Unapologetic #85 Andrew Gosler: Coming to faith through Dawkins

2024-01-02T13:00:00+00:00

Rev Andrew Gosler, professor of Ethno-ornithology at Oxford University, shares how working in the same department as Richard Dawkins and reading his publications eventually led him to become a Christian. Plus, he shares a fascinating story about answered prayer.

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