Christmas special: Santa, the star & the atheist who loves Christmas. Colin Nicholl, Phil Vischer, Ruth Jackson, Nick Pandolfi & David Suchet

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🗓️ 24 December 2015

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Justin is joined by a glittering array of guests for a Boxing Day edition of the show. Colin Nicholl author of 'The Great Christ Comet' discusses why he believes the Bethlehem star was a comet. Phil Vischer (creator of VeggieTales) and Ruth Jackson of Premier Childrenswork magazine debate whether we should encourage children's belief in Father Christmas. Agnostic radio host Nick Pandolfi explains why he loves church at Christmas even though he's not a believer. And Justin speaks to David Suchet (TV's Poirot) about his mammoth audio Bible project and Christmas as an adult convert to Christianity. For 'The Great Christ Comet' http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Great-Christ-Comet-Revealing/dp/1433542137 For Phil Vischer http://www.philvischer.com For Premier ChildrensWork magazine http://www.premierchildrenswork.com For Nick Pandolfi http://www.nicholaspandolfi.co.uk For more faith debates 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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0:30.3	Hello and a very special Boxing day welcome to the Christmas edition of
0:34.0	unbelievable with me Justin Briley as part of Faith explored this Saturday afternoon
0:38.6	on Premier Christian radio and I'll be introducing a whole panel of guests joining me for today's what is going to be a bit different to the normal unbelievable debate show.
0:47.0	So they'll be joining me in a moment's time, but if you can continue to listen throughout the rest of the day,
0:52.0	loads more great Christmas
0:53.1	programming coming for you between four and five Christmas from Swansea an
0:56.8	uplifting service from Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Swansea. There's the
1:00.4	traditional Carol service from Methodist Central Hall Westminster at five and right
1:05.2	through into the evening you've got Carol's from Shropshire Christmas unsigned with Loretta and even an international
1:10.9	Christmas at 10 o'clock this evening from the Academy in Walthamstow.
1:15.0	But let me tell you right now what's coming up on unbelievable today.
1:18.0	Well a very Merry Christmas to you and welcome along to the unbelievable
1:26.6	Christmas special in which we're going to be covering a whole host of topics on
1:30.6	today's special Boxing Day program. We're going to be talking about the
1:34.1	truth behind the star of Bethlehem. We're going to be meeting the atheist who
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