Alex O'Connor vs Glen Scrivener: Christianity gave us Morality?

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Justin Brierley
February 25, 2026

Alex O'Connor & Glen Scrivener - Did Christianity give us our morality? Debating freedom, slavery, equality and the Bible.

This was a barnstormer to moderate, and at the time of writing this newsletter, this episode has surpassed 45,000 views in less than 24 hours!

Atheist thinker Alex O'Connor goes toe-to-toe with Christian thinker Glen Scrivener on whether Christianity gave us our belief in kindness, equality, freedom and consent.

Across 2.5 hours of intense conversation, they debate whether or not hospitals, welfare, charity, emancipation, gender equality, human rights and consent hinge on Christian influence.

WATCH EARLY: Jonathan Pageau & Joe Folley: Does art, culture and human experience point to God?

Orthodox thinker Jonathan Pageau and atheist philosopher Joe Folley sit down with me to discuss whether art, culture and human experience point to God.

In a deep and rich conversation ranging across consciousness, science, religion, the incarnation and the resurrection they debate whether a Divine Logos or natural forces explain the reality we all encounter.

This episode will release to the public on 9 March, but regular Silver and Gold level supporters can watch it RIGHT NOW!

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Is there evidence for Jesus? | Tom Holland & Peter J. Williams

Tom Holland, co-host of The Rest is History, and Peter J. Williams, principal of Tyndale House, participated in a conversation hosted by Pillar and Step - and which I had the privilege of moderating - on the evidence for Jesus' life, death, and resurrection!

‘The Quiet Revival of Christianity’ interview

In this premiere episode of Socrates Dialogues with Mary Harrington, I joined her to explore the shifting terrain of the New Atheist movement and the surprising cracks forming in its once-confident certainties. Drawing on years of conversations and cultural observation, I examined the “quiet revival”—a renewed openness to faith, meaning, and transcendence emerging beneath the surface of our secular age.

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