Frederick Faith Debate

“Five hundred twenty five thousand Six hundred minutes

Five hundred twenty five thousand Moments so dear

Five hundred twenty five thousand Six hundred minutes How do you measure – measure a year?

In daylights – in sunsets, In midnights – in cups of coffee In inches – in miles, In laughter – in strife

In – five hundred twenty – five thousand Six hundred minutes How do you measure a year in the life

How about love? How about love? How about love? Measure in love”

You might recognize these words as the lyrics to a hit song from the musical “Rent”. It’s amazing what one can glean from even secular sources that help illustrate what is taught in the Bible.

Panel: This week features the first half of a sermon message that Troy Skinner had the opportunity to share with a local congregation recently. The sermon illustrates an important concept highlighted in 2 John 12-13.

roy had the privilege of being a guest on “Success Happens with Jen Charlton” on January 6th. If you missed the show on that Saturday, but would like to hear it… well, the first half of Jennifer’s show from that day was featured on the previous Faith Debate episode.  Th remaining half of her show is featured on this Faith Debate episode.

Jennifer’s show brings together successful leaders in the business community and public service sectors to share inspiring stories of success and failures… on the pathway to success.  During engaging conversations each week, community leaders from a wide-range of industries share life lessons that they’ve learned through their challenges and the vision they hold for their future.  To find out about Jennifer and her radio program, you can click here.  You can learn more about Jennifer away from her radio program here.

The contributors this week are:

Troy Skinner.  930 WFMD Host/Moderator of The Faith Debate.

Jennifer Charlton.  Host of “Success Happens” (Saturday’s 9am on WFMD radio).  Also…

Former Executive Director for Mission of Mercy’s MDPA program

2015 Brava Award winner, SmartCEO Magazine

2015 Circle of Excellence Award finalist, SmartCEO Magazine

President & Past Commissioner, Frederick County Commission for Women

Former Self-Expression & Leadership Program leader, Landmark Education Worldwide

Miss Maryland 1985, Miss America Pageant

Troy had the privilege of being a guest on “Success Happens with Jen Charlton” on January 6th. If you missed the show on that Saturday, but would like to hear it… well, here’s the first half of Jennifer’s show from that day (with the second half coming up on the next Faith Debate episode).  To find out about Jennifer and her radio program, you can click here.

The contributors this week are:

Troy Skinner.  930 WFMD Host/Moderator of The Faith Debate.

Jennifer Charlton.  Host of “Success Happens” (Saturday’s 9am on WFMD radio).  Also…

Former Executive Director for Mission of Mercy’s MDPA program

2015 Brava Award winner, SmartCEO Magazine

2015 Circle of Excellence Award finalist, SmartCEO Magazine

President & Past Commissioner, Frederick County Commission for Women

Former Self-Expression & Leadership Program leader, Landmark Education Worldwide

Miss Maryland 1985, Miss America Pageant

Tune in to the news and you probably wonder, “Can I believe what the newscaster is telling me?”  Love certain politicians or hate certain politicians, most would agree that government officials don’t always tell the truth.  If your marriage is on the rocks, you might then start to wonder if there’s anyone, anywhere who you can believe.  Heck, even your cute little kids lie about not taking the cookie without permission… while they have their hand in the cookie jar!

We end up getting jaded.  Jaded about the companies for which we work.  Jaded about the bureaucracies that seem to rule our lives.  Jaded even about the athletes we used to admire and cheer.  And these are of little consequence when placed in eternal context.  Eternity is a mighty long time, let me tell ya.  What do you believe about eternity and your place in it?

Tackling the question of belief is the panel of:

Troy Skinner.  930 WFMD Host/Moderator of The Faith Debate.

Peter Kemeny.  Pastor of Good News Presbyterian Church.

Kent Ramler.  Pastor at People’s Baptist Church (Home to Frederick Christian Academy).

How do we know the Bible is true?  Is the Bible reliable?  How did we get the Bible, anyway?  How should I interpret the Bible?  These are the sorts of questions this show works to answer, with two minister’s of God’s Word who spend countless hours in God’s Word every week, preparing sermons, Sunday School lessons, Bible studies, and more.  The panelists this week are:

Troy Skinner.  930 WFMD Host/Moderator of The Faith Debate.

Peter Kemeny.  Pastor of Good News Presbyterian Church.

Kent Ramler.  Pastor at People’s Baptist Church (Home to Frederick Christian Academy).

The Apocalypse.  Armageddon.  The Rapture of the Church.  The Blessed Hope.  The Tribulation.  The Second Coming.  The coming Final Judgment.  The End Times.  The end of the world, as we know it.  Here to share their opinions on such matters are…

Troy Skinner.  930 WFMD Host/Moderator of The Faith Debate.

Jonathan Switzer.  Senior Pastor of Crossroads Valley Church, Past-President of Frederick’s Evangelical Ministerial Fellowship, Founder of “Frederick 48” (which has morphed into The Unity Campaign for Frederick County), former candidate for School Board in Frederick County, Co-Founder of The Faith Debate (having co-starred on the show during its first 12 years).

Chris Jackson.  A Baptist minister who has served in many different ministry capacities including prison ministry, homeless ministry, and Bible teaching.  He is organizer of Life Bible Baptist Ministries, a teaching ministry that seeks to “Rebuild lives on the Foundation of God’s Word.”  See http://lifebible1.wixsite.com/life.

What’s your problem?  What’s my problem?  And what’s the solution?  A Christian will tell you that the solution is found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  What’s that mean?  “Gospel” means “good news”.  Why is the Gospel good news?  What is the Good News about Jesus?  The answer leads us to other questions:  Such as:  Who made us?  To whom are we accountable?  What is God’s solution to our problem?  How can I be included in His solution?  For centuries Christians have addressed these questions with answers from the Bible.  On this show two ministers of God’s Word continue this tradition.

Troy Skinner.  930 WFMD Host/Moderator of The Faith Debate.

Peter Kemeny.  Pastor of Good News Presbyterian Church.

Kent Ramler.  Pastor at People’s Baptist Church (Home to Frederick Christian Academy).

The Left Behind book series has proven popular over the past twenty plus years.  So popular that it spawned a children’s series of books and several movies.  The subject matter of the books?  The End Times.  Here to talk about their view of the End Times are…

Troy Skinner.  930 WFMD Host/Moderator of The Faith Debate.

Jonathan Switzer.  Senior Pastor of Crossroads Valley Church, Past-President of Frederick’s Evangelical Ministerial Fellowship, Founder of “Frederick 48” (which has morphed into The Unity Campaign for Frederick County), former candidate for School Board in Frederick County, Co-Founder of The Faith Debate (having co-starred on the show during its first 12 years).

Chris Jackson.  A Baptist minister who has served in many different ministry capacities including prison ministry, homeless ministry, and Bible teaching.  He is organizer of Life Bible Baptist Ministries, a teaching ministry that seeks to “Rebuild lives on the Foundation of God’s Word.”  See http://lifebible1.wixsite.com/life.

In July a number of Protestant Pastors and other prominent Christians made an unscheduled visit to the Oval Office to lay on hands and pray for the president.  Some have raised concern based upon the separation of church and state.  Are these concerns valid?

Also in July the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that elected officials in North Carolina violated the Constitution by opening meetings with Christian prayers.  Some have raised concern based upon the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.  Are these concerns valid?

Panel: Troy Skinner, 930 WFMD Moderator.  Julius Shern, Pastor of St. John’s Bible Fellowship Church in New Market.  Kendall Lovelace, Evangelist at St. John’s Bible Fellowship Church in New Market.  Daniel Razvi, JD from Oak Brook College of Law (and also part of Conquered By Love Ministries).

Donald Trump’s twitter storms.  The rise of Islam through large swaths of Europe.  Increased incidents of terrorist attacks in the United States.  Does any of this have anything to do with the Second Coming of Christ?  Here to discuss such things are…

Troy Skinner.  930 WFMD Host/Moderator of The Faith Debate.

Jonathan Switzer.  Senior Pastor of Crossroads Valley Church, Past-President of Frederick’s Evangelical Ministerial Fellowship, Founder of “Frederick 48” (which has morphed into The Unity Campaign for Frederick County), former candidate for School Board in Frederick County, Co-Founder of The Faith Debate (having co-starred on the show during its first 12 years).

Chris Jackson.  A Baptist minister who has served in many different ministry capacities including prison ministry, homeless ministry, and Bible teaching.  He is organizer of Life Bible Baptist Ministries, a teaching ministry that seeks to “Rebuild lives on the Foundation of God’s Word.”  See http://lifebible1.wixsite.com/life.