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The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God

S1 E22. Are We Seeing A Christian Revival? Live from the UnHerd Club - Justin Brierley, Alex O'Connor, Elizabeth Oldfield & Freddie Sayers

The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God

Justin Brierley

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8592 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Justin was recently invited to the UnHerd Club in London to defend the thesis of The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God. In this bonus episode he shares the conversation he had with atheist thinker Alex O’Connor and Christian thinker Elizabeth Oldfield as well as audience Q&A. The event was hosted by UnHerd presenter Freddie Sayers. 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 22 show notes: https://justinbrierley.com/surprisingrebirth/episode-22-are-we-seeing-a-christian-revival-live-from-the-unherd-club-justin-brierley-alex-oconnor-elizabeth-oldfield-freddie-sayers 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

Well, we were not prepared for this. The venue is full. However, the mission is bigger than the room. You can still join us. Due to the incredible uptake, our responding to the Rebirth Conference will now be live streamed. Book your online pass now at rebirthconference.net. You may not be in the room, but you can still be part of the

0:22.5

response from anywhere in the world on Saturday the 22nd of November. On the live stream,

0:28.5

you'll get full access to all keynote sessions, panels and interviews with guests, including

0:33.6

John Lennox, Paul Kingsnorth, Elizabeth Oldfield and Al Gordon.

0:39.3

You can take part in the Q&A.

0:42.1

You'll get to take home recordings of all of the sessions and get a front row seat to what God is doing.

0:45.7

A rebirth is happening.

0:47.6

Let's respond together wherever we are.

0:49.8

Book your live stream pass at rebirthconference.net.

0:55.0

I just became convinced after hosting lots of debates between Christians and atheists over the years that actually something had shifted

1:12.5

in about the last three or four years. And I just wondered whether Matthew Arnold's Sea of Faith

1:17.1

might be ready to come back in again. Most of us long for unconditional love. And we long for,

1:23.9

we long to be seen and we long to be known and we long for a deep intimacy and we long for our lives to mean something

1:29.8

and we long to be part of a story bigger than ourselves and that's hard to find on your own.

1:35.9

It was almost comical the way that she sort of talks about her incredible story of depression and suicidality

1:42.1

and manages to crawl out of it by praying and then Richard Dawkinskins has to go, yes, but do you believe in the Virgin Birth?

1:47.9

You know, that's the important thing.

1:59.2

Hello and welcome back to the surprising rebirth of belief in God podcast with me, Justin

2:04.0

Briley. Another bonus episode for you today before we return to our documentary format next week.

2:09.5

I wanted to sneak this one in because it was a lot of fun and generated quite a lot of buzz too.

2:15.1

It's the audio of a recent live audience event I took part in at the Unheard Club in London, asking the question, Christian Revival, Fantasy or Reality. Now Unheard was an appropriate organisation to be hosting this conversation. They were the ones that broke that story last year of former new atheist Ian Hersey Alley's

2:34.7

embrace of Christian faith in that viral article she wrote for their website. And she followed it up

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