The Church Split

Ep 155 - Genesis 5-9: A source for Doctrine

Continuing our series on Genesis: This one covers more than one chapter of Genesis as we cover the entire flood event from Genesis 5 through 9. We look at the different views of who the Nephilim were, what were the sins that made the hearts of men focused on evil continually, the different views of the flood, the animals, dietary changes, and the Noahic covenant. Listen as we discover many sources for doctrine in these chapters.

Ep 154 - Sermon - Realizing Unity

Will preaches on a topic near and dear to his heart as well as the mission of this podcast, Church Unity. Will preaches on what the body of believers are, scripture describing the church body and unity, sin and how it affects unity, and how the church needs to adopt a Biblical view of Church Unity to avoid all the division it sees.

Ep 153 - Responding to Jubilee’s Pro vs. Anti Abortion Episode

Jubilee has a series they call Middle Ground where they have a group of people from opposing sides and ask them questions in an attempt to find middle ground. This is our 2nd response to an episode of theirs. Today's response is to their episode called "Is Abortion Murder?". The group we respond to includes 8 members which includes: 2 rape survivors, 2 that had made decisions to abort, 2 that had decided not to abort (one who is now pro life, one who is not), and even someone who was a product of rape. Christian and non-Christian pro-life views are also espoused. We respond to the good and bad arguments on both sides.

Ep 152 - Genesis 4: Murder, Desire, Free Will, The Mark, Giving to God

Continuing our series on Genesis, we dive into Genesis 4: the story of Cain and Abel. We look at what impact on doctrine and apologetics this chapter has including answering the question "Can one truly rule over their own sin?" We look at the theories on how was Cain marked, free will debate impact, the relationship between desire and sin, how to properly give to God, and of course MURDER.

Ep 150 - Will Interviewed on Altarnate Media About the Doctrine of Original Sin

Will goes on Altarnate Media with Séamus to discuss the doctrine of Original Sin. They look at its origins, the historic Jewish perspective on human nature, and Biblical evidence against the doctrine. Enjoy this recording of this live stream that original aired on Altarnate Media's YouTube channel.

Ep 151 - Genesis 3: A Source for Apologetics & Doctrine

Continuing our Genesis series, we do a deep dive into the fall of man in Genesis 3. We examine the impacts of this chapter on many doctrines including Original Sin, Calvinism, Free Will, and Complementarianism. We answer questions like: Who sinned first? Could Eve had done otherwise? Was Adam sinning for blaming God for his sin? What was the lie Satan told? Did God know Adam/Eve would eat of the tree of life if he didn't guard it? Did the roles of men and women change with the fall? What is the result of the fall on mankind? Why does Genesis 3 focus so much on their nakedness? Join us for this episode and then bring your questions/comments to the YouTube comment section!

Ep 149 - Apologetics is Not the Answer to Deconstruction? (From Trinity Radio)

Will joins Braxton Hunter on the Trinity Radio broadcast to discuss an article by Rebekah Drumsta. The article is titled "Christian Apologetics is Not the Solution to Faith Deconstruction". This is an incredibly important topic as it gets at the heart of why Christians do apologetics (Its not to "apologize" and its not to "start fights"). Its especially important to Will as apologetics and the endless source of knowledge found in God and scripture were one of the things that kept Will in the faith as a teen. We see so many people lately "deconstructing" and the idea that apologetics doesn't work to help someone reconstruct or won't prevent deconstruction all the way to apostasy is something The Church Split is deeply passionate about pushing back on.

Ep 148 - Dr. Leighton Flowers: Provisionism vs. Calvinism, TULIP, and Compatibilism

Dr. Leighton Flowers joins The Church Split for an interview discussing soteriology, among other things. Dr. Flowers is well known in the Provisinist circles (Tradition Southern Baptist soteriology). As a former Calvinist, he brings a unique perspective on this well known debate and where the sides miss each other. Dr. Flowers is a Professor of Theology at Will's school, Trinity Seminary, he's the Director of Evangelism and Apologetics at Texas Baptist, and the host of the well known Podcast, Soteriology 101. Dr. Flowers also authored the book "The Potter's Promise", a response to Dr. White's book "The Potter's Freedom".

Ep 146 - Victim Culture: What is it. How to overcome it. How its Anti-Gospel.

In response to some of the statements we made in our Preacher Boys episode, we decided to do a deep dive into Victim/Victimhood Culture. We identify it, we discuss how its antithetical to the message of the Gospel, and we address how to get out of that culture as a true victim. We speak frankly and bring in tons of scripture.

Ep 145 - Anti-intellectualism is Killing the Church & How to Restore Intellectualism in the Church

We bring on friend of the show and designer of our most popular merch, Ian Renwick, to discuss the modern wave of anti-intellectualism in the church. We discuss how its killing the church, why intellectualism is important, and how to bring intellectualism back into churches. Does your church fall into the category of anti-intellectual? Have you left a church that was anti-intellectual? Is your church trending towards anti-intellectualism? Are you a pastor/elder/leader in a church? If any of these apply, this episode should be very helpful.