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Unbelievable?

400 years of cosmology & faith - Dr Allan Chapman & Lord Martin Rees (+ Frank Viola)

Unbelievable?

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 18 January 2019

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Dr Allan Chapman is an Oxford historian, fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a Christian believer. His new book ‘Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang: From Halley to Hubble’ traces 400 colourful years of astronomical advance and the faith of those involved. Friend and colleague Lord Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal, joins the conversation to talk about his recent book ‘On The Future’ and why as an agnostic he doesn’t see God as the explanation for the mystery of the Universe, even though many before him have. At the end of the show Justin chats to Frank Viola about his new book ‘Insurgence: Reclaiming the gospel of the Kingdom’ For ‘Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang’: http://www.lionhudson.com/page/detail/?k=9780745980317  For ‘On The Future’ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Future-Prospects-Humanity-Martin-Rees/dp/069118044X   For ‘Insurgence’ by Frank Viola http://insurgence.org/  Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: www.unbelievablebook.co.uk  For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

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0:00.0

Good afternoon. Welcome along to the show. I'm Justin Briley and this is Unbelievably

0:11.3

where we bring Christians and non-Christians together for conversations that matter each

0:15.9

week. I've got a fantastic program for you today as we look at Comics Cosmology in the

0:20.2

Big Bang with Lord Martin Reese and Dr Alan Chapman. I'll be introducing them both in

0:25.0

a moment's time. Will we also be hearing a later on in the show? I've got an interview

0:28.8

for you at the back end of today's program with Frank Viola, his new book Insurgents

0:34.1

Reclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom. Look out for that at the end of today's program

0:38.6

and straight after today's show on the profile, very special guest joins Sam Hales. It's

0:44.4

Jackie Pullinger, well known for her ministry to drug addicts in China's Forbidden City,

0:49.4

the story she told in chasing the dragon, probably one of the most famous Christian books

0:53.5

out there. But Jackie is Sam's guest on the profile between four and five this afternoon

0:58.3

here on Premier Christian Radio available on its own profile podcast as well. And of

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course, Unbelievably is available as a podcast. Many people download it that way from week

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to week. If you want to check out our web page where you can find the links to that plus

1:11.5

all the other good stuff you can get from Unbelievably do go there. It's premierChristianradio.com

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slash unbelievable. What we haven't quite got up there yet though is the forthcoming

1:22.0

unbelievable conference which is happening here in the UK on Saturday, the 20th of July.

1:27.0

In fact, a Tom got in touch to say I'm a sixth form teacher in a school and looking to see if

1:31.3

there's an unbelievable conference happening this year might be able to bring some students to any

1:35.6

planned dates. And you're very kind about the show. Keep up the great work, great video interviews.

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They've really encouraged and challenged some of my students. I'm hoping to make more of them

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at my sixth form to increase awareness. Your style, calmness during the interviews has a huge

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