Unbelievable?

Presented by Esther Higham, Muyiwa Olarewaju

Every Saturday from 6.30pm - 7pm

Unbelievable? 26 Jan 2008 Morality - do we need God to be Good?

5 Jun 2014
01:17:25

Marilyn Mason, a humanist and Gavin McGrath, a Christian, join Justin as they discuss where they get their sense of "right and wrong" from.  Gavin says that without God we can't make sense of morality - Marilyn disagrees. To hear more discu...

Unbelievable? 19 Jan 2008 Abortion

5 Jun 2014
01:17:27

If passed, the HFE Bill could entail big changes to abortion law.  With 600 abortions carried out every day Dan Boucher of CARE explains why he believes the law needs to change.  Pro-choice advocate Dr. Wendy Savage argues that a woman's right to ch....

Unbelievable? 12 Jan 2008 Embryology and medicine

5 Jun 2014
01:15:37

The HFE Bill going through Parliament will allow the creation of animal-human "hybrid" embryos.  Lord David Alton says respect for human life is being trampled on.  MP Ian Gibson says that it will allow medical progress.  With contributions...

Unbelievable? 5 Jan 2008 Freemasonry & Christianity - serving two masters?

5 Jun 2014
01:16:24

Michael Donovan is a committed evangelical Christian.  He is also a Freemason.  Doug Harris of the Reachout Trust believes that being a Freemason and a Christian are incompatible.  They join Justin as he asks whether Freemasonry is a religion, what i...

Unbelievable? 22 Dec 2007 - Did Christians steal Christmas?

5 Jun 2014
01:15:59

Justin is joined by atheist Robert Stovold who claims that Christians stole Christmas! He says the Gospel stories are nothing more that a re-hashing of similar pagan legends. Doug Harris of the Reachout Trust says that's ridiculous and will be going....

Unbelievable? 29 Dec 2007 - End of year highlights

5 Jun 2014
01:15:31

Justin Brierley presents segments of some of the varied discussions and debates between Christians and non-Christians across the past year. Featuring Muslim, Hindu, Mormon, atheist and agnostic guests being pesented with the claims of Christianity. ...

Unbelievable? 8 Dec 2007 - Response to "The Golden Compass" movie

5 Jun 2014
01:16:10

Justin Brierley adresses the controversial children's blockbuster "The Golden Compass" that was released at cinemas this week. Some groups claim that it is atheist propaganda aimed at misrepresenting Christianity to children.  Justin is joi...

Unbelievable? 15 Dec 2007 - Islamic Jihad & terrorism

5 Jun 2014
01:16:12

Patrick Sookhdeo of the Barnabus Fund claims in his book "Global Jihad" that Islam needs to abandon scriptures advocating offensive Jihad.  Hamza A Bajwa of The Muslim Weekly says Patrick does not fully understand Jihad or Islam. To hear m...

Unbelievable? 24 Nov 2007 - The atheist who sold his soul on ebay

5 Jun 2014
01:15:48

Atheist Hemant Mehta offered to go to church for the highest bidder on eBay.  In the end he visited 15 churches, large and small, and wrote about his experiences for good and bad.  Tom Price of the Damaris Trust chats with Hemant about his view of ch...

Unbelievable? 1 Dec 2007 - Jewish/Christian dialogue on Grace

5 Jun 2014
01:15:32

Rabbi Reuben Livingstone and Alex Jacob of the Churches Ministry among Jewish People discuss Salvation. Reuben believes our righteous acts and knowledge of God bring salvation, Alex believes in Salvation by Grace through faith in Jesus. With contrib....

Unbelievable? 17 Nov 2007 - Are miracles evidence for God?

5 Jun 2014
01:15:38

Agnostic sceptic Stephen Pilcher believes that Christian claims to healing are tricks of the mind.  Can John Ryeland of the Christian Healing Mission persuade him differently?  Also features personal stories from people who claim to have been miracul...

Unbelievable? 3 Nov 2007 - The New Atheism

5 Jun 2014
01:15:51

Christianity is under attack as never before by a wave of militant atheists, led by Richard Dawkins. Atheist Barry Duke is all in favour of it, while Christian David Marshall's book "The Truth behind the new Atheism" rejects it. They join J...

Unbelievable? 27 Oct 2007 - Top reasons for belief

5 Jun 2014
01:16:12

Justin finds out about the results of a belief survey that asked Christians for their top reasons for believing in God and Christianity. He's joined by Father John Twisleton and Lawyer James Dingemans who compiled the results of the survey, as well ....

Unbelievable? 4 Aug 2007 - Jesus and Judaism

5 Jun 2014
01:14:41

Jesus was a Jew - but what about the movement he started? Orthodox Rabbi Reuben Livingstone and Alex Jacob from the Churches Ministry among Jewish people debate how Christianity relates to Judaism and whether it is a continuation of it or something ....

Unbelievable? 28 Jul 2007 - Christian vs spiritual healing

5 Jun 2014
01:14:05

Jesus was a healer, but what do we believe about healing and how it operates? Spiritual healer David Cunnigham is not a Christian - he says that Divine energy is channelled when he heals people. John Ryeland runs the Christian Healing Mission and sa....