All Unbelievable? articles – Page 14
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ShowsUnbelievable? USA Conference 2019: Ruth Jackson, John Lennox, Mary Jo Sharp, AJ Roberts, Brian Brodersen and Bobby Conway
In a holiday special, Justin presents the audience Q&A panel session from Unbelievable? USA at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. He is joined by Ruth Jackson, Mary Jo Sharp, AJ Roberts, Brian Brodersen, John Lennox and Bobby Conway as they take a variety of questions from the ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? Christmas Special – Dean Mayes, Jess Lester and Rupert Shortt share their stories
In a special holiday edition of the podcast Justin is joined by three friends of the show to share their stories. He also announces the date of Unbelievable? the Conference 2020 – with NT Wright as keynote speaker. Sat 9 May. Put it in your diary! ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? Do we have an immaterial soul? Richard Swinburne vs Luke Janssen
Prof Richard Swinburne is one of the most influential Christian philosophers in the world. In his new book ‘Are we Bodies or Souls?’ he sets out his argument for the existence of the soul. Luke Janssen has a background in science and theology. In his new ...
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ArticleRubin and Lennox. A pairing that shouldn’t have worked… but did
Esther O’Reilly looks at why an Oxford Professor and a California talk show host’s Big Conversation was able to shed light on this generation’s meaning crisis
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ArticleWas Jesus’ claim to be God an invention? Examining Ehrman’s arguments
Peter S. Williams reviews The Big Conversation between New Testament scholars Bart Ehrman & Peter J. Williams
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ShowsUnbelievable? Tom Holland vs AC Grayling - Did Christianity give us our human values?
Historian Tom Holland debates atheist philosopher AC Grayling in a lively edition of The Big Conversation. They discuss whether Christians preserved or destroyed classical thought and whether the West owes its values of human dignity and equality to Greek and Enlightenment thinkers or to the ...
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ArticlePeter J Williams, Bart Ehrman and the Gospels: A critical analysis
James Bejon breaks down the key arguments made by Ehrman and Williams in their Big Conversation on the Gospels.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Peter Hitchens vs Adam Rutherford: The Rage Against God (Classic Playback)
Justin re-airs a classic show from 2010 in which Peter Hitchens debates with atheist scientist Adam Rutherford about his book The Rage Against God. Peter shares why his journey from atheism back to Christianity was so different to his famous anti-theist brother Christopher, and debates morality, ...
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ArticleThe Right Way to Debate Bart Ehrman
Lydia McGrew reviews a recent debate with Bart Ehrman, and argues that Bible scholar Peter J Williams offers a model for dispensing common sense
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ShowsUnbelievable? How on Earth did life begin? Lee Cronin, Perry Marshall and Denis Noble on the origins of life
Can chemistry crack the mystery of the origin of life? Or does the information required for Life to begin point beyond naturalistic explanations? Justin is joined by Perry Marshall who has established the $10m Evolution 2.0 Prize for anyone who can show a natural explanation for ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? Dave Rubin and John Lennox - A conversation on God, atheism and modern culture
Recorded in front of a live audience in California, Justin hosts a discussion between Christian thinker Prof John Lennox and YouTube personality Dave Rubin in the 4th episode of The Big Conversation Season 2. They discuss the meaning crisis in culture, Jordan Peterson, the search for ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? Is it rational to be a Christian? Justin Brierley debates Rationality Rules at Oxford University
Just swaps his moderator’s chair for being a debater in this week’s live show recorded in front of a student audience at Oxford University. He engages atheist Stephen Woodford who runs the YouTube channel Rationality Rules on the question ‘Is it rational to be ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? Does consciousness point to God? Sharon Dirckx and Philip Goff
The mystery of mind and consciousness are causing some philosophers to move away from physicalist explanations to theories such as ‘panpsychism’. Philip Goff is a consciousness researcher whose new book ‘Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a new science of consciousness’ defends panpsychism. He engages with Christian thinker ...
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ArticleFake News? Did the Gospel writers get the facts right but their stories wrong?
Catholic blogger K Albert Little examines the difference between the stories of Jesus and the stories of President Trump…
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ArticleDon’t call me a Christian yet… but I’m starting to see a purpose in the Universe
I’m turning from an atheist sceptic into a curious theologian. These Big Conversations are the reason…
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ShowsUnbelievable? Peter J Williams and Bart Ehrman – Are the Gospels historically reliable?
Arguably, no individual has influenced the course of history more than Jesus of Nazareth. But, can we trust the accounts of his life, death and resurrection? In this latest episode of The Big Conversation from Unbelievable? leading sceptical New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman engages with noted ...
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ArticleWhat’s stopping Roger Penrose from believing that God created the Universe?
Sir Roger Penrose disagrees with William Lane Craig on the cause of the Universe. Daniel Ray examines why the famous cosmologist can’t bring himself to accept the God hypothesis.
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ArticleGod’s not dead - 3 ways that that the Cosmos points to a Creator
Following his Big Conversation with cosmologist Roger Penrose, renowned Christian philosopher William Lane Craig outlines three ways the science of the universe points to God
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ShowsUnbelievable? Does the story of evolution match the story of Genesis? Niamh Middleton and Andrew Parker
The first two chapters of Genesis are among the most contested in the Bible when it comes to evolution and faith. Justin is joined by a Christian and agnostic who both claim to show a significant overlap between the Genesis account and evolutionary history, Theologian Niamh ...
