Back again for another episode with Dr. John Neufeld is Bob and Penny Armstrong. Bob and Penny have been working in ministry for over 30 years. In that time, not only have they seen pastors experience burnout, but they have felt it themselves. There is so much more to the life and work of a person in ministry than it first appears, and it often takes a toll on the person, their marriages, and their children. While ministerial burnout happens more often than we’d care to admit, there are things that can be done to prevent it! Tune in to this episode, it’s one you don’t want to miss!   Watch this episode and more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

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How to Avoid Burnout

Bob and Penny Armstrong are this episode’s guests this week with Dr. John Neufeld. The Armstrong’s have worked in ministry for the Salvation Army for over 20 years, and in the last 10 years, have worked with Oasis Ministry which ministers to pastors at the point of crisis, and meeting with pastors to help them understand their roles. Join us for this episode as Dr. John discusses with the Armstrong’s about what pastoral leadership really is, and why so many pastors experience burnout. Watch this episode and more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

How to Support Your Pastor

In a world where evil seems to be running rampant, is our God even paying attention? Does He know how much we all suffer on a day-to-day basis? Back again for another week is pastor Tim Klassen. Tim lost his wife of 33 years, Virginia, to cancer in 2013. Throughout his journey of loss and grief, Tim has learned that God truly is good in the middle of suffering. While many people shake their fists at God and become intensely bitter when life gets hard, Tim Klassen has chosen a different posture- a posture of grace, humility, and reliance on our Saviour. This is a powerful episode, filled with amazing truths of who God is. Join Dr. John Neufeld and Pastor Tim Klassen as they discuss grief, suffering, and the reality that God is right there with us during it all. What these two men have to say just might change your view of God. Watch this episode and more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

Is God Good? (Part 2)

Is it possible to find hope in Christ when there’s death in a family? Joining Dr. John Neufeld on this week’s episode of Truth and Life Today is pastor, Tim Klassen. Tim lost his wife to cancer in 2013 after a 9-month battle with cancer. During and after that time, Tim has learned many things about not only himself, but his Creator. Is it possible, after suffering tragedy, to still believe that God is good? Watch this episode and more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

Is God Good? (Part 1)

Is it possible to be a follower of Christ and be an effective leader at the same time? What does it mean to be thoroughly Christian, and to lead at the same time? In this week’s episode of Truth + Life Today, Dr. Neufeld is joined once again by Bob Kuhn. Bob has been a lawyer for over 40 years and served as the president of Trinity Western University. Dr. John Neufeld and Bob discuss his many years in leadership in this episode. Bob Kuhn knows leadership well, but more importantly, he also knows Jesus. This is an episode you won’t want to miss! Watch this episode and more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

How to Be a Christian Leader

The way that the Canadian government thinks about religious freedom has changed. In this episode of Truth and Life Today, Dr. John Neufeld sits down with Bob Kuhn. Bob has been a lawyer for over 40 years and served as President of the largest Christian university in Canada, Trinity Western University, for 6 years. Those two roles that Bob held came together when the university attempted to start a law school, which went all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada before it was concluded that the school of law at Trinity Western would not reach completion. Bob is very insightful and thoughtful and will help us all understand the complex issue of religious freedom in Canada. Watch this episode and more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

Religious Freedom in Canada

What is the appropriate and wise response of Christians when it comes to poverty? How do we respond generously, while making sure we don’t harm them while trying to make ourselves feel good? On this week’s episode of Truth and Life Today, Dr. John Neufeld sits down, for the second time, with Barry Slauenwhite—the President and CEO of Compassion Canada to answer this important question that all Christians face: What are we do to about the poor, and what is the ultimate solution to poverty in the world? Watch this episode and more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

The Answer to Poverty

Is the Bible historically accurate, and can we trust it? What does the life and times of Jesus tell us about our lives today? In this episode of Truth and Life Today, Dr. John Neufeld is joined for the second time by Andrew Perrin, a Dead Sea Scrolls Scholar, to discuss the credibility of the Bible in regard to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Watch this episode + more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

Can the Bible be Trusted?

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls and why do they matter? The Dead Sea Scrolls and the authenticity of the Bible are in the lineup for discussion on this week’s episode of Truth and Life Today. Watch and listen as Dr. John Neufeld is joined by Dr. Andrew Perrin – a Dead Sea Scrolls scholar. Together, these men will discuss what the Dead Sea Scrolls are, and why they are so important to the Christian faith. This is an episode you won’t want to miss! Watch this episode and more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Can Christians honour God while still respecting the government? Should the Church of Jesus Christ rely on the state in order to do her mission? While there might be some disagreement on this subject, there is a lot that the Bible has to say and has to teach us. Watch this week’s episode of Truth and Life Today as Dr. John Neufeld sits down with Barry Slauenwhite, President and CEO of Compassion Canada. Barry has experienced firsthand what it means to honour God over Government, while still maintaining a respect for those in authority over us. What does the Bible have to say about this balancing act? Watch now and find out!

God vs. Government

From a vacation in Thailand to the Killing Fields of Cambodia, Brian McConaghy’s story is nothing short of unpredictable and remarkable! Join us this week on Truth and Life Today with Dr. John Neufeld as he sits down to talk with Brian McConaghy – Founding Director of Ratanak International. After travelling to Thailand for what he thought would be a long-awaited vacation, Brian somehow found himself in Cambodia and was confronted with the merciless reality of what is often considered the worst genocide in the 20th century. Roughly 3.2 million of the 7 million people living Cambodia at the time were brutally slaughtered in what became known as The Killing Fields. When Brian learned of this, his life dramatically changed. Out of some changed vacation plans, an international charity was born. God is doing some extremely remarkable things all over the world – so join us and watch as we find out how! Brian was also featured on 2 episodes of the indoubt podcast. You can listen to those episodes here: Part 1: Finding Joy in the Scars Part 2: You’re ‘To Die For’ You can also watch more Truth and Life Today featuring Brian here: Ep. 107: Sex Slavery in Canada Watch this episode and more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

The Cambodian Killing Fields

What does Christ have to with evil and suffering? Is there a way for Christians to bring reconciliation to people? On this week’s episode of Truth and Life Today, Dr. John is joined by guest Brian McConaughey. Brian has had a full life of public service, working as a forensics and weapons specialist in the RCMP, and is the Founding Director of Ratanak International, an international organization that is fighting against human trafficking and supporting its victims. Brian has spent most of his life surrounded by the dark, violent, and ugly things of this world. Despite the harsh realities that he’s faced, Brian is living out a life that is bringing redemption and restoration to those around him. Brian was also featured on 2 episodes of the indoubt podcast. You can listen to those episodes here: Part 1: Finding Joy in the Scars Part 2: You’re ‘To Die For’ Watch this episode and more, weekly, on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

Sex Slavery in Canada

The plight of the church persecution around the world cannot be pushed aside. In this episode of Truth and Life Today, Dr. John Neufeld sits down with Johann Mathies, director of Multiply—a mission that mobilizes European partners, churches, and schools for world mission. The Church in North America has seen very little, if no, persecution. This is not the story for millions of Christians around the world- who are in fear for their lives that their beliefs will land them in prison, or worse. The plight of church persecution around the world cannot be pushed aside. The Truth of the Gospel must be spread to all of God’s people. It is this reality that fuels Johann Mathies. By recounting some of his stories of evangelism in closed countries like China and Socialist Germany, Johann paints a vivid picture of what Christians across the globe are dealing with – and why North American Christians need to know about it. Watch this episode and more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

Global Church Persecution

Not all methods of Bible teaching are created equally. Sitting down with local pastor Paul Park, Dr. John Neufeld discusses the importance of expositional preaching in this episode of Truth and Life Today. Expositional preaching might seem like a heavy topic that you might know very little about, but in this episode, Paul Park and Dr. John unpack what it means to teach the Bible in an expositional way—and why it is so critical to do so. Not all methods of Bible teaching are created equally, and this episode of Truth and Life Today showcases that reality in a clear, concise manner—making this an effective way to engage in and learn about what expositional preaching really is! Watch this episode and more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

Expositional Bible Teaching

Are the issues facing young adults today the same issues that previous generations have faced? How do we tackle those issues and find the answers they deserve? On this episode of Truth and Life Today, Dr. John Neufeld talks with indoubt hosts Isaac Dagneau, Joshua Scott and Daniel Markin to talk about pressing issues young adults are facing today and how a ministry like indoubt is helping lead young adult Christians to a deeper-rooted faith. Watch this episode + more, weekly on VisionTV. Check your local listings for times and availability!

Reaching Young Adults

Listen to Dr. John Neufeld talk with guests about current issues and topics from a Biblical perspective.

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