Podcast & Videos

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

04 March, 2020
Podcast The New Heart of Compassion Canada Allison Alley is the new, fourth president of Compassion Canada. In this interview, we explore the role of the local church in development work, our own spiritual poverty even when we are materially rich, and so much more. 28:06
21 February, 2020
Podcast When we're too proud to admit our pride The EFC's resident theologian David Guretzki joins the EFC podcast to share a recent and humbling brush with pride. 4:11
08 February, 2020
Podcast Craft, cost and call

An interview with Patricia Paddey and Karen Stiller.

Inspiring and immensely readable, Craft, Cost & Call offers hands-on help to people of faith who want to write well and understand what it takes to be published. For writers yearning to grow in their craft or hoping to launch a writing career, this unique guidebook provides a clear path forward filled with the hard-won wisdom of long-time and widely-published Christian writers.

43:35
23 January, 2020
Podcast The Power of Mentoring

Doug Ward shares insights from his new book co-authored with Sharon Simmonds, Great Mentoring For Real Life Change. We dig into the power of active listening, great questions and how churches can do mentoring better.

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20 January, 2020
Podcast The State of Religion in Canada Researchers Rick Hiemstra of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and Sam Reimer of Crandall University unpack the (sometimes surprising) results of a 2019 survey of religiosity in Canada. Things might not be what you think they are... 32:08
16 January, 2020
Podcast Urgent action required: Expansion of access to MAID The government is asking Canadians their views on safeguards for medical assistance in dying (MAID). Whether Canadians support safeguards or not will have an impact on what the government includes in new legislation on MAID, which is expected very soon. 14:12
15 January, 2020
Podcast How churches can help refugees Brian Dyck of Mennonite Central Committee Canada shares insights, practical tips, and even some theology that will help Canadian churches serve refugees better. 18:56
19 December, 2019
Podcast Is Jordan Peterson's work compatible with Christianity? Is Jordan Peterson's work compatible with Christianity: a conversation held at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church in Toronto with Faith Today's Karen Stiller and Wycliffe College's Ephraim Radner. 1:43:53
12 December, 2019
Podcast The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction. An Interview with Justin Earley We speak to the author of the popular book The Common Rule, to understand the spiritual practices he recommends as we attempt to live our faithful lives. 35:13
28 November, 2019
Podcast Why people stop believing and what we can do about it This Faith Today article by author and professor Paul Chamberlain digs into the common reasons people leave the faith, and what we can do about it. 12:59
14 November, 2019
Podcast Alpha Canada Interview with Shaila Visser An interview with Shaila Visser, National Director of Alpha Canada. Visser explores with us Alpha's latest offerings and what church people do right, and wrong, when they present Alpha. 21:37
07 November, 2019
Podcast World Vision Canada's new child sponsorship model and world issues with Michael Messenger An interview with Michael Messenger, president of World Vision Canada. Michael unpacks the new child sponsorship model and discusses the pressing issues facing the world today, and our reasons for hope. 27:20
30 October, 2019
Podcast Leith Anderson of the National Association of Evangelicals An interview with Leith Anderson, retiring president of the National Association of Evangelicals in the U.S., which has just named Walter Kim as its next president. Anderson shares his analysis and hopes for a movement challenged on many fronts, but standing strong. 24:26
18 October, 2019
Podcast Temptation on trial Would God ever set a perjury trap? Our writer Carolyn Arends analyzes the sentence, "Lead us not into temptation." 5:20
01 May, 2019
Podcast The spirituality of writing, and how to get started Mark Buchanan is a beloved Canadian Christian author and professor at Ambrose University. He explores with us why and how Christians can write most effectively. If you're a writer, or even if you're not, you will enjoy this conversation. 27:30
16 January, 2018
Podcast Artful discipleship - by Carolyn Arends How the arts can help in spiritual formation 14:56