Faith Beyond Belief

Faith Beyond Belief Faith Beyond Belief is an Evangelical Christian organization that trains Christians to share the Christian faith with compassion but without compromise.

We equip effective ambassadors for Christ in everyday conversations. http://www.faithbeyondbelief.ca What is Faith Beyond Belief? Faith Beyond Belief is a Canadian organization dedicated to teaching Christians the essentials of the Christian worldview (knowledge), equipping them to share that view effectively (wisdom) and modeling this godly character in our interactions and personal lives (charac

ter). This is what we define as Christian apologetics. The need for apologetics seems greater now than ever. From Oprah to the New Atheists like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, the Christian faith is mischaracterized and attacked. Too many times we see Christians who are either unable to defend their faith or, perhaps worse, who embrace false ideas about the faith. Too few Christians seem to take their faith seriously enough to learn how to answer such claims against Christianity. Many see faith as mere belief, something that may or may not be true. It is a preference, not a worldview that makes sense. Because of this, many think they are rejecting Christianity but are really rejecting a misrepresentation of the Christian faith; they have not been shown the real Jesus. This is a sign of our failure as followers of Jesus. We strongly believe that it is our Christian mandate to make the gospel as clear as possible. This includes defending against attacks and correcting false notions about the faith, just as Paul wrote:

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ ... (2 Cor 10:3-5 ESV)

Furthermore, through trial and error, we've realized apologetics has a bad connotation; not just for nonbelievers but for believers too. Many see it as merely head knowledge with no heart or that we take pleasure in creating arguments for argument's sake. There is a failure to recognize the role apologetics can take in fulfilling the Great Commission. For these reasons, we have come together as a diverse group of Evangelical Christians to organize events and training opportunities, like our 12-week Christian Worldview course, to help introduce the Christian community to some of the best Christian ideas. Our hope is that we can partner with the local church to help Christians effectively share the truth of the gospel with compassion but without compromise. We want to see Christians become effective ambassadors for Christ for everyday conversations.

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11/07/2024

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Be Ready! proudly presents Right-side Up Parenting in an Upside Down World! This one day workshop equips parents with strategies to teach a Biblical worldview to their children. It is designed to help kids maintain their faith in a hostile world while being the salt and light of Jesus’ Gospel.

To register or for more information, go to https://be-ready.ca/events/right-side-up-parenting/

07/04/2024

We are excited to announce that Faith Beyond Belief is now 'Be Ready!' Please stay tuned for future announcements and events at our new website at https://be-ready.ca. Also follow us on Facebook at Be Ready or on Instagram at .

Calling for volunteers with web design and/or social media skills and experience to help Faith Beyond Belief during a ti...
04/05/2024

Calling for volunteers with web design and/or social media skills and experience to help Faith Beyond Belief during a time of transition to redesign our website and help with posting on our social media channels. If you are interested and want to know more, please contact us at [email protected] for more details.

The 2020 COVID pandemic proved to be a watershed for the entire world. Suddenly, it has become much harder to dismiss fe...
10/20/2023

The 2020 COVID pandemic proved to be a watershed for the entire world. Suddenly, it has become much harder to dismiss fears that a worldwide anti-Christian totalitarianism lurks just over the horizon, and western Christians have new questions. How, for instance, are we to respond to government shutdowns of churches, or live as Christians in a digitized world where governments can follow your every move? And how do Christian parents raise godly children in a world that promotes the grossest forms of immorality to kindergartners? To answer these questions, and more, Vancouver pastor-writer Paul Dirks has just written Deep Discipleship for Dark Days: Holding Fast to What Is Good. You need this book to understand how to survive the coming cataclysm "with your soul secured and your integrity intact." This is the book that will show you how to fight the good fight, keep the faith, and win the prize that God offers at the end (2 Tm 4:7–8). But until Discipleship for Dark Days ships in late October, you can watch an FBB podcast where author Paul Dirks discusses his book's contents. It's time for God's people to become spiritual preppers, and for that nobody can help you more than Paul Dirks.

The 2020 COVID pandemic proved to be a watershed for the entire world. Suddenly, it has become much harder to dismiss fears that a worldwide anti-Christian totalitarianism lurks just over the horizon, and western Christians have new questions. How, for instance, are we to respond to government shutd

Doug Wilson has never written an inconsequential book, and Gashmu Saith It: How to Build Christian Communities that Save...
09/23/2023

Doug Wilson has never written an inconsequential book, and Gashmu Saith It: How to Build Christian Communities that Save the World, is no exception. As FBB writer Shafer Parker blogs through Wilson's book, he comes this week to Chapter 6, in which Wilson argues that any hope of saving the world depends on Christian parents giving their children a truly Christian education. The challenge for today is heightened as Wilson proves from history that many of our present cultural problems stem from the principles built into public education at its beginning! There can be no saving the world, he warns, until Christian parents wake up to the designed-in perils of the public schools.

Doug Wilson has never written an inconsequential book, and Gashmu Saith It: How to Build Christian Communities that Save the World, is no exception. As FBB writer Shafer Parker blogs through Wilson's book, he comes this week to Chapter 6, in which Wilson argues that any hope of saving the world depe

Christians often look back with longing to a time when their faith was truly influential, shaping the laws of nations an...
09/09/2023

Christians often look back with longing to a time when their faith was truly influential, shaping the laws of nations and guiding societal decisions. But those days are long gone and Idaho pastor/author Doug Wilson (Gashmu Saith It) warns they are not coming back---unless Christians relearn the value of forming Christian communities for hospitality and service within the larger community of man. As FBB writer Shafer Parker continues blogging through Wilson's book, he points out that it is only in those moments of direct contact with the Christian community that people see the value of the gospel with unmistakable clarity.

Christians often look back with longing to a time when their faith was truly influential, shaping the laws of nations and guiding societal decisions. But those days are long gone and Idaho pastor/author Doug Wilson (Gashmu Saith It) warns they are not coming back---unless Christians relearn the valu

It should surprise no one that unbelievers proudly boast of perversions and habitual sins that in the past would have em...
08/18/2023

It should surprise no one that unbelievers proudly boast of perversions and habitual sins that in the past would have embarrassed the most decadent. And some of our readers may be old enough to remember when "shameless" was one of the worst criticisms you could aim at someone. This decline in public life is bad enough, but in her most recent blog FBB Executive Director Julie Lane points out that shamelessness is too often lauded among Christians. It is time, she says, for God's people to realize that He designed us to feel shame for sin, and that we do nothing less than our Christian duty when we call brothers and sisters to repentance, even if it means shaming them.

It should surprise no one that unbelievers proudly boast of perversions and habitual sins that in the past would have embarrassed the most decadent. And some of our readers may be old enough to remember when "shameless" was one of the worst criticisms you could aim at someone. This decline

This is our fifth installment of "Blogging Gashmu," a chapter-by-chapter look at Pastor Doug Wilson's book Gashmu Saith ...
08/11/2023

This is our fifth installment of "Blogging Gashmu," a chapter-by-chapter look at Pastor Doug Wilson's book Gashmu Saith It: How to Build Christian Communities that Save the World. In it Pastor Wilson argues that before we can "save the world" we must first be certain the church is truly a Christian Community. And there's the rub. As Wilson explains in chapter 4, the problem is that Christians want the blessings of Christ without rendering Him the total obedience He requires. In other words, we have to live the Lordship of Christ before we can successfully preach the hard truths of Christ to a rebellious world.

This is our fifth installment of "Blogging Gashmu," a chapter-by-chapter look at Pastor Doug Wilson's book Gashmu Saith It: How to Build Christian Communities that Save the World. In it Pastor Wilson argues that before we can "save the world" we must first be certain the church i

To the great relief of most, it's been a year since COVID was tacitly, if not officially, acknowledged to be over. But a...
08/04/2023

To the great relief of most, it's been a year since COVID was tacitly, if not officially, acknowledged to be over. But amidst signs that government authorities are anticipating another crisis, FBB board member Murray Lytle offers a very personal blog mourning the divisions that afflicted the people of God last time and pleading for serious thought on how to avoid even worse divisions in the future.

To the great relief of most, it's been a year since COVID was tacitly, if not officially, acknowledged to be over. But amidst signs that government authorities are anticipating another crisis, FBB board member Murray Lytle offers very personal blog mourning the divisions that afflicted the people of

Most followers of Jesus give lip service, at least, to the need to "preach the gospel to every creature." But in the las...
07/28/2023

Most followers of Jesus give lip service, at least, to the need to "preach the gospel to every creature." But in the last decade many have awakened to the reality that if Christians don't do something, much could be lost--maybe forever. But what to do, was never quite clear, until, that is, when Idaho pastor Doug Wilson wrote his book Gashmu Saith It: How to Build Christian Communities that Save the World. To find out what Christians must do before saving the world, read FBB writer Shafer Parker's fourth installment as he blogs his way through Wilson's book.

Most followers of Jesus give lip service, at least, to the need to "preach the gospel to every creature." But in the last decade many have awakened to the reality that if Christians don't do something, much could be lost--maybe forever. But what to do, was never quite clear, until, that is

Approximately a year ago, on June 21, 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision known as Dobbs v. Jac...
07/21/2023

Approximately a year ago, on June 21, 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ("Dobbs" for short) that restored to the 50 states their constitutional right to determine their own abortion laws. In this podcast Faith Beyond Belief host Shafer Parker interviews Gabrielle Johnson, executive director of the Alberta Life Issues Education Society (Alies) to examine the changes wrought south of the Canadian border by this momentous decision. Parker and Johnson also discuss Alies' unique ministry and touch on the need for focused, concentrated, intense prayer as the primary means to reverse the march of pro-death advocates in Canada.

https://www.faithbeyondbelief.ca/podcast/everything-is-surprisingly-better-the-dobbs-decision-one-year-on

Learn more about ALIES at www.alies.ca

Approximately a year ago, on June 21, 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ("Dobbs" for short) that restored to the 50 states their constitutional right to determine their own abortion laws. In this podcast Faith

Have you checked out our latest tool to help you become an Effective Ambassador for Christ, our FBB Merch Collection!Our...
07/09/2023

Have you checked out our latest tool to help you become an Effective Ambassador for Christ, our FBB Merch Collection!

Our stylish products are designed to be conversation starters where you can use the tools you have learned from FBB courses, events, and resources to have winsome conversations.

Check out our store where you will find hats and clothing for all ages, as well as phone wallpapers!

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