Everyday Conversations Podcast

In this week’s Everyday Conversation Podcast, FBB speaker Colette, shares how the City of Lethbridge’s City Council prevented her and many others from speaking on “conversion therapy” at a public hearing.  She warns that if Christians can be censored for our beliefs on sexuality, anyone can be censored on anything they teach or share if it is offensive to someone else.

In this week's Everyday Conversations Podcast, Amy Beange and Shafer Parker discuss the book "The Devil's  Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions" by David Berlinski, an agnostic who is sympathetic to religious thought, who aims to expose the limits of science and to defeat the idea that it is the answer to all our meaningful questions about life.

In this week's Everyday Conversations Podcast, Shafer Parker and FBB volunteer Mel Madden discuss the difference hope in Christ has made in Mel’s life six weeks ago as he faced open-heart surgery in the midst of the pandemic. More than that, you will learn how hope in Christ gives you joy and peace, even when faced with the uncertainties of a worldwide crisis.

In this week's Everyday Conversations Podcast, Jojo and Shafer discuss how the Christian world lost a spiritual giant when James Innell Packer passed away in Vancouver on Friday, July 17.  Packer was an influential theologian, primarily because he could explain difficult theological concepts to ordinary people. Listen as they discuss Packer’s life and writings in order to gain a deeper understanding of how this amazing man can strengthen your everyday conversations about the gospel.

In this week's Everyday Conversations Podcast, Jojo Ruba interviews Amy Beange on the topic of physical affection: it's role in our design as human beings and the lack of affection in today's world along with its negative effects.  As well, they discuss the positive portrayal of affection in the Bible and Amy shares her own journey as a long-time single Christian experiencing the "touch desert", and how the Church can encourage human thriving through affectionate physical touch.  

In this week's Everyday Conversations Podcast, Jojo and Shafer explain that many people appreciate Canada, but few understand it's Christian worldview.  A worldview that was held by Canada's founders and that made this land so blessed. They also discuss the loss of this Christian worldview and the resulting loss of freedoms, as seen in the firing of an Edmonton football player, who simply said men should not be with men or women with women. 

In this week's Everyday Conversations Podcast, Shafer Parker and Amy Beange discuss the recent book "The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity" by Douglas Murray, who argues that the current identity politics, while striving to make a better world, doesn't provide a stable foundation for society and is leading to more division.  Shafer and Amy comment on the need for anchoring our fundamental identity in our Creator and Saviour, Jesus Christ. 

In this week's Everyday Conversations Podcast, Shafer Parker speaks with David Schiedel, the Canadian Director of the Christian Grandparenting Network.  They discuss how parenting does not stop when your kids leave home and the important role of Christian fathers and grandfathers in the lives of children. 

In this week's Everyday Conversation Podcast, Jojo and Ricardo discuss the biblical view of race and how we can share this view in our everyday conversations. From John Piper's book, "Bloodlines, Race Cross and the Christian" to a discussion between TD Jakes and Hillsong pastor, Carl Lentz, the team share how we can redeem these conversations and help us bring a message of reconcilliation.