Every Believer Confident

In the mid-1990s Mark Farnham, the Founder and Director of Apologetics for the Church,  met Frank Hamrick, the Founder and President of Positive Action for Christ, a Christian curriculum publisher and innovator in youth ministry. He was forever changed by the unique, God-centered life and theology that Frank had taught hundreds of his own youth and thousands of youth around the world. In these interviews, Frank explains how he was ...

In the mid-1990s Mark Farnham, the Founder and Director of Apologetics for the Church,  met Frank Hamrick, the Founder and President of Positive Action for Christ, a Christian curriculum publisher and innovator in youth ministry. He was forever changed by the unique, God-centered life and theology that Frank had taught hundreds of his own youth and thousands of youth around the world. In these interviews, Frank explains how he was ...

In this episode, Mark interviews Jeff about the recent training our interns have received on Jehovah’s Witnesses in preparation for their annual Memorial Supper, in which only the anointed class, the 144,000 most dedicated JWs of all time, can partake of communion. This is a public celebration, and Jeff and the interns studied JW doctrine in advance before attending the supper and engaging JWs with the gospel.

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We’ve heard so often, “You have to find your own meaning” or maybe, “You GET to make your own meaning in life.” But many people who believe and attempt this also believe there is no inherent meaning in the universe. If we each get to find our own meaning for who we are and why we’re here, doesn’t that mean that we necessarily live in isolation from each other. How much better is the Christian truth that the universe does have a mea...

A very common belief is that everything in the universe came into being by an unguided random process, including ourselves. So, humans are an accident of nature. Yet, somehow these same people also believe that we should treat others with kindness and dignity. The question is, “how do we reconcile these beliefs?” What impetus is there to treat an accident of nature with kindness and dignity?

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Most parents feel unprepared to help their kids navigate today’s confusing ideas. What if you could give them simple tools to recognize and challenge those ideas with confidence? In this episode we’re honored to interview Hillary Morgan Ferrer, founder of Mama Bear Apologetics. She shares how parents can equip their children to think critically and stand firm in biblical truth.

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In this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss a common contradiction–people who deny that the universe was created intentionally by an infinitely wise designer, yet want to marvel at the wonders of nature in all its complexity, beauty, and order. If this universe is an accident, then there was no intention behind it, and any appearance of design is just the result of accidental, blind processes. If that is so, why be amazed?

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Much of apologetics is presenting a defensive case for Christianity by offering answers to the objections raised against the Christian faith. But is there a positive argument to make? In this episode, Mark and his brilliant friend, Matt Williams, explore the positive case for Christianity. How do we argue for the truth of the Christian faith by using the positive evidence God has given in his Word and his world.

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Mark has published a new book! In this episode Jeff and Mark talk about the new basic introduction to philosophy, Talking About Ethics: A Conversational Introduction to Thinking Philosophically (Kregel, 2026). If you want to learn the basics in a combination of fiction and non-fiction, get this book. It follows four young adults, an atheist, an existentialist, a Buddhist, and a Christian as they discuss philosophy during a time of ...

Many people who claim to be Christian are trusting their own good works to make them right with God. But Scripture is clear: no one is justified by works, but by faith alone in Christ alone by grace alone. In this video Mark shows how you can use several Scriptural passages to lead someone to understand salvation by grace through faith.

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What do all ideas that are infected with Eastern thought have in common? The erasure of the Creature/Creature Distinction. That is, every expression of Eastern thought blurs the line between our existence and essence and God’s. Each one promises that we are divine or can become divine. In this episode, Mark shares examples from self-empowerment sources to illustrate how behind them all lies a desire to be like God and to obtain His...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Dr. Mark Draper, professor of church history to discuss the tremendous grief and anger that Charlie Kirk’s murder has evoked in many people. Was this an assassination? How do we live in a world where people celebrate or grow numb to the murder of public individuals? How do we hate the evil of this and the other tragic events of the week (the murder of Iryna Zarutska and the shooting at the Catholi...

Many apologists seem to think that free will is an adequate answer to the challenges raised against the Christian faith, like the problem of evil and suffering and the question about the justice or injustice of hell. Mark and Jeff explain the biblical teaching on free will and set it in its proper place as an important, but secondary part of our answers to these questions.

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