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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
Should Christians favour creation or evolution?: 4 different perspectives
Fighting against God – a staunch atheist encounters God after a suicide attempt
Unapologetic #37 Alanzo Paul: a former opiate addict on how to reach young people
Are there contradictions in the Bible?
Backsliding atheists: 3 famous sceptics who doubted their atheism
Unbelievable? ChatGPT, AI and the future - John Wyatt Q&A on living faithfully in a technologically confusing world
Ask NT Wright Anything #153 Is the Bible inerrant? Is ‘Sola Scriptura’ correct? What about verses endorsing slavery?
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Unapologetic #36 Trevin Wax: How to tackle objections to Christianity
Running from God – a Jehovah’s Witness’ journey away from and back towards God
Unbelievable? Paranormal hauntings and exorcism - a Christian and skeptic in discussion.
Are we being too ‘winsome’ in our approach to evangelism? Tim Keller responds
Ask NT Wright Anything #152 - Can women lead in church? Why does 1 Timothy tell women to ‘be silent’?
Unapologetic #35 Trevin Wax: Can Orthodoxy be thrilling?
How effective are ‘thoughts and prayers’ in times of great suffering?
Unbelievable? Tim Keller Q&A on cancer, prayer and forgiveness
And it was very good: creation and humanity
Ask NT Wright Anything #151 NT Wright Q&A with Bishop Joseph D’Souza on global mission - Oxford Conference Session 3
Is it arrogant for Jesus to claim to be the only way to get to heaven?
Unapologetic #34 Pedro Garcia: I became a Christian through Halloween
Matters Of Life & Death: Martin Rees 2: Blurred humanity, re-dignifying care work, algorithms reading lung X-rays and the risks of virtual life
Is the Western Church’s problem that it is too self-centred?
Should Christians be Concerned about the Rapid Advancements in Artificial Intelligence?
The CS Lewis Podcast #86 Alister McGrath: Why read CS Lewis?
Unbelievable? James KA Smith speaks on how to inhabit time & Trevin Wax shows Justin around CS Lewis’ house The Kilns
The Top 10 Unbelievable? shows of 2022
Ask NT Wright Anything #150 NT Wright on the multi-ethnic mission of the church - Oxford Conference Session 2
The cross as the ultimate symbol of deconstruction
Unapologetic #33 Finding Jesus changed Christmas forever
Matters Of Life & Death: Social media and politics 2: A mucky business, the ultimate conspiracy theory, ‘showbiz for ugly people’, and and atomised individuals
Unbelievable? Should praying outside abortion clinics be banned? Ann Furedi & Lois McLatchie
Ask NT Wright Anything #148 NT Wright on Reimagining Mission in the Global South - Oxford Conference Session 1
Unapologetic #31 Charles Foster: The truth behind the Christmas story
Unbelievable? How to overcome tribalism in politics and the church - Patrick Miller & Keith Simon
Matters Of Life & Death: Mental health 2: Emotional resilience, the bio-psycho-social model, the power of story and depression in the Psalms
The CS Lewis Podcast #82 Ross Wilson: How an artist immortalised CS Lewis
Who are the ‘Nones’ and how can we reach them?
Ask NT Wright Anything #146 Can a Christian vote for Biden? Can faith be disentangled from left vs right politics?
Less than half of UK people now identify as Christian. But the Christian story is far from over
US elections and countercultural power
Unbelievable? Sean McDowell live Q&A on sexuality, transgender and culture war questions
Do atheists believe in “One Less God” than Christians?
Unapologetic #28 Jon Tyson: Addressing objections, doubts and questions about the Christian faith
Five top tips to reach young black people
Unbelievable? Were colonial-era missionaries good or bad for Africa? Victor Simz & Jonathan Wilson
Falling from Grace: Addressing power, leadership and abuse in the Church
Unapologetic #27 Clare Williams: 5 ways to re-evangelise black young people
What does Christianity have to say about ‘big tech’?
Unbelievable? Can Christianity or Humanism save the planet from climate change?
Is Christianity sexist?
The CS Lewis Podcast #78 Trevin Wax: How CS Lewis shaped my faith
Blessed are the lonely in spirit
Unbelievable? A Christian and an Atheist walk into a bar… Andy Kind & Andy White on comedy, faith and searching for God
Unapologetic #25 Clare Williams: Why racial justice matters
The CS Lewis Podcast #77 Trevin Wax: CS Lewis on why truth matters
I became a Christian through a pumpkin party
Ask NT Wright Anything #141 How do I talk to Muslims about Christ? Is Jesus the only way?
Halloween: scary movies, religious belief and wish fulfilment
Unbelievable? Rethinking Kingdom work in the Global South & North - Joseph D’Souza & Andrew Scott
Ask NT Wright Anything #140 Q&A on racial reconciliation and female leadership with Pastor Miles McPherson Pt 2
Unapologetic #23 Tom Holland: How the Bible inspired the anti-slavery movement
Should churches use Non Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)?
Unbelievable? Are religious funerals ‘empty and platitudinous’? Ian Dunt & Andy Bannister
Ask NT Wright Anything #139 Q&A on New Creation & Salvation with Pastor Miles McPherson Pt 1
Expressive Individualism and Genghis Khan
Matters of Life & Death: The book reconsidered, the Moscow State University reading list, audiobooks, and the decline of the reading Christian
Media coverage of religion is ‘broken’. This global survey confirms it
Unbelievable? Covid, Churches and the Frankfurt Declaration: Jamie Franklin & John Stevens debate Christian liberty and government overreach
Unbelievable? Church abuse, leadership scandals & RZIM: Rachael Denhollander, Amy Orr-Ewing, Mike Cosper & Diane Langberg
Is God silent or have we muted Him?
Matters Of Life & Death: Evolution 2: Tracking coronavirus variants, the immorality of mutation, roughly one thousand hominids, and intelligent uncertainty
Last Post for Christian England
Humanists say our mourning of the Queen is too religious. But our Christian heritage is exactly what they need.
Unbelievable? Angels, visions and near death encounters - Dale C Allison on whether skeptics can take religious experiences seriously
How the Queen turned problematic colonialism into a positive Commonwealth
Matters Of Life & Death: The Queen: Monarchy as service, astonishing the President of Ireland, the changing Christmas Speech, and a testimonial faith
“I was in the presence of someone who was being faithful to Jesus” - A chaplain to the Queen pays tribute
Why the end of the second Elizabethan age marks the end of Christendom
We mourn the Queen, but not as those without hope
Matters Of Life & Death: Evolution 1: Finding common ground, the cosmic watchmaker, interpreting Genesis, and a 6,000-year-old Earth?
Unbelievable? Are the public ready to move beyond the science vs faith conflict? Nick Spencer & Katherine Mathieson
Ask NT Wright Anything #133 Is faith anti-intellectual?
Miraculous healing drew YouTube star Mikhaila Peterson to Christianity, but is that reliable proof of God’s existence?
Unapologetic #15 Derwin L Gray: Building multi-ethnic churches that look like Jesus
Matters Of Life & Death: Genetics 2: Whole genome sequencing, Gattaca, de-identification versus anonymity, and Big Data Towers of Babel
Unbelievable? My bipolar experience: Can Christianity offer a better approach to depression?
Unapologetic #14 Derwin L Gray: How should Christians think about CRT, Black Lives Matter and ‘white privilege’?
Matters Of Life & Death: Genetics 1: Rare diseases, libraries of recipe books, BRCA1, and precision medicine
When Jesus becomes a trigger word in Woke theology
Moral Machines: How do we build robots that know right from wrong?
Unbelievable? Mikhaila Peterson & Jon McCray (Whaddo You Meme) • Are Millennials and Gen Z ready to believe in God?
Unapologetic #12 Derwin L Gray: How an NFL footballer found faith in Jesus
Atheists like Dennett are wrong about consciousness. Why I agree with Iain McGilchrist (even if we still disagree about God)
McGilchrist’s brain science points towards God. But it still leaves many questions unanswered
Unbelievable? What would CS Lewis say about the conversion of Paul Kingsnorth?
Iain McGilchrist & Sharon Dirckx • Brain science, consciousness & God: Is there a master behind our mind?
Unbelievable? Paul Kingsnorth’s story shows why the spiritual void hasn’t gone away
Original sin vs original goodness: Katharine Birbalsingh & Steve Chalke on educating children
When God “suits up”: morality, myth, and incarnation
Lee Strobel on the Case For Heaven PLUS Alister McGrath, Lisa Fields, Jeff Vines and Sharon Dirckx conference preview
Finding God in John Lennon and Bob Dylan’s Music
Are Star Wars and superhero movies a gateway to the Gospel? Frank Turek vs Paulogia
Philip Yancey live Q&A on faith, doubt and the future of the US church
John Lennon, Bob Dylan and God: Steve Turner and Jon Stewart
Unbelievable? How should humans live in an inhuman world? Alan Noble and Kelly Kapic
Unbelievable? Why are Christian musicians deconstructing? Audrey Assad and Fr Chris Foley
Ask NT Wright Anything #92 Why are people evil? Could God be evil?
Unbelievable? Should Christians practise Yoga? Mike Shreve and Chris James
Unbelievable? CRT and Woke Christianity - Owen Strachan vs Jermaine Marshall
Ask NT Wright Anything #86 Deconstructing faith and answering atheism
Unbelievable? The Vegan debate: Should Christians eat meat? Greg Boyd and Joshua D Jones
Unbelievable? Are psychedelics a path to spiritual enlightenment? Ashley Lande vs Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
Unbelievable? Do meaning, truth and love make sense without God? Rationality Rules vs Simon Edwards
Unbelievable? Egalitarian and Complementarian views on Biblical Womanhood - Beth Allison Barr and Rachel Green Miller
Ask NT Wright Anything #72 Christianity in Africa - NT Wright meets Ugandan church leader Richmond Wandera
Unbelievable? Should we rethink worship in a Covid age? Tim Hughes, Lucy Brierley, Muyiwa Olarewaju and Graham Nicholls
Ask NT Wright Anything #66 A conversation with Douglas Murray on identity, myth and miracles
Unbelievable? Why the Bible makes sense of modern life - Tom Holland & Andrew Ollerton
Ask NT Wright Anything #59 Evangelism and sharing the gospel
Unbelievable? Beyond Belief: A youth worker’s doubt and deconstruction – Logan Walker and Ben Jack
Unbelievable? Is free speech on campus being cancelled? Julia Rynkiewicz, Ryan Christopher & Alison Scott-Baumann
Ask NT Wright Anything #56 Fasting, resting and worship
Unbelievable? Is Christianity a white man’s religion? – Dr Vince Bantu and Dr AJ Varmah
Ask NT Wright Anything #54 Veganism, ethics and activism
Ask NT Wright Anything #53 US politics, conspiracy theories and prophecy
Unbelievable? Are Scandinavian countries a secular paradise? Christian Lomsdalen and Stefan Gustavsson
Ask NT Wright Anything #49 Other faiths, Judaism and Gnosticism
Unbelievable? When leaders fall. Karen Swallow Prior & RC Sproul Jr on recent high-profile moral failings
Unbelievable? Intelligent Design on trial. 15 years on from Kitzmiller-Dover – Mike Behe and Joshua Swamidass
Ask NT Wright Anything #45 Worship in the age of Covid-19
Unbelievable? Is Critical Race Theory compatible with Christianity? Neil Shenvi & Rasool Berry
Ask NT Wright Anything #44 Donald Trump, gay cakes and white privilege
Unbelievable? Coronavirus conspiracies, politics and rebel churches – Mark Sayers, AJ Roberts, Ruth Jackson and Lucy Brierley
Unbelievable? The Great Awokening, Cancel Culture and JK Rowling: David French and Jonathan Pearce
Unbelievable? Is the UK Church racist? Chine McDonald, Gavin Calver and Joe Aldred
Unbelievable? Racism, white supremacy and Black Lives Matter: George Yancey and Drew Hart
Unbelievable? Do faith and politics mix? Tim Farron and Polly Toynbee
Ask NT Wright Anything #38 Lockdown livestream – Tom answers questions on Facebook Live
Are science and theology in conflict with same-sex relationships?
Ask NT Wright Anything #32 Pastoral questions on porn, personal tragedy and coming back to faith
Ask NT Wright Anything #30 Questions about marriage
Unbelievable? Hinduism, conversion and religious freedom
Unbelievable? The argument from reason - Cosmic Skeptic and Max Baker-Hytch
Unbelievable? Glen Scrivener vs Matt Dillahunty - Can atheism deliver a better world?
Unbelievable? Douglas Murray and Esther O’Reilly - The Madness of Crowds and Christian atheism
Unbelievable? Peter Hitchens vs Adam Rutherford: The Rage Against God (Classic Playback)
Unbelievable? Dave Rubin and John Lennox - A conversation on God, atheism and modern culture
Ask NT Wright Anything #22 Am I unequally yoked? What about singleness? What’s the point? Puzzled and pastoral questions
Unbelievable? Alister McGrath and Bret Weinstein – Religion: Useful fiction or ultimate truth?
Unbelievable? Joshua Harris, purity culture and the church: Jessica van der Wyngaard and Sean McDowell
Unbelievable? Should Christians embrace Transhumanism? Micah Redding vs Nigel Cameron
Despite banning, burning and belittling, the cross still stands
Unbelievable? The sacking of Israel Folau - guilty of a foul or victim of religious censorship? Laurence Wilkinson and Nick Heath
Unbelievable? Is abortion a human right? Ryan Christopher vs Barbara Ntumy
Unbelievable? A Christian and Muslim response to Secularism – James White and Abdullah Al-Andalusi
What do you think of Jordan Peterson?
Unbelievable? How should the Church respond to Transgender? Peter Lynas and Jenny-Anne Bishop
Unbelievable? Don’t be meme! Randal Rauser and David Smalley debate 5 Christian and atheist memes
Unbelievable? Comedy, Christianity and being offensive - James Cary and Katy Brand
Michael Brown: From heroin-shooting Jewish rock kid to messianic Jesus follower
Unbelievable? Are we raising a ‘snowflake’ generation? Jonathan Haidt & Andrew Wilson
Unbelievable? #MeToo and the Church: Egalitarian vs Complementarian • Natalie Collins & Phil Moore
Ask NT Wright Anything #4 Qs on Mission, Evangelism, Islam and other religions
Unbelievable? Unlikely: How a Christian evangelist & secular, gay mayor became friends. Kevin Palau & Sam Adams (+ John Dickson)
Unbelievable? Debating the Statement on Social Justice – Jarrod McKenna & James White
Unbelievable? Andy Bannister vs Peter Singer – Do we need God to be good?
Unbelievable? Halloween and horror films - Peter Laws & Michael Cummins
NT Wright & Tom Holland • How St Paul changed the world (Full Show)
How to live for God while living in Babylon
Apostasy: This gripping drama about Jehovah’s Witnesses will make you angry