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Several times on Pints With Jack<\/em> I have spoken about another podcast, “Unbelievable?”, hosted by Justin Brierley. Earlier in this Season I spoke about reading Justin’s book<\/a>, remarking on the considerable number of C.S. Lewis quotations found throughout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following that episode, Justin and I connected on Twitter and I invited him onto the show to talk about C.S. Lewis, his faith, his podcast and his book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S2E30: \u201cAfter Hours\u201d with Justin Brierley<\/strong> (Download<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you enjoy this episode, you can subscribe manually<\/a>, or any place where good podcasts can be found (iTunes<\/a>, Google Play<\/a>, Podbean<\/a>, Stitcher<\/a>, TuneIn<\/a> and Overcast<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time Stamps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

03:20 – Drink-of-the-week and quote-of-the-week.<\/em>
04:44 – Justin’s faith journey<\/em>
08:30 – What was the genesis of your show, Unbelievable?<\/em>
12:08 – Who have been some of your most memorable guests?<\/em>
13:37 – How do you stay so calm during the debates?!<\/em>
17:07 – What motivated you to write your book?<\/em>
19:11 – Why is God the best explanation of human existence<\/strong>?<\/em>
25:05 – Why is God the best explanation of human value<\/strong>?<\/em>
30:19 – Why is God the best explanation of human purpose<\/strong>?<\/em>
35:03 – Why does materialism undermine reason?<\/em>
39:25 – How can we come to understand who Jesus is through Lewis’ Trilemma?<\/em>
42:45 – How can you defend the Resurrection with the “Minimal Facts” approach?<\/em>
52:26 – What does it mean to live in the Christian story?<\/em>
55:03 – Upcoming “Unbelievable?” Projects<\/em>
58:55 – Competition Details<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Show Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 I shared a brief biography of Justin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After graduating from Ball-i-ol College at Oxford University, Justin Brierley went to work for Premier Christian Radio. He spent several years serving as editor of their magazine, Premier Christianity, but he is probably best known for his radio work. Every Saturday, Justin presents their flagship apologetics & theology debate programme \u201cUnbelievable?\u201d, which brings Christians and non-Christians together for dialogue on a wide range of topics.

Not only is Unbelievable an extremely popular podcast, it has also given rise to various evangelism and apologetics conferences both in England and here in the United States.

He is married to his wife, Lucy, who is a minister of a church in Surrey, and together they have four children. And somehow, among all of that, a couple of years ago Justin found time to write a book! It\u2019s called \u201cUnbelievable?: Why After Ten Years of Talking With Atheists, I’m Still a Christian\u201d<\/a><\/p>Biography of Justin Brierley<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Drink-of-the-week was a pot of Yorkshire Gold<\/a> tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 The quote-of-the-week was from one Lewis’ essays:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChristianity, if false, is of no<\/strong> importance,
and if true, of infinite<\/strong> importance.
The only thing it cannot be is moderately<\/strong> important.\u201d<\/p>C.S. Lewis, \u201cChristian Apologetics\u201d, God in the Dock<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Lewis commented that most adult converts to Christianity were influenced by arguments for theism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNearly everyone I know who has embraced Christianity in adult life has been influenced by what seemed to him to be at least a probable argument for theism\u201d<\/p>C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock (\u201cIs theism important?\u201d)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Justin defended his claim that human existence is best explained by God. As we were talking about this, I referenced a video he produced about proving God’s existence with dice<\/a>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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