Unbelievable

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 know Christian thinker and writer. He defends the "argument from desire". Does our experience of transcendent longing indicate that there is a God to satisfy it? Atheist philosopher Richard Norman says that the argument amounts to wish-fulfillment.For more faith debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Peter Kreeft http://www.peterkreeft.com For Richard Norman http://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/distinguished-supporters/professor-richard-norman/ Click for direct MP3 of this show Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 17 December 2011 - Believing Bulls**t - Is Christianity an intellectual blackhole?Stephen Law & James Orr Unbelievable? 12th March 2011 - Music & God - David Robertson & Gordon Livesey

Christian philosopher Richard Swinburne has used probability theory to show that the likelihood of the resurrection of Christ is 0.97. Calum Miller is a Christian apologist and student of Swinburne. He talks about why he believes that probability theory can be used to show that the resurrection is highly likely to be true. Chris Hallquist is an atheist blogger who argues that the resurrection is not well supported by evidence or probability. For more debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Calum Miller http://www.dovetheology.com For Apologetics UK http://apologeticsuk.blogspot.co.uk/ For Chris Hallquist http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 16th April 2011 - Biblical evidence for the Resurrection - Bart Ehrman & Mike Licona. Unbelievable? 7 April 2012 - Are the Jesus Scandals evidence for Easter? David Instone-Brewer vs Bob Price.

Two different approaches to apologetics are debated on the show. 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 best apologetic method is to assume that Christianity is true and show why a non-Christian is suppressing that truth. Atheists presuppose the existence of God even to argue against Him. This approach is called presuppositional or covanental apologetics. Kurt Jaros believes that method is flawed and argues for the primacy of Natural Theology (or evidential apologetics) in presenting the case for Christianity to non-believers. For more debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Kurt Jaros http://www.realclearapologetics.com For K Scott Olipihint http://www.wts.edu/faculty/profiles/ksoliphint.html For Covanental Apologetics http://amzn.to/106Umx3 Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 31 July 2010 - Presuppositional apologetic proof of God Paul Baird and Sye TenBruggencate. Unbelievable? 19 Mar 2011 - Presuppositional apologetics round 2

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 the Narnia stories as a child but felt betrayed by CS Lewis after discovering their Christian symbolism as an adult. Holly and Laura discuss the rights and wrongs of using literature for a Christian message. Do great art, poetry and literature point to a transcendent reality? For more debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Holly Ordway http://www.hieropraxis.com For her book "Not God's Type" http://amzn.to/q2eMFi For Laura Miller http://www.magiciansbook.com Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 27th April 2013 - Alister McGrath on the life of CS Lewis. Unbelievable? 6 Jun 2009 A Skeptic in Narnia Narnia & CS Lewis - Michael Ward & Laura Miller.

Over 600 people attended the third Unbelievable? Conference in London in May 2013 - Jesus: Liar, lunatic, Legend or Lord. In this programme we hear some audio extracts from the conference which aimed to equip Christian with good reasons for the faith. Alister McGrath gives the opening address on "Joy Meaning and Purpose". We also hear the panel discussion and questions from the audience as Alister, Peter S Williams, Trevor Stammers, Kurt Jaros and Fuz Rana answer questions on how to more effectively engage British society with the Gospel. For more debates and interviews visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 9th June 2012 - Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 - Michael Green & guests Unbelievable? 11 June 2011 - Unbelievable? The Conference - John Lennox & Guests

Randal Rauser is a Christian, John Loftus is a former-Christian-now-atheist. They have co-authored the book God Or Godless? debating 20 controversial questions. They join Justin for two discussions. In his Outsider Test for Faith Loftus claims that Christians would abandon their faith if they critiqued it in the way they do other religions. But Rauser argues that Loftus needs to put his own atheistic worldview through the test. They also debate whether stories of miracles can count as evidence of the supernatural. For more debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For God Or Godless? book http://www.amazon.co.uk/God-Godless-Christian-Controversial-Questions/dp/0801015286 For The Outsider Test For Faith book http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Outsider-Test-Faith-Religion/dp/1616147377 For Randal Rauser http://randalrauser.com/ For John Loftus http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.co.uk Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 16th February 2013 - I just believe in one less god than you... Randal Rauser & Ralph Jones Unbelievable? 5 Apr 2008 "Why I became an atheist" Part 1 - John Loftus & Peter May

Brother Guy Consolmagno has an asteroid named after him. The planetary scientist for the Vatican talks to Justin Brierley about his journey of faith, his scientific research and answers questions from listeners on the interaction of science and Christianity. Did the church persecute Galileo? Could there be extra-terrestrial life? Is the new Pope pro-science? For Guy Consolmagno http://vaticanobservatory.org/index.php/en/staff/85-brother-guy Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes

Russell Stannard is emeritus professor of Physics at The Open University. He is a Christian and presenter of the RE Today Services Science & Belief videos Steve Jones is emeritus professor of genetics at University College London. An atheist, he is the author of "The Serpent's Promise: The Bible Retold as Science". They debate whether the Bible can be seen as scientific, what kinds of questions religion and science answer and more. For more debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Rusell Stannard's Science & Belief videos http://www.retoday.org.uk/scienceandbelief For Steve Jones' book http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Serpents-Promise-Retold-Science/dp/1408702851 Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 1 May 2010 - Test of Faith: Do we need God, now that we have science?Christian Denis Alexander vs Atheist Stephen Law Unbelievable? 19 Dec 2009 - "What does Science Tell us about God?" - Atheist scientist Lewis Wolpert debates believing scientist Russell Cowburn

Amy Orr-Ewing is an evangelist and apologist with the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. She is a speaker at Unbelievable? The Conference 2013 Amy takes calls from 3 atheist listeners. Trevor asks whether we can trust the Gospels as eyewitness accounts? Rachel asks whether Christians can learn from other spiritual practices? Jay asks why Christians are so divided in the US culture wars. Check out the vid to see what Amy is speaking on at Unbelievable? the Conference 2013 on Sat 25 May www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable2013 For more debates between Christians and non-Christians visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Amy Orr Ewing http://theocca.org/bios/amy-orr-ewing Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 29 Aug 2009 - Richard Bauckham on the Gospels - pt 1 Unbelievable? 18 Oct 2008 Why should I believe in Jesus? Amy Orr Ewing vs Norman Hansen

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 Christians discuss the issues from different perspectives. Dr Denis Alexander is the emeritus director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in Cambridge. Fuz Rana is a biochemist with Reasons To Believe. Peter Enns is a theologian and author of 'The Evolution of Adam'. Fuz Rana is speaking on science and Christianity at Unbelievable? the Conference 2013 on Sat 25 May www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable2013 For more debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Denis Alexander http://www.faraday.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/Staff.php For Fuz Rana http://reasons.org For Peter Enns http://www.patheos.com/blogs/peterenns/ Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: How did life begin? Adam Rutherford & Fuz Rana - Unbelievable? Unbelievable? 29 Nov 2008 Creation or Evolution - do we have to choose?

Alister McGrath chats to Justin Brierley about his major new biography 'CS Lewis: A Life - Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet'. They discuss Lewis' (re-dated) conversion, his life in Oxford, his arguments for God and why he remains so singificant a figure 50 years on from his death. Alister also answers listener questions. Enter the draw for a signed copy of the book by emailing unbelievable@premier.org.uk with the title of Alister's opening address at Unbelievable? the Conference 2013. Alister is a keynote speaker at Unbelievable? the Conference 2013 on Sat 25 May www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable2013 For more theological discussion between Christians visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Alister's new book http://www.hodder.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9781444745528 For Alister's website http://alistermcgrath.weebly.com/ Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 5 Feb 2011 - Alister McGrath & Stephen Law - Why Won't God Go Away? Unbelievable? 6 Jun 2009 A Skeptic in Narnia Narnia & CS Lewis - Michael Ward & Laura Miller

In the USA Kermit Gosnell is 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 women for abortion. Dr Evan Harris is a former Liberal Democrat MP and atheist who believes that women should have the choice to terminate their pregnancy. They discuss the Gosnell case with Telegraph journalist Timothy Stanley, one of the first in the UK to report the case in the mainstream press after claims of a "media blackout". They also discuss the case of Savita Halappanavar in Ireland, who died from a miscarriage after being refused an abortion, as well as the current abortion law in the UK. Dr Trevor Stammers is speaking on abortion at Unbelievable? the Conference 2013 on Sat 25 May www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable2013 For more debates between Christians and non-Christians visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Trevor Stammers http://www.cmf.org.uk/publications/authors/?id=20 For Evan Harris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Harris For Tim Stanley's Telegraph article on Gosnell http://goo.gl/u1fdU Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 23 July 2011 - Are there good reasons for abortion? Madeleine Flannagan & Wendy Savage Unbelievable? 23 Jan 2010 - Abortion - Pro-choice Evan Harris MP vs Pro-life Sarah Macken

In a podcast special, atheist scientist Adam Rutherford and Christian biochemist Fazale (Fuz) Rana of Reasons To Believe, discuss the latest advances in synthetic bio-engineering and whether they support or contradict the view that life is a product of design. In the second of 2 programmes they explain the latest scientific advances in attempting to create simple synthetic life in the laboratory and how this research may be of benefit. Fuz contends that the amount of ingenuity and intelligence required to produce life in the lab lends strong support to the view that life on earth is a product of an intelligent mind. Adam Rutherford, whose new book is called "Creation: The Future of life" disagrees. Fuz is a speaker at Unbelievable? the Conference 2013 www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable2013 For more discussion between Christians and non-Christians visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Adam Rutherford's new book http://goo.gl/ZqaE0 For Fuz Rana http://www.reasons.org/about/who-we-are/fazale-rana For "Creating Life in the Lab" http://goo.gl/HoLra Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 23 Oct 2010 - Darwin's Black Box - Michael Behe & Keith Fox debate Intelligent Design Unbelievable? 28th April 2012 - A Universe From Nothing - Lawrence Krauss & Rodney Holder

For more information about Rob Bell's new book, click here: http://bit.ly/15Mve2T Rob Bell returns to Unbelievable? 2 years after his debate on the controversial best-seller 'Love Wins'. He talks about life after Mars Hill Bible Church and his latest book 'What we talk about when we talk about God'. Andrew Wilson is an author and theologian with the New Frontiers church network. He quizzes Rob about his view of God, salvation and his recently stated support for gay marriage. For Unbelievable? the Conference 2013 www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable2013 For more theological discussion between Christians visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Rob Bell's new book https://www.robbell.com/newbook/ For Andrew Wilson http://thinktheology.co.uk/theology/contributors/21 Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 23rd April 2011 - Rob Bell defends 'Love Wins' vs Adrian Warnock Full Video of the Rob Bell "Love Wins" debate Unbelievable? 14 Apr 2012 - What's wrong with the world? Christian Andrew Wilson & atheist Geoff Lillis

Was the emergence of the first self-replicating organism a result of design or the blind forces of nature? Adam Rutherford is an atheist scientist whose new book "Creation: The Origin of Life" claims to show a naturalistic explanation for how life arose. Fazale (Fuz) Rana is a biochemist with Reasons To Believe (and a speaker at Unbelievable? The Conference 2013). He values scientific research into origins but believes that Rutherford's explanation is a dead-end. Design is still the best explanation. The first of two programmes dealing with cellular biology. Next week they discuss "Creating life in the lab". For Unbelievable? the Conference 2013 www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable2013 For more discussion between Christians and non-Christians visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Adam Rutherford's new book http://goo.gl/ZqaE0 For Fuz Rana http://www.reasons.org/about/who-we-are/fazale-rana For "Creating Life in the Lab" http://goo.gl/HoLra Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 19 November 2011 - Signature in the Cell Unbelievable? 5th May 2012 - Why is the Universe the way it is?