #108 Tim Keller (1950-2023) on CS Lewis
Unapologetic #55 Collin Hansen: Tim Keller (1950-2023) on women, family life and homosexuality
Matters of Life & Death: Digital persecution: Deadly rumours on WhatsApp, a ‘Panopticon’ of censorship, the corrosion of trust, and China’s spreading surveillance state
What can George Bush’s 1992 failed presidential campaign teach us about salvation?
Why feminist Louise Perry is arguing for the restoration of traditional marriage and Christian sexual ethics
Ask NT Wright Anything #170 Tom on his life and faith, and the meaning of the cross (Classic)
Matters of Life & Death: Generative AI: Second Contact, avoiding the fate of Nokia, hacking the human operating system, and the resilience of Western democracy
Should we be sceptical about the paranormal?
Is atheism just a ‘lack of belief’ in God?
Death to deconstruction: Can exvangelicals ever reconstruct their faith?
The CS Lewis Podcast #103 Dr Sarah Waters: Out of the Silent Planet and the Covid pandemic
Unbelievable? Rod Dreher & Louise Perry • Christianity, the Sexual Revolution and the future of the West
Why I’m excited about the King’s coronation
Ask NT Wright Anything #167 Questions on Mission, Evangelism, Islam and other religions (Classic)
Indoctrination: The potential dangers of Hollywood films
Women in apologetics: How a spiritually confused comedian became an apologist
Unbelievable? Is God Dead? - Dr. John Lennox and Dave Rubin’s Big Conversation
Ask NT Wright Anything #166 Justin Brierley asks Tom Wright his own personal questions
What is Mormonism, and how does it differ from Christianity?
The CS Lewis Podcast #101 Alister McGrath: Suffering, death and Lewis’ final years
Unbelievable? Celebrating 17 years - Justin Brierley, Ruth Jackson, and Vince Vitale
Unapologetic #48 Jeremiah Johnston: Are there credible reasons to believe in God?
Did Jesus actually rise from the dead?
Unapologetic #47 Jeremiah Johnston: The 7 best reasons to believe Jesus rose from the dead
Unbelievable? Ask William Lane Craig Anything
Unbelievable? A skeptical churchgoer asks ‘Is Christianity too exclusive?’ Grace Hill & Eric Huffman
Ask NT Wright Anything #162 Questions on sexuality and LGBT
Unapologetic #45 John Swinton: a psychiatric nurse-turned practical theologian on suffering, faith and spiritual care
What does God have to do with teaching French?
Unbelievable? Optimism or extinction? What’s the future of humanity? John Hands & Perry Marshall
Does place matter? Lessons from Covid-19
Ask NT Wright Anything #161 Housebound prayers, computer programming, art and music - what counts as kingdom work?
Unapologetic #44 Bruce Miller: Is the Bible reliable?
Are we all priests?
Unbelievable? Where does order in nature and the cosmos come from? Stephen Meyer & Saleem Ali
Ask NT Wright Anything #160 Why bother improving the world? Can Christians attain perfection?
Matters of Life & Death: Public sector strikes 2: Taking patients hostage, employment as service, slaves and masters, and Christian peacemaking
Remembering theoretical physicist Professor Thomas McLeish (1962-2023)
Matters of Life & Death: Public sector strikes 1: The Winter of Discontent, austerity-era pay freezes, Christian socialist solidarity, and continuity of patient care
The CS Lewis Podcast #94 Alister McGrath: The wartime apologist
Is Asbury Theological Seminary really experiencing revival? President Timothy Tennent shares his thoughts
Why are we so obsessed with sex? LGBT, materialism and the revival of Epicureanism
Unbelievable? The Asbury Revival: A new move of God? Timothy Tennent, Alisa Childers & Gavin Ortlund
Matters of Life & Death: Surveillance capitalism 2: QR codes in China, privacy, the manipulation of desire, and a neo-Benedictine Rule of Life
Unapologetic #41 Bruce Miller: Does life have a purpose?
Death has lost its sting – how becoming a Christian eradicated a humanist’s overwhelming fear of dying
Matters of Life & Death: Surveillance capitalism 1: Trillions of data points, clickbait, an advertising arms race, and BF Skinner’s pigeons
How do you mend a broken heart? The cure we all need this Valentine’s Day
Racial justice: Why and how should we fight for it?
Ask NT Wright Anything #156 Have you ever struggled with your own faith Tom?
How an NFL footballer found faith through a naked teammate
Matters of Life & Death: Cryptocurrency 2: Technicism, the Parable of the Talents, get-rich-quick schemes, and the wheat and the weeds
Unbelievable? Death to Deconstruction: Josh Porter & Jon Steingard on whether exvangelicals can reconstruct their faith
The CS Lewis Podcast #91 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis’ early years at Magdalen college
Working for peace in our politically divided world is essential. But the Church needs to get its own house in order, too
How should Christians respond to transhumanism?
Matters of Life & Death: Cryptocurrency 1: Bitcoin, warehouses of computers solving maths puzzles, the dot.com bubble, and FOMO
When the Church of England blesses gay marriage it signs its own death certificate