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ShowsAlister McGrath: What if the world isn’t what we think it is?
What if everything we think we know about reality is only part of the story? Could the stories we dismiss as fantasy actually reveal something true about the world? And have we become so accustomed to seeing life in a particular way that we’re missing something extraordinary?
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ShowsManufacturing the Millennium, Assurance of Salvation & Could Sin Return in the New Creation?
How can you know you’re truly saved? Could God’s new creation fall into sin all over again? And if Christians are called to work for God’s kingdom, why doesn’t the world seem to be getting any better?
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ShowsThe Forgotten Queen Who Dared to Challenge the Roman Empire
Long before modern debates about women and power, Queen Zenobia of Palmyra was building an empire that threatened Rome itself. Ruling during one of the most turbulent periods in Roman history, Zenobia transformed a precarious position into extraordinary political and military power, conquering vast territories from Syria to Egypt. But was she a ruthless conqueror, a visionary ruler or a mother determined to protect her son’s inheritance?
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ShowsHas Christianity Misunderstood Hell? Dan Paterson on Eternal Punishment, Suffering and God’s Silence
Christian thinker and Questioning Christianity host Dan Paterson joins John Nelson for a searching conversation about three of Christianity’s most difficult questions: hell, divine hiddenness and the problem of evil.
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ShowsPrepare for war?
An influential British church leader has issued a ‘prophetic’ warning to the church to prepare for armed conflict in the near future. This has triggered a minor frenzy, with reactions ranging from panic to suspicion. But his warnings actually echo quite a lot of what the British government and military have also been saying in recent months too. In today’s episode we consider the different ways Christians think about war and what it might look like to seriously get ready if you believe conflict is coming.
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ShowsCan forgiveness become dangerous? And does Christianity sometimes get it wrong?
In a culture of outrage, division and cancel culture, Dr Amy Orr-Ewing believes forgiveness may be one of the most radical ideas we have. But what happens when forgiveness is used to silence victims, excuse abuse or avoid justice?
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ShowsAlister McGrath: Has technology outgrown our ability to control it?
Just because we can do something, does that mean we should? What happens when our technology advances faster than our ability to control it? And have we created things we may no longer be able to stop?
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ShowsCan Christians serve in the military? Was the Church of England founded on a Scandal?
Can a Christian serve in the military, knowing they may one day be required to take another person’s life? And how should believers reconcile the call to peacemaking with the responsibility to protect the vulnerable?
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ShowsFrom the Big Bang to Belief: Astrophysicist David Wilkinson
In this episode, Professor Andrew C. Scott speaks with Professor Rev. David Wilkinson about his journey through science and faith. David Wilkinson is an astrophysicist, theologian, Methodist minister, and former Principal of St John’s College, Durham. He is also a professor in Durham University’s Department of Theology and Religion, a director of Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science, and a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s thought for the Day.
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ShowsWho Will Be Saved? Can You Go to Heaven Without Believing in Jesus?
What happens to those who die without faith in Jesus? And could God’s mercy reach beyond death?
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ShowsThe death penalty
Two stories about capital punishment in the United States have grabbed attention across the world: the doubly-botched attempt to execute Christa Pike, which left this convicted murderer alive but hospitalised, and plans by the federal government to livestream their own execution of the army officer behind the Fort Hood shooting.
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ShowsAlister McGrath: Why are we attracted to things that aren’t good for us?
Can something – or someone – be beautiful, charismatic and deeply dangerous at the same time? And why is the world so rarely as simple as “good people” and “bad people”?
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ShowsIs Christianity making a comeback? The “quiet revival”, Ananias & Sapphira and church unity
Is Christianity really experiencing a “quiet revival” in Britain? Tom Wright responds to reports of increased interest in church and asks what genuine spiritual revival should look like.
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ShowsDid Matthew and Luke make up the Christmas story? Caleb Friedeman on the historical evidence
Were the virgin birth, the Magi, Luke’s census and Herod’s massacre of the innocents intended as history, or theological legend? Biblical scholar Caleb Friedeman joins Dr. John Nelson in this special edition of Unbelievable shot in the USA to argue that the Gospel birth narratives deserve to be taken far more seriously as historical sources.
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ShowsIs Christianity making a comeback? Pat Allerton on faith, atheism and the search for meaning
Pat Allerton joins Luke Martin to explore the growing openness to Christianity, the search for meaning and why faith may be returning to the cultural conversation.
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ShowsNear death experiences
Once dismissed as quackery or New Age woo, near-death experiences are seeing something of a modern revival. A slew of serious scientists and doctors have begun studying the phenomenon, even constructing clinical trials to try and see what, if anything, goes on when someone is on the brink of death but is resuscitated successfully.
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ShowsAndrew Lazo: Can atheism actually lead you to God?
Can becoming an atheist ever be a step towards God? What if walking away from religion is sometimes more honest than pretending to believe? Are reason and evidence really enough to explain why we change our minds?
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ShowsN.T. Wright on church councils, biblical righteousness and Jesus’ Ascension
N.T. Wright and Mike Bird tackle three big questions: Can Christians challenge historic church councils? What does “the righteousness of God” really mean? And what did Jesus’ Ascension actually involve? Tom Wright explains why creeds matter, unpacks biblical righteousness, and reimagines the significance of the Ascension as the joining of heaven and earth.
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ShowsIs Christian apologetics making us worse? Mary Jo Sharp
Has Christian apologetics become more about winning arguments than seeking truth? Mary Jo Sharp joins John Nelson to explore the dangers of pride, confirmation bias, and treating people as opponents - and asks if apologetics should shape our character, not just our beliefs.
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ShowsThe Secret Gospel of Mark: Christianity’s Greatest Hoax? | Stephen Carlson
Is the Secret Gospel of Mark a long-lost Christian text or one of the greatest hoaxes in biblical scholarship? Mike Bird and Stephen Carlson dive into the mystery, exploring linguistic clues, historical puzzles, and the explosive accusation that the manuscript is a modern forgery.
