Podcast Episodes

Why does God allow suffering? Vince Vitale & Julian Baggini

Following atheist Stephen Fry's viral anti-God video, the question of how a good God could allow suffering has come into focus again.

Justin is join…

11 years, 2 months ago

The Outsider Test part 2 plus James Emery White on the ‘Rise of the Nones’

In a continuation of last week’s show David Marshall & John Loftus continue to debate whether Christianity is rationally tenable and unique among wo…

11 years, 2 months ago

Does Christianity pass the Outsider Test? David Marshall vs John Loftus

Atheist John Loftus has challenged Christians with the 'Outsider Test of Faith'. He believes that if Christians examined their own faith with the sa…

11 years, 2 months ago

Does Humanism need God? Angus Ritchie vs Stephen Law

The term 'Humanism' is often seen as synonymous with atheism. But a recent Theos report titled: 'The case for Christian Humanism: why Christians sho…

11 years, 3 months ago

Does mathematics point to God? William Lane Craig vs Daniel Came

In 1960 physicist Eugene Wigner wrote a paper on the ‘unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics’. Christian philosopher William (Bill) Lane Craig ha…

11 years, 3 months ago

Should Christians rethink Hell? Dr Al Mohler & Chris Date debate the traditional & conditionalist view

Following an article in the New York Times about scholars who adopt an annihilationist (also called 'conditional immortality') view of hell rather t…

11 years, 3 months ago

Explaining your faith (to a church-going atheist) - John Pritchard, Andrew Nightingale & Mark Roques

Rt Revd John Pritchard is the recently retired Bishop of Oxford and the author of 'How to Explain Your Faith'. He joins Justin along with church-goi…

11 years, 3 months ago

Did Isaiah prophesy a Virgin birth? Alistair McKitterick & Robert Stovold

We hear it every year at Christmas in in our services. Matthew Chapter 1, quoting the prophet Isaiah - "look the virgin shall conceive and bear a so…

11 years, 4 months ago

Keith Ward and Michael Ruse debate the evidence for God

Keith Ward is the former Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. His new book “The evidence for God” picks up on various aspects of human…

11 years, 4 months ago

The curious case of Eben Alexander: near death and out-of-body experiences

Eben Alexander is a neurosurgeon whose book Proof Of Heaven became a bestseller. It documented his visions of heaven while in a coma which had shut …

11 years, 4 months ago