The Church Split

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.

Ep 147 - Sermon - Victim Culture is Anti-Gospel

Will preaches on "Victim Culture" and how its anti-gospel.

Ep 142 - Genesis 2: A Source for Apologetics

We continue our series on Genesis and apologetics. Genesis 2 gives us Adam's perspective on creation, God instantiating the institution of marriage, the forbidden fruit, and how this impacts many doctrines of the Church today.

Ep 143 - From Bi-Sexual, Progressive, LGBTQ Affirming to Orthodox Christian

Is debating someone online ever profitable? Well Brandy would say yes in her interview here. Brandy came to watching our channel after we were interviewed by God is Grey. She would come into the comment section and argue for Progressive Christianity against us. After months of us discussing various topics in the YouTube comment section Brandy announced in public that she is no longer Bi and has put her identity in Christ. Thanks to patrons, we flew her up for an interview in-person to discuss her amazing journey!

Ep 144 - Preacher Boys Podcast Host Eric Skwarczynski Resigns the Faith

A friend of the show and fellow podcaster Eric Skwarczynski announced last week that he is no longer a Christian. Eric's podcast, Preacher Boys, seeks to expose sexual abuse in the IFB church. He has been extremely successful championing the moral duty of believers to remove abusers from the church and to care for the abused. Will has been on the Preacher Boys podcast and Eric has been on The Church Split. That's one reason why this news was extremely disheartening. We have covered many Christian influencers who have walked away from the faith and we felt compelled to be consistent in our rhetoric and do another one, even though this one hits closer to home. This episode is directed at our listeners, Preacher Boys listeners, and future listeners of any IFB related podcasts.

Ep 141 - Setting the Stage for Apologetics and Doctrine through Genesis 1

As part of the new direction of the channel, Will and Brian set the stage for much of the apologetics and deep doctrine dives they have planned. Where better to set the stage than the beginning, Genesis? We defend what we believe as far as the creation account, go through the entirety of Genesis chapter 1, go over the Kalam Cosmological Argument and how it fits into Genesis 1, arguments against evolution/Gap theory/old earth/atheism. We also take a rabbit trail regarding epigenetics.

Ep 132 - Sermon - The Lord‘s Prayer

Will guest preached at Dorr Baptist today and went in depth into Matthew 6 and the Lord's Prayer.