Unbelievable?

2 scientists, a 3 year dialogue and 1 conversion - Steve Robinson and Victoria Lim Sep 03, 2021

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Dr Stephen Robinson and Dr Victoria Lim entered into a 3-year email dialogue as a Christian and agnostic working in science. They tell Justin Brierley what happened.

Also, Luke Martin talks about the Creed & Culture Project event with John Lennox taking place on 25 Sep.

For Victoria & Steve's book http://www.whoisgodreally.com/ For the John Lennox event: https://www.creedandculture.co.uk/

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Classic Replay: The Mark Driscoll interview Aug 31, 2021

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First broadcast in Jan 2012. Justin's 'infamous' interview with controversial Christian leader Mark Driscoll, then pastor of megachurch Mars Hill Church in Seattle.

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Kristin Kobes Du Mez on masculinity, Mark Driscoll and the future for US evangelicals Aug 27, 2021

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Kristin Kobes Du Mez is the author of the bestselling book 'Jesus and John Wayne: How white evangelicals corrupted a faith and fractured a nation'.

She chats live with Justin about the recent 'Rise and Fall of Mars Hill' podcast, the support Donald Trump received among white evangelicals, the concept of masculinity and the future of Christianity in the USA.

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Classic Replay: Ex-gay vs gay-affirming dialogue Aug 24, 2021

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First broadcast in Nov 2010. Jonathan Berry and Jeremy Marks, two Christians with different approaches to counselling those who are same-sex attracted discuss ex-gay and gay-affirming approaches to Christianity.

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Do meaning, truth and love make sense without God? Rationality Rules vs Simon Edwards Aug 18, 2021

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Christian apologist Simon Edwards, author of 'The Sanity of Belief: Why faith makes sense', debates atheist YouTuber Stephen Woodford (aka Rationality Rules) on whether atheism or Christianity makes best sense of our beliefs about meaning, truth and love.

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Classic Replay: Debating the apologetics of CS Lewis Aug 17, 2021

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First broadcast in Oct 2010. CS Lewis scholar Michael Ward and atheist activist Dan Barker debate whether Lewis' Christian apologetics were convincing or not. Michael Ward currently has a new book out on Lewis - After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man.

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Did Adam & Eve exist? William Lane Craig and Joshua Swamidass Aug 13, 2021

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How should Christians understand the Adam & Eve story in Genesis? Is it scientifically plausible that humanity can be traced back to a first human couple? What does it mean for the concept of 'Original Sin'?

These and more questions are discussed by Christian philosopher William Lane Craig, author of the new book 'In Quest of the Historical Adam', and computational biologist Joshua Swamidass, author of 'The Genealogical Adam & Eve'.

At the end of the show Ruth Jackson talks to Tim Moyler about the evangelistic resource 'Living & Telling'.

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Classic Replay: Philosophers debate the moral argument for God Aug 10, 2021

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First broadcast in Oct 2010. Cambridge philosopher and atheist Arif Ahmed want head to head with New Zealand based Christian philosopher Glen Peoples in for this classic debate on the moral argument for God.

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Egalitarian and Complementarian views on Biblical Womanhood - Beth Allison Barr and Rachel Green Miller Aug 06, 2021

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What is the Biblical Womanhood movement and is it actually biblical?

Beth Allison Barr, author of ‘The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the subjugation of women became Gospel truth’ takes an egalitarian view of scripture. Rachel Green Miller, author of ‘Beyond Authority and Submission: Women and Men in Marriage, Church, and Society’ takes a complementarian perspective.

They explore both common ground and differences in their perspectives on the roles of men and women in the church and family.

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