The Church Split

We dive deep into the reconstruction story of Julie! She discusses her life growing up with an IFB father, divorce in the IFB, Hyles Anderson college, abuse, expectations of "purity" on women verses men, and then ultimately leaving the IFB. Julie's story is inspirational on what she overcame while loving Jesus the whole time. She talks about how she ultimately left legalism but didn't leave Christ. Be prepared for both heart wrenching and uplifting feelings listening to this.

A quick review of the "Sparkle Creed" followed by a deep dive into "Stealth Calvinism". This is a term used to describe those who hold to the doctrines of grace infiltrating churches, denying that they hold to Calvinism to maintain plausible deniability, and then using obfuscation and equivocation when questioned. We draw on a situation popularized by Beyond the Fundamentals as well as our own personal experiences with it.

This was originally a live stream from August 1 on Altarnate Media with Brad. They discuss the PSA debate The Church Split hosted on July 23. The take a balanced look at the arguments and what its like as a moderator when things get a little "spicy".

The Church Split hosts a debate between 2 Torah followers regarding the question "Is Penal Substitutionary Atonement Biblical?" In this heated debate we hear arguments regarding PSA from the Torah follower perspective.  Listen to hear some new/unique arguments for and against PSA.

Brandon discusses growing up with his mother who is a lesbian, her marriage, the abuse he suffered, the influence of his grandpa, premarital sex, drugs, abortion, suicide, and how all of that lead him into the ministry. Brandon describes "coming out" to his mom as a pastor and how he hopes his life and testimony can be a way for marginalized groups to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. You will not want to miss this powerful episode.

Will and Brian review Amazon's new Docu-series called "Shiny Happy People". This series oddly intersects both Will and Brian's early Christian life. We review what the series does well, what they did poorly, and give our recommendations on watching the show.

Will and Brian discuss the 2 main views of Hell: Eternal Conscious Torment (ECT) and Annihilationism (aka Conditional Immortality (CI)). We review the major verses for each view and discuss where we both have landed on this subject after quite a bit of study. Stay tuned for a hell of an episode!

Will and Brian interview Dr. Stephen Boyce of Explore Christianity and the FACTS podcast. We discuss his recent FACTS podcast regarding the 3 reasons why apologetics is failing. We look at the church, apologists themselves, the culture, church fathers, and more!

We go way back and rebut episode #9 of The Church Split, Will's Gospel episode. We point out Will's old delivery method, his theological errors, his conflation of the gospel with penal substitutionary atonement theory, and much more! Brian is back because he didn't want to miss a chance to publicly rebut Will.

Lewis Ungit joins Will to discuss his book Return of the Dragon regarding the use of psychedelic drugs in religious services, especially Christianity. Lewis offers some warnings about the drugs used in these ceremonies, shared experiences, and experimenting with the spiritual realm.