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Dec 2024
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Unbelievable? Classic: Debating the apol...

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CS Lewis scholar Michael Ward and atheist activist Dan Barker debate whether Lewis' Christian apologetics were convincing or not. Michael Ward currently has a new book out on Lewis: After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man.  Originally aired: 2010 • Get our 'Confident Christianity' course: http://www.premier.org.uk/courseierchristi ... Show More
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