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Do faith and politics mix? Tim Farron and Polly Toynbee Jun 12, 2020

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Tim Farron is an MP and former leader of the Liberal Democrats. His Christian faith came under scrutiny during the 2017 UK General Election, leading to his resignation as party leader. His autobiography ‘A Better Ambition: Confessions of a faithful liberal’ (SPCK) tells his story.

Polly Toynbee is a well-known journalist, political commentator and vice-president of Humanists UK. Her new book ’The Lost Decade’ analyses the political and social changes of 2010-2020 in the UK.

Tim and Polly engage in a wide-ranging discussion on whether faith convictions are welcome in public life.

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Francis Collins answers your questions on science and faith Jun 05, 2020

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Dr. Francis Collins is a renowned geneticist who oversaw the Human Genome Project and is currently the director of the National Institutes of Health, USA responding to Covid-19.

He founded Biologos, an organisation seeking to show the complementarity of science and faith. His book ’The Language of God’ tells his faith journey.

Having been awarded the Templeton Prize 2020, Francis joins Justin to take listener questions about his life, faith and his approach to science and theology.

For the Templeton Prize https://www.templetonprize.org

For Biologos https://biologos.org/people/francis-collins

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Christianity, Psychology and Compassion - Paul Gilbert and Roger Bretherton May 29, 2020

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Is Christianity a positive force for compassion in the world? Prof Paul Gilbert and Dr. Roger Bretherton join Justin for a conversation on psychology, the brain, Christianity and what makes us choose compassion over callousness.

Prof Paul Gilbert is a clinical psychologist and leading expert in the study and promotion of compassion. Dr Roger Bretherton is an academic psychologist and chair of the British Association of Christians in Psychology.

For Prof Paul Gilbert http://www.compassionatemind.co.uk

For Dr Roger Bretherton http://www.thecharactercourse.com

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Christendom’s response to plague and pandemic: Tom Holland, Mike Bird and Rev Marcus Walker May 15, 2020

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Historian Tom Holland, author of ‘Dominion’ recaps his debate with AC Grayling and talks about his recent article for The Telegraph arguing for the Christian roots of the response we are seeing to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Also joining the conversation are New Testament scholar Mike Bird co-author of ‘The New Testament In Its World’, and Rev Marcus Walker, priest as St Bartholomew the Great, London. They discuss the history of how the early church responded to plagues and how the church is responding to this present pandemic.

For Tom Holland’s book Dominion https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dominion-Making-Western-Tom-Holland/dp/1408706962

For Mike Bird https://www.patheos.com/blogs/euangelion/michael-birds-book/

For Rev Marcus Walker https://twitter.com/WalkerMarcus

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Are martyred apostles good evidence for the resurrection? Sean McDowell vs Paulogia May 08, 2020

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Would the followers of Jesus have been willing to suffer and die for something they knew to be false? Can we be historically confident they were martyred at all?

Sean McDowell defends his book ‘The Fate of the Apostles’ against atheist YouTuber Paulogia (aka Paul Ens) following a critical video exchange.

For Paulogia’s video https://youtu.be/Hb4w4xoei2o

For Sean McDowell’s response video https://youtu.be/5jqzAjI-5Kc

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Where do atheists get their meaning from? Zach Broom and Michael Brady May 01, 2020

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Zach Broom is the author of ‘Without God: Science, belief, morality and the meaning of life’ in which he claims that many of our most basic intuitions don’t make sense in the absence of God.

The book is dedicated to his atheist friend Michael Brady, who engages with Zach on the question of whether life can have meaning in the absence of God.

For Zach’s book ‘Without God’ zachbroom.com

For Michael’s book ‘Still Unbelievable’ https://www.amazon.com/Still-Unbelievable-listening-Christian-arguments-ebook/dp/B07C7VPZ7D

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Why doesn’t God end Coronavirus and mend the world? Justin Brierley Apr 30, 2020

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In a bonus mid-week episode Justin shares his own thoughts on why God doesn’t step in to stop ‘natural evils’ like coronavirus, plague and natural disasters.

Read Justin’s blog on the subject: https://www.premierchristianity.com/Blog/Why-doesn-t-God-stop-Coronavirus-and-mend-the-world

For the book ‘Unbelievable? Why, after ten years of talking with atheists, I’m still a Christian’ https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Unbelievable-the-Book

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Is it time to end the war on drugs? Peter Hitchens vs Christina Dent. Plus William Lane Craig and Amy Orr Ewing on God, atheism and Covid 19 Apr 23, 2020

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Peter Hitchens and Christina Dent, two Christians with very different views on drug legalisation, debate whether or not decriminalisation is the way to combat drug abuse.

Justin also chats with Christian thinkers William Lane Craig and Amy Orr-Ewing about their response to Coronavirus and atheist critiques of Christianity.

For Peter Hitchens’ book ‘The War We Never Fought’ https://www.amazon.com/War-Never-Fought-Establishments-Surrender/dp/1472939387

For Christina Dent www.enditforgood.com

For William Lane Craig www.reasonablefaith.org

For Amy Orr-Ewing https://www.rzim.org/speakers/amy-orr-ewing

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God vs Stephen Hawking – Dave Hutchings, David Wilkinson and Phil Halper Apr 17, 2020

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‘God, Stephen Hawking and the Multiverse’ is the name of a new book by physics teacher David Hutchings and Prof David Wilkinson of Durham University. They discuss Hawking, his science, the big bang and what it means for the God question with atheist Phil Halper, who runs the Sky Dive Phil channel on YouTube.

For Dave Hutchings and David Wilkinson https://spckpublishing.co.uk/god-stephen-hawking-and-the-multiverse-pb

For Phil Halper https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtOgKmAM4MeFu-jd-HB3_cg

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Is the resurrection unbelievable? Jonathan McLatchie vs David Johnson Apr 10, 2020

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Christian apologist Jonathan McLatchie and atheist sceptic David Johnson debate the evidence for the resurrection in an Easter weekend edition of the show.

For Jonathan McLatchie http://apologetics-academy.org/

For David Johnson https://skepticsandseekers.wordpress.com/

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