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The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God

S1 E13. Francis Spufford & Andrew Klavan: A celebrated author and Hollywood screenwriter come to faith

The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God

Justin Brierley

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8592 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Prize-winning author Francis Spufford was an atheist for over 20 years before finding his way back to faith. His book 'Unapologetic: Why, despite everything, Christianity can still make surprising emotional sense' was an unconventional response to New Atheism.  Hollywood screenwriter and bestselling novelist Andrew Klavan, also came to Christian faith as an adult from a secular Jewish background - a story he tells in his book 'The Great Good Thing'.  Justin hears both their conversion stories in this bonus edition of the podcast. The documentary format resumes next time. More info, book & newsletter: https://justinbrierley.com/surprisingrebirth/ Support via Patreon for early access to new episodes: https://www.patreon.com/justinbrierley/membership Support via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/brierleyjustin Support via Tax-deductible (USA): https://defendersmedia.com/portfolio/justin-brierley/ Buy the book or get a signed copy: https://justinbrierley.com/the-surprising-rebirth-of-belief-in-god/ Ep 13 show notes: https://justinbrierley.com/surprisingrebirth/episode-13-francis-spufford-andrew-klavan-a-celebrated-author-and-hollywood-screenwriter-come-to-faith Also, check out our show ‘Uncommon Ground’ for discussion and debates: ⁠⁠https://justinbrierley.com/uncommon-ground-podcast/⁠⁠ The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God is a production of Think Faith in partnership with Genexis, and support from The Jerusalem Trust & the Christian Evidence Society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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a Coke and scan the code on the pack. Just by playing, you get a chance to win Coke swag or

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who set the rules, you could win vintage Coca-Cola jerseys, Premier League tickets and more. So go

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ahead and get involved. Grab a Coke, drink it in. Well, we were not prepared for this. The venue is

0:52.8

full. However, the mission is bigger than the room.

0:56.3

You can still join us. Due to the incredible uptake, our responding to the Rebirth Conference

1:01.4

will now be live streamed. Book your online pass now at rebirthconference.net. You may not be in the

1:08.9

room, but you can still be part of the response from anywhere in the world on Saturday the 22nd of November.

1:16.0

On the live stream, you'll get full access to all keynote sessions, panels and interviews with guests, including John Lennox, Paul Kingsnorth, Elizabeth Oldfield and Al Gordon.

1:26.3

You can take part in the Q&A. You'll get to take home

1:28.9

recordings of all of the sessions and get a front row seat to what God is doing. A rebirth is happening.

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Let's respond together wherever we are. Book your live stream pass at rebirthconference.net.

1:52.3

Music at rebirthconference.net. There was just this basic error in the case against religion that was being made

1:57.6

in that it constantly treated it as an argument out of philosophy

2:03.7

or out of science. It was about the existence of God, as I've said elsewhere, surely his

2:09.8

most boring characteristic. Whereas people do not become or stay religious believers because they are possessed of an abstract conviction about the existence of God.

2:24.7

And the minute he said it, I thought, oh, I can do that. I can get through this. I can do this.

2:31.3

And I look back and it always moves me just to talk about it because I feel like God

2:36.9

put himself out of the picture so I could hear it, you know, which is a powerful, powerful statement

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