Unbelievable? 20 Aug 2011 - Dialogue with an ex-Christian

Unbelievable?

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Rebekah Bennetch lives in Saskatoon, Canada. She grew up in a Christian family. Her dad is a pastor, and other family members are involved in Christian ministries. She professed faith from a young age, went to Bible college, atteneded church and went on mission trips. But in 2007 she "came out" as an atheist and now describes herself as the "black sheep" of her family. Sheridan Voysey is a writer, speaker and broadcaster on contemporary spirituality. For many years he presented "Open House", a nationally-syndicated Australian radio show on life, faith and culture. He now resides in the UK. They discuss what led Rebekah to abandon her faith, how Christians can best treat their "apostate" friends and family, and what lessons can be learnt for fruitful dialogue between believers and atheists. For Rebekah Bennetch http://canadianatheist.com/author/rebekah/ For Sheridan Voysey www.sheridanvoysey.com Also: Order Unbelievable? The Conference on DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd Tickets to William Lane Craig's UK tour http://www.premier.org.uk/craig For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 5 Apr 2008 "Why I became an atheist" Part 1 - John Loftus & Peter May Why I became an atheist - John W Loftus in discussion with Peter MayUnbelievable? 12 Sep 2009 - Richard Morgan - from Atheism to Faith From Atheism to Christian faith via richarddawkins.net - Christians Richard Morgan, David Robertson and Atheist Ed Turner Join the discussion at the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

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0:30.5	Well welcome along to Unbelievable this afternoon. It's the 20th of August.
0:35.0	How the summer has flown by already, but I hope you've enjoyed it.
0:39.0	Perhaps you're catching up with this at a little later date because you've been on your
0:42.8	holidays well wherever you are and however you're listening whether it's
0:46.2	across the nation on our DAB service here on Premier Christian radio via our
0:50.9	medium wave service in the southeast or perhaps online via the website
0:54.7	Premier.org. UK slash unbelievable. It is great to have you with me. I'm Justin Briley
1:00.0	your host for the next hour and a half for the show that brings together Christians
1:03.7	and non-Christians.
1:05.2	Unbelievable.
1:06.2	Now just before we get to my guests on today's show and the topic we're talking about,
1:09.8	let me remind you that very excitingly coming up in just over a month's time it is the
1:15.8	forthcoming tour of William Lane Craig he's a well-known Christian
1:20.3	apologist and philosopher he's coming over to the UK for about a week and a half and
1:24.9	he's going to be involved in some fantastic debates, lectures, all happening from the 17th of October
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