The Church Split

Ep 202 - Shiny Happy People - The Church Split Responds

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.

Ep 201 - Hell: Eternal Conscious Torment vs. Annihilationism

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!

Ep 200 - Reasons Why Apologetics is Failing - Interview with Dr. Stephen Boyce

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!

Ep 199 - TCS Rebuts Will’s Gospel Episode

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.

Ep 198 - Should Christians Try Psychedelics?

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.

Ep 197 - Idolatry in The Christianity Life - Interview with Jeremy Williams

Friend of the show Jeremy Williams comes on to discuss how we see idolatry in the Christian life today. How we can identify those idols and adjust our priorities. Jeremy also gets into Torah following as a Christian and what that means for his Christian walk.

Ep 196 - Christian Review of The Last of Us TV Show (Ep3)

Will reviews the distraction of an episode which was episode 3. Will discusses the side characters being elevated to a full episode and how that now has severely gone from the path that was the video game plot. Homosexuality, suicide, and murder while trying to promote a sanctity of life theme seems to distracts from the plot and Will dives into why.

Ep 195 - Narnia Represents Hateful White American Christianity?

In this live stream, Will reviews a Guardian article by Polly Toynbee from 2005 when Narnia came out in theaters. Will reviews her conclusions on Christianity, her predictions of the movie's performance, and her conflation with US politics and CS Lewis 50+ year old work.

Ep 194 - Christian Review of The Last of Us TV Show (Ep2)

Will reviews the second episode of the Last of Us.

Ep 193 - Christian Review of The Last of Us TV Show (Ep1)

Will reviews the first episode of the new HBO show "The Last of Us" based on a video game. Will discusses how Christians should handle LGBT characters and the themes of fatherhood found in the first episode.