The Faith Debate

Christian Nationalism: Is It Theocracy and/or Sacralism? Faith Debate: June 4th, 2023 News Radio 930 in Frederick, Maryland . As mentioned in the previous show, there's an unseemly battle royale taking place among Christian conservatives this year. Some of the fight is over semantics, some is over vision for the future, and some of it (sadly) is due to personality conflict. The panel is spending s...

Christian Nationalism: Defining Theonomy Faith Debate: May 28th, 2023 News Radio 930 in Frederick, Maryland . There's an unseemly battle royale taking place among Christian conservatives this year. Some of the fight is over semantics, some is over vision for the future, and some of it (sadly) is due to personality conflict. The panel spends six episodes attempting to directly expose the issues inv...

Jesus Revolution & "Asbury Revival" Faith Debate: May 21st, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate pauses from its recent focus on the most noteworthy public statements of biblical doctrine by the Christian church over the past five decades. This episode addresses the Jesus Movement depicted in the movie "Jesus Revolution", and how this connects to the 2023 event in...

Coalition for Biblical Sexuality Faith Debate: May 14th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate continues its 2023 trek through some of the most noteworthy public statements of faith published by the Christian church over the past five decades. This episode tackles the final half of 2017's Nashville Statement: A Coalition for Biblical Sexuality. The panel covers the las...

The Nashville Statement Faith Debate: May 7th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate continues its 2023 trek through some of the most noteworthy public statements of faith published by the Christian church over the past five decades. This episode tackles the first half of 2017's Nashville Statement: A Coalition for Biblical Sexuality. The panel covers the "Preamble" an...

Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Faith Debate: April 30th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate in 2023 is working through some of the most noteworthy public statements of faith published by the Christian church over the past 50 years. This episode tackles the final half of 1987's Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. The panel covered the first half in t...

The Danvers Statement Faith Debate: April 23rd, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate in 2023 is working through some of the most noteworthy public statements of faith published by the Christian church over the past 50 years. This episode tackles the first half of 1987's Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. The panel begins by sharing select portions of...

Applying Scripture Faith Debate: April 16th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate continues its examination of the 1982 Chicago Statement on Biblical Application. This episode shares thoughts about portions of the final half of the document (Article IX through XII: "The State Under God", "Law and Justice", "War", "Discrimination and Human Rights"). The full discussion...

Applying the Bible Faith Debate: April 9th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate continues its examination of the 1986 Chicago Statement on Biblical Application. This episode shares thoughts about the middle portions of the document (Articles VII through IX: "Divorce and Remarriage", "Sexual Deviations", "The State Under God"). The full discussion of multiple shows is...

Biblical Application Faith Debate: April 2nd, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate continues its examination of the 1986 Chicago Statement on Biblical Application. This episode shares thoughts about the early portions of the document (Articles IV though VII: "The Church and It's Mission", "Sanctity of Human Life", "Marriage and the Family", "Divorce and Remarriage")....

The Chicago Statement on Biblical Application Program Air Date: Sunday, March 26th, 2023 – 9am News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate begins its examination of the 1986 Chicago Statement on Biblical Application. This episode shares thoughts about the opening portion of the document (Articles I though IV: "The Living God", "The Savior and His Work", "The Holy Spirit and His W...

Beware Cursillo, Chrysalis, & Walk To Emmaus Faith Debate: March 19th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Not everything is as it first appears. Just because a religious retreat advertises itself as "Christian" does not automatically mean the event (or the organization behind it) are faithful to the Bible. Wisdom and discernment are necessary to avoid being pulled into practices...

Exposition on Hermeneutics Faith Debate: March 12th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate concludes its examination of the 1982 Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics. This episode shares thoughts about the final half of what the document calls its "Exposition." . The full discussion of multiple shows is available as one long video on the Rumble channel for Househ...

International Council on Biblical Inerrancy Faith Debate: March 5th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate continues its examination of the 1982 Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics. This episode shares thoughts about the first half of what the document calls its "Exposition". . The full discussion of multiple shows is available as one long video on the Rumble ch...

Properly Interpreting the Bible Faith Debate: February 26th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate panel wraps up its look at the Articles within the historic 1982 document called The Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics. This continues the series that began with the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. . The full discussion is available as one long video on...

Biblical Interpretation (Hermeneutics) Faith Debate: February 19th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate panel continues its walk through the historic 1982 document called The Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics (and will do so at least one more time). This second episode on the topic Article Ten (Article X) through Article Twenty (Article XX) from "Articles of...

The Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics Faith Debate: February 12th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate panel begins to work through this historic 1982 document (and will continue to do so over the course of several shows). This first episode in this arc addresses the introductory remarks, and the first nine "Articles of Affirmation and Denial". . Preceding t...

Another Look At Biblical Inerrancy Faith Debate: February 5th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate panel wraps up its look at the historic 1978 document called The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. This is part three of three, and addresses the final portion of the "Articles of Affirmation and Denial". . The full discussion is available as one long video on th...

Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (Continued) Faith Debate: January 29th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate panel continues to work through the historic 1978 document called The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. (This is part two of three on this topic). This episode addresses the middle section of the "Articles of Affirmation and Denial". . The full discussio...

The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy Faith Debate: January 22nd, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Faith Debate panel begins to work through this historic 1978 document (and will continue to do so over the course of three shows). This first episode addresses the "Preface", the portion called "A Short Statement", and the initial "Articles of Affirmation and Denial". . The...

Are Euphemisms Offensive? Faith Debate: January 15th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Is it ever appropriate (or inappropriate) to wear clothing with slogans that others could find offensive? For instance, MAGA hats, BLM shirts, the Let's Go Brandon phrase, or quoted song lyrics about shaking peaches. There is biblical guidance for this question (of course!), and the Scripture ve...

Do Islam and Christianity Worship the Same God? Faith Debate: January 8th, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Many of the attributes and names are the same, as is much of the historical tradition – but can a unitarian God be equated with a trinitarian God (and vice versa)? Many of the same questions and considerations apply to Judaism, an issue which also comes up during the show. ....

Dangers of Bible Translations Faith Debate: January 1st, 2023 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Some Bible translations are more equal than others. Some attempt to be word-for-word, others phrase-by-phrase (called "dynamic equivalency"), others aim to be paraphrases, and there are some that are none of the above and are simply bad (or at least unhelpful). . This is episode three of thre...

How Did We Get the English Bibles We Have Today? Faith Debate: December 25th, 2022 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . There are dozens of English Bible translations available today. Some are better or worse than others. What accounts for the differences and is this cause for serious concern? This show provides not a deep dive, but rather an overview of some issues related to biblical tex...

Is the King James Version the Best (or Only) English Bible? Faith Debate: December 18th, 2022 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Are newer English translations worse, as good as, or better than the KJV? In many ways, the answer could be "depends". . This is episode one of three that tackle this subject. The next two episodes will incorporate discussions about biblical text transmission a...