All Unbelievable? articles – Page 52

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    Unbelievable? Music & God

    2011-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Music often evokes strong emotions in people. But is there more to the beauty and meaning we find in music than atheism allows? David Robertson contends that the joy and meaning we experience in music is a pointer beyond itself to an ultimate source of joy and meaning in God. Gordon Livesey is a musician and an atheist. He contends that while we all experience emotions and meaning in music, it ultimately can be explained in scientific terms alone.

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    Unbelievable? - Grill a Christian Round 3 & Unbelievable? Conference announcement

    2011-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Today’s show begins with details of the forthcoming Unbelievable? apologetics conference in London where Justin will be joined by speakers including John Lennox, Jay Smith, David Instone-Brewer and David Robertson. David Robertson joins Justin for a third round of sceptical questions from Unbelievable? atheist listeners.

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    Unbelievable? - RE and indoctrination in education

    2011-02-26T00:00:00Z

    The UK Government recently outlined a White Paper that threatens to demote Religious Education to a peripheral subject in the curriculum. More info on the campaign to have it reinstated here: http://www.reactcampaign.co.uk/

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    Unbelievable? - Are there many paths to God?

    2011-02-19T00:00:00Z

    In an age of religious pluralism it can seem arrogant for Christians to claim they have “the truth” or the only means to salvation. So when Jesus said “no-one comes to the Father except through me” what did he mean? And what about those who have not heard the Gospel? John Hick is a noted philosopher and theologian who is a proponent of a pluralist view of religion - that there is one light (God) but many lampshades (religious expressions).

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    Unbelievable? - Is the King James Version the best?

    2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

     400 years on from the publication of the King James Version of the Bible, there is now a proliferation of translations available. Some Christians maintain that the KJV has never been surpassed for its style, authority and reliability.

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    Unbelievable? - Alister McGrath & Stephen Law - Why Won’t God Go Away?

    2011-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Alister McGrath’s new book “Why God won’t go away” is a critique of the New Atheist Movement spearheaded by Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris & Dennett.

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    Unbelievable? - Human Value & Subversive Stories

    2011-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Off-duty police men in Bogota, Columbia shoot street children because they consider them to be “disposables”. Using stories such as this Mark Roques asks whether value in human life can be found anywhere other than our being made “In the image of God”.

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    Unbelievable? - Which Translation should we Trust?

    2011-01-22T00:00:00Z

    To mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible Justin Brierley will be presenting a number of programmes looking at issues of Biblical reliability and interpretation in the coming year.

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    Unbelievable? - Os Guinness & Mary Warnock debate religious freedoms

    2011-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Os Guinness is an author, cultural critic and Christian apologist. He co-founded the Trinity Forum which “seeks to transform society through the transformation of leaders”. Baroness Mary Warnock is a moral philosopher and atheist. She is a cross bench peer in the House of Lords and an influential voice arguing for liberalisation of euthanasia laws. Her book “Dishonest to God” argues that religious and theological issues should have no place in issues of public morality, covering euthanasia, assisted suicide, and abortion.

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    Unbelievable? - William Lane Craig reviews his debate with Dawkins

    2011-01-08T00:00:00Z

    William Lane Craig is a philosopher, author and key defender of the Christian faith in debates around the world.

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    Unbelievable? 1 Jan 2011 - The all new Unbelievable? Website

    2010-12-31T00:00:00Z

    www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable has undergone a major redevelopment and Justin Brierley uses this New Year Programme to take a tour around it.

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    Unbelievable? - The Unbelievable? “Christmas Cracker

    2010-12-24T00:00:00Z

    A festive edition of the show. With studio guest Anthony McRoy and a host of phone guests from around the world Justin Brierley looks at various aspects of Christmas.

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    Unbelievable? - Islam & Dhimmitude

    2010-12-18T00:00:00Z

    The Third Choice” by Australian church pastor Mark Durie claims that Islam has a long history of oppressing those of other faiths under its power. Durie claims that when Islam conquered a nation its inhabitants could either convert, die or become “Dhimmi” - forced to pay money for their life and live in subservience to Muslims. He says that the doctrine lives on today.

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    Unbelievable? - Islamic Blasphemy Law

    2010-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Asia Bibi is the first Christian woman in Pakistan to be sentenced to death for allegedly blaspheming against Mohammed. In light of her case we discuss Pakistan’s use of Islamic blasphemy law with Adnan Rashid of the Hittin Institute and Stuart Windsor and John Joseph of Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Stuart Windsor is director of CSW who supports those suffering persecution. John Joseph is a Christian human rights activist who has defended a number of people in Pakistan accused of blasphemy.

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    Unbelievable? - David Robertson answers skeptics questions

    2010-12-04T00:00:00Z

    David Robertson is a Scottish church pastor and author of “The Dawkins Letters”. He recently hosted the first Conference of the newly established Solas Centre for Public Christianity.

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    Unbelievable? - Mike Behe & Michael Reiss audience debate on ID

    2010-11-27T00:00:00Z

    his last week saw US Intelligent Deisgn proponent Michael Behe on the “Darwin or Design?” speaking tour of the UK. As well as hosting an evening event, “Unbelievable?” invited him to discuss ID with theistic evolutionist Prof Michael Reiss in front of an invited audience.

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    Unbelievable? - Philip Yancey on “What Good is God?”

    2010-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Best-selling US Christian Author Philip Yancey writes books that address some of the hardest questions that Christians ask of themselves and skeptics ask of Christians. His latest book “What Good is God?” looks at how Christian belief matters in the lives of those who suffer.

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    Unbelievable? Alvin Plantinga vs Stephen Law on the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism

    2010-11-13T00:00:00Z

    Richard Dawkins has said that “the theory of evolution made it possible to be an intellecually fulfilled atheist”. But what if belief in evolution becomes irrational on atheist naturalism?

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    Unbelievable? - Ex-Gay and Gay-Affirming approaches to homosexuality

    2010-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Both guests on today’s show are Christians, both are gay, and both run ministries supporting Christians of homosexual orientation.

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    Unbelievable? The Apologetics of CS Lewis

    2010-10-30T12:00:00Z

    C.S. Lewis was one of the most influential Christian writers of the 20th Century and remains so today. Many are familiar with his Narnia stories, but he was also a populariser of Christian apologetics, and continues to be the first place that many encounter the key arguments for Christian faith.