Faith Informed
Faith Informed is an Engage International Podcast with a vision to clarify truth claims, challenge prevailing ideologies and commend the faith. We desire to equip Christians to winsomely commend, defend and contend for the faith and help Believers to think Christianly about everything, be better rooted, more equipped, and ever growing in the knowledge of God.
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Episodes
21 episodes
A Call to Contend for the Faith
This is a sermon that Sam Raju gave during Priority One weekend at First Baptist Salem on contending for the Faith. In Jude, the apostle calls believers to contend for the Faith. Let’s dig into these words and join Sam as he speaks from Ju...
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Answering Questions About Christianity with Sam Raju Part 1
On his recent visit to Estonia, Sam was interviewed by Estonian National primetime TV host and actor Hannes Hermaküla on the relationship between faith and science, the problem of evil and more.
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Fearless Prayer With Craig Hazen
In this episode of Faith Informed, we will delve into prayer. What is prayer? Why should we pray? Does prayer alter God’s plans and purposes? Is prayer really efficacious or is it pointless? Dr. Craig Hazen (former director of the Apologetics P...
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Responding to Some Objections to the Christian Faith with Estonian Actor Hannes Hermaküla Part 2
(Part 2) On his recent visit to Estonia, Sam was interviewed by Estonian National primetime TV host and actor Hannes Hermaküla on the relationship between faith and science, the problem of evil and more.
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Responding to Some Questions About Christianity
On his recent visit to Estonia, Sam was interviewed by Estonian National primetime TV host and actor Hannes Hermaküla on the relationship between faith and science, the problem of evil and more.
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Understanding and Navigating the Challenges Facing the Church in Modern Times With Dr. Rob Pochek
In today’s episode, we’re diving deep into some crucial questions about the church. What is the church? Why should believers be a part of it? What are the challenges it faces today, especially in the West? And how can we navigate disputes and s...
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Counterfeit Christianity: The New Apostolic Reformation
In this episode, we will continue our conversation with Doug Geivett and Holly Pivec on the NAR movement. The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) began in the 1980s and has since gained a global following. Rooted in churches such as Bethel Church i...
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The New Apostolic Reformation With Doug Geivett and Holly Pivec
Although the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) might be unfamiliar to many, names like Bethel and IHOP likely ring a bell. Bethel, a major NAR proponent, is known for more than just popular worship songs. It's important for Christians to understa...
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Faith In The Age of Science With Dr. JP Moreland Part 2
In this episode, we will continue our conversation with Dr. JP Moreland on the relationship between science and religion, particularly focusing on whether scientific discoveries point towards the existence of a divine creator. From the Big Bang...
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Has Science Buried God? God In The Age of Science With Dr. JP Moreland
Is there a conflict between belief in God and science? Has science rendered belief in God implausible? The prevailing idea that science has indeed made belief in God untenable is largely due to the immense cultural authority attributed to scien...
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A Gameplan for Effectively Sharing Your Faith With Greg Koukl Part 2
In our culture today, it is increasingly difficult to have honest conversations on faith and God without being labeled as bigoted or intolerant. How do we have meaningful conversations with our non-Christian friends and family? In this episode ...
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A Game Plan for Effectively Sharing Your Faith with Greg Koukl
In this episode of Faith Informed, well known apologist Greg Koukl gives some tried and tested tactics to engage non-believers. If you want to have spiritual conversations with others but lack a game plan, this discussion will give you a place ...
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A Winsome Apologetic
In this talk we will listen to Sam Raju give a talk at the Thinkwell Conference titled “A Winsome Apologetic.” As disciples, we are called to live exemplary, Godly lives in this fallen world that those who watch will be provoked to ask us for t...
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Atonement and The Death of Christ With William Lane Craig
Many have raised moral and theological objections on the justness, theological coherence and compatibility of the atonement. In this episode of Faith Informed, Dr. William Lane Craig joins me to discuss the crucial doctrine of the ...
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If God, Why Evil?
If an all powerful, perfectly good God exists then how come there is so much evil in the world. Is it possible to reconcile the existence of evil and suffering with an all powerful and perfectly good God? This is a question that has been debate...
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Is God A Vindictive Bully? With Paul Copan
In today’s episode, Dr. Paul Copan joins us to help make sense of some troubling passages in the Old Testament. Paul is a theologian and an analytic philosopher who has written/edited over 40 books including “Is God a Moral Monster” and “Is God...
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A Good and True Story With Paul Gould
In today’s podcast we are joined by apologist and philosopher, Dr. Paul Gould, author of “A Good and True Story: Eleven Clues to Understanding Our Universe and Your Place in it.” We will look at 11 features of the universe that point us to the ...
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Wandering Toward God: Finding Faith Amidst Doubts and Big Questions with Travis Dickinson Part 2
In Part 1, Travis shared how he began to doubt his Christian faith in seminary. He found he didn’t have good reasons to believe, but neither did he have good reasons to doubt.We all have questions about our faith that we wish we had a m...
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Wandering Toward God: Finding Faith Amidst Doubts and Big Questions with Travis Dickinson Part 1
Travis Dickinson encountered doubt in the most unlikely of places - seminary. He felt his faith was “accidental” because he was born into a Christian family. Since he didn’t have good reasons to believe Christianity to be true, he thought it mi...
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Why I Still Believe Part 2 With Mary Jo Sharp
In this episode we continue our conversation with author and apologist Mary Jo Sharp, discussing the importance of the local church, what to look for when choosing a church, and the hope we have despite the brokenness we encounter. Mary Jo, a f...
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Why I Still Believe Part 1 with Mary Jo Sharp
Have you considered giving up on your faith because of hypocrisy, legalism, and judgmentalism encountered in the church? More and more we are hearing stories of de-conversion, people once professing Christ turn skeptical and ultimately reject t...
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