John Lennon, Bob Dylan and God: Steve Turner and Jon Stewart

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🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Jon Stewart, lead guitarist for Sleeper, examines the spiritual journeys of Bob Dylan and John Lennon in his new book 'Dylan, Lennon, Marx & God'. Veteran music journalist Steve Turner talks about the search for God in the music of the 60s and 70s and engages with Jon's own journey in and out of faith.For Jon Stewart: https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/music/twentieth-century-and-contemporary-music/dylan-lennon-marx-and-god?format=HB For Steve Turner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Turner_(writer) --- For exclusive resources and to support us: • Unbelievable? Live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • Confident Christianity apologetics course: http://www.premier.org.uk/getconfident • Support (USA): http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support (rest of the world): https://my.premier.org.uk/donate/donate-unbelievable-2021 • For our newsletter https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter • For our blog: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievable-the-blog • For the podcast: http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PremierUnbelievable • Twitter https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb • Insta https://www.instagram.com/justin.brierley

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0:00.0	I had some very interesting conversations with the various John Lennon Facebook fan groups
0:11.8	because I've been in there talking about the book and they're very, very resistant to
0:16.4	the idea that Lennon belongs in the Dylan and Marks and God, that God and Lennon should
0:21.5	be in that title together.
0:23.5	It was an extraordinary turnaround because Dylan had been this sort of spokesperson for
0:27.8	the younger generation in the 60s and he turns around and he just doesn't just become
0:35.2	some sort of casual Christian but like real, like preaching in between songs.
0:39.7	The man who never speaks between songs suddenly starts preaching in between songs and even
0:44.8	as a Christian when I went along to see him in San Francisco, this is a bit too much.
0:52.3	You're listening to unbelievable with Justin Briarley.
0:56.8	Hello, welcome to the show, great to have you here.
0:59.6	You're going to learn a lot about the spiritual journeys of John Lennon and Bob Dylan today
1:03.8	on the show, super interesting stuff.
1:05.8	And towards the end of today's program, lots of responses to our miracles debate from
1:09.6	last week.
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