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May 2021

May 21, 2021

Pulling Jesus out of a hat?

Is it possible for a movement as large as Christianity to arise by a historical...

May 06, 2021

How do we tell the greatest story ever told?

Unbelievable? the conference is coming up on May 15th and the theme is ‘How to...

April 2021

April 26, 2021

Bishop Barron’s ‘luring horizon’ – why faith in God is a surrender at the far side of reason

Erik Strandness shares some further thoughts about a recent debate between Bishop Robert Barron and...

April 09, 2021

Bishop Robert Barron: Should the suffering caused by Covid shake our faith?

Following a recent survey suggesting that the Coronavirus has caused many people to question their...

March 2021

March 22, 2021

My brother’s death made me an angry atheist. But kindness made me a Christian.

There are many things that cause people to question God’s existence. The presence of suffering...

March 05, 2021

Ravi Zacharias: Never confuse charm for integrity

The Ravi Zacharias debacle has rocked the Church and raised important questions of how this...

March 01, 2021

My conversion story: From atheist to Christian during the pandemic

Many people have really struggled with their faith during the Coronavirus pandemic and been impacted...

February 2021

February 15, 2021

Why I’m giving up complaining for Lent

With everything going on around the world, I nearly forgot that this week marks the...

February 09, 2021

Don’t be meme! What Christians can learn from online atheism

The online world is awash with memes that critique passages from the Bible. Eric Strandness...

January 2021

January 28, 2021

Love wins, unrequited love loses. A response to Rob Bell’s view of hell.

Hell is a topic which confuses, upsets and terrifies many believers. It is also the...

January 11, 2021

I don’t believe in the God that atheists don’t believe in either

Giles Fraser, a British priest, wrote an article for The Guardian newspaper entitled 'I don't believe...

December 2020

December 28, 2020

It's been a busy year for Unbelievable? with the vast majority of our shows recorded...

December 15, 2020

Professor NT Wright on whether the Nativity stories can be trusted

There are no accounts of Jesus Christ’s birth beyond Luke and Matthew’s Gospels. So, how...

December 11, 2020

How the sexiest book in the Bible refutes Christopher Hitchens’ view of God

This month marks 9 years since the death of journalist Christopher Hitchens (13 April 1949 –...

November 2020

November 26, 2020

Who do you say I am? Atheist Julian Baggini and Christian Skye Jethani on whether Jesus was more than a moral teacher

Ever since Jesus appeared on the scene, foe and follower alike have tried to separate...

November 23, 2020

5 rules for better conversations around your Thanksgiving table

Having good conversations seems to be getting more and more difficult in our culture. From the...

November 12, 2020

We will dance again: This viral video shows why we don’t believe death is the end

This week my social media was saturated with a beautiful video featuring a former prima...