The Faith Debate

It's Not a "Race" War; It's a Spiritual War Faith Debate: June 27th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . This is the penultimate episode in our five-part conversation about "race". What does the Bible say about it, and how is this different than popular non-biblical views on "race"? This show is part of a dozen episodes that answer questions directly submitted by listeners of the Fai...

Biblical Understanding of the Human Race Faith Debate: June 20th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . This is the middle episode of a five-part conversation about "race"? This show is part of a twelve episode series that answers questions directly submitted by listeners of the Faith Debate and viewers of the Household of Faith in Christ video casts. . The panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor...

Biblical Understanding of "Race" Faith Debate: June 13th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . In the previous episode The Faith Debate began a five-part conversation about "race". How does the biblical view compare with popular non-biblical views on "race"? This show is part of a twelve episode series that answers questions directly submitted by listeners of The Faith Debate and view...

A Conversation on Fatherhood and "Race" Faith Debate: June 6th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . After completing thoughts on fatherhood from the previous episode, this episode then pivots to beginning a conversation about what people have labeled "race". What does the Bible say about "race"? How does this compare with popular non-biblical views on "race"? . This show is part of a...

A Biblical View of Fatherhood Faith Debate: May 30th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . What does the Bible say about fathers? How does this compare with popular non-biblical views on fatherhood? This show is part of a series answering questions directly submitted by listeners of The Faith Debate and viewers of the Household of Faith in Christ video casts. . The panel: Troy Skinner...

Are There Ghosts? Faith Debate: May 23rd, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . What does the Bible say about ghosts? Do they exist, and if so what are they? This show is part of a series that answers questions directly submitted by listeners of the Faith Debate and viewers of the Household of Faith in Christ video casts. . The panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor of Household of Faith in Chris...

End of the World as We Know It: Amillennial View Faith Debate: May 16th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . This Faith Debate episode is the third of three shows tackling questions about the most commonly held biblical positions on eschatology (the study of last things). Part one focused on Postmillennialism. Part two focused on Dispensationalism. Amillennialism is the focus of this...

End of the World as We Know It: Premillennial View Faith Debate: May 9th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . This Faith Debate episode is the second of three shows tackling questions about the most commonly held biblical positions on eschatology (the study of last things). Part one, focused on Postmillennialism, Amillennialism is featured in the next episode. . The panel: Troy Skinn...

End of the World as We Know It: Postmillennial View Faith Debate: May 2nd, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . This episode is the first of three shows tackling questions about the most commonly held biblical positions about eschatology (the study of last things). Part two, focusing on Premillennialism (especially Dispensationalism) will be featured in the next episode, and then Amil...

What Happens At the Moment of Death? (Part II) Faith Debate: April 25th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The biblical Christian view on how to best answer this question might surprise you, if you have shaped your response around the common cultural ideas we all hear a lot about. This is the second of two shows tackling the questions surrounding what happens to the soul of a perso...

What Happens At the Moment of Death? Faith Debate: April 18th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The biblical Christian view on how to best answer this question might surprise you, if you have shaped your response around the common cultural ideas we all hear a lot about. This is the first of two shows tackling the questions surrounding what happens to the soul of a person when that...

Would Jesus Wear a Mask? Faith Debate: April 11th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . This episode is the second of two shows tackling questions surrounding whether or not face coverings should be worn (due to government orders and/or other considerations such as COVID-19 fear). There was a "part one", but the Faith Debate audio for that episode seems to be lost to the ages. [FYI, t...

Should Churches Be Open? (Part II) Faith Debate: March 28th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . This episode is the second of two shows tackling questions surrounding whether or not churches should have opened their doors (when government lockdown orders and cultural considerations said to close). . The panel: Troy Skinner. Pastor of Household of Faith in Christ. . www. HouseholdOfF...

Should Churches Have Closed? Faith Debate: March 21st, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . With apologies for snafu's that kept the show from airing properly for several weeks, The Faith Debate returned to share an episode that's the first of two shows tackling questions surrounding whether or not churches should have kept their doors shut (due to government lockdown orders and/or ot...

Who Is This Jesus? Faith Debate: February 28th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Outside restrictions had placed on hold the regular Faith Debate roundtable discussions. Instead, we aired the "Lockdown Tapes – Round Two". ("Round One" aired in spring 2020). . This show picks up where the previous episode ended and answers the question "Who is This Jesus?" through the dramatic and...

Jesus Christ is Lord, Savior, and King Today Faith Debate: February 21st, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Due to outside restrictions, the regular Faith Debate roundtable discussions were placed on hold. Instead, the radio station aired the "Lockdown Tapes – Round Two". ("Round One" aired in the spring of 2020). . This show presents a message that Troy had the privilege of preach...

What It Means to Be Under the Authority of Government Faith Debate: February 7th, 2021? News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . During 2020 (and in the years since) Romans 13 has been possibly one of the most misunderstood and misapplied passages in Scripture. Other passages, too, but especially Romans 13. How does a follower of Christ obediently live a life subject to the governing authoriti...

Churches Should Be Open: Yes or No Faith Debate: January 31st, 2021? News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . There are arguments on both sides, with levels of nuance abounding. What are the scriptural considerations? Due to outside restrictions, the regular Faith Debate roundtable discussions were placed on hold. Instead, the radio station aired the "Lockdown Tapes – Round Two". ("Round One"...

Christian Advice for Handling Coronavirus Faith Debate: January 24th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . This show picks up where the previous show left off. The media reports are often contradictory and the claims of "science" are ever shifting. What is a Bible-believing follower of Christ to think? What do the stats say? What does the Scripture say? . Due to outside restrictions,...

The Gospel and COVID Faith Debate: January 17th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . This is a sort of "bridge" episode. The first half contains the ending to the content we began covering in the last show. The second half contains the beginning of the content we will be covering in the next program. Last time we took an up close look at the passion of Christ, as written in the Gospe...

Christ's Passion Week in Mark's Gospel Faith Debate: January 10th, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . We might feel mired in difficulty as we head into a new year hoping for new beginnings. The Christian message promises new beginnings, and these blessings came about after (and because of) days that were mired in difficulty. This show holds reminders of this teaching, drawing attent...

A Faith Debate Family Meeting Faith Debate: January 3rd, 2021 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The "Christmas shows" of the past two Faith Debate episodes focused on the books of Genesis and Exodus, looking at the biblical teaching about fear versus shalom. Now, the special series of shows continues into the New Year, due to the mandated restrictions which placed the program's traditio...

Part Two: Finding Shalom Over Fear in a Tour of Exodus Faith Debate: December 27th, 2020 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Mandated restrictions placed our traditional roundtable discussions on hold for the second time in one year. So, as we did for the early 2020 lockdowns, during the late 2020 lockdowns, The Faith Debate featured a series of special episodes that we playfully called r...

Finding Shalom Over Fear By Taking a Tour Through Genesis Faith Debate: December 20th, 2020 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . Due to imposed restrictions, doing our typical panel discussion styled shows became problematic in 2020. So, similar to what we did in the spring of 2020, The Faith Debate is featuring a series of special episodes that we're playfully calling Round Two of "The Lo...

Insights on the State of Christian Movie Making from a Writer/Director Who Grew Up in Frederick Faith Debate: December 13th, 2020 News Radio 930 WFMD in Frederick, Maryland . The Cristiano Brothers. The Irwin Brothers. The Kendrick Brothers. These tandems have come to define Christian film making in recent decades. However, it wasn't always this way. What happened to the big budget blockbusters an...