Podcast Episodes

#MeToo and the Church: Egalitarian vs Complementarian • Natalie Collins & Phil Moore

Episode 110

Does the church need a #MeToo moment? Does egalitarian and complementarian theology help or harm men and women in the church?

Natalie Collins, a gender justice specialist and author of ‘Out Of Cont…

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

Unlikely: How a Christian evangelist & secular, gay mayor became friends. Kevin Palau & Sam Adams (+ John Dickson)

Episode 109

Justin chats to Kevin Palau of the Luis Palau Association, and Sam Adams, the first openly gay mayor of Portland. They talk about how they worked together, despite their differences, to make a differ…

Published on 6 years, 11 months ago

The science behind Christmas: Mark Kidger & Gillian Straine (+ NT Wright)

Episode 108

In a Christmas special Justin is joined by priest and physicist Revd Gillian Straine and agnostic astronomer Mark Kidger of the European Space Agency. They discuss the scientific theories for the sta…

Published on 7 years ago

Render unto Caesar - Should the church keep out of economic politics? Andy Walton vs James Price

Episode 107

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby gave a keynote speech at the UK Trade Union Congress in September 2018 calling for the government to change its tax and welfare policies in order to support …

Published on 7 years ago

Debating the Statement on Social Justice – Jarrod McKenna & James White

Episode 106

Are ‘social justice warriors’ a danger to the Gospel? In August 2018 a group of conservative Christians in the USA, led by John MacArthur, released The Statement On Social Justice And The Gospel to t…

Published on 7 years ago

Bart Ehrman vs Peter J Williams – debating ‘Misquoting Jesus’

Episode 105

In a ‘classic playback’ edition of the show, Justin re-airs the debate he hosted with agnostic Bible scholar Bart Ehrman opposite Christian Bible scholar Peter J Williams.

They debate the reliability…

Published on 7 years ago

How should gay Christians express their sexuality? David Bennett & Justin Lee

Episode 104

In his new book ‘A War Of Loves’, David Bennett tells his story of being an atheist gay activist who experienced a dramatic conversion to Christianity.

David still identifies as gay but lives a celib…

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago

The agnostic and the Bishop on searching for Christ in literature and life - Lord Richard Harries & Sir Anthony Kenny

Episode 103

Lord Richard Harries, former Bishop of Oxford is the author of ‘Haunted by Christ: Modern writers and the struggle for faith’ (SPCK). Philosopher Sir Anthony Kenny, former master of Balliol college O…

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago

Is War justified by Christianity and Nature? Michael Ruse vs Nigel Biggar

Episode 102

As Remembrance services take place to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1, Justin is joined by atheist guest Prof Michael Ruse and Christian guest Prof Nigel Biggar to discuss Darwinism, Chr…

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago

Andy Bannister vs Peter Singer – Do we need God to be good?

Episode 101

Justin is joined for the 6th episode of The Big Conversation by moral philosopher and atheist Peter Singer, professor of bioethics at Princeton University, and Christian theologian Andy Bannister of …

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago