Unbelievable?

Presented by Esther Higham, Muyiwa Olarewaju

Every Saturday from 6.30pm - 7pm

When leaders fall. Karen Swallow Prior & RC Sproul Jr on recent high-profile moral failings.

27 Nov 2020
01:54:51

In recent years, numerous high-profile Christian leaders have resigned following revelations of moral failure, including Carl Lentz, Jerry Falwell Jr and Bill Hybels. Others have posthumously been subject to allegations of sexual misconduct, includin...

Classic Replay: The Atheist Bus Campaign - Ariane Sherine, Paul Woolley and Hanne Stinson

25 Nov 2020
38:24

Welcome to a new mid-week episode from Unbelievable? bringing you a taste of classic shows from our archive.  In this episode from Nov 2008 Justin speaks to Ariane Sherine who created the Atheist Bus Campaign in London. He's also joined by Paul Wooll...

Intelligent Design on trial. 15 years on from Kitzmiller-Dover – Mike Behe and Joshua Swamidass

20 Nov 2020
01:26:33

In 2005 a high profile trial saw the Dover School District taken to court for promoting Intelligent Design (ID) as an alternative theory to evolution in classrooms. 15 years on Mike Behe a prominent biochemist and ID advocate who took the stand as a...

Was Jesus a great moral teacher or something more? Julian Baggini and Skye Jethani

13 Nov 2020
01:29:55

Atheist philosopher Julian Baggini and Christian author Skye Jethani discuss whether the teachings of Jesus Christ can be separated from his claims to divinity. For Julian’s new book The Godless Gospel https://www.julianbaggini.com/the-godless-gospel...

Conversion and de-conversion: Why atheists become Christians and Christians become atheists. Jana Harmon and Joel Furches

6 Nov 2020
01:40:19

Justin talks to Jana Harmon about her PhD research on adult atheist conversion to Christianity and presents stories from her new ‘Side B Podcast’. Joel Furches, who is researching de-conversion, also joins the conversation. For The Side B Podcast: ht...

Is raising kids Christian indoctrination? Hannah Timson and Tim Alford

30 Oct 2020
01:25:32

Richard Dawkins once said that bringing up children in a particular faith is tantamount to child abuse. We invited humanist Hannah Timson and Christian Tim Alford to discuss this issue.  You can find Tim Alford on Twitter and Instagram at @RevTimAlfo...

Prof Alister McGrath answers your Qs on science, faith, doubt, CS Lewis, Dawkins and more

23 Oct 2020
01:28:06

Oxford professor Alister McGrath recently joined Justin, Lucy and Ruth for a livestream to take listener questions on science and faith and to talk about his new memoir ’Through a Glass Darkly’.  For 'Through a Glass Darkly': https://www.hachette.co....

Is Critical Race Theory compatible with Christianity? Neil Shenvi & Rasool Berry

16 Oct 2020
01:52:01

'Critical Race Theory’ is a way of understanding racism through the dynamics of oppressed and oppressor groups. Neil Shenvi believes its worldview is at odds with the Gospel and is concerned at its embrace in evangelical circles.  Rasool Berry, teach...

Should Christians vote for Donald Trump? Eric Metaxas vs David French

9 Oct 2020
01:48:39

Christian commentator David French debates Christian radio host and author Eric Metaxas on whether Christians should vote for Donald Trump in the US Elections in November. With thanks to John Brown University’s Center for Faith and Flourishing who ho...

Where is God in all the suffering? Amy Orr-Ewing and Jon Steingard

2 Oct 2020
01:39:22

Amy Orr-Ewing, co-director of OCCA and author of ‘Where Is God In All The Suffering?’, discusses the problem of pain with Jon Steingard, whose own doubts around Christian faith were triggered by seeing the suffering of children in Uganda. For ‘Where...

Debating Wrath, Sin and Penal Substitution – William Lane Craig and Greg Boyd

26 Sep 2020
01:22:31

Did God punish Jesus in our place on the cross? William Lane Craig’s new book ‘Atonement and the Death of Christ’ is a major new defence of Penal Substitutionary Atonement. He discusses the doctrine of atonement with Greg Boyd who has been a critic o...

The Reason For God - Tim Keller debates atheist Norman Bacrac

19 Sep 2020
01:21:07

In this ‘classic replay’ Justin shares the 2009 radio debate in which New York pastor Tim Keller defended his best-selling book ‘The Reason For God’ opposite UK atheist Norman Bacrac.  Tim Keller: https://timothykeller.com/ Norman Bacrac: https://con...

Coronavirus conspiracies, politics and rebel churches – Mark Sayers, AJ Roberts, Ruth Jackson and Lucy Brierley

11 Sep 2020
01:26:41

Six months on from Justin’s first lockdown show looking at Coronavirus he’s joined again by virologist AJ Roberts from California, Australian church and culture guru Mark Sayers, his wife Rev Lucy Brierley and new Unbelievable? team member Ruth Jacks...

Is free will an illusion? And does it matter? Dan Barker vs Braxton Hunter

4 Sep 2020
01:26:34

Notable atheists like Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett claim we live in a deterministic universe and that free will is an illusion. But does losing human free will pose a problem for justice, morality and even the very act of reasoning itself? Dan Barke...

The Great Awokening, Cancel Culture and JK Rowling: David French and Jonathan Pearce

28 Aug 2020
01:29:33

Is a quasi-religious left wing ‘cancel culture’ shutting down free speech, or is the right wing just as much to blame? Christian commentator David French of The Dispatch and atheist blogger Jonathan Pearce debate JK Rowling, the Harpers letter and Ca...