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

The Reformation: return to truth or tragic mistake? James White vs Peter D Williams

21 Apr 2017
01:22:44

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 Willi....

Did Jesus die on the cross? James White vs Yusuf Ismail (plus Lydia McGrew interview)

14 Apr 2017
01:24:11

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...

Are Christians free to express their faith? Joe Boot vs Terry Sanderson

7 Apr 2017
01:22:08

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...

Can atheists believe in human rights? Peter Tatchell vs Andy Bannister

31 Mar 2017
01:29:34

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 ri...

Does God Exist? William Lane Craig vs Michael Nugent

24 Mar 2017
01:27:42

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 an...

Did God Create Humanism? Theo Hobson & Andrew Copson

17 Mar 2017
01:21:45

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 Ex...

Ask John Lennox Anything – on atheism, mathematics, CS Lewis and much more

10 Mar 2017
01:21:39

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...

Krishna, Christ and Hinduism debate – Ken Samples and Dipen Rajyaguru

3 Mar 2017
01:21:18

‘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. Ke...

Why is God hidden? Justin Schieber and Blake Giunta

24 Feb 2017
01:22:33

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...

What happened to evolution at the Royal Society? Stephen Meyer & Perry Marshall

18 Feb 2017
01:21:26

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 th...

Does the moral argument for God work? Cory Markum vs John Cranman

10 Feb 2017
01:21:32

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 grou...

Are atheists stealing from God? Frank Turek vs David Smalley

4 Feb 2017
01:21:06

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 ath...

Should Christians embrace or reject Theistic Evolution? Wayne Rossiter & Denis Alexander

27 Jan 2017
01:21:59

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 evol...

Was Jesus created as an ancient myth? Richard Carrier vs David Marshall

20 Jan 2017
01:20:52

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 r...

An Atheist and a Christian walk into a bar… Justin Schieber and Randal Rauser

13 Jan 2017
01:21:31

Randal Rauser is a Christian theologian and philosopher, Justin Schieber is an atheist philosopher. They’ve written a conversational book together called “An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a bar… Talking about God, The universe and everything” (Pr...