#41 Justin Brierley - The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God

Within Reason

Alex O'Connor

Religion, Morality, Ethics, Society & Culture, Cosmicskeptic, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Justin Brierley was, for 17 years, the host of "Unbelievable?" on Premier Christian Radio. He is a broadcaster, author, and Christian apologist whose latest book is "The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why new atheism grew old and secular thinkers are considering Christianity again".

Get Justin's book here.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to Within Reason.
0:01.6	My name is Alex O'Connor.
0:03.1	Justin Briley was for 17 and a half years
0:06.4	the host of Unbelievable, a popular show on Premier Christian radio,
0:10.7	bringing together Christian and non-Christian thinkers for discussion and debate.
0:15.0	It's a show that I've been on a number of times and always had a great time doing so.
0:19.0	He joins me today to talk about his upcoming book, The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God, why new atheism
0:25.7	grew old and secular thinkers are considering Christianity again. Justin Briley, thanks for being here.
0:34.0	Thank you for having me, Alex.
0:35.0	It's great to have you back.
0:37.0	You recently stopped.
0:40.0	I mean, you've been hosting this absolutely classic this classic of philosophy of religion and debate
0:48.7	within sort of the Christian atheist debate sphere, the unbelievable show.
0:53.0	For how long, how long were you hosting this?
0:54.4	I was hosting it for 17 and a half years or 17 and a half years and just recently
1:00.0	you decided to stop.
1:01.0	I did.
1:02.0	And I'm wondering why, why did you do this to us why because of your
1:05.2	new found Tik-Tok thing did you think I don't need to do this anymore I'm not exactly
1:09.7	but an online influencer now tick-tock fun, but it doesn't really pay the bills.
1:14.9	No, I, yeah, I'd been hosting the show for a long time,
1:19.5	and well, I guess the point came where I felt like I was ready for a new challenge.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Alex O'Connor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Alex O'Connor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.