Unbelievable?

Christian philosopher Paul Copan joins Justin to field a variety of questions sent in by show listeners. As well as responding to questions on Old Testament violence and philosophy, Paul engages with agnostic listener Andrew Whyte on evolution and suffering. For Paul Copan's book A Little Book for New Philosophers  https://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=5147   Get Unbelievable? the book,...

In a podcast special Justin shares the audio from the debate that took place in Dublin, Ireland between Christian philosopher William Lane Craig and atheist philosopher Daniel Came. Get Unbelievable? the book, plus info on the giveaway and launch event on 11 July:  www.unbelievablebook.co.uk   Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download:  http://www.premier.org.uk/shop   For mo...

To mark the publication of his new book Unbelievable? Why, after ten years of talking with atheists, I’m still a Christian this week the tables are turned on Justin as he gets interviewed by agnostic show listener (and former police officer) Mike Rand. Justin answers questions on the background of the show, his faith and some of the arguments he makes for God in the book. But will he convince Mike...

Differences between the same stories, words and timelines in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have been noted since the early days of the Church. Critics claim the differences put the historical reliability of the Gospels into question.  New Testament scholar Mike Licona's new research in his book "Why are there differences in the Gospels? What we can learn from ancient biography" aims...

Christian apologist Frank Turek is an author, speaker and radio show host well known for engaging sceptical students. In this show he dialogues with young atheist Alex O Connor who runs the popular Cosmic Skeptic YouTube channel. After Frank posted a video about why the existence of evil may in fact show that God exists, Alex created a response video. They discuss whether objective morality exists...

Justin presents highlights from this year's Unbelievable? the Conference in London, including John Lennox's opening address and the Panel Q&A. Couldn't be there? The Conference DVD/CD contains 12 hours of conference video and audio. To order Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 on DVD/MP3CD or via digital download:  http://www.premier.org.uk/shop Get Unbelievable? the book:  www.unbelievablebook.co.u...

Alex Crowe is a Buddhist who engages with Ken Samples author of ‘God Among Sages: Why Jesus is not just another religious leader’ that compares and contrasts Jesus with founding figures from all the main religions. They discuss the Buddha's life and teaching compared to Jesus' and how Buddhism answers the question of suffering and meaning compared to Christianity. For ‘God Among Sages’ by Ken Samp...

Justin's new book "Unbelievable? Why, after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian" is now available for pre-order. Justin airs the talk and Q&A he gave at the book launch at Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 titled "Not So Unbelievable". Get the book:  www.unbelievablebook.co.uk    For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Joi...

Online pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry. But what effect is its proliferation having on those who consume it? Matt Fradd, author of The Porn Myth, argues that science is showing that widespread porn addiction is adversely affecting relationships, sexuality and society. Charlotte Rose a sexual freedom campaigner, and Adam Scarborough of the Campaign Against Censorship respond to Matt....

Michael Collett is a journalist for ABC News in Australia. He recently wrote a popular online article titled "God and the problem of sincere disbelief" which charted his own loss of faith from Christianity to atheism. Christian thinker Prof Gary Habermas interacts with Michael on belief, doubt and the evidence for Christianity, and whether atheists are in wilful denial of God. For Unbelievable? th...

In 2016 Justin released an online video titled "How a dice can show that God exists" arguing for God as the best explanation of the fine tuning of the universe. After the video gained several hundred thousand views on YouTube, young atheist vlogger Alex O Connor (aka CosmicSkeptic) responded with several criticisms in a video of his own. Justin invited him into the show to explain his objections w...

2017 marks 500 years since Martin Luther kickstarted the Protestant Reformation. But was the split between the Catholic and Protestant church a return to truth or a tragic mistake? Reformed scholar James White debates Catholic advocate Peter D Williams on salvation by grace, papal authority and more. For Unbelievable? the Conference 2017:  http://www.premier.org.uk/whychrist For James and Peter's...

The Qu’ran states that Jesus did not die on the cross, but rather ‘it was made to appear’ so. Yet, historians cite Jesus’ death by crucifixion as one of the best attested facts of the ancient world. In an Easter weekend edition of the show Justin is joined by Christian scholar James White and Islamic scholar Yusuf Ismail as they debate the Islamic and Christian view of the crucifixion. At the end...

Joe Boot is a theologian and apologist based in Canada who will be speaking at the forthcoming Our God Reigns conference in North London on Sat 22 April. He debates with Terry Sanderson of the National Secular Society some of the cases being claimed to be infringements of Christian liberty, including the Asher's Bakery 'gay cake' case and the Canadian lecturer who refuses to use gender neutral pro...

Andy Bannister of Solas CPC will be speaking at http://www.premier.org.uk/whychrist  Unbelievable? The Conference 2017  and is behind a number of short films critiquing atheism. He debates the subject of one of the films called "What are human rights based on?" with atheist and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. For Andy Bannister's Short Answers videos  https://www.solas-cpc.org/shortanswers...

Justin presents the audio of a recent debate between Christian philosopher William Lane Craig and atheist Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland. This was the first date of the "Reasons for Hope 2017" speaking and debates tour in Cork, Dublin and Belfast.  http://www.facebook.com/reasons2017   For Unbelievable? the Conference 2017: http://www.premier.org.uk/whychrist Order Unbelievable? The Conference...

Theo Hobson is the author of the new book ‘God Created Humanism: The Christian basis of Secular Values’ (SPCK) in which he argues that atheistic humanism owes it values and ideology to the Judeo-Christian heritage of the West. Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association responds. For Unbelievable? the Conference 2017: http://www.premier.org.uk/whychrist    For The Hobson’s b...

Oxford mathematician and Christian thinker John Lennox will be the keynote speaker at Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 on Sat 13th May. He joins Justin to respond to a variety of questions sent in by show listeners including “What would convince you to become an atheist?”, “How do you stay cool in debates?” and “Tell us about being taught by CS Lewis”. Justin also says hello to US show listener W...

‘God Among Sages: Why Jesus is not just another religious leader’ is a new book by Ken Samples of Reasons To Believe that compares and contrast Jesus with founding figures from all the main religions. Krishna is a key figure in the Hindu religion. Ken debates with Dipen Rajyaguru of the Hindu Council UK. Ken believe that Jesus is unique among all spiritual leaders and is superior to Krishna in ter...

If God exists why doesn’t he make his existence more obvious to everyone? Atheist philosophers such as John Schellenburg have argued that God’s ‘hiddenness’ from non-believers who would otherwise want to be in a relationship with him is evidence that God does not exist. Justin Schieber return for a philosophical edition of the show to defend this objection against God. Blake Giunta is a young Chri...

A meeting of top biologists from around the world at the Royal Society last November was convened to study new trends in evolutionary theory. It has led to speculation that the Neo-Darwinian paradigm is in crisis and is becoming widely rejected in the scientific community. Intelligent design theorist Stephen Meyer of the Discovery Institute and Perry Marshall, author of 'Evolution 2.0'. were both...

Christian apologist John Cranman presents his version of the Moral Argument arguing that God is the best explanation of the existence of objective moral values and duties. Atheist Cory Markum responds by arguing that, in various ways, God cannot ground objective morality. They both also debate whether objective morality/moral realism exists. For Unbelievable? the Conference 2017: http://www.premie...

Frank Turek is a Christian apologist, author and host of the US radio call in show Cross Examined. His book ‘Stealing From God: Why atheists need God to make their case’ argues that skeptics steal from a Christian worldview to make their case for atheism. David Smalley is an activist for secular humanism and the host of the atheist talk show Dogma Debate. He engages Frank on whether atheists can g...

Wayne Rossiter was an atheist biologist who experienced an adult conversion to Christianity. He also changed his mind about evolution and his recent book ‘Shadow of Oz: Theistic Evolution and the Absent God’ argues that those who claim Darwinian evolution is compatible with Christianity are being misleading. Denis Alexander, emeritus director of The Faraday institute in Cambridge and one of the le...

David Marshall is a Christian thinker and author whose latest book “Jesus is no Myth!: The fingerprints of God on the Gospels” aims to refute claims by authors such as Bart Ehrman, Reza Aslan and Richard Carrier that the Gospels borrowed from other religious figures and mystery religions of their day to create their picture of Jesus. Richard Carrier engages with him in a ‘gloves off’ debate on whe...