Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchUnlikely: 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 tog…
7 years, 2 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…
7 years, 2 months 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…
7 years, 2 months 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 T…
7 years, 2 months 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 sch…
7 years, 3 months 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 Christianit…
7 years, 3 months 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…
7 years, 3 months 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…
7 years, 3 months 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 Unive…
7 years, 3 months ago
Halloween and horror films - Peter Laws & Michael Cummins
Episode 100
Should Christians take part in Halloween festivities? And is it ok to watch grisly horror films? These are the two questions debates by Peter Laws an…
7 years, 4 months ago