In this week's Everyday Conversations Podcast, staff speaker Amy Beange, interviews apologist Mary Jo Sharp on her latest book "Why I still Believe: A former Atheist's Reckoning with the Bad Reputation Christians Give a Good God". Mary Jo was initially drawn to God through the beauty of the created world and of music, yet after converting to Christ was dismayed but the devaluing of beauty in the Christian community - Amy and Mary Jo discuss the nature of beauty as an aspect of God's character and its importance alongside truth and goodness in our knowing of God and making him known.
https://www.faithbeyondbelief.ca/podcast/2021/3/4/does-god-have-a-bad-reputation
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This year's Super Bowl commercials included, for the first time, two advertisements for Jesus. But were viewers exposed to the Jesus of the Bible? FBB contributor Shafer Parker doesn't think so. In "Hate for Eight" he reveals that by watering down the gospel the commercials earned only despite from the "woke" crowd, the demographic the people behind the ads spent $20 million trying to reach.
https://www.faithbeyondbelief.ca/blog/hate-for-eight-how-believers-and-non-believers-alike-despise-the-christian-worldview
A whole worldview in a three-minute song? It's possible. Join FBB Content Creator Jon Rendall as he talks about analyzing popular music, and understanding how art communicates worldview. In this episode, Jon looks at music from the 90s, and the Nihilistic worldview contained in so many of the hits.
https://www.faithbeyondbelief.ca/podcast/smells-like-nihilism
Too many Christians bemoan the sorry spiritual state of the churches while lacking the will to do anything about it. Now FBB contributor Shafer Parker reports on a growing movement to shake the Church loose from her apathy and encourage her to take a stand for truth and righteousness. The question is, can the OT example of Phinehas be replicated today? Only God and time will tell.
https://www.faithbeyondbelief.ca/blog/worse-than-death-how-compromise-with-the-world-is-killing-the-church