Category Archives: Faith Debate

Blog posts for the Frederick Faith Debate.

Program Air Date: Sunday, June 16th, 2019 – 9am

How Millennials and the Church View Each Other If questions that the American church asks were viewed as food items, then the soup du jour is Millennial Gumbo.  It’s why Relevant Magazine recently published an article titled “The Real Reason Churches Have a ‘Millennial Void’”.  So, what do Millennials expect a church to do?  What…read more »

Program Air Date: Sunday, June 9th, 2019 – 9am

Heeding a Call to Reach Millennials “Top 10 Church Faux Pas That Turn Off Millennials”.  “5 Things Millennials are Looking for in a Church.”  “Why Millennials are Really Leaving Religion (It’s Not Just Politics, Folks)”.  These are real headlines for real articles that Christian pastors are really reading.  So, let’s ask… How does the church…read more »

Program Air Date: Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 – 9am

Conversation with the Author of “The Shack” Modalism, Potpouri (and more) The runaway bestseller “The Shack” is emotionally tugging, easy to connect with personally, and wrestles with questions all people grapple with, at least sometimes.  Through the use of a simple plot, with simple characters, the author attempts to reveal his answers to compelling and…read more »

Program Air Date: Sunday, May 26th, 2019 – 9am

Conversation with the Author of “The Shack” Christ, Universalism (and more) In the acknowledgements, in the back of the novel titled “The Shack”, the author says that the book shows “the ways in which God works.”  The back pages of the book say that it offers “a magnificent glimpse into the nature of God.”  It…read more »

Program Air Date: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 – 9am

Conversation with the Author of “The Shack” Religion & Law (and more) “The Shack” is a movie that raked in tens of millions of dollars at the box office.  Before that, “The Shack” was a book that topped the best-seller lists… now with well over 20 million copies in print.  “The Shack” has sold more…read more »

Program Air Date: Sunday, May 12th, 2019 – 9am

Conversation with the Author of “The Shack” The Nature of God (and more) Over the past dozen years there’s been a fight in the Christian church.  This fight has not been merely along typical denominational lines, but has been more of a civil war kind of fight.  Evangelical versus evangelical.  Professing conservative Christian versus professing…read more »

Program Air Date: Sunday, May 5th, 2019 – 9am

View of America from a Foreign Missions Perspective Many probably have a mental image of what things must be like in European countries.  As limited as this view might be, guesses can still be ventured as to the politics, the economy, the scenery, and the religious climate.  But what do the people living over there…read more »

Program Air Date: Sunday, April 28th, 2019 – 9am

Christian Foreign Missions in a Predominantly Muslim Nation News outlets have reported  on Muslims by the thousands streaming into Europe.  Politically this has often been framed either in humanitarian terms or in terms of an invading force.  Politics aside, there is the reality of life within a mix of Islam and Christianity.  There are situations…read more »

Program Air Date: Sunday, April 21st, 2019 – 9am

Living Out a Call to Foreign Missions We love stories, and true stories are the best.  Don’t you appreciate movies that say, “Based upon a true story and actual events”?  Last episode, “The Faith Debate” began to hear true stories from foreign missionaries, and this episode brings more.  What are the most dramatic, most mundane,…read more »

Program Air Date: Sunday, April 14th, 2019 – 9am

Recognizing a Call to Foreign Missions If you attend a church, then you’ve likely heard your pastor mention the importance of overseas missions.  Perhaps you’ve even had missionaries visit your congregation.  Perhaps you’ve given financial support to foreign missions.  Perhaps you’ve even gone on your own short missions trip of a week or two or…read more »