Unbelievable?

Christian philosopher and historian Gary Habermas has been at the forefront of the ‘minimal facts’ approach as evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. He debates the commonly agreed facts with agnostic New Testament scholar James Crossley and they discuss whether the miracle of the resurrection can be a historically valid explanation of the evidence. For Gary Habermas: https://www.historicalchaos.wordpress.com/ For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

Bart D Ehrman and Tim J McGrew return to debate research by McGrew on the so-called ‘un-designed coincidences’ between different Gospel accounts that give them the ring of truth. They also debate whether historical research can ever validate miraculous conclusions as they differ over accounts in the book of Acts. For Bart Ehrman: http://wmich.edu/philosophy/directory/mcgrew Read Tim McGrew on Un-designed Coincidences http://www.christianapologeticsalliance.com/2013/09/01/undesigned-coincidences/ For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

Well known critical bible scholar Bart Ehrman discusses whether the Gospels are reliable historical records of Jesus’ life with Christian apologist and academic Tim McGrew. They debate whether inerrancy makes any difference, the authorship of the Gospels and apparent contradictions between them. For Bart Ehrman: http://wmich.edu/philosophy/directory/mcgrew See Tim McGrew at Unbelievable? the Conference 2014 http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Conference-Videos/Panel-Discussion-Unbelievable-Conf.-2014 For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

Andrew Whyte lost his faith after realising the diversity of Christian beliefs. He has developed a series of Youtube videos on the way Christians disagree about various doctrines and we hear some of the audio from them. Nabeel Qureshi, a Christian convert from Islam, responds on why, despite differing beliefs, Christianity makes sense. For Andrew’s videos: Click Here For Nabeel Qureshi http://rzim.org/bio/nabeel-qureshi For more faith debates visit www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

Mathematician and Christian thinker John Lennox gave the Premier Lecture for the 20th Anniversary of the Radio station on June 10th. Drawing on his new book ‘Against the Flow’, Lennox draws lessons from the book of Daniel for the church today. For more info & the transcript of the lecture: http://www.premier.org.uk/premierlecture For Against The Flow http://www.amazon.co.uk/Against-Flow-Inspiration-Daniel-Relativism/dp/085721621X For more faith debates visit www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

Philosopher and theologian Jean Vanier recently won the Templeton prize for his 50 years as founder of L'Arche, an international network of Christian communities for people with and without intellectual disablities. After the ceremony Justin Brierley hosted a roundtable discussion between Vanier and a group of students, and we hear their conversation on spirituality, disability and human value. For videos of the discussion: https://www.youtube.com/user/TempletonPrize/videos For Justin's interview in Premier Christianity magazine with Jean Vanier http://www.premierchristianity.com/Past-Issues/2015/June-2015/Profile-Jean-Vanier For more faith debates visit www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

Gender Dysphoria is a condition in which a person feels their body does not match the gender they identify with. Following celebrity Bruce Jenner's transformation into Caitlyn Jenner, transgender woman Jenny-Anne Bishop and former transgender Walt Heyer debate the rights and wrongs of gender change surgery and how Christians should respond. For Jenny-Anne Bishop: http://transforum.org.uk For Walt Heyer: http://www.sexchangeregret.com/ For more faith debates visit www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via iTunes

A conversation on whether modern archaeology support the new Testament accounts. Two experts join Justin to talk about exciting recent finds and the kind of discoveries that both confirm and cause us to see in a new light certain parts of the Gospel accounts of Jesus. For Shahar Shilo’s UK tour: http://www.walkwherejesuswalked.com For Dr Byron McCane: http://sites.wofford.edu/mccanebr/ For more faith debates visit www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

David Wilkinson, Principal of St John’s College Durham and a physicist by background, addresses why prayers go unanswered in his new book “When I pray what does God Do?” He debates with former Christian Ed Atkinson on whether science, scripture and theology can make sense of prayer. For David’s book: http://www.lionhudson.com/display.asp?K=9780857216045 For more faith debates visit www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

Ruth Bancewicz of the Faraday Institute, Cambridge describes how the Christian faith of present day scientists has positively influenced their work in her new book “God in the lab: How science enhances faith”. Eugenie Scott of the National Centre for Science Education interacts with Ruth and explains how as a non-believer she perceives the relationship between faith and science. For Ruth’s book God in the Lab: http://scienceandbelief.org/god-in-the-lab/ For Eugenie Scott: http://ncse.com/about/speakers For more faith debates visit www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable > Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://www.kaltura.com/api_v3/getFeed.php?partnerId=618072&feedId=1_jlj47tkv> or Via Itunes