An Original Composition is the New Theme Music The Faith Debate debuts its brand new theme music, an original composition by Daniel Razvi. You can find all of his “Esther Ballet” music (and Scripture readings) online at iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube. The show then pivots to how music and other things are (or can be)…… read more »
The Antioch Declaration The Faith Debate dedicates one show to The Antioch Declaration and the context surrounding it’s release. Some big names within evangelicalism collaborated to publish it, including: Doug Wilson, Joe Boot, James White, Jeff Durbin, and Tobias Riemenschneider – among others. It was met with a mixed reaction, but the issues of hyper-patriarchy,…… read more »
Mission Adventures The Faith Debate continues a conversation with a representative of the organization Adventures in Missions. The first episode focused more on the “what” and “why” of the organization; this episode turns more attention to the “who”. Who are those standing behind this missions group, and what do they believe? This is the second…… read more »
Adventures in Missions The Faith Debate welcomes to the studio a representative of an organization called Adventures in Missions. The episode opens with an announcement about the show joining the Christian Podcast Community and some new ways to access the podcast edition of the program. The duration of the time is spent discussing the basics…… read more »
Was Ancient Israel Unique in History? The Faith Debate panelists all quickly agree that Israel is unique, so attention is turned to unpacking HOW Israel is unique, and how the Israel of old is the same/different from the Israel of now. (There is also brief attention paid to the query, “Does ‘Palestine’ exist?”). This is…… read more »
Do All “Abrahamic” Faiths Worship the Same God? The Faith Debate is dialoging about Israel, then and now. Do faith traditions that reject Christ Jesus also, by default, reject YHWH? How about asking the same question in reverse? Are there millions claiming to worship the one true God who are, in fact, in rebellion against…… read more »
Do Talmudic Jews Worship the Same God Worshiped by Christians? The Faith Debate continues a multi-part dialog about Israel, then and now. This time the focus is on the question of worship by Talmudic and/or Rabbinic Jews (and Muslims/Jehovah’s Witnesses/etc., for that mater), compared with the worship of Christians. This is the second of four…… read more »
Did the Holy Spirit Indwell Old Testament Believers? The Faith Debate begins a multi-part dialog about Israel, then and now. Up first on the docket is the question, “Did the Holy Spirit dwell with God’s people in the Old Covenant the same way He does in the New Covenant?” This is the first of four…… read more »
Is It Wrong to Be Uncircumcised? The Faith Debate wraps up its forthright and yet gentlemanly dialog about circumcision with the panelists sharing whether or not they understand God to instruct the continuance of the practice or has consigned the issue to the category of what theologians like to call “adiaphora”. It boils down to…… read more »
Sign and Seal of the Old and New Covenant The Faith Debate is rounding the bend in its forthright and yet gracious disagreements about the role and nature of circumcision and baptism. How does it all point to the cross and eternal glory? What does the text of God’s Word actually say and mean? This…… read more »