Unbelievable?

Presented by Esther Higham, Muyiwa Olarewaju

Every Saturday from 6.30pm - 7pm

Classic Replay: Paula Gooder answers your questions

1 Aug 2023
00:50:17

From February 2015: New Testament scholar, author and speaker Paula Gooder joins Justin to tackle a range of questions sent in by listeners. The Old Covenant, eyewitness testimony, how the Gospels were written and much more is covered. For Paula...

Sharon Dirckx vs Emily Qureshi-Hurst • Do Consciousness and Near Death Experiences Point to an Afterlife?

28 Jul 2023
01:08:13

The Big Conversation - Episode 4 | Season 5 What should we make of accounts of “near death experiences”? Do they give credible support to the possibility that there is life after death, or can they be explained away as mere physical phenomena? Ind...

Classic Replay: Why does God allow suffering? Vince Vitale & Julian Baggini

25 Jul 2023
01:00:41

From February 2015: Following atheist Stephen Fry's viral anti-God video, the question of how a good God could allow suffering has come into focus again. Justin is joined by Christian philosopher Vince Vitale, author of "Why Suffering?" as he debate...

Should we deconstruct or reconstruct? with Olivia Jackson, Preston Ulmer and Vince Vitale.

21 Jul 2023
01:15:29

Unbelievable takes on the often-misunderstood topic of deconstruction in the sense of deconstructing Christian faith or becoming exvangelical is another phrase you might have come across. It refers to a process, some would say a movement, where in...

Classic Replay: Does Christianity pass the Outsider Test? (PART 2)

18 Jul 2023
00:50:07

From January 2015: In a continuation of last week’s show David Marshall & John Loftus continue to debate whether Christianity is rationally tenable and unique among world religions. David Marshall author of ‘Why Jesus Passes the Outsider Test’,...

Is violence ever justified? The dilemma of Nigeria’s Christians with Hassan John and Roger Bolton

14 Jul 2023
01:15:11

More Christians are killed in Nigeria than in any other country in the world. According to the charity Open Doors almost nine in ten of the more than 5,600 Christians murdered worldwide during 2022 were in Nigeria. A report by the British Parliament...

Classic Replay: Does Christianity pass the Outsider Test? (PART 1)

11 Jul 2023
01:03:08

From January 2015: Atheist John Loftus has challenged Christians with the 'Outsider Test of Faith'. He believes that if Christians examined their own faith with the same level of scepticism they do other faiths, they would reject it. Christian guest...

Philip Ball & Nick Spencer • Can Science and Religion Tell us What it Means to be Human?

7 Jul 2023
01:16:51

The Big Conversation - Episode 3 | Season 5 It’s a widely held view that science and religion are in conflict, including and perhaps especially over how they approach one of life's most fundamental questions: what does it mean to be human? But i...

Classic Replay: Does Humanism need God?

4 Jul 2023
01:02:44

From January 2015: The term 'Humanism' is often seen as synonymous with atheism. But a Theos report titled: 'The case for Christian Humanism: why Christians should be Humanists and Humanists should be Christians' claimed to show that atheism is ill-e...

I lost nine years of my life : Transgender to Transformed | Laura Perry Smalts shares her life-changing story with Billy Hallowell

30 Jun 2023
00:52:13

Even in a time of culture wars and controversy about everything, there are few subjects as difficult to discuss as transgender rights. In less than a decade the number of young people identifying as trans has exploded, and with it the number of argum...

Classic Replay: William Lane Craig vs Daniel Came: Does Mathematics Point to God?

27 Jun 2023
01:05:37

From January 2015. In 1960 physicist Eugene Wigner wrote a paper on the ‘unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics’. Christian philosopher William (Bill) Lane Craig was developing arguments concerning the ‘applicability’ of mathematics as evidence fo...

From Porn Star to Pastor: Joshua Broome's Journey of Redemption

23 Jun 2023
00:52:28

From Porn Star to Pastor: Joshua Broome's Journey of Redemption Joshua Broome in conversation with Billy Hallowell This week Premier Unbelievable delves into the extraordinary life transformation of Joshua Broome. In this gripping interview we...

Classic Replay: Keith Ward vs Michael Ruse on Mind, Consciousness & The God Question

21 Jun 2023
01:04:33

From 2014. Christian philosopher Prof Keith Ward and atheist philosopher of science Michael Ruse debate some of the issues raised by the DVD documentary series The God Question. It explores whether advances in science are undermining or supporting be...

The occult, demons and exorcism: Is modern-day deliverance ministry biblical? With ex-psychic Jenn Nizza, pastor Mike Signorelli hosted by Billy Hallowell

16 Jun 2023
01:18:06

Is the occult just harmless fun? Or are there hidden dangers to alternative spirituality, satanism, and even new-age practices? Increasingly the debate is not about good vs evil but my truth vs your truth. Ex-psychic Jenn Nizza tells the story of her...

Classic Replay: Tim Keller on life, faith, and suffering

13 Jun 2023
00:53:48

In light of renowned New York pastor and author Tim Keller’s recent death on May 19th 2023, we wanted to revisit this interview he did with Justin Brierley from Easter 2014. Tim talked to Justin and answered listener questions about his life, faith a...