Mar 3
5 min

Was Jesus’ claim to be God an invention? Examining Ehrman’s arguments

Peter S. Williams reviews The Big Conversation between New Testament scholars Bart Ehrman & Peter J. Williams In their recent Big Conversation, Bart Ehrman a...

Mar 3
9 min

Heidi Crowter, Matt Dillahunty, Down syndrome and the disturbing consequences of getting rid of God

Following his debate with a leading atheist, Glen Scrivener explains why rejecting Christianity can result in chilling moral consequences When is a human not...

Feb 28
4 min

What has Athens and Rome to do with Bethlehem?

The debate between Holland and Grayling shows why the example of Jesus confounds both philosophers and law-makers, says Erik Strandness. In the fifth install...

Feb 11
5 min

Like it or not. Religion is Good for us

Chris Goswami responds to the debate between Matt Dillahunty and Glen Scrivener on whether religious people are healthier, happier and more productive member...

Jan 28
8 min

What has Christianity ever done for us?

That was the challenge levelled at historian Tom Holland on The Big Conversation by AC Grayling, one of Britain’s leading atheist philosophers. The answer, i...

Jan 15
9 min

When John Lennox met Dave Rubin

Justin Brierley has moderated hundreds of lively debates on Christianity and atheism, but when a renowned Christian apologist met a popular YouTube personali...

Jan 15
10 min

The Problem of 'Secular Inhumanism'

George Brahm reflects on The Big Conversation on Morality and Atheism between Glen Scrivener and Matt Dillahunty Justin Brierley of Premier Christian Radio a...

Jan 8
8 min

Tom Holland is taking on the secular humanists. And he’s winning.

Are the intellectual stars of New Atheism out of arguments? Esther O’Reilly reviews historian Tom Holland’s clash with atheist philosopher AC Grayling on The...

Dec 16, 2019
7 min

Rubin and Lennox. A pairing that shouldn’t have worked… but did

Esther O’Reilly looks at why an Oxford Professor and a California talk show host’s Big Conversation was able to shed light on this generation’s meaning crisi...

Dec 16, 2019
10 min

Lessons from the rise and fall of new atheism

New atheism should have claimed Dave Rubin as one of its own. So why has it lost its appeal? Paul vanderKlay takes a survey of the last 50 years of religion ...

Dec 12, 2019
9 min

Peter J Williams, Bart Ehrman and the Gospels: A critical analysis

James Bejon breaks down the key arguments made by Ehrman and Williams in their Big Conversation on the Gospels. Good-natured discussions between well-informe...

Dec 12, 2019
9 min

The Right Way to Debate Bart Ehrman

Lydia McGrew reviews a recent debate with Bart Ehrman, and argues that Bible scholar Peter J Williams offers a model for dispensing common sense The Big Conv...

Dec 12, 2019
8 min

Confidence in Christmas: Why the Nativity story is true

Following his debate on The Big Conversation, Dr Peter J Williams explains why we can be confident in the story of Jesus’ birth As Christmas draws near, Chri...

Dec 12, 2019
6 min

Roger Penrose can’t escape an ultimate explanation for the universe

Astrophysicist Luke Barnes reviews The Big Conversation between celebrated cosmologist Sir Roger Penrose and Christian philosopher William Lane Craig Sometim...

Dec 12, 2019
6 min

Fake News? Did the Gospel writers get the facts right but their stories wrong?

Catholic blogger K Albert Little examines the difference between the stories of Jesus and the stories of President Trump... In the most recent episode of Jus...

Dec 12, 2019
5 min

Don’t call me a Christian yet... but I’m starting to see a purpose in the Universe

I’m turning from an atheist sceptic into a curious theologian. These Big Conversations are the reason... Here in Australia, we are already into Spring. On a ...

Dec 12, 2019
6 min

What’s stopping Roger Penrose from believing that God created the Universe?

Sir Roger Penrose disagrees with William Lane Craig on the cause of the Universe. Daniel Ray examines why the famous cosmologist can’t bring himself to accep...

Dec 12, 2019
8 min

God’s not dead - 3 ways that that the Cosmos points to a Creator

Following his Big Conversation with cosmologist Roger Penrose, renowned Christian philosopher William Lane Craig outlines three ways the science of the unive...

Dec 12, 2019
6 min

Why are the new atheists so triggered by Bret Weinstein and Jordan Peterson?

Reflecting on The Big Conversation from Unbelievable?, atheist vlogger Adam Friended explains why he believes Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris get religion so w...

Dec 12, 2019
5 min

Bret Weinstein’s blind-spot. If you want to fix the world, you can’t escape religion

The evolutionary biologist says we need to transcend religion to solve humanity’s biggest problems. Following his Big Conversation with Alister McGrath, Paul...

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