Podcast & Videos

Thoughtful, relevant conversations with Christian guests hosted by Faith Today senior editor Bill Fledderus and other team members.

09 July, 2018
Podcast The importance of theological education in a rapidly changing world & culture Jeff Greenman is president and professor of theology and ethics at Regent College. He has led the college through the challenging times faced by every North American school of theological education. 25:42
16 July, 2018
Podcast How to take care of ourselves for spiritual and mental wellness Registered psychotherapist and marriage and family therapist Sharon Ramsay walks us through what self-care really means and how we can all do better asking for help -- and getting away from those electronic devices. 21:31
17 August, 2018
Podcast Trinity Western's controversial community covenant - An interview with TWU President Bob Kuhn Trinity Western University's decision to change the requirement for students to sign a community covenant was welcomed by some and met with dismay by others. 20:01
05 September, 2018
Podcast So much for secular Canada allowing diversity Trinity Western University planned to open a law school. In the end, this case ended up before the Supreme Court of Canada which ruled that provincial law societies could refuse to admit TWU law grads from practising law. Their ruling was based on their objection to the university’s community covenant. 9:58
11 September, 2018
Podcast Renegotiating Faith: An interview with Rick Hiemstra about the youth and faith research Renegotiating Faith: The Delay in Young Adult Identity Formation and What It Means for the Church in Canada is a new body of research investigating the transition time when many Canadian youth leave the church. 25:57
18 September, 2018
Podcast Afraid to die: When the devout experience intense fear at the end of life Doug Koop is a spiritual health practitioner at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. He talks about devout Christian people who experience an unexpected amount of fear or anxiety as they near death. 15:20
09 October, 2018
Podcast How to create a rule of life A rule of life is an ancient spiritual tradition that helps Christians map out a pathway to greater devotion. In this Faith Today article from Mar/Apr 2017, writer and pastor Darryl Dash leads us through the process of creating our own. 7:49
18 October, 2018
Podcast Prayer: A problem of persistence What does Jesus mean when he tells us to be persistent in prayer? In this podcast, writer Carolyn Arends shares her own struggles with this question, and how she is resolving it. 5:04
24 October, 2018
Podcast Author Max Lucado on writing, Donald Trump and how God's promises hold strong, even in tough times. Author and pastor Max Lucado speaks to us about his latest book, Unshakable Hope: Building our Lives on the Promises of God. 27:54
09 November, 2018
Podcast What does the gospel have to do with poverty? An interview with Barry Slauenwhite, president of Compassion Canada

“We must continually ask ourselves as we invest time, money, resources and energy into helping those in poverty: Are we doing so strategically?”

28:02
14 November, 2018
Podcast Finding light in darkness - The Myanmar tragedy A dispatch by Brian Stiller of the World Evangelical Alliance: "In this predominately Buddhist country, the Rohingyas have been a minority held in suspicion by the ruling powers for a very long time." 11:10
01 July, 2018
Podcast African children singing us into Pentecost A dispatch by Brian Stiller, Global Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance 7:56
07 January, 2019
Podcast 2018 EFC annual report The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada presents: The 2018 EFC year in review 6:06
15 January, 2019
Podcast How churches can walk with those suffering and hurting Churches are well-positioned to be spiritual first responders to community tragedies. Merle Doherty, manager of the Rapid Response Team of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada, shares how we can do that well, even as individual Christians and friends. 23:39
06 February, 2019
Podcast The Evangelical Church in Vietnam: Beauty and resilience WEA Global Ambassador Brian Stiller visited Vietnam and reflects on the state of the Church in this beautiful country. 10:27
08 April, 2019
Podcast To be or not be an Evangelical In this Dispatch from March 2018, Brian Stiller of the World Evangelical Alliance explains, "A friend wrote, 'I no longer call myself an Evangelical.' Thoughtful, well informed but now I suspect feeling embarrassed, he has chosen to avoid a term used globally by hundreds of millions of Christians." 11:59