Unbelievable?

By Justin Brierley

Religion & Spirituality

What's Unbelievable? about?

Each week, in the award-winning radio show and podcast Unbelievable?, Justin Brierley asks questions like: Is there evidence for God? Can we trust the Bible? Did Jesus rise from the dead?

Justin tackles these and other issues, on a show that gets Christians and sceptics talking.

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Ask William Lane Craig Anyt...

03.31.2023

Renowned Christian thinker William Lane Craig answers listener questions on a live edition of the show. He responds to questions on philosophy, Adam & Eve, suffering, the worst argument for God and more. Plus we hear from Jeremiah J Johnston ...

Unbelievable? episodes:

03.31.2023 Ask William Lane Craig Anything Renowned Christian thinker William Lane Craig answers listener questions on a live edition of the show. He responds to questions on philosophy, Adam & Eve, suffering, the worst argument for God and more. Plus we hear from Jeremiah J Johnston ...
03.28.2023 Classic Replay: Greg Koukl gets grilled First broadcast in 2013: Greg Koukl is the host of the apologetics radio show Stand To Reason which aims to equip believers with good reasons for their faith and to answer the objections of sceptics. Greg talked to three atheists ...
03.24.2023 A skeptical churchgoer asks ’Is Christianity too exclusive?’ Grace Hill & Eric Huffman Show listener Grace Hill grew up in church but has always had lots of skeptical questions, especially around whether Christianity is too exclusive when it comes to honest seekers in other faiths. She recently found a church home where she ...
03.21.2023 Richmond Wandera: Theological and spiritual revival in Africa In a podcast special Justin is joined by Ugandan pastor Richmond Wandera to talk about the joys and challenges of ministry in Africa. They discuss theology, syncretism, witchcraft, secularism, prayer and revival in East Africa. The life of Richmond and ...
03.17.2023 Optimism or extinction? What’s the future of humanity? John Hands & Perry Marshall Secular scientist and academic John Hands has been described as a 'polymath'. His 2016 book Cosmosapiens received wide praise for its analysis of human evolution since the beginning of the universe. His new book 'The Future of Humankind' looks ahead ...
03.14.2023 Classic Replay: Peter Kreeft’s argument from desire CS Lewis said "If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world." Peter Kreeft is a philosophy professor and well known Christian thinker and ...
03.10.2023 Where does order in nature and the cosmos come from? Stephen Meyer & Saleem Ali Prof Saleem Ali of the University of Delaware is author of 'Earthly Order: How natural laws define human life' and describes the way order in the universe drives order in human and social settings. He engages with Dr Stephen Meyer ...
03.07.2023 Classic Replay: Does Science need God? Tom McLeish, David Hutchings & Suzie Sheehy To honour the passing of the great scientist and Christian educator Tom McLeish, we're replaying this show first broadcast in 2017. David Hutchings is a physics teacher and prof Tom McLeish chaired the Royal Society’s education committee. Both Christians co-authored ...
03.03.2023 Does God speak today through dreams, visions & prophecy? Tania Harris & Jim Osman Tania Harris, founding director of God Conversations and author of 'The Church who hears God's Voice' makes a biblical and experiential case for the ongoing activity of the Spirit communicating through dreams, visions and prophecy. She engages with cessationist pastor ...
02.28.2023 Classic Replay: Presuppositional vs natural theology Two different approaches to apologetics were debated in this classic show from the archives. K Scott Oliphint is Professor of Apologetics & Systematic Theology at Westminater Theological Seminary, PA. Kurt Jaros is the founder of www.realclearapologetics.com Scott believes that the ...
02.24.2023 The Asbury Revival: A new move of God? Timothy Tennent, Alisa Childers & Gavin Ortlund Thousands have been flocking to Asbury University in Kentucky after a chapel service turned into a 24/7 revival outpouring. Justin is joined by guests as he asks: What are the true marks of revival? What are the blessings and concerns ...
02.21.2023 Classic Replay: A convert and skeptic in Narnia - Holly Ordway & Laura Miller Classic replay from the archives. Former atheist Holly Ordway came to Christian faith via poetry and literature. She tells her story and explains her passion for literary apologetics. Laura Miller is an online literary critic and an agnostic. She loved ...
02.17.2023 Sexuality, Gender & Identity: 2 views on LGBT and the church - Andrew Bunt & Charlie Bell Andrew Bunt, Emerging Generations director at Living Out and author of 'Finding Your Best Identity', is a same-sex attracted Christian who has chosen celibacy and believes marriage is male-female. Charlie Bell, a gay Anglican vicar who also works as a ...
02.14.2023 Classic Replay: The Pope’s astronomer - Fr Guy Consolmagno From May 2013: Brother Guy Consolmagno has an asteroid named after him! The planetary scientist for the Vatican talked to Justin about his journey of faith, his scientific research and answered questions from listeners on the interaction of science and ...
02.10.2023 Death to Deconstruction: Josh Porter & Jon Steingard on whether exvangelicals can reconstruct their faith Punk singer-turned-pastor Josh Porter charts his own journey of reconstructing his Christian faith in the book 'Death to Deconstruction: Reclaiming faithfulness as an act of rebellion'. He discusses deconstruction, the Bible, the problem of evil and more with Jon Steingard, ...
02.07.2023 Classic Replay: The outsider test of faith - John Loftus & Randal Rauser Another classic show from the archives. Randal Rauser is a Christian, John Loftus is a former-Christian-now-atheist. They co-authored the book “God Or Godless? debating 20 controversial questions.” They joined me for two discussions. In his “Outsider Test for Faith” Loftus ...
02.03.2023 Uninvented: Are the stories of Jesus too unusual to have been made up? Mike D’Virgilio vs Matthew Taylor 'You just can't make this stuff up!' That, in a nutshell is the contention of Mike D'Virgilio's book 'Uninvented: Why the Bible could not be made up and the evidence that proves it'. He says that the life of Jesus ...
01.31.2023 Classic Replay: Did Adam & Eve exist? Peter Enns, Fuz Rana & Denis Alexander From the archives: Do science and genetics support the existence of a 'first' human couple? How should we interpret the first chapters of Genesis? Do we need a historical Adam & Eve to make sense of sin and salvation? Three ...
01.27.2023 Miracle healing - does it happen today? Craig Keener, Peter May & Joshua Brown (Plus Alanzo Paul on Reboot) Can a skeptical doctor be persuaded that there is medical evidence for modern day healing? Craig Keener, author of 'Miracles Today', returns to the show to debate one of his fiercest critics Peter May, a retired medical doctor who says ...
01.24.2023 Classic Replay: Kermit Gosnell and the abortion debate In 2013, in the USA Kermit Gosnell, was being tried on counts of murdering children born alive in illegal late-term abortions at his unsanitary practise in Philadelphia. Dr Trevor Stammers is a Christian former GP who refused to personally refer ...
01.20.2023 ChatGPT, AI and the future - John Wyatt Q&A on living faithfully in a technologically confusing world Justin and Ruth were joined by research scientist Dr John Wyatt on a live show to talk about AI, robotics and technology. Listeners asked questions about machine consciousness, the potential dangers of AI and how to raise children in a ...
01.17.2023 Classic Replay: Rob Bell & Andrew Wilson on God, homosexuality and salvation In this week’s classic replay we go back to when Rob Bell returned to Unbelievable? 2 years after his debate on the controversial best-seller 'Love Wins'. He talked about life after Mars Hill Bible Church and his then-latest book 'What ...
01.13.2023 Paranormal hauntings and exorcism - a Christian and skeptic in discussion. Matt Arnold, editor of the Christian Parapsychologist Journal and Dr Cal Cooper, a psychologist and paranormal researcher, speak to Justin about how they interpret account of ghosts, exorcism and apparitions as a Christian and skeptic. For Matt Arnold: https://ghostsghoulsandgod.co.uk/ For ...
01.10.2023 Classic Replay: Creating life in the lab: Adam Rutherford & Fuz Rana In this classic show from the archives, atheist scientist Adam Rutherford and Christian biochemist Fazale (Fuz) Rana of Reasons To Believe, discuss the scientific advances in attempting to create simple synthetic life in the laboratory and how this research may ...
01.06.2023 Tim Keller Q&A on cancer, prayer and forgiveness Tim Keller is a renowned thinker, writer and speaker who has been dubbed New York's 'pastor to skeptics'. In a live online show hosted by Ruth Jackson and Justin Brierley he answers audience questions on his journey with pancreatic cancer, ...
01.03.2023 Classic Replay: How did life begin? Fuz Rana vs Adam Rutherford Was the emergence of the first self-replicating organism a result of design or the blind forces of nature? In today's show from the archvies, Adam Rutherford is an atheist scientist whose book "Creation: The Origin of Life" claimed to show ...
12.30.2022 James KA Smith speaks on how to inhabit time & Trevin Wax shows Justin around CS Lewis’ house The Kilns Justin presents an end of year show featuring a conversation with theologian and philosopher James KA Smith on his new book 'How To Inhabit Time' recorded at the Everything Conference. Justin also caught up with Trevin Wax in Oxford who ...
12.27.2022 Classic Replay: Debating Penal Substitution - Steve Jeffrey, Greg Boyd, Alan Molineaux & David Bish Christians believe that Jesus' death on the cross provided the atonement for sins. But in what way? Advocates of the penal substitution view hold that God punished the Son, instead of us. Others argue this is an unjust way of ...
12.23.2022 Intellectual and supernatural conversions - Christmas special with Nico Tarquinio & Martin Shaw Justin interviews two guests with remarkable stories of adult conversion to Christianity. Lawyer Nico Tarquinio went from atheist skeptic to Catholic convert via the Unbelievable? show. Storyteller and mythologist Martin Shaw explains how a revelation during a forest vigil led ...
12.20.2022 Classic Replay: AC Grayling vs Peter S Williams debating God In this episode from the archives we’re revisiting a debate between two Christian philosophers on the arguments for God. AC Grayling is one of the UK's most well known atheist thinkers. His book The God Argument claims to refute the ...
12.14.2022 Should praying outside abortion clinics be banned? Ann Furedi & Lois McLatchie A Public Order Bill in UK Parliament proposing 'buffer zones' could potentially criminalise pro-life activity or even silent prayer outside abortion clinics. Lois McLatchie of ADF UK says the bill threatens civil and religious liberty and is not 'pro-choice' for ...
12.13.2022 Classic Replay: In conversation with Rowan Williams Rowan Williams led the Anglican Church for 10 years. He reflects on his journey of faith, and the trials and joys of his time in office in a wide ranging interview with Justin Brierley. First broadcast in 2013. • Subscribe ...
12.09.2022 How to overcome tribalism in politics and the church - Patrick Miller & Keith Simon PLUS Tim Farron MP 'Truth Over Tribe: Pledging allegiance to the lamb, not the donkey or the elephant' is the name of the new book by Patrick Miller and Keith Simon. They are both church pastors in the USA who started the Truth Over ...
12.06.2022 Classic Replay: Why Suffering? Sharon Dirckx & Alom Shaha "Why?" was the title of a book that had just been published by Sharon Dirckx looking at God, evil and suffering. She interacted with atheist Alom Shaha as we asked "how can a loving God allow suffering?" We also heard ...
12.02.2022 John Lennox on science, faith and the evidence for God Get our launch discount for 'Science, Faith and the Evidence for God with John Lennox' https://www.premierunbelievable.com/lennox Justin is joined by Prof John Lennox to talk about his debates with well-known atheists and to introduce a new online apologetics course: 'Science, ...
11.29.2022 Classic Replay: Three views on hell The film “Hellbound” by Kevin Miller questioned the traditional "eternal, conscious torment" view of hell and asked whether Universalism is actually taught in scripture. Justin was joined by Kevin Miller, along with Glenn Peoples who holds an "annihilationist" position, and ...
11.25.2022 Sean McDowell live Q&A on sexuality, transgender and culture war questions Apologist and author Sean McDowell joined Justin along with hundreds of Unbelievable? listeners for a live show talking about Sean's new book 'A Rebel's Manifesto' and taking questions on LGBT, same-sex marriage, transgender, divorce, theology and more. Support Unbelievable? for ...
11.22.2022 Classic Replay: NT Wright & James White debate Paul & Justification From the archives: NT Wright is a leading professor of New Testament at the forefront of what has been called the New Perspective on Paul. His reassessment of the words of Paul on "justification" led to concern from some reformed ...
11.18.2022 Were colonial-era missionaries good or bad for Africa? Victor Simz & Jonathan Wilson Were Victorian missionaries a tool of oppression, exploitation and empire as some critics claim? Or did they leave a legacy of education, healthcare and eradicating inhumane practises? Victor Simz, known online as the Z Historian, is a Zambian historian who ...
11.15.2022 Classic Replay: Atheist vs Christian philosopher - Arif Ahmed vs Keith Ward From the archives: the Veritas Forum in Cambridge invited Christian philosopher Keith Ward and atheist philosopher Arif Ahmed to present the reasons for their different worldviews. Justin hosted this discussion with these two thinkers in front of an audience of ...
11.11.2022 Can Christianity or Humanism save the planet from climate change? Rachel Mander & Lori Marriott As COP 27 gets underway Justin is joined by Christian climate campaigner Rachel Mander and Humanist activist Lori Marriott. They agree on the science and what needs to be done but have different views about which worldview provides the better ...
11.08.2022 Classic Replay: London’s atheist church - Sanderson Jones & David Robertson In Jan 2013 a new church began in London - with singing, a sermon and a great sense of community - but for godless people. Atheist stand up comedian Sanderson Jones who co-founded "the Sunday Assembly" talked about its first ...
11.04.2022 A Christian and Atheist walk into a bar... Andy Kind & Andy White on comedy, faith and searching for God Stand up comedians Andy Kind (the Christian) and Andy White (the Atheist) join Justin to talk about comedy and faith and discuss Andy Kind's new book 'Hidden In Plain Sight: Clues you may have missed in the search for meaning'. ...
11.01.2022 Classic Replay: Debating Steve Chalke’s new gay-affirming stance In this episode from the archives, we go back to the time when then-leading UK evangelical Steve Chalke wrote an article for Christianity magazine on why he switched to affirming committed, faithful gay relationships. Justin talked to Steve about why ...
10.28.2022 Michael Gungor & Evan Wickham: Millennials, music and mystical deconstruction Michael Gungor and his wife Lisa were pioneers in the Christian music scene, building a loyal fan base through Gungor's music and podcasts such as The Liturgists. However, Michael's recent turn towards an increasingly progressive, msytical and deconstructed interpretation of ...
10.25.2022 Unbelievable? How a top surgeon found his life purpose on a hospital ship - Mark Shrime Mark Shrime tells Justin Brierley about his journey of faith and career as a surgeon, which now sees him deliver life-saving treatment around the world with Mercy Ships. Mark is the author of ‘Solving For Why: A surgeon’s journey to ...
10.21.2022 Rethinking Kingdom work in the Global South & North - Joseph D’Souza & Andrew Scott Joseph D'Souza, bishop of the Good Shepherd Church network in South Asia and Andrew Scott of Operation Mobilisation join Justin to talk about a new paradigm for mission work in the Global South and how it impacts church and culture ...
10.18.2022 Classic Replay: Did Jesus exist? Richard Carrier vs Mark Goodacre From Dec 2012. Richard Carrier is the world's foremost proponent of the "mythicist" view of Jesus - that he never actually existed as a historical person. He explained his theory that St. Paul only ever spoke of Jesus in the ...
10.14.2022 Are religious funerals ’empty and platitudinous’? Ian Dunt & Andy Bannister The Queen's state funeral was watched by billions of people and marked by deep Christian symbolism. However, during the ceremony, atheist journalist Ian Dunt tweeted that he found it "empty and platitudinous, a cardboard shield against existential despair". Ian engages ...
10.11.2022 Classic Replay: Good without God: can atheism account for morality? From Nov 2012. Were the concentration camps of the Holocaust absolutely evil, or simply something that goes against people's tastes today? Canon Angus Ritchie is the author of "From Morality to Metaphysics" in which he argues that God is the ...

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Unbelievable? episodes:

Ask William Lane Craig Anything

Classic Replay: Greg Koukl gets grilled

A skeptical churchgoer asks ’Is Christianity too exclusive?’ Grace Hill & Eric Huffman

Richmond Wandera: Theological and spiritual revival in Africa

Optimism or extinction? What’s the future of humanity? John Hands & Perry Marshall

Classic Replay: Peter Kreeft’s argument from desire

Where does order in nature and the cosmos come from? Stephen Meyer & Saleem Ali

Classic Replay: Does Science need God? Tom McLeish, David Hutchings & Suzie Sheehy

Does God speak today through dreams, visions & prophecy? Tania Harris & Jim Osman

Classic Replay: Presuppositional vs natural theology

The Asbury Revival: A new move of God? Timothy Tennent, Alisa Childers & Gavin Ortlund

Classic Replay: A convert and skeptic in Narnia - Holly Ordway & Laura Miller

Sexuality, Gender & Identity: 2 views on LGBT and the church - Andrew Bunt & Charlie Bell

Classic Replay: The Pope’s astronomer - Fr Guy Consolmagno

Death to Deconstruction: Josh Porter & Jon Steingard on whether exvangelicals can reconstruct their faith

Classic Replay: The outsider test of faith - John Loftus & Randal Rauser

Uninvented: Are the stories of Jesus too unusual to have been made up? Mike D’Virgilio vs Matthew Taylor

Classic Replay: Did Adam & Eve exist? Peter Enns, Fuz Rana & Denis Alexander

Miracle healing - does it happen today? Craig Keener, Peter May & Joshua Brown (Plus Alanzo Paul on Reboot)

Classic Replay: Kermit Gosnell and the abortion debate

ChatGPT, AI and the future - John Wyatt Q&A on living faithfully in a technologically confusing world

Classic Replay: Rob Bell & Andrew Wilson on God, homosexuality and salvation

Paranormal hauntings and exorcism - a Christian and skeptic in discussion.

Classic Replay: Creating life in the lab: Adam Rutherford & Fuz Rana

Tim Keller Q&A on cancer, prayer and forgiveness

Classic Replay: How did life begin? Fuz Rana vs Adam Rutherford

James KA Smith speaks on how to inhabit time & Trevin Wax shows Justin around CS Lewis’ house The Kilns

Classic Replay: Debating Penal Substitution - Steve Jeffrey, Greg Boyd, Alan Molineaux & David Bish

Intellectual and supernatural conversions - Christmas special with Nico Tarquinio & Martin Shaw

Classic Replay: AC Grayling vs Peter S Williams debating God

Should praying outside abortion clinics be banned? Ann Furedi & Lois McLatchie

Classic Replay: In conversation with Rowan Williams

How to overcome tribalism in politics and the church - Patrick Miller & Keith Simon PLUS Tim Farron MP

Classic Replay: Why Suffering? Sharon Dirckx & Alom Shaha

John Lennox on science, faith and the evidence for God

Classic Replay: Three views on hell

Sean McDowell live Q&A on sexuality, transgender and culture war questions

Classic Replay: NT Wright & James White debate Paul & Justification

Were colonial-era missionaries good or bad for Africa? Victor Simz & Jonathan Wilson

Classic Replay: Atheist vs Christian philosopher - Arif Ahmed vs Keith Ward

Can Christianity or Humanism save the planet from climate change? Rachel Mander & Lori Marriott

Classic Replay: London’s atheist church - Sanderson Jones & David Robertson

A Christian and Atheist walk into a bar... Andy Kind & Andy White on comedy, faith and searching for God

Classic Replay: Debating Steve Chalke’s new gay-affirming stance

Michael Gungor & Evan Wickham: Millennials, music and mystical deconstruction

Unbelievable? How a top surgeon found his life purpose on a hospital ship - Mark Shrime

Rethinking Kingdom work in the Global South & North - Joseph D’Souza & Andrew Scott

Classic Replay: Did Jesus exist? Richard Carrier vs Mark Goodacre

Are religious funerals ’empty and platitudinous’? Ian Dunt & Andy Bannister

Classic Replay: Good without God: can atheism account for morality?