Unbelievable?

Premier Unbelievable? exists to encourage non-believers to explore faith and to help Christians to understand, defend and share their faith with confidence.

Presented by Ruth Jackson

Every Saturday from 6pm - 7pm

Jackie Hill Perry Q&A: Same sex attraction, transgender, racism and more

30 Jul 2021
01:19:37

Jackie Hill Perry author of 'Gay Girl, Good God' and 'Holier Than Thou' talks to Justin about life, faith and why she turned her back on her lesbian identity when she became a Christian in this broadcast of a recent livestream in which she answered.....

Classic Replay: Hawking, God & the Universe

28 Jul 2021
01:02:14

First broadcast Sep 2010. Justin is joined for first time by famed physicist (now a Nobel prize winner) Sir Roger Penrose. He was joined by scientist theologian Alister McGrath to debate a book by Stephen Hawking that had been causing a stir - The Gr...

Giles Fraser and Amy-Jill Levine - Judaism & Christianity: Can we recover the Jewish Jesus?

23 Jul 2021
01:26:21

Jesus was a Jew. But has Christianity become divorced from its Jewish roots? How should we understand the shared story and differences of these two great religious traditions?Journalist-priest Rev Giles Fraser who has been on a journey to rediscove.....

Classic Replay: Is the papacy biblical?

20 Jul 2021
01:00:59

First broadcast in Sep 2010 when Pope Benedict the 16th was due to tour the UK. William Johnston a convert to catholicism and Duncan Boyd of the Protestant Truth Society debate whether the papacy is biblical.   More Resources:• For exclusive resourc...

Ancient wisdom and the meaning crisis - John Vervaeke and Sohrab Ahmari

16 Jul 2021
01:30:21

The West is experiencing a meaning crisis says cognitive science and psychology professor John Vervaeke. He discusses the solutions with Catholic convert Sohrab Ahmari, author of 'The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the wisdom of tradition in an age o.....

Classic Replay: Assisted dying & euthanasia

13 Jul 2021
01:05:23

First broadcast in Aug 2010. Should people suffering from terminal illness or in terrible pain be allowed to take their own life? Should doctors help them?British law currently forbids it but there are voices asking for a change. At the forefront is...

Is Revelation bonkers? Brett Davis and Glenn Packiam

9 Jul 2021
01:26:39

Revelation is one of the most mysterious and strange books in the Bible. Is it mapping out end times events? Is it just tripping? Or is it something else? Brett Davis, author of 'See The Strange: The Gospel according to Revelation' and Glenn Packia.....

Classic Replay: The psychology of religion

6 Jul 2021
01:01:41

First broadcast in July 2010. Is belief in the supernatural inherent from birth?  Is Christianity a psychological crutch or a path to emotional wholeness? Is God belief simply a result of evolution?  Would it make belief untrue if it were?    These a...

Premillennial vs Amillennial debate on Christ's return - Daniel Goepfrich & Chris Date

2 Jul 2021
01:23:23

Debate has raged over the timeline of Christ's return. Daniel Goepfrich holds to 'premillennialism' - that Christ will return before a 1000 year reign of peace, Chris Date holds to 'amillennialism' - that there will be no literal 1000 year reign. ...

Classic Replay: Are we wired for God?

29 Jun 2021
01:03:02

First broadcast July 2010. From shamanism, hallucenogenic drugs, out-of-body experiences, to being "filled with the Spirit". Christian author and barrister Charles Foster draws on these and many more to examine the biological evidence of wh...

Paul Davies and Jeremy England - The Origin of Life: Do we need a new theory for how life began?

25 Jun 2021
01:31:02

The Big Conversation - Episode 5 | Season 3   Two leading voices in Origins of Life research, Paul Davies and Jeremy England, discuss whether a new understanding of physics could be the key to unlocking the mystery of how life first emerged. But wh....

Classic Replay: Does the Bible condone slavery?

23 Jun 2021
54:41

First broadcast in June 2010, Ex-Christian Bob Price and New Testament scholar David Instone-Brewer debate slavery in the Old and New Testament.   • For exclusive resources and to support us: USA http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Re.....

Gunter Bechly vs Joshua Swamidass – For and Against Intelligent Design

18 Jun 2021
01:25:03

Dr Gunter Bechly is a palaeontologist who became convinced that Darwinian evolution cannot explain the fossil record. He debates Intelligent Design with computational biologist Dr Joshua Swamidass who affirms an evolutionary account.For Gunter Bechly...

Classic Replay: Sex outside marriage debate

15 Jun 2021
53:04

First broadcast in May 2010. Faith Forster of Ichthus Christian Fellowship and Sue Meyer who describes herself as an "Atheist freethinking feminist” debate whether the traditional Christian view of keeping sex within marriage is good or bad for...

Stephen C Meyer and Brian Keating - The Return of the God Hypothesis

11 Jun 2021
01:26:18

Stephen C Meyer of the Discovery Institute says that 3 key scientific advances in cosmology and biology have reignited the case for God. He discusses the claims in his new book 'The Return of the God Hypothesis' with Brian Keating, Professor of Physi...