Unbelievable?

Presented by Esther Higham, Muyiwa Olarewaju

Every Saturday from 6.30pm - 7pm

Should ’Gay Conversion Therapy’ be banned? Jayne Ozanne vs Peter Lynas

21 Jan 2022
01:24:43

The UK Government has published proposals to ban 'gay conversion therapy'. Should such a law be welcomed by churches as a protection for LGBT+ people, or a cause for concern at the potential criminalisation of prayer? Peter Lynas of the UK Evangelica...

Classic Replay: Old Testament grill-a-Christian with Peter J Williams

18 Jan 2022
56:08

First broadcast in Oct 2011. Peter J Williams the Warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge and a first class scholar of both Old and New Testament, responded to non-Christian listeners' sceptical questions on the Old Testament. More Resources: • For exclus...

Do extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence? Jonathan McLatchie vs Jonathan Pearce

14 Jan 2022
01:28:55

'Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence' is often used as a maxim by skeptics against modern miracle claims and Biblical miracles. Christian apologist Jonathan McLatchie and atheist blogger Jonathan Pearce debate the 'prior probabilities...

Classic Replay: Bart Ehmran talks about his loss of faith with Mike Licona

11 Jan 2022
01:01:55

We featured a lot of Bart Ehrman in 2011 - in this show from Aug 2011 he returned for another conversation with resurrection scholar Mike Licona, about their different experiences - why Bart deconverted and Mike Licona held onto his faith after a per...

Suffering & God in the Intensive Care Unit: Dean Mayes & Dan Paterson

7 Jan 2022
01:23:17

Could the story of Christianity really be true? How do we make sense of suffering if so? Dan Paterson is the author of 'Questioning Christianity', which seeks to make sense of Christianity to skeptics and doubters. He engages with Dean Mayes who was...

Classic Replay: Ex-Christian dialogue

4 Jan 2022
01:02:07

In this show from Aug 2011 we met Rebekah Bennetch who lives in Saskatoon, Canada.  She grew up in a strong Christian family. But in 2007  "came out" as an atheist. Sheridan Voysey is a writer, speaker and broadcaster on contemporary spirit...

Tom Holland on Christianity, persecution and the cross

31 Dec 2021
01:21:45

Historian Tom Holland tells how his experiences among persecuted Christians and Yazidis in Iraq impacted his own intellectual and personal journey with Christianity. A 'Perspectives' lecture recorded in Nov 2021 at the British Library for Christian p...

Classic Replay: Were the Epistles forged? Bart Ehrman vs Darrell Bock

28 Dec 2021
01:03:41

In this show first broadcast in Aug 2011 sceptical Bible scholar Bart Ehrman debated his book "Forged" with Darrell Bock of Dallas Theological Seminary. Bart claims that many of the writings of the New Testament are falsely attributed to ap...

Christmas for skeptics and an atheist finds God via Dawkins: Rebecca McLaughlin, Peter Byrom and Ruth Jackson

24 Dec 2021
01:14:08

Justin hosts a 'Christmas Cracker', with Rebecca McLaughlin author of 'Is Christmas Unbelievable?', Peter Byrom tells his story of going from atheism to faith via Richard Dawkins, and a catch up with co-presenter Ruth Jackson and baby Eden-Grace! For...

Classic Replay: Did Darwinism create the Nazis?

21 Dec 2021
59:48

First broadcast in July 2011. Richard Weikart, professor of History at California State University draws controversial conclusions regarding the role of Darwinism in providing a rationale for Hitler's Nazi ideology. Hector Avalos, atheist Professor o...

John Lennox on God, science, atheism and Against The Tide

17 Dec 2021
01:24:15

Justin hosts a Premier Unbelievable? Live Q&A with Prof John Lennox. In partnership with  Kharis Productions and Pensmore Films, producers of Against The Tide, the movie documentary of John's life . Hundreds of viewers watched live and submitted...

Classic Replay: David Bentley Hart debates ‘Atheist Delusions’

14 Dec 2021
59:56

Theologian David Bentley Hart defends his prize-winning book "Atheist delusions: The Christian revolution and its fashionable enemies" opposite Terry Sanderson of the UK's National Secular Society in this show first broadcast in June 2011 M...

How should humans live in an inhuman world? Alan Noble and Kelly Kapic

10 Dec 2021
01:28:17

Why are we increasingly anxious, stressed and obsessed with identity? What can Christianity offer to re-humanise us?  These and more questions get addressed in a conversation between Alan Noble, author of 'You Are Not Your Own' and Kelly Kapic, autho...

Classic Replay: Is the Bible Unbelievable?

7 Dec 2021
01:03:37

First broadcast in May 2011. Former minister turned atheist Leslie Scrace wrote "An Unbelievers Guide to the Bible", criticising parts of the Old Testament that he sees as immoral while praising parts of scripture that illustrate humanist v...

James White vs William Lane Craig: Calvinism vs Molinism on the problem of evil

3 Dec 2021
01:32:54

Calvinism and Molinism are two very different ways of understanding God's sovereignty. But which one best addresses the problem of evil?  James White argues that Calvinism - God foreordaining all human behaviour both good and evil - is the more Bibli...