Matters of Life and Death
Listen in as we discuss issues in healthcare, ethics, technology, science, faith and more. We unpack how Christians can better engage with questions of life, death and anything in between.
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Brought to you by Premier Unbelievable and hosted by John Wyatt and his son Tim. John is a doctor, professor of ethics, and writer and speaker on these topics, while Tim is a religion and social affairs journalist.
The assisted suicide bill has been passed by parliament. What comes next?
MPs in the House of Commons passed Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill last week. It will be several years before Britons are able to...
Posted: December 4, 2024
Should Christians abandon contraception?
While most Protestant Christians have been at ease with using contraception for generations, there is a growing movement to re-examine the...
Posted: November 27, 2024
Earthquakes and cancer: Why is God’s good world so full of suffering? with Sharon Dirckx
Christians normally explain away human-caused suffering by pointing to God giving us free will, and our sinful natures using that to harm...
Posted: November 20, 2024
Vaccine conspiracies, mistrust and catastrophism: How the church lost its way, with Dr Francis Collins
Francis Collins is one of the leading scientists of his generation, a world-renowned geneticist who led the international project to map the...
Posted: November 13, 2024
DNA, parenthood and selecting for IQ: The surprising return of eugenics
A couple of inter-connected news stories set us off this week. First, the prominent DNA ancestry company 23andMe is teetering on the brink...
Posted: November 6, 2024
Near death experiences
Once dismissed as quackery or New Age woo, near death experiences are seeing something of a modern revival. A slew of serious scientists and...
Posted: October 30, 2024
Prenatal screening: Is all knowledge a good thing?
Pregnant women today are offered a battery of tests and screening for their unborn child, looking for an ever-increasing range of conditions...
Posted: October 23, 2024
Same-sex attraction and friendship in church, with Ed Shaw
This week we speak with church pastor and author Ed Shaw about John’s book on friendship, and in particular how it intersects with those...
Posted: October 16, 2024
Yoga, mindfulness and truly Christian meditation
Yoga and mindfulness are everywhere in popular Western culture: in school PE lessons, in company retreats, prescribed by doctors, and even...
Posted: October 9, 2024
Remembrance and forgetting: Why is nobody talking about covid any more?
Harrowing testimony from healthcare staff at the UK’s national covid inquiry has reminded us of the horrendous sacrifices made by doctors...
Posted: October 2, 2024
