The Church Split

One of our most requested topics, Will dives into the controversies over music in Christian culture. This episode attempts to respond to all common music objections from timing, to syncopation, to instruments, to origin, to lyrics, and more. Will also breaks out some of his instruments for some of his examples.

Cody Zorn hosted Nathan Cravatt of the RFP and Mitch Canupp to debate on King James Onlyism. It was such a bad debate (format, questions, and the pro-KVJO side) that we felt it needed a response. This is a response to the debate as a whole and specifically the arguments made by Mitch Canupp on the pro-KVJO side. Nathan did a great job and we didn't replay any of his arguments due to mostly the style of the debate format.

The Church Split went on 4-Freedom's podcast to talk about Apologetics and the lack thereof in the IFB. 4-Freedom is also part of the RFP Network. If you like this episode, make sure you give them a like and subscribe!

Will preached at Front Line on August 8. Listen here.

Will and Brian guest host the Recovering Fundamentalist Podcast (RFP) and dive into IFB College Rule Books. This is part 1 of a 2 part series on IFB College Rules. In this episode we examine the rulebooks from Great Plains Baptist College (Bill Reeve's Bible College) and Fairhaven Bible College. We examine these rules pretending to be influenced by the Bible, rules that apply to men and women differently, rules about what age you can marry, interracial dating, hairstyles, mandatory employment, and much much more! Part 2 will be on Crown College so check back for that episode. Check out thechurchsplit.com for copies of the rulebooks.

In Will's second interview with David Pallmann, they get into philosophy and specifically epistemology, the study of knowledge and truth. They discuss how we can know truth, and by what mechanisms do we determine what is true. They discuss the differences between internalism and externalism. This is an important deep dive that will help as you interact with other Christians with different ideas, but as well with non-Christians. Put your thinking caps on for this and determine your own methods for determining what is true!

David Pallmann describes his time in an IFB college and how he discovered the anti-intellectualism of the IFB, the college leaders, and his professors. He was on fire for God and excited to learn in-depth about the Bible, the nature of truth, and doctrine. Through this desire he became a thorn in the side of the college which resulted in a standoff with the college leadership.

Micah, one of the young men kicked out of Bible Baptist Church in Charlevoix Michigan tells his story of leaving the Fundamentalist cult and sexual abuse he experienced in the church and how his church handled it.

Julius was kicked out of his IFB church, Bible Baptist Church of Charlevoix Michigan. Julius recounts how he came to the church, how he experienced racism leading up to his exit from that church, his eventual exit from the IFB and why he no longer is part the Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement. Julius is a great example of how we can distinguish between the bad actions of man in the Church and the goodness of God himself.

An IFB church in Charlevoix, MI live stream them kicking out 2 young men of the church who had been talking to Pastor Phil Green about King James Onlyism. After the Pastor was unable to convince these 2 men that there was any Biblical basis to KJVO, he makes them resign publicly on the live Church's live stream. The Church Split recorded the live stream (as it was taken offline after we commented on the video). This is a perfect example of the legalism in the IFB and a prime example of what we fight against here: tertiary issues that are elevated to a breaking-fellowship topic. As James says, "these things ought not to be so".