Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Original air date: October 9th, 2023
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross speak with Justin Brierley (www.justinbrierley.com) about his book The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again - a315.co/3PBmXZ7
0:24 - Brian and Chad discuss the book
5:27 - Intro to Justin, welcome back!
7:15 - How did the new atheism actually help Christianity?
9:12 - The change in the cultural landscape
13:30 - Atheists who are now no longer fighting Christianity
17:30 - Why the structure of the book?
24:56 - How has social media changed?
27:58 - Reasons why the Bible is being taken seriously by academics
33:21 - Arguments & evidence vs. experience
37:10 - The left and the right brain and spiritual experiences
39:34 - The meaning crisis that is left when you remove Christianity
42:30 - How can the church respond to the cultural climate?
47:21 - Further resources…
Justin’s new podcasts:
Re-Enchanting - a315.co/3thIFKj
MaybeGod Podcast - a315.co/3LGOh7f
Check out this previous episode with Justin Brierley here:
a315.co/3tlXXxt
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Original air date: October 9th, 2023
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross speak with Justin Brierley (www.justinbrierley.com) about his book The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again - a315.co/3PBmXZ7
0:24 - Brian and Chad discuss the book
5:27 - Intro to Justin, welcome back!
7:15 - How did the new atheism actually help Christianity?
9:12 - The change in the cultural landscape
13:30 - Atheists who are now no longer fighting Christianity
17:30 - Why the structure of the book?
24:56 - How has social media changed?
27:58 - Reasons why the Bible is being taken seriously by academics
33:21 - Arguments & evidence vs. experience
37:10 - The left and the right brain and spiritual experiences
39:34 - The meaning crisis that is left when you remove Christianity
42:30 - How can the church respond to the cultural climate?
47:21 - Further resources…
Justin’s new podcasts:
Re-Enchanting - a315.co/3thIFKj
MaybeGod Podcast - a315.co/3LGOh7f
Check out this previous episode with Justin Brierley here:
a315.co/3tlXXxt
================================
We appreciate your feedback.
If you’re on TWITTER, you can follow Chad @TBapologetics.
You can follow Brian @TheBrianAuten
And of course, you can follow @Apologetics315
If you have a question or comment for the podcast, record it and send it our way using speakpipe.com/Apologetics315 or you can email us at podcast@apologetics315.com
