The Star of Bethlehem - Fact or Fiction? Colin Nicholl, Aaron Adair & Mark Kidger

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🗓️ 23 December 2016

⏱️ 83 minutes

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In a Christmas Eve edition of the show Justin is joined by Christian guest Colin Nicholl, atheist Aaron Adair and agnostic Mark Kidger, each of whom has written a book on the star of a Bethlehem from different perspectives. Nicholl says his research has led him to conclude the star was a comet. Adair says the star was pious fiction by the writer of Matthew's Gospel. Astronomer Mark Kidger also shares his ongoing research on the possible explanations of the star and the Magi who heralded its appearance. Get the MP3 For 'The Great Christ Comet' by Colin R. Nicholl: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Christ-Comet-Revealing-Bethlehem/dp/1433542137 For 'The Star of Bethlehem: A skeptical view' by Aaron Adair: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Bethlehem-Skeptical-View/dp/0956694861 For 'The Star of Bethlehem: An astronomer's view' by Mark Kidger: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Bethlehem-Astronomers-View/dp/0691058237 Order Unbelievable? The Conference 2016 DVD/MP3CD & Digital Download http://www.premier.org.uk/Shop For more faith debates visit 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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0:30.6	Good afternoon and welcome along to unbelievable with me Justin Briley the weekly show
0:35.0	that brings Christians and non-Christians together for dialogue and debate and today a special
0:39.4	Christmas Eve edition of the program always enjoy presenting the show on Christmas Eve as it's also my
0:44.9	birthday as well. But wherever you are, however you're celebrating Christmas this year, I do
0:49.6	wish you a very happy Christmas today. Our subject on the program is the star of Bethlehem asking
0:55.5	fact or fiction with my Christian and non-Christian guests. I'll be introducing them in a moment's time.
1:00.9	Loads more Christmas programming coming up straight after unbelievable.
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1:20.0	tinsels and towels.
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