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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 5, 2014 · 1 hr 20 min
Unbelievable? 5 Apr 2008 "Why I became an atheist" Part 1 - John Loftus & Peter May
Justin meets John W Loftus. Once a passionate Christian, he's now a militant atheist. Find out why he lost his faith and his conversation with Christian apologist Peter May. To hear more discussions between Christians and non-Christians go to www.p...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 19 min
Unbelievable? 29 Mar 2008 Did Jesus prophecy the Bahai faith?
In his book "Letter to the Christians" Jeremy Fox, argues that Baha'u'llah the founder of the Baha'i faith is the second coming of Jesus Christ, as prophesied in the New Testament. Robin Thomson of South Asian Concern argues against this interpretat...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 20 min
Unbelievable? 22 Mar 2008 Easter & the atonement
Atheist Marilyn Mason says that the idea of God punishing his son for the sins of others is unjust, bizarre and immoral. Roger Forster of the Ichthus Christian Fellowship explains what he believes happened on Good Friday. Muslim guest Nazam Guffoor...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 20 min
Unbelievable? 15 Mar 2008 Christian Universalism - will all be saved?
Eric Stetson of the Christian Universalist Aosociation claims the Bible says everybody will ultimately be saved. Gregory Macdonald is a high profile evangelical going under a pen name who has written a book supporting Universalism. He joins us with...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 20 min
Unbelievable? 8 Mar 2008 Can We Trust the Gospels? Updated
Norman Hansen is an atheist. He says the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are mythology passed off as fact. But Christian scholar Andy Bannister says that we have all the evidence we need to trust them. To hear more discussions between Chri...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 19 min
Unbelievable? 23 Feb 2008 New Age Spirituality
Beverley Alfred, a reiki healer says her spiritual path has led her away from organised religion towards Alternative Spirituality. Sally Coleman runs a Christian stall at New Age fairs and engages with Beverley on New Age and Christian belief. We...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 20 min
Unbelievable? 1 Mar 2008 Sharia Law in the UK
Catherine Heseltine is a convert to Islam and represents the Muslim Public Affairs Committee.Beth Grove is a Christian who has made a study of women's issues in Islam.They discuss the pros and cons of Sharia in the UK. Abdulhaq of Brixton Mosque and ...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 20 min
Unbelievable? 16 Feb 2008 Noah and the Flood - did it happen?
Creationist David Rosevear says that recent science suggests a global flood did occur, and that Christians should read Genesis literally. Atheist Robert Stovold contends that creationists routinely warp the facts to suit their agenda. Geogologist G...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 17 min
Unbelievable? 9 Feb 2008 Bahai Faith & Christianity
Barney Leith explains why he believes Bahá’u’lláh the founder of Bahai faith was the ultimate manifestation of God in human form. Sunil Shivdasani argues that Jesus is the only true revelation of God in human flesh, and is joined by Eric Stetson wh...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 17 min
Unbelievable? 2 Feb 2008 Positive atheism?
David Vernon explains why he thinks that being an atheist is a positive thing. Anna Robbins of the London School of Theology questions whether we can really find meaning without God. To hear more discussions between Christians and non-Christians go ...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 17 min
Unbelievable? 26 Jan 2008 Morality - do we need God to be Good?
Marilyn Mason, a humanist and Gavin McGrath, a Christian, join Justin as they discuss where they get their sense of "right and wrong" from. Gavin says that without God we can't make sense of morality - Marilyn disagrees. To hear more discussions bet...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 17 min
Unbelievable? 19 Jan 2008 Abortion
If passed, the HFE Bill could entail big changes to abortion law. With 600 abortions carried out every day Dan Boucher of CARE explains why he believes the law needs to change. Pro-choice advocate Dr. Wendy Savage argues that a woman's right to ch...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 16 min
Unbelievable? 5 Jan 2008 Freemasonry & Christianity - serving two masters?
Michael Donovan is a committed evangelical Christian. He is also a Freemason. Doug Harris of the Reachout Trust believes that being a Freemason and a Christian are incompatible. They join Justin as he asks whether Freemasonry is a religion, what i...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 15 min
Unbelievable? 12 Jan 2008 Embryology and medicine
The HFE Bill going through Parliament will allow the creation of animal-human "hybrid" embryos. Lord David Alton says respect for human life is being trampled on. MP Ian Gibson says that it will allow medical progress. With contributions from And...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 15 min
Unbelievable? 29 Dec 2007 - End of year highlights
Justin Brierley presents segments of some of the varied discussions and debates between Christians and non-Christians across the past year. Featuring Muslim, Hindu, Mormon, atheist and agnostic guests being pesented with the claims of Christianity. ...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 15 min
Unbelievable? 22 Dec 2007 - Did Christians steal Christmas?
Justin is joined by atheist Robert Stovold who claims that Christians stole Christmas! He says the Gospel stories are nothing more that a re-hashing of similar pagan legends. Doug Harris of the Reachout Trust says that's ridiculous and will be going...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 16 min
Unbelievable? 8 Dec 2007 - Response to "The Golden Compass" movie
Justin Brierley adresses the controversial children's blockbuster "The Golden Compass" that was released at cinemas this week. Some groups claim that it is atheist propaganda aimed at misrepresenting Christianity to children. Justin is joined by Ja...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 16 min
Unbelievable? 15 Dec 2007 - Islamic Jihad & terrorism
Patrick Sookhdeo of the Barnabus Fund claims in his book "Global Jihad" that Islam needs to abandon scriptures advocating offensive Jihad. Hamza A Bajwa of The Muslim Weekly says Patrick does not fully understand Jihad or Islam. To hear more discus...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 15 min
Unbelievable? 24 Nov 2007 - The atheist who sold his soul on ebay
Atheist Hemant Mehta offered to go to church for the highest bidder on eBay. In the end he visited 15 churches, large and small, and wrote about his experiences for good and bad. Tom Price of the Damaris Trust chats with Hemant about his view of ch...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1 hr 15 min
Unbelievable? 1 Dec 2007 - Jewish/Christian dialogue on Grace
Rabbi Reuben Livingstone and Alex Jacob of the Churches Ministry among Jewish People discuss Salvation. Reuben believes our righteous acts and knowledge of God bring salvation, Alex believes in Salvation by Grace through faith in Jesus. With contrib...