Unbelievable?

Presented by Esther Higham, Muyiwa Olarewaju

Every Saturday from 6.30pm - 7pm

Miracle healing - does it happen today? Craig Keener, Peter May & Joshua Brown (Plus Alanzo Paul on Reboot)

27 Jan 2023
02:05:46

Can a skeptical doctor be persuaded that there is medical evidence for modern day healing? Craig Keener, author of 'Miracles Today', returns to the show to debate one of his fiercest critics Peter May, a retired medical doctor who says he has n.....

Classic Replay: Kermit Gosnell and the abortion debate

24 Jan 2023
01:06:20

In 2013, in the USA Kermit Gosnell, was being tried on counts of murdering children born alive in illegal late-term abortions at his unsanitary practise in Philadelphia. Dr Trevor Stammers is a Christian former GP who refused to personally refe.....

ChatGPT, AI and the future - John Wyatt Q&A on living faithfully in a technologically confusing world

20 Jan 2023
01:20:40

Justin and Ruth were joined by research scientist Dr John Wyatt on a live show to talk about AI, robotics and technology. Listeners asked questions about machine consciousness, the potential dangers of AI and how to raise children in a tech world. .....

Classic Replay: Rob Bell & Andrew Wilson on God, homosexuality and salvation

17 Jan 2023
01:07:38

In this week’s classic replay we go back to when Rob Bell returned to Unbelievable? 2 years after his debate on the controversial best-seller 'Love Wins'. He talked about life after Mars Hill Bible Church and his then-latest book 'What we talk .....

Paranormal hauntings and exorcism - a Christian and skeptic in discussion.

13 Jan 2023
01:26:24

Matt Arnold, editor of the Christian Parapsychologist Journal and Dr Cal Cooper, a psychologist and paranormal researcher, speak to Justin about how they interpret account of ghosts, exorcism and apparitions as a Christian and skeptic.   Fo.....

Classic Replay: Creating life in the lab: Adam Rutherford & Fuz Rana

10 Jan 2023
01:03:10

In this classic show from the archives, atheist scientist Adam Rutherford and Christian biochemist Fazale (Fuz) Rana of Reasons To Believe, discuss the scientific advances in attempting to create simple synthetic life in the laboratory and how this.....

Tim Keller Q&A on cancer, prayer and forgiveness

6 Jan 2023
01:23:34

Tim Keller is a renowned thinker, writer and speaker who has been dubbed New York's 'pastor to skeptics'. In a live online show hosted by Ruth Jackson and Justin Brierley he answers audience questions on his journey with pancreatic cancer, his tran.....

Classic Replay: How did life begin? Fuz Rana vs Adam Rutherford

3 Jan 2023
01:03:10

Was the emergence of the first self-replicating organism a result of design or the blind forces of nature? In today's show from the archvies, Adam Rutherford is an atheist scientist whose book "Creation: The Origin of Life" claimed to show...

James KA Smith speaks on how to inhabit time & Trevin Wax shows Justin around CS Lewis’ house The Kilns

30 Dec 2022
01:25:10

Justin presents an end of year show featuring a conversation with theologian and philosopher James KA Smith on his new book 'How To Inhabit Time' recorded at the Everything Conference. Justin also caught up with Trevin Wax in Oxford who gave him a .....

Classic Replay: Debating Penal Substitution - Steve Jeffrey, Greg Boyd, Alan Molineaux & David Bish

27 Dec 2022
01:01:18

Christians believe that Jesus' death on the cross provided the atonement for sins. But in what way? Advocates of the penal substitution view hold that God punished the Son, instead of us. Others argue this is an unjust way of viewing the crucifixio.....

Intellectual and supernatural conversions - Christmas special with Nico Tarquinio & Martin Shaw

23 Dec 2022
01:30:43

Justin interviews two guests with remarkable stories of adult conversion to Christianity.   Lawyer Nico Tarquinio went from atheist skeptic to Catholic convert via the Unbelievable? show. Storyteller and mythologist Martin Shaw explains ho.....

Classic Replay: AC Grayling vs Peter S Williams debating God

20 Dec 2022
01:09:43

In this episode from the archives we’re revisiting a debate between two Christian philosophers on the arguments for God.   AC Grayling is one of the UK's most well known atheist thinkers. His book The God Argument claims to refute the key .....

Should praying outside abortion clinics be banned? Ann Furedi & Lois McLatchie

14 Dec 2022
01:19:12

A Public Order Bill in UK Parliament proposing 'buffer zones' could potentially criminalise pro-life activity or even silent prayer outside abortion clinics.  Lois McLatchie of ADF UK says the bill threatens civil and religious liberty and is not 'pr...

Classic Replay: In conversation with Rowan Williams

13 Dec 2022
56:41

Rowan Williams led the Anglican Church for 10 years. He reflects on his journey of faith, and the trials and joys of his time in office in a wide ranging interview with Justin Brierley. First broadcast in 2013.   • Subscribe to the Unbeliev.....

How to overcome tribalism in politics and the church - Patrick Miller & Keith Simon PLUS Tim Farron MP

9 Dec 2022
01:25:39

'Truth Over Tribe: Pledging allegiance to the lamb, not the donkey or the elephant' is the name of the new book by Patrick Miller and Keith Simon. They are both church pastors in the USA who started the Truth Over Tribe podcast to combat polarisation...