Every Believer Confident
This podcasts explores apologetics and evangelism in practical terms in short form episodes. It is aimed at the ordinary Christian who wants to effectively reach unbelievers in an indirect, conversational and relational manner. The podcast is led by Dr. Mark Farnham (PhD, Westminster), the Founder and Director of Apologetics for the Church, a local church training ministry. Mark is also Director of the Master of Arts in Christian Apologetics at Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary in Lancaster, PA.
Episodes
64 episodes
Why Aren't Most Churches and Pastors Interested in Apologetics?
Mark and Jeff discuss the sometimes disheartening reality that most churches and pastors are not very interested in apologetics. They explore the reasons for this, and offer encouragement to pastors to take advantage of the resources availab...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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25:00
Stop Using Free Will as an Answer for Everything
Many apologists seem to think that free will is an adequate answer to the challenges raised against the Christian faith, like the problem of evil and suffering and the question about the justice or injustice of hell. Mark and Jeff explain th...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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44:29
Is the World Becoming More or Less Religious?
A recent article by James Eglinton, “The Myth of the ‘Irreligious World’” challenges the notion that the world is becoming less religious. Mark and Jeff discuss the dual nature of religious man and irreligious society in a way that helps us ...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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17:55
What is the problem with unbelievers?
Why don’t so many people believe the gospel? What do they need from Christians to believe? In this episode, Mark and Jeff go to Scripture to get an accurate view of the spiritual condition of unbelievers in order to discover what it takes to...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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24:07
Why the Doctrine of the Trinity is So Important
Mark and Jeff talk about the recent conference in Washington DC that commemorated the 1700th anniversary of the Nicaean Creed. This statement, forged over many years still stands today as the foundation for understanding what the Bible says ...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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25:30
Understanding All the Ways Eastern Religion Has Infiltrated Our World
Mark and Jeff expand on a previous episode and talk further about the ways Eastern Religion has been infiltrating the Western world and the lives of Christians. They share the books they have been reading recently that show that we get our i...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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37:00
Mark Gets Animated About the Infiltration of Eastern Thought!
Mark and Jeff discuss their recent interest in the ways that Eastern Religion, specifically Hinduism and Buddhism in the form of “New Thought” have been creeping into the church and Christian practices. This is the first in a series of expos...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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19:04
Can Science Explain Everything?
Some people believe that science has disproved Christianity or that science is the ultimate source of truth that trumps any other source. In this episode, Mark presents the eight limits of science to show that science cannot possibly have al...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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13:00
A Christian, a Muslim, a Jew, and a Liberal
If asked to share what you believe as a Christian in contrast to other religions, could you answer clearly and confidently? In this episode, Mark interviews Jeff after he appeared on a religion panel at a local university. Jeff shares how he...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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18:43
Worldview Questions that Draw People into Conversation
Do you ever find yourself wondering where to go next in a gospel encounter when the conversation starts to drag? Mark and Jeff suggest five lines of questions that will give you ideas of what to ask next when you don’t know what else to say....
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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18:10
Why Is It Important to Understand Someone's Worldview?
Many people try to evangelize by spitting out a scripted explanation of the gospel. As a result, the unbeliever often feels like he is being given a pitch for Jesus, something he did not ask for or want. In this episode, Mark and Jeff explai...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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17:09
What Is Biblical Evangelism?
Many Christians learned to present the gospel as a “decision” to be made or think of it in terms of “committing one’s life to Christ” or “surrendering to Christ.” In this episode, Mark and Jeff emphasize the need to use biblical language and...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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22:22
How Can I Prepare Myself to Engage Unbelievers with the Gospel?
Confidence in your ability to share and defend the faith is like a helium balloon. When you are at an apologetics conference or reading a helpful book on apologetics, your confidence is like a newly filled helium balloon. A few days or weeks...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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19:29
How Can Every Believer Confident Help You Become a Better Apologist?
The new release of Mark’s book, Every Believer Confident, offers an opportunity to learn anew the basic, accessible way of engaging unbelievers with the gospel. Mark and Jeff discuss the new chapter and the new fe...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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17:10
What do I say when Someone Rejects the Gospel because of Christian Hypocrisy?
A common accusation against the Christian faith is the hypocrisy of Christians.. How do we handle that? In this episode, Mark and Jeff review ways to respond to this charge by asking for a definition, showing that hypocrisy is a human trait,...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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14:34
How Can I Become a Better Apologist?
Once you learn to engage unbelievers effectively with the gospel, how do you keep growing in your abilities? Mark and Jeff discuss some simple ideas, such as reading through the entire Bible, reading commentaries to deepen our understanding ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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20:06
How to Start a Faith Conversation
Many Christians feel at a loss to know how best to start a spiritual conversation with those who don’t believe in God, either overt atheists or someone who simply has no beliefs about God. This will provide some helpful resources for effecti...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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10:20
Upcoming Ethics Conference
Don’t miss the big ethics conference on February 22 in Allentown, PA. We will address a number of critical issues of our day from a Christian perspective, including the sanctity of life, technology, gender and sexuality, abortion, and reprod...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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15:15
Conversations that Lead to the Gospel
A key to effective engagement with unbelievers is simply to start conversations. Becoming a good conversationalist is possible for anyone, regardless of their personality. In this episode, Mark shares some basics about having good conversati...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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10:50
How Can the Christian God Exist When There Is So Much Evil and Suffering?
When we look around the world and see wars, genocide, human trafficking, and modern-day slavery, we have to ask, How can an all-loving, all-powerful God exist? Christians claim that God loves the world, so why is it in such a mess? Who among...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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19:31
Introduction to Apologetics
What is Apologetics? Is it only for pastors and professors, or is every Christian called to practice apologetics? Is it primarily about confrontations or conversations? Is the concept even in the Bible? Why can’t we just evangelize and skip ...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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18:30
How Eastern Religion has Infiltrated the Church Pt. 2
The infiltration of the West and the Church by Eastern religion, the New Age, neo-paganism, and earth religions is rooted in a foundational error of the “oneness of all things.” In this episode, Mark and Jeff get to the heart of these errors...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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18:30
How Eastern Religion has Infiltrated the Church Pt. 1
It has been widely observed that the New Age and Eastern religious thought have infiltrated the West for many years through practices like Yoga and the promise of making all things “one.” In this episode, Mark and Jeff explore how this has h...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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18:21
Common Objections
Some Christians struggle with the idea of apologetics and may see it as something too difficult for them, or even unspiritual. Jeff and Mark answer those objections and show how apologetics can help every Christian in their proclamation of t...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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16:00
The Art of Conversation
How do you become skilled at starting conversations that lead to the gospel? That is the single greatest challenge for most Christians who want to share the gospel. In this episode, Mark and Jeff talk about ways to become more natural conver...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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15:30