The Faith Debate

Who the Church Should Serve Faith Debate: Sunday, July 20th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . When non-believers manipulatively ask for aid (food, shelter, money) from the church, what is the obligation of believers to give away the church's resources? . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer. Pastor, Crossroads Valley Chapel Alexander Hardy. Pastor, New D...

Spiritual Growth vs. Physical Need Faith Debate: Sunday, July 13th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . When ministering to people how can the church best promote spiritual growth while at the same time meeting physical needs? . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer. Pastor, Crossroads Valley Chapel Alexander Hardy. Pastor, New Dimension Worship Center . www...

Partial Show Faith Debate: Sunday, July 6th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Following a series of shows on abortion The Faith Debate transitioned to a series of shows on the role of the church in meeting both spiritual and physical needs. This episode was plagued by technical issues in the preservation of the recording. For now, this short clip is posted as a place holder until the full au...

The Biblical Position on Abortion Faith Debate: Sunday, June 29th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . What are the scriptural passages that "pro-choice" people try to site, and what are the biblical passages that "pro-life" people site in response? And are the labels "pro-choice" and "pro-life" even adequate for this subject? . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan...

Is Abortion Merely a Religious Issue? Faith Debate: Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Abortion affects the mother, the father, society as a whole, and (of course!) the baby. Child sacrifice is clearly something addressed in the Bible, but is ending the murder of the unborn merely a topic for religious people? . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonat...

Is Abortion a Medical Issue? Faith Debate: Sunday, June 15th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . What does the biblically informed Christian say in response to medical and so-called scientific arguments advanced by the "pro-choice" lobby? . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer. Pastor, Crossroads Valley Chapel Jenny Dixon. Executive Director, Care Net Preg...

Politics of Abortion Faith Debate: Sunday, June 8th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Troy Skinner plays devil's advocate in challenging the "pro-life" arguments of three Christians who are involved in the battle to save unborn children from the assumptions of the "pro-choice" ideology. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer. Pastor, Crossroads Valley Ch...

Pregnancy Centers Treated Unequally Faith Debate: Sunday, June 1st, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . When Maryland took up the arguments for SB690 HB1160 in Annapolis the pro-life community rose up to fight against the attack on pregnancy centers and to defend the lives of the unborn. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer. Pastor, Crossroads Valley Chap...

Spiritual Warfare in Africa Faith Debate: Sunday, May 25th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . An American missionary to South Africa was in the United States to do some fundraising. While in America he visited The Faith Debate to talk about overseas missions and spiritual warfare. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer. Pastor, Crossroads Valley Chapel Ri...

Overseas Missions Faith Debate: Sunday, May 18th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . An American missionary joins the panel to share his experience running an organization that shares the gospel in South Africa. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer. Pastor, Crossroads Valley Chapel Rich Franzen. Founder, Impact Africa . www.householdoffaithinchrist.com

Way for Christians to Interact with Muslims Faith Debate: Sunday, May 11th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . A former Muslim joins the panel to share his experience and thoughts regarding sharing the Christian faith with followers of Islam. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer. Pastor, Crossroads Valley Chapel Imran "Raz" Razvi. Founder, Conquered By L...

Conversion from Islam to Christianity Faith Debate: Sunday, May 4th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . A Christian pastor and a Christian convert from Islam talk about Sunni versus Shi'a beliefs/practices, and also Muslim versus biblical beliefs/practices. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer. Pastor, Crossroads Valley Chapel Imran "Raz" Razvi. Founder,...

Growing Up Muslim in the USA Faith Debate: Sunday, April 27th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . A Christian pastor and a former Shiite Muslim discuss the experience of growing up in America as a person with devout commitments to Islam. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer. Pastor, Crossroads Valley Chapel Imran "Raz" Razvi. Founder, Conquered By Love M...

History of Islam's Sects Faith Debate: Sunday, April 20th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . A Christian pastor and a former Shiite Muslim discuss the general and historic differences between the major sects of Islam, and how this has impacted politics and personal practices among followers of Muhammad's teachings. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer....

Number Six of Six Faith Debate: Sunday, April 13th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The habit of Household in Faith in Christ is to post one podcast per day, each and every day (until all audio and video in the archives is uploaded). The 2024 Independence Day holiday is interrupting this schedule for the better part of a week. Therefore, six episodes of The Faith Debate radio show have been...

No Panel Faith Debate: Sunday, April 6th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Listener emails are read and responded to on this episode of The Faith Debate, so there is no guest panel. Topics include thoughts about Paul Harvey, Roy H Williams, "irrational" faith commitments, and other miscellaneous items. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ . www.householdoffaithinchrist...

Listener Mailbag Faith Debate: Sunday, March 30th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . This episode of The Faith Debate reacts to emails sent to the show by listeners on subjects such as John 3:16, flight United 93, and more. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ . www.householdoffaithinchrist.com

We Get Mail Faith Debate: Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . No guest panel is included in this episode so that the show can respond to emails listeners sent in hopes of getting comment from the program on subjects such as freedom, democracy, conservative politics, cross dressing, and more. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ . www.householdoffaithin...

Listener Email Faith Debate: Sunday, March 16th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . There's no guest panel for this episode as the show interacts with emails received from listeners on a variety of issues (particularly focusing on chain emails forwarded to the program for comment). . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ . www.householdoffaithinchrist.com

Interacting with Listener Email Faith Debate: Sunday, March 9th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . There is no guest panel for this episode. Instead, the show interacts with emails received from listeners on a variety of issues (including: judging others, The Bible Answer Man, Westboro Baptist protests, and more). . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ . www.householdoffa...

Reincarnation and New Age Gnosticism Faith Debate: Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . A woman who blends Paganism, the divine feminine, goddess worship, karma, druidism, and New Age Gnosticism joins The Faith Debate to talk with a Christian pastor about reincarnation, collective consciousness, and proselytizing. This is part 6 of 6 for this series of dialogues. . Panel: Troy...

Feminine Divine Gnosticism Faith Debate: Sunday, February 24th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Pet euthanasia, the ground for truth, cultural relativism, and free will are all on the table during this episode of The Faith Debate as a Christian and Pagan compare thoughts. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer. Pastor, Crossroads Valley Chapel Tamar Bra...

Paganism vs. Christianity Faith Debate: Sunday, February 17th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . By what standard do Christians and Pagans rule their worldview? Is there one true God or many diverse goddesses? Is child sacrifice primitive and backward, or culturally relative? These are the sorts of questions tackled in this episode of The Faith Debate. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household...

God's Gender Faith Debate: Sunday, February 10th, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . A Christian pastor and a practicing Pagan discuss ideas related to Elaine Pagels, Gnosticism, goddesses, and the divine feminine. A large section of the conversation centers on Mary Magdalene and other women in the Bible. . Panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor, Household of Faith in Christ Jonathan Switzer. Pastor, Cro...

The Intellect of Pagans and Christians Faith Debate: Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . There was a time when calling someone a "pagan" was a reference to them being a "backwater hick". In more recent decades it has become common to think of "fundamentalist Christians" as "backwater hicks". Are these pejorative labels based in any sort factual reality? . Panel: Troy Skinn...