I did have a very very dear friend die and three days after her death, I don't know how

to put this into words but she woke me up. I was asleep, she woke me up, she was standing

at the end of my bed. And she did not say anything. I'm like Jesus, she didn't say anything.

But I do remember thinking at the time, this is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

and whoever is in this state would be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. It was a very

encouraging, edifying few moments for me.

You're listening to unbelievable with Justin Briley.

Hello and welcome along to today's show. A show involving some really interesting stories

of supernatural encounters today and asking does it make sense to believe in them? I'll introduce

my guest Dale Allison shortly. But it's been quite the week here in the UK as I speak there are still

cues, miles and miles long in London of those queuing to pass by the Queen's coffin lying in state

at Westminster Hall. Ahead of the state funeral on Monday, that's going to be a public holiday

across the whole of the country. Thanks to all those who've been in touch from all over the world

to offer condolences. And if you didn't catch it, we had some really helpful responses on last week's

unbelievable show just after the news had broken from people like NT Wright and Gavin Aschandin

and Ruth Jackson. We followed that up with lots more articles on our website this past week,

reflecting on this moment, including one coming out this weekend, Glenn Scrivener,

on the latent spirituality in our post-Christian country that's on display. As people pay their

respects in a variety of Christian settings, churches, cathedrals have been packed out with

well-wishers and mourners. Also, it's some great fresh podcast material, a matter of life and death

this past week saw John and Tim White interview Mark Green, a biographer of the Queen's Christian

faith. And on Monday, you can hear the latest CS Lewis podcast, Ruth Jackson speaking to Michael

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