Faith Based Podcast

In Episode 1, Ferrill Gibbs (a freelancer for the Houston Chronicle) poses a question: Why don't we ever raise our hands in church? Not to be spiritual, but to interrupt the preacher? We never ask them to expand on the difficult topics such as the "problem of evil," the role of women in the church, LGBTQ issues, and most importantly, if modern religion can be as effective as it once was. Faith Based aims to hijack the sermon a bit, and to moderate a new conversation between pulpit and pew...

Ferrill speaks to pastor/prophet Joni Stevenson, of Houston Faith Church. In this episode, Pastor Joni speaks to the ever-raging debate on women preaching in church. Also, she discusses the absolute spiritual necessity of being spirit-filled, and of having the gift of tongues. Finally, she urges Ferrill that hell is a very real place that believers - and non believers alike - should definitely take seriously...  

In this episode, Mark Kimbrough (Asst. Pastor of First United Methodist Church of Katy, Texas) tries to help Ferrill take down the devil ... once and for all. Also, he stresses the importance of viewing the cultural circumstances of Paul to help people understand what his true, intended message was...