The Faith Today Podcast-Conversation inspired by Canada's Christian magazine. The podcast features interviews with Canadian Christians as they sort through the pressing issues of the day and topics like spiritual growth and health, other religions, religious freedom, vocation, and tough questions of faith and living in contemporary society.
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Canada Religion Podcasts
These five-minute programs feature Chuck Swindoll's best stories. You'll hear his loudest laughs, his funniest experiences, and his famous catch phrases.
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Daily Bible teaching with Dr. John Neufeld from Back to the Bible Canada.
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Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Israel, Steven Garten will explore aspects of the Jewish religion, people, and holidays, and give insight on the ancient scriptures from a Jewish perspective.
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The Pastorate Podcast hosts thoughtful conversations with guests who are passionate about the Canadian church. Here to serve Canadian pastors, we dive into topics that speak to the heart, soul, and vision of the pastorate, all the while sharing stories from guests who minister in diverse church contexts.
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Treyf is an anarchist Jewish podcast recorded in occupied Tio'tia:ke (Montreal), Kanien’kehá:ka territory. The show features discussions about radical leftist politics and history, highlighting perspectives often excluded from mainstream Jewish spaces.
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The Muslim Chaplaincy at the University of Toronto engages Muslim youth by providing an inclusive space for them to foster a meaningful Muslim identity, enriched and supported by quality educational and counseling services. Our vision for a Muslim chaplaincy is to have an organization that facilitates quality educational, social, and spiritual services to support Muslim youth on a campus setting. We envision that a Muslim chaplaincy will have a very positive impact on the course of Islamic l ...
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Faith & Witness is a podcast exploring Christian unity and what it means. Each month, we'll tackle the most important ecumenical and moral questions, and see what happens when churches talk to each other.
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: The Outcome of Mere Humanity
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24:00Why do churches fight over their favourite pastors and teachers? Dr. John Neufeld shares a powerful story about friendship and honesty to address how the Corinthians created unhealthy divisions around their leaders. Using 1 Corinthians 3:5-9, he shows that spiritual immaturity often appears in how we treat church leadership. Mature believers unders…
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: Mere Humanity
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24:00Are you stuck in spiritual infancy? Dr. John Neufeld confronts the uncomfortable reality that some Christians never grow up, creating division and dysfunction in the church through their immaturity. Using 1 Corinthians 3:1-4, he identifies three marks of spiritual immaturity: being ruled by fleshly patterns, failing to master basic Christian truths…
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Psalms 96:3 To face the world with confidence, children need security, faith, and courage. Security comes from knowing the truth. Faith is strengthened when we believe the truth. And courage is the result of acting on the truth.By Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living Canada
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: Spiritual People
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24:00In our culture's pursuit of spirituality, we often confuse profound human experiences with biblical spirituality. Dr. John Neufeld uses 1 Corinthians 2:14-16 to reveal the crucial difference between "natural" and "spiritual" people. While natural people reject God's wisdom as foolishness due to their earthly perspective, spiritual people discern et…
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Lissa Wray Beal on Why Pastors Need the Old Testament, Faithfully Preaching Trauma Texts, and the Role of Seminary in a Changing Church
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55:03The Old Testament can feel daunting to preach, but it’s an essential part of the story we’re called to tell. Many pastors avoid preaching texts of violence, trauma, and grief but what if these difficult texts are exactly what our churches need to hear? In this conversation, Old Testament scholar and Anglican priest Dr. Lissa Wray Beal offers a thou…
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James 4:13-14 Don’t neglect the here and now while waiting for the hereafter. Today is part of eternity. And it matters how we live.By Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living Canada
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Jewish Faith & Jewish Facts with Rabbi Steven Garten.Aired: July 27, 2025 on CHRI Radio 99.1FM in Ottawa, Canada.For questions, email Rabbi Garten at [email protected] more CHRI shows, visit chri.caBy CHRI Radio
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: The Secret Wisdom of God
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24:00The smartest people in history made the worst mistake imaginable. Dr. John Neufeld explores 1 Corinthians 2:6-13, where Paul contrasts human wisdom with God's secret wisdom revealed through the cross. Even the brightest rulers missed God's truth entirely—they crucified the very Son of God. This episode reveals how God's wisdom can only be understoo…
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Isaiah 50:4 Strong Leadership is essential. If you’re in a position of influence, consider the example of Christ. He came not to be served but to serve. Strong leadership is servant leadership.By Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living Canada
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: Resting in the Power of God
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24:00Why would a leader boast about his weaknesses? Dr. John Neufeld explores Paul's surprising defense of his ministry in 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. When the Corinthian church criticized Paul as an unimpressive speaker who failed to reach society's elite, Paul responded by embracing his inadequacies. He refused flashy rhetoric, focusing solely on the cross o…
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1 Samuel 16:14-23 Music is medicinal. It calms, soothes, and lifts our weariness. It also delights and entertains, and helps us to forget our problems. Like the English poet William Congreve said—music has charms to sooth the savage breast, to soften rocks, to bend a knotted oak.By Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living Canada
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: Learning to Boast in the Lord
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24:00What makes a great church? Dr. Neufeld examines the Corinthian church to discover that effective churches aren't built on impressive credentials or programs. Instead, God chooses the "foolish," weak, and lowly to showcase His power. Using Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians, he shows that great churches are made of people who boast only in the Lord, c…
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Romans 8:28 Never discount anything of your past. God can pick it up and use it in the most incredible ways. If you have skills or talents you've put on the back burner, don't be surprised if one day you find yourself in a position where God gives you an opportunity to use them again. He draws from your life experiences at just the right time and i…
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: The Foolishness of God
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24:00Why does Paul call the cross "the foolishness of God" when God is perfectly wise? Dr. Neufeld explores how the cross appears foolish to human wisdom but represents God's power to save. He identifies four fatal reasons people reject the cross: trusting human judgment over God's, following what's trendy rather than eternal truth, pursuing dead-end ph…
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1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 Being left behind is a bad feeling. No one likes being out in the cold. But there will come a day when many people will know that awful feeling. It’s the day of the Second Coming when those without Christ will be left behind. This is a lighthearted look at Christ's return.By Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living Canada
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: The Scandal of the Cross
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24:00Why would early Christians choose the cross as their symbol when it represented death, shame, and defeat? Dr. Neufeld explores how the cross was considered foolish and offensive in the ancient world - yet became the central message of Christianity. Using Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians, he examines why the gospel message remains scandalous today: …
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2 Corinthians 12:8-10 Tragic situations are transformed when God steps in. And He takes the most (seemingly) insignificant things to transform. Underdogs become overcomers, weaknesses turn into strengths, and obstacles are nothing but opportunities that launch significant events.By Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living Canada
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Jewish Faith & Jewish Facts with Rabbi Steven Garten.Aired: July 20, 2025 on CHRI Radio 99.1FM in Ottawa, Canada.For questions, email Rabbi Garten at [email protected] more CHRI shows, visit chri.caBy CHRI Radio
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: Forces That Drive Us Apart
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24:00Why do churches split over leaders and styles rather than core biblical truths? Dr. Neufeld examines 1 Corinthians 1:11-17, where Paul addresses four factions in the Corinthian church—those following Paul, Apollos, Peter, or claiming to follow Christ alone. Through Paul's pointed questions about baptism and the cross, Dr. Neufeld reveals that confi…
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John 3:16 Nothing on this earth is anything even like heaven. Nothing. We could spend the next decade only thinking about heaven and still come up so short we’d have wasted our time. Because when you move from the realm of the seen to the unseen it becomes incomprehensible.By Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living Canada
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: That We Might Be One!
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24:00In a world filled with quarrels and divisions, wouldn't it be refreshing to find a place of genuine community and love? Dr. Neufeld examines 1 Corinthians 1:10, where Paul makes his passionate appeal for church unity. He breaks down Paul's four-part charge: submitting to Christ's authority, speaking with biblical vocabulary, ending divisive schisms…
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Matthew 14:23 It’s important to set time aside to put your priorities together and focus on the essentials of life. Essentials like family. It’s never too late to mend relationships with your parents or siblings or children. Don’t die with broken relationships.By Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living Canada
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: What's Right About the Church?
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24:00It's easy to focus on everything wrong with the church, but Paul chose a different approach when writing to the struggling Corinthians. In this episode, Dr. John Neufeld explores Paul's strategy of beginning with what's right about the church—emphasizing that believers are recipients of grace, enriched by Christ in speech and knowledge, and secured…
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Ephesians 3:2-5 The Bible contains the secrets our Heavenly Father knows and little by little as you read His book, the more the secrets are revealed.By Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living Canada
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: Welcome to the Church in a Pagan World
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24:00Churches today, like the Corinthian church, often struggle with the tension between engaging their culture and being transformed by it. In this compelling episode, Dr. John Neufeld takes listeners into Paul's letter to the Corinthians, a church that had gradually adopted the pagan culture around them rather than following Christ's way of life. The …
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Matthew Price on Learning to Love the Suburbs, Leading Post-Burnout, and Church Revitalization
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52:22In this episode, we welcome Matthew Price, Lead Pastor of North Langley Community Church, for a deeply personal conversation about pastoral ministry. Matthew opens up about his unexpected journey into preaching, the powerful influence of mentors like Darrell Johnson, and how a vision from God reshaped his love for suburban ministry. Matthew and Jas…
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The Power of Christ in a Pagan World: Corinth or Canada?
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24:00What do ancient Corinth and modern Canada have in common? More than you might think. In this opening message of a 4-week series on 1 Corinthians, Dr. John Neufeld explores the parallels between Paul's ministry in pagan Corinth and the challenges facing Canadian Christians today. As Dr. Neufeld unpacks the historical context of this busy Roman city,…
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Jewish Faith & Jewish Facts with Rabbi Steven Garten.Aired: July 13, 2025 on CHRI Radio 99.1FM in Ottawa, Canada.For questions, email Rabbi Garten at [email protected] more CHRI shows, visit chri.caBy CHRI Radio
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Accountable Kings
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24:00Throughout history, kings have wielded absolute power, but God's design for Israel's monarchy was radically different. Dr. John examines Deuteronomy 17:14-20 and God's requirements for Israel's kings - they must be chosen by God and not acquire many horses or wives. Most importantly, kings must write out and study God's law daily to remain under Go…
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Insisting on Justice
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24:00The health of any nation depends on its leadership and how laws are created and maintained. Dr. John examines Deuteronomy 17:8-13 and God's design for justice in ancient Israel, tracing how Moses established a multi-tiered court system following advice from Jethro, and connecting these principles to New Testament teaching about authority, submissio…
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Practicing Justice
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24:00Real justice starts with knowing right from wrong. In this message, Dr. John looks at God's laws for Israel in Deuteronomy 16-17, showing why God demanded exclusive worship from His chosen people. He explains why mixing other beliefs with faith in God is dangerous, why we should give God our best, and how honoring God is the foundation for a just s…
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Celebrating Holy Days
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24:00We were created to celebrate, be joyful, and remember God's grace. In this episode, Dr. John examines the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) and the Feast of Booths from Deuteronomy 16:9-20. He shows how these celebrations of harvest and wilderness wanderings find their fulfillment in the New Testament through the Spirit's outpouring and God's gathering of…
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Celebrating Passover
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24:00A culture without grand moments of celebration will eventually cease to exist. In this episode, Dr. John explores the celebration of Passover from Deuteronomy 16:1-8, showing how this foundational festival commemorated Israel's deliverance from Egyptian slavery through the blood of the lamb. He draws powerful parallels between the ancient Passover …
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Jewish Faith & Jewish Facts with Rabbi Steven Garten.Aired: July 6, 2025 on CHRI Radio 99.1FM in Ottawa, Canada.For questions, email Rabbi Garten at [email protected] more CHRI shows, visit chri.caBy CHRI Radio
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Dealing With Bondservants
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24:00How does faith show up in the way we treat those who work for us? In this episode, Dr. John looks at Deuteronomy 15:12-23 and God's laws about Hebrew servants, showing how ancient Israel's approach was meant to help people rather than hurt them. He explores how employers and employees can respect each other, the importance of fair pay, and how our …
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Practicing Rest and Mercy
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24:00What would a society look like if no one lived in perpetual debt or poverty? In this episode, Dr. John explores Deuteronomy 15:1-11 and God's revolutionary Sabbatical year law that required the release of debts every seven years in ancient Israel. He discusses how this divine system was designed to prevent perpetual poverty while challenging listen…
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Living With Money
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24:00Money — we can't live without it, yet many bristle when the church talks about it. Dr. John examines Moses' teachings on tithing and discovers that God's financial principles aren't about taking from us, but teaching us to fear and trust Him. From joyful celebrations of God's provision to caring for the poor, Dr. John explores how proportional, sys…
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Avoiding Detestable Practices
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24:00In a world where Christians often look indistinguishable from their neighbors, what does it mean to be truly set apart for God? Dr. John examines how God called ancient Israel to be distinctly different through funeral practices and dietary laws. While we're not bound by these Old Testament civic laws, the principle remains: we're called to reach t…
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Pradeepan Jeeva on Planting in a Post-Christian City, Pastoring Through Suffering, and Measuring Christian Discipleship
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57:50In today’s episode, Jason sits down with pastor and church planter Pradeepan Jeeva for a vulnerable conversation on calling, suffering, and leading a church where everyone can find their place. Pradeepan and his wife Amritha co-lead Kalos Church in Bellevue, Washington, a vibrant, multicultural community born out of a literal dream and built one ba…
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Love for God Over All
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24:00What happens when those closest to us lead us away from God? Dr. John examines Deuteronomy 13:6-18, exploring the difficult truth that our love for God must surpass even our deepest family bonds and national loyalties. He explains how Moses warned Israel about idolatry spreading through intimate relationships and entire communities, demanding unwav…
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Jewish Faith & Jewish Facts with Rabbi Steven Garten.Aired: June 29, 2025 on CHRI Radio 99.1FM in Ottawa, Canada.For questions, email Rabbi Garten at [email protected] more CHRI shows, visit chri.caBy CHRI Radio
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Who Speaks for God?
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24:00When culture demands compromise and voices claim to speak for God, how do we know who to trust? In this episode, Dr. John explores Deuteronomy 12:29-13:5, warning against the church's temptation to adopt cultural trends over biblical truth. He explains how to identify false prophets by testing their teachings against Scripture, concluding that Scri…
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Eating and Drinking to the Glory of God
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24:00In our culture of food allergies, specialized diets, and endless nutritional concerns, it's easy to forget that every meal is meant to be an act of worship. Dr. John examines Deuteronomy 12 and 1 Corinthians 10:31 to show how Israel's transition from wilderness manna to abundant dining teaches us about God's provision, sacrifice, and gratitude. A p…
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Worship God's Way
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24:00Everyone worships something, but can we worship God however we want? Dr. John examines God's specific instructions to Israel about where and how to worship, emphasizing that God—not us—chooses the terms of worship. A challenging message about submitting our preferences to God's design and the importance of corporate worship over individualistic spi…
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Cleansing the Land
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24:00Why do we hold on to things that pull us away from God? In today’s episode, Dr. John explores Israel’s refusal to destroy the high places of idol worship—and how that compromise led to spiritual ruin. He challenges us to examine the hidden high places in our own lives that compete for our hearts, reminding us that God calls for complete devotion. T…
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Living the Moral Life: A Practical Application for Every Generation: Living the Moral Life
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24:00In today’s message, Dr. John explores how Deuteronomy 12–17 reveals the connection between God’s moral law and Israel’s civic life. He explains why these laws mattered for a unique nation under God, and how they continue to challenge Christians today to live out their faith—not just believe it. True faith, after all, demands action. Living the Mora…
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Jewish Faith & Jewish Facts with Rabbi Steven Garten.Aired: June 22, 2025 on CHRI Radio 99.1FM in Ottawa, Canada.For questions, email Rabbi Garten at [email protected] more CHRI shows, visit chri.caBy CHRI Radio
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Walking in Truth and Love: The Truth Once for All
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24:00How can we safeguard our faith against false teaching? In this episode, Dr. John explores essential truths every believer needs to know—from understanding core doctrines about Christ to recognizing the importance of discernment in who we welcome into our churches and homes. He also highlights why supporting ministries grounded in biblical truth is …
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Walking in Truth and Love: Constant Vigilance
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24:00In this episode, Dr. John explores the balance between biblical warnings about false teachers and the assurance of eternal security for believers. He explains how true followers of Christ remain vigilant by abiding in His truth, and how God’s warnings serve to protect and encourage the faithful on their spiritual journey. Walking in Truth and Love:…
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Walking in Truth and Love: Truth and Error
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24:00Not every teaching that sounds spiritual is rooted in truth. In today’s episode, Dr. John walks through 1 John 4 to show how the early church identified and rejected heresies about Jesus—and why guarding the truth of the gospel is still essential for the church today. From ancient distortions to modern-day confusion, the call remains the same: cont…
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