I think sometimes the problem is that the Christian church can be answering the questions of 20 years ago, you know, basically responding to the new atheists and asking: Do you have any evidence that God exists? And you go off and have a, you know, an interesting philosophical, scientific debate. But actually, that's not...I think the questions that most people in the secular culture are asking right now about God. They're more asking: How do I make sense of life? How do I...give me a reason for getting out of bed in the morning. Why do I feel so depressed? So I think where we could learn from that, in a sense is that actually we need to be answering the question that people are actually asking. We could take a lesson from sort of looking at what the existential issues are actually.

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Listen to Justin Brierley being interviewed by author and theologian, Andrew Ollerton. Justin is a freelance writer, speaker and broadcaster in the UK, who has become known for creating dialogues between Christians and non-Christians. In this episode, Justin talks about his passion for creating conversations around faith, science, theology and culture, and his creative use of different forms of media to showcase an intellectually compelling case for Christianity.

Justin Brierley has worked in radio, podcast and video for over two decades. Until April 2023 he was Theology & Apologetics Editor for Premier Christian Radio, and hosted the Unbelievable? radio show and podcast as well as the "Ask NT Wright Anything" podcast. Justin was also editor of Premier Christianity Magazine from 2014-2018, for which he continues to contribute articles. Through creative use of podcast, radio, print, video and social media, Justin aims to showcase an intellectually compelling case for Christianity, while taking seriously the questions and objections of skeptics.

Justin's first book 'Unbelievable? Why, after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian' (SPCK) was published in 2017. His new book 'The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God' (Tyndale) was published in Sep 2023. Justin currently co-hosts the Re-Enchanting podcast for Seen & Unseen, and is a guest presenter for the Maybe God podcast. He has also recently launched The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief in God podcast documentary series.

Justin is married to Lucy, a church minister in Surrey, and they have 4 amazing children.

Learn more about Justin Brierley: justinbrierley.com