Does prayer make sense? David Wilkinson vs Ed Atkinson

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🗓️ 5 June 2015

⏱️ 81 minutes

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David Wilkinson, Principal of St John’s College Durham and a physicist by background, addresses why prayers go unanswered in his new book “When I pray what does God Do?” He debates with former Christian Ed Atkinson on whether science, scripture and theology can make sense of prayer. For David’s book: http://www.lionhudson.com/display.asp?K=9780857216045 For more faith debates visit www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

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