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Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

Unbelievable: Talking with Atheists with Justin Brierley

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

The Christian Research Institute

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

5.0810 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2018

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Justin Brierley is the host of the popular podcast Unbelievable? and the similarly titled book Unbelievable? Why after Ten Years of Talking with Atheists, I'm Still a Christian. Brierley has dedicated his career to holding engaging conversations between believers and atheists, and joins Hank to discuss the keys to having good conversations with those with whom we disagree. There is no doubt that the state of dialogue is in disarray, as Dictionary.com's word of the year for 2018 is "misinformation," highlighting the need for authentic conversations in a world filled with "fake news."Topics discussed include: the popularity of Brierley’s podcast, Unbelievable?, featuring discussions between Christians and nonbelievers (5:30); Premier Christian Radio being one of the only religious radio stations in the UK (8:05); how Brierley and his wife ministering with the Odibo mission in Namibia set the tone for the rest of their lives (11:00); the importance of breaking out of “echo chambers” (13:05); why Brierley began Unbelievable? at Premier Christian Radio as an opportunity to model Christian conversations with skeptics (16:20); the keys to having good conversations (18:05); how editing other writers helped Brierley learn how to write (22:05); how Brierley stays neutral while moderating debates between believers and skeptics (25:05); the glaring contradiction when atheists apply objective moral standards (27:20); how atheist Peter Singer attempts to apply objective moral standards to his materialistic atheist worldview (29:35); what it was like to interview the most well-known atheist on the planet, Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion (32:40); the key to connecting with people in conversation (35:30); the importance of authentic conversations in our world today (38:50); ways of winning the person rather than winning the argument (42:00); how apologetics helped Brierley through a season of doubt (44:00); the inspiration for Hank’s upcoming book, Truth Matters, Life Matters More (48:00); the relationship between doubt and faith (49:45); how Brierley’s beliefs have evolved as a result of hosting Unbelievable?, such as his annihilationist view on eternal torment and creationism vs. evolutionism (52:30); Mere Christianity and how Christians can come together over common causes and drop the secondary issues that separate them (1:03:45); the strongest arguments that skeptics have made against Christianity (1:09:10); and why, after ten years of talking with atheists, Justin Brierley is still a Christian (1:16:55).

Transcript

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Our mission, as we've said many times, is to bring the most interesting, informative, inspirational people on the planet direct to you via conversations. You can listen to these conversations, of course, wherever you consume your favorite

1:36.3

podcasts on EQUIP.org, iTunes, various other places, but if you go to iTunes and give us a five-star rating, this podcast will be heard

1:47.3

by many, many more people than otherwise. You can also share the podcast with family members,

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friends, people within your sphere of influence. Today I have a very special Hank Unplugged

1:59.7

podcast with Justin Breyerly.

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He's the host of Unbelievable.

2:06.1

This is a broadcast and a podcast that is based in the United Kingdom,

2:12.3

and it is the flagship apologetics and theology debate program of a great radio network called

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Premier Christian Radio.

2:24.8

And for more than a decade, Justin has been moderating in-depth discussions with Christians

2:31.0

and skeptics, as well as debates, I should say, among Christians on very critical

2:37.4

topics.

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He has a background in drama, in studies in philosophy, politics, economics, all at Oxford

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