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Unbelievable? offers a weekly podcast, blog, and video series hosted by Ruth Jackson and a team of thinkers and Christian apologists.

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Jun 23, 2014 · 31 min
Chalke vs Wilson Bible Debate #1 - Does Scripture contain errors? Unbelievable?
UK church leader Steve Chalke's Oasis Trust was recently dismissed from the Evangelical Alliance UK due to their stance affirming same-sex relationships In the first of 4 podcast specials, Steve Chalke debates his view of Scripture with Andrew Wilson...
Jun 23, 2014 · 28 min
The Turin Shroud - a relic of the resurrection? Unbelievable?
The Turin Shroud has been an enigma for hundreds of years. In a special Good Friday feature Justin Brierley spoke to those who claim the evidence shows the shroud is the burial cloth of Christ, and its image a result of the resurrection itself. Justi...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 21 min
Greg Boyd & Andrew Whyte discuss doubt and faith - Unbelievable?
Greg Boyd is pastor of Woodland Hills Church, Minnesota. In his new book "The Benefit of the Doubt" he explains how he lost and regained his faith, and the difference between commitment and certainty. He discusses his journey with Andrew Whyte, an a...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 22 min
Tim Keller on life, faith and suffering - Unbelievable?
Tim Keller leads Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York with several thousand in weekly attendance. In an Easter special, Tim talks to Justin and answers listener questions about his life, faith and ministry. They also discuss his latest book 'Wal...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 21 min
Noah and the Flood - 3 perspectives debate - Unbelievable?
With the release of the epic film 'Noah' starring Russell Crowe, Justin is joined by three different perspectives on the Biblical story of the flood. Tim Chaffey of Answers In Genesis holds a Young Earth view and is involved in their Ark Encounter p...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 20 min
Bart Ehrman & Simon Gathercole debate pt 2 - How God became Jesus - Unbelievable?
The second episode in which Bart Ehrman defends his latest book 'How Jesus Became God' against Simon Gathercole. Ehrman claims that the early church turned Christ into the son of God. In this episode they discuss the earliest Christian writings in S...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 21 min
'How Jesus became God' debate Pt 1 - Bart Ehrman vs Simon Gathercole - Unbelievable?
New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman's latest explosive book How Jesus Became God claims that the early Church turned Christ into the son of God, but Jesus himself never believed it and nor did his first followers. Cambridge scholar Simon Gathercole ha...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 32 min
William Lane Craig & Sean Carroll debate God & Cosmology - Unbelievable?
Leading Christian philosopher William Lane Craig and leading atheist scientist Sean Carroll recently participated in a debate on "The existence of God in the light of contemporary cosmology" at the Greer-Heard forum. In an extended podcast we hear t...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 21 min
Do healing miracles happen? Robby Dawkins & David Beebee - Unbelievable?
Robby Dawkins (not to be confused with Richard) says he regularly sees healing miracles occur for the people he prays for. Cancer is gone, blind eyes see, pain disappears, even a lung was re-grown. David Beebee, an atheist sceptic with an interest i...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 21 min
Young, restless... no longer reformed? Austin Fischer & James White - Unbelievable?
Austin Fischer embraced 'New Calvinism' as a teenager, after being influenced by its popular proponents. But he recently abandoned it when he found he was unable to worship God as truly just, good and loving. Calvinist theologian James White (old, re...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 20 min
Does the future have a church? Unbelievable?
Book for Unbelievable? The Conference 2014 www.premier.org.uk/reasonablefaith A recent report on the Church of England showed overall decline, but growth among 'Fresh Expressions' and Cathedral congregations. The Archbishop's advisor on Evangelism C...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 21 min
Why I am not an atheist - David Robertson vs Matt Dillahunty - Unbelievable?
The Apostle's Creed begins "I believe in God". David Robertson explains why he doesn't believe atheism makes sense, as related in a chapter of Why I Am Not An Atheist. Matt Dillahunty, host of The Atheist Experience responds in the first of two debat...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 21 min
Why I am not a Christian - Matt Dillahunty vs David Robertson - Unbelievable?
Its round 2 of atheist Matt Dillahunty & David Robertson. This time Dillahunty explains why following the person of Christ doesn't make sense to him. Robertson responds as they engage on whether Jesus was good, by what standard we judge, and whether...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 20 min
Ryan Bell discusses his 'year as an atheist' with Matt Flannagan - Unbelievable?
Ryan J Bell is a former pastor who has decided to try being an atheist for a year. He explains why and interacts with New Zealand apologist Matt Flannagan. We also hear from Bentley Browning & Simon Capes at the conclusion of their atheist-Christian...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 21 min
Is Heaven for real? Randal Rauser vs Hemant Mehta - Unbelievable?
Randal Rauser says we are wrong to imagine heaven as clouds, harps or a never-ending church service. In his new book What on Earth do we know about Heaven? he unpacks the Biblical view of heaven as a 'renewed earth'. Hemant Mehta, known online as Th...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 21 min
The Experience of God - David Bentley Hart & Richard Norman - Unbelievable?
David Bentley Hart is a renowned Eastern Orthodox scholar of religion who presents three approaches to the existence of God in his new book "The Experience of God". He debates whether only God can explain 'being, consciousness and bliss', with atheis...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 19 min
Gays, the Gospel and the Church - Justin Lee & Ed Shaw - Unbelievable?
Justin Lee is a gay Christian. In his book Unconditional he describes his struggle to reconcile his sexuality with his evangelical faith and how he believes the church should respond to LGBT people. Ed Shaw is a church leader who is also same-sex at...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 21 min
The Christian & Atheist 'Faith Swap' - Unbelievable?
Two friends, Bentley Browning (the Christian) and Simon Capes (the atheist) are both comics. They tell Justin about the religious role reversal they are undertaking and why they decided to do it. Bentley will be stopping prayer, Bible reading and go...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 20 min
Calvinism vs Molinism - William Lane Craig & Paul Helm - Unbelievable?
If God ordains the future, can humans have free will? Are people predestined for salvation? And what does the Bible say on the matter? William Lane Craig is a Christian philosopher and leading proponent of Molinism, a view of divine sovereignty that...
Jun 23, 2014 · 1 hr 21 min
Was Jesus just a... Rabbi? David Lister & David Instone-Brewer - Unbelievable?
The second of three shows debating the identity of Jesus. Orthodox Rabbi David Lister talks to New Testament scholar David Instone-Brewer. They discuss the rabbinic credentials of Jesus and why they differ on whether he was the messiah of the Jews. ...