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Shadow Phoenix
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Posted: October 27th 2008
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In the U.K., a shining beacon of light is Premier Christian Radio and one of its broadcasts is the program "Unbelievable" hosted by Justin Brierley. "Unbelievable" is an apologetics program that has Justin Brierley normally being a moderator between a Christian and a non-Christian on opposite sides of one worldview topic.
This forum will be dedicated to the topics that are under discussion on the show. As in all other areas of TheologyWeb, we ask that you abide by TheologyWeb decorum and...
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dizzle
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Posted: November 9th 2009
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Tomorrow morning at 6am(!), I will be appearing in a pre-recorded “debate” on the Unbelievable Radio Program hosted by Justin Brierley which is aired on the Premiere Christian Network across the pond. I do not yet know when the program will be aired, but when it is, I will post a link. However, here is the link to their website and to their iTunes subscription page. The show is very good, so don’t wait to listen until my appearance airs, subscribe now.
More information is over at The...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: October 23rd 2009
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Check out the "Unbelievable?" show of 17 October 2009 dealing with Robin Parry, commissioning editor of Paternoster in the UK, "Coming out" of the evangelical closet to state his beliefs in universalism.
Fascinating discussion with Robin. Whether he can remain in the fold of an evangelical publisher holding the view he does remains to be seen.
Robin believes his view to be Biblically sound. How would...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: September 28th 2009
@ 06:00 AM
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http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2009/9/25/1253874397689/Jennifer-Connelly-and-Pau-001.jpg
Check out the Unbelievable episode that discusses the film - click here
Have you seen the film? What did you think? (Its came out in the UK on Sep 25 - is USA still having trouble getting ditributor?)
Looking at the trailer it looks like Richard Dawkins heaven. But watching the full thing felt a bit more nuanced. Did they intend the actor playing Huxley, to actually look like a...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: September 12th 2009
@ 04:17 AM
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http://byustudies.byu.edu/reviews/pages/images/BauckhamJesus.jpg
If you haven't come across it do check out the discussion between Richard Bauckham and James Crossley.
Bauckham's book "Jesus and the Eyewitnesses" has been hailed as a paradigm shift in New Testament scholarship with its compelling arguments for the Gospels being eyewitness testimony.
Feel free to listen here:
http://www.premierradio.org.uk/listen/ondemand.aspx?mediaid={0AECB5BB-FCAE-432F-8224-960C4AD52A5C}
and part two here:
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justinbrierley
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Posted: August 21st 2009
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Hello
I've hosted two Islam/Christianity dicsusions on "Unbelievable?" in the last 2 weeks. You may be interested in listening to them and passing them along to others.
would be interested in your thoughts
Peter Hitchens and Ibrahim Mogra on "Which is the best future for Britain - Islam or Christianity?" (4 Jul 2009)
Listen here directly: www.premierradio.org.uk/listen/ondemand.aspx?mediaid={BC498D15-F891-4276-92A8-1C615C2FC619}
Peter Hitchens, (Mail on Sunday Columnist and brother to...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: July 15th 2009
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http://www.premier.org.uk/~/media/Images/TV/thumbnails/Myers_Alexander_80x60.ashx
I've been off the site for a while but coming back into the fray with a great show between arch atheist PZ Myers and UK biochemist Denis Alexander. Denis is a Christian and director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in Cambridge.
They discuss "Is Christian faith at odds with science?"
Listen here
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justinbrierley
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Posted: May 6th 2009
@ 12:42 PM
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Really interesting debate between JP and Ken
Hear it at the usual place www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
The direct link is http://www.premierradio.org.uk/listen/ondemand.aspx?mediaid={6F8A97D2-2B10-475F-B0DD-3D0A13E7F98B}
I won't start a debate here as there is already one started by JP over here:
http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/showthread.php?t=127040
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justinbrierley
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Posted: April 11th 2009
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It is available at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable in the archive as the show of 4th April 2009 wheer you can also dowload the mp3
Click here to listen directly to the streaming version
Shabir believes that Jesus never died upon the cross, but that he "swooned" and later woke up in the tomb.
He is unusual among Muslims for holding that Jesus was actually crucified (despite the Koran appearing to contradict this - listen to...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: April 9th 2009
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Check out DNA & the origin of life at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
I don't know how many of you out there are biologists by background. Perry Marshall isn't but he says that his background in engineering has given him the right perspective to see that the DNA code is an information system that can only be explained by an intelligent designer.
Peter Hearty, atheist biologist says that just because...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: April 5th 2009
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Check out the shows at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable featuring apologist David Robertson and atheist Adrian Hayter
David Robertson outlines 10 Atheist myths in his book "the Dawkins Letters"
1 - The Myth of Higher Consciousness
2 - The myth of Godless beauty
3 - The myth of atheist rationality and tolerance
4 - the myth of the cruel old testament god
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justinbrierley
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Posted: March 19th 2009
@ 11:13 AM
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Listen to it at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or via the podcast feed.
Christian Nicholas Beale and Atheist Julian Baggini had a great debate.
I don't understand those who believe the Multiverse hypothesis is a more satisfactory explanation than an omipotent creative intelligence. The Multiverse hypothesis is untestable and unprovable. On that basis God is just as adequate an explanation if not more so, when we factor in...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: March 11th 2009
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http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/wp-content/images/keller200.jpg
Listen to the show of 7th March 2009 at the usual place: www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
Tim Keller said something rather interesting. An atheist view of morality encourages self centredness - you should do the "right" thing not because there is actually an objectively right thing to do, but because this is what will make you happy.
He says "you are jury-rigging your self-centredness. You are not dealing with your self...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: March 11th 2009
@ 08:57 PM
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Robert Millet & Greg Johnson - my guests on this week's show.
Listen here to the programme "Morman & Christian Dialogue" at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
This may not be one which the atheists here are too bothered about, but the question is one that many Christians have asked themselves.
Of course there are doctrinal differences between Christian and Mormon belief. But if at a very simple level a Mormon believes that...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: February 16th 2009
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Not very romantic for Valentine's day, but the bicentenary of Darwin's birth couldn't go unmarked on Unbelievable.
Listen to the show here at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable (available from 3pm on 14th Feb)
So, Darwin never declared himself an atheist. Would he be one today? Dawkins thinks he would but I don't think so.
Listening to Nick Spencer explain why he never took the step into atheism, it came across to me that Darwin may have...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: February 12th 2009
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Listen at the usual place www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable from 3pm on 7 Feb
Interestingly Joan Konner, the book's compiler, doesn't describe herself as an atheist (although she does say she doesn't believe in 'the supernatural'). However she was very adamant that what she dislikes about religion are those who make exclusive claims to the truth.
I pointed out to her that in saying that no religion should make exclusive claims, she...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: January 16th 2009
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In this the second show featuring Bart Ehrman we talked about his most recent book "God's problem - why the Bible fails to answer our most important question why we suffer"
www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
The problem of suffering is the reason Bart Ehrman left the Christian faith altogether. As he admits in the book and on the programme, there are plenty of intelligent people (Such as his wife) who can hold together a...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: January 16th 2009
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SO - do we have the original writings of the New Testament?
This was a big show - two big guests and a big topic.
Have a listen at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
What strikes me in the debate is that Bart's thesis that we "Can't know the original words of the New Testament" because of scribal errors and changes over time etc. comes down to a very small number of actual instances...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: January 10th 2009
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So the man behind "Misquoting Jesus" is coming on "Unbelievable?" a the very beginning of January to talk about the book. He will be debating on the show with New Testament scholar Peter Williams of Tyndale House in Cambridge.
The title of the discussion will be "Misquoting Jesus: Can we still believe the New Testament is inspired?"
I will also be recording a show with him on the question of suffering in light of his...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: December 29th 2008
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I was at the Richard Dawkins/ John Lennox debate in Oxford on Tue 21st and managed to catch ten minutes with Dawkins at the reception afterwards.
Its online now to listen to at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
We went round some pretty interesting topics. Significantly I challenged Dawkins on the fact that his belief in atheistic evolution as the basis of our moral beliefs means that he cannot entertain absolute moral values. He ultimately admits that his belief that rape is wrong is as...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: December 23rd 2008
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The show of 20 Dec is at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
Ok, I know, its not the virgin birth, its the virgin conception. But anyway, does it matter? Is it integral to the person of Jesus that he was born of a Virgin? What if he had a human father... could he still have been God's Son?
Sarah Tinker the Unitarian on the programme believes that we don't need to take the account of Mary being a Virgin literally. Rather we should see the story as a...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: December 18th 2008
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Listen to the show of 6 Dec at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
(and why not subscribe to the podcast while you're there)
http://www.whtt.org/straitgate/images/237HageeFlag.jpg
People like Mega-church pastor John Hagee believe the Jewish people have a privileged relationship with God. The "Dispensational" view that the Jewish people are still under the covenant God made with Abraham.
The thinking of Christian Zionism goes that "Christian should support Israel and its claims" as this will...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: December 6th 2008
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http://www.twoheartsdesign.com/images/clipart/catholic/trinity/images/trinity5.jpg
Hear the show or download the podcast here...
www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
James White of Alpha and Omega ministries I think did a great job of defenidng the Biblical concept of the Trinity.
More on the point of Jesus' divinity, but an interesting aspect of this is that one of James' key points is that Muslims want to limit God in what he can do... God is perfectly able to incarnate himself in Jesus Christ...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: December 4th 2008
@ 10:14 AM
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So this time they are both Christians, but one (Denis) believes the evolutionary account and the other one (Stephen) doesn't.
Denis Alexander is a Fellow of St Edmunds College Cambridge and the director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion.
The book and articles by Denis Alexander that have appeared recently are a response to what he believes is a very dangerous trend towards polarising the Evolution/Creation...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: October 31st 2008
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Check out the show of 18 Oct 08 at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
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Norman Hansen was a fully fledged evangelical Christian, working for a missionary organisation. His life was ordered around church, his faith etc.
He lost his faith. He tells the story on this programme and debates with Amy Orr Ewing, apologist with Ravi Zacharias Trust in Oxford, UK about losing faith, the reliability of the gospels and the proof of God.
The whole thing...
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justinbrierley
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Posted: October 26th 2008
@ 04:23 AM
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Hear the show of 11 Oct at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable
http://www.wokingurc.org.uk/Images/pageimages/alpha/alpha.png
I'm not sure how familiar you may be in the States with the Alpha Course. In the UK it has been a very successful ten week course adopted by churches to reach people.
Michael Marsden went on the Alpha Course at "The Belly of the beast" (as he calls it) in Holy Trinity Brompton, where the Alpha Course began. He remained an atheist.
The interesting thing about what he said...
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