Philip Pullman and Rt Revd Richard Harries debate on the Church and Jesus
Atheist Philip Pullman and Rt Revd Richard Harries debate "The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ".
Further to the show of 8th May 2010 when Philip Pullman appeared on "Unbelievable?" to discuss his recent book "The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ" this debate looks at similiar issues in Philip's work regarding the church and the Biblical claims about Jesus.
Pullman and Harries Debate
This discussion with Q&A from a live audience was hosted by English Pen - for more info visit http://www.englishpen.org/events/reportsonrecentevents/thegoodmanjesusandthesoundrelchrist/
A Tale of Two Megachurches
Gold Winner of the 2010 Christian Broadcasting Council "Best Speech Programme" Radio Award
Over half the church-goers in America attend a "mega church".
A Tale of Two Megachurches
Justin Brierley and his wife Lucy, who is also a church minister in Surrey, decided to visit the USA to explore the mega church phenomenon.
They visited two of America's largest and most influential churches. Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas is led by TV pastor Joel Osteen. The other, Mars Hill Bible Church is led by Rob Bell, whose "Nooma" DVDs are best sellers around the world.
In this road trip of their experiences and encounters they discover that the two churches may both be large but are radically different in outlook and style.
"Expelled" evening debate
Recorded at Imperial College London this was the second of two debates that took place on Sat 27 Feb 2010 in response to the UK screening of the Intelligent Design film "Expelled".
"Expelled" evening debate
For the film:
Dr Alastair Noble - former Inspector of Schools witha background in chemistry and teaching.
Dr Vij Sodera - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Author of "One Small Speck to Man - the evolution myth"
Against the film:
Dr. Thomas Dixon - Lecturer in History, Queen Mary University London. Author of the book "Science & Religion: a very short introduction"
Prof. Keith Fox - Professor of Biology, Southampton University. He holds to "theistic evolution" - that there is no conflict between evolution and Chrsitian faith.
You can hear the first of the two debates which was broadcast on an episode of "Unbelievable?" on Sat 20th March 2010 at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable featuring Panelists Steve Fuller, Susan Blackmore, Alastair Noble and Keith Fox.
To order the UK DVD of the film "Expelled" click here
The Narnia Secret
A bestselling series for 60 years, the Chronicles of Narnia are well known for their Christian parallels. But many scholars, including Lewis' friend JRR Tolkien viewed them as a poorly contructed mish-mash of mythological characters and themes.
The Narnia Secret
Now Michael Ward, an authority on CS Lewis, has revealed the unifying theme that binds the books together. He shows how the stories are united by a planetary theme based on CS Lewis' fascination with Medieval cosmology.
In this feature, with narration by Claire Gilderson, and presented and produced by Justin Brierley, we find out the Narnia Secret...
For Michael's book "Planet Narnia" visit www.planetnarnia.com
Dawkins Debates
Justin Brierley spoke to prominent atheist Richard Dawkins after his debate with Professor John Lennox at Oxford University in October 2008.
In the course of their discussion Dawkins makes some surprising admissions on whether evolution can explain our moral instincts on rape, and even whether he may harbour a belief that there is a cause to the Universe beyond the realm of science.
Dawkins debates
A full edition of of Unbelievable reflecting on the debate featuring interviews with Dawkins, Lennox and others broadcasts and goes live as a podcast on Sat Nov 8th.
Up The Ladder in Hyde Park
Justin Brierley follows a day in the life of Jay Smith and The Hyde Park Christian Fellowship as they take their controversial form of evangelism and debate to the hundreds of young Muslims who gather at Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park every Sunday.
Christ-like or Controversial? Whatever you think of the work it's drawing a large crowd...
Up The Ladder in Hyde Park
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