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Diarmaid MacCulloch: Professor of church history says change of attitude needed on sexuality

4 Nov 2017
55:21

Diarmaid MacCulloch is Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, the author of numerous books including A History of Christianity and an award winning broadcaster. He talks to Sam Hailes about his life and career and explains why he believes...

Activist pastor Brian McLaren is fighting for a new kind of Christianity

28 Oct 2017
51:33

This week on The Profile, Justin Brierley meets Brian McLaren. The speaker, activist and public theologian is the author of numerous books including A New Kind of Christian, The Secret Message of Jesus and most recently The Great Spiritual Migration....

The Gospel Coalition's Trevin Wax on mission, culture and Trump

21 Oct 2017
53:42

Trevin Wax is the Bible and Reference Publisher for LifeWay - one of the largest providers of Christian resources in the world. In this in-depth interview Trevin, who is now based in Nashville, explains how living and working in Romania changed his v...

Shawn Bolz: Moving in prophecy and reaching Hollywood stars

14 Oct 2017
56:05

Shawn Bolz is a prolific contemporary prophet in the charismatic movement. In this wide ranging interview with Premier's Tony Aris, Shawn explains how he teaches Christians to operate in the prophetic gift. Shawn is the founder of Expression58 church...

The Vineyard's Christy Wimber: We need a better theology of suffering

5 Oct 2017
52:19

Christy Wimber is a significant leader in the USA Vineyard church movement. In this edition of the show she tell Katie Stock why she took the decision to close down her church in Yorba Linda, California and why Christians who believe in miracles and...

Greg Garrett: The wisdom of the Zombie Apocalypse

30 Sep 2017
55:35

On this week's show Sam Hailes meets one of the USA's leading thinkers on Christianity and culture. Greg Garrett shares his story from growing up as a Southern Baptist to now identifying as an Episcopalian. He also talks about working with the late g...

Nabeel Qureshi's conversion from Islam to Christianity

23 Sep 2017
52:56

Popular Christian apologist and former Muslim Nabeel Qureshi died on Saturday 16th September after after a year-long battle with stomach cancer. He was 34. As tributes pour in from around the world, Premier Christian Radio are re-airing Justin Brierl...

Truth For Life's Alistair Begg on biblical inerrancy and the 'Reformed' label

16 Sep 2017
17:15

Alistair Begg is an internationally renowned preacher and host of the popular 'Truth for Life' radio program and podcast. In this in depth interview, Alistair talks about life growing up in Scotland, his subsequent move to America, why he believes th...

The Telegraph's Tim Stanley: From evangelical Baptist to Roman Catholic

9 Sep 2017
55:16

The Telegraph columnist and historian Tim Stanley explains how he went from evangelical Baptist to atheist, before converting to Anglicanism and finally Roman Catholicism. Tim, who regularly appears as a political commentator on CNN and Sky, also rec...

'America's Best Theologian' Stanley Hauerwas on Trump, war and ethics

2 Sep 2017
51:30

'America’s best theologian' Stanley Hauerwas talks to Katie Stock about why he believes the Church in the West has lost its way. You can also read the interview in this month's edition of Premier Christianity magazine. Request a free sample at premie...

Social entrepreneur Chris Mould on food banks and faith

26 Aug 2017
52:06

Premier's political editor Martyn Eden talks to one of the UK's top social entrepreneurs. Chris Mould, who is best known for his role as chair of The Trussell Trust (which operates food banks across the UK) has led over 15 start-ups and mergers. In t...

David Hutchings & Tom McLeish: Why God loves science and science needs God

19 Aug 2017
53:03

Justin Brierley interviews David Hutchings and Tom McLeish about their new book 'Let there be Science: Why God Loves Science and Science needs God'. David is a physics teacher and Tom McLeish is professor of Physics at Durham university and chairs th...

Michael Youssef: How Leading the Way became an international ministry

12 Aug 2017
47:29

Even before he was born, it was evident that God had a vision for Michael Youssef. Against doctors’ recommendations to terminate the at-risk pregnancy, his parents chose life after God intervened, sending the family pastor to reassure them that this...

Rose Hudson-Wilkin: My battle against racism and sexism

5 Aug 2017
52:10

The most senior black female cleric in the Church of England tells Katie Stock how she became chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. To read the print version of this interview request a free copy of the latest issue of Premier Christianity...

Oxford Professor of Science and Religion Alister McGrath: Why I am a Christian

29 Jul 2017
53:13

Justin Brierley interviews Christian apologist and Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University, Alister McGrath.