The Church Split

Ep 119 - IFB Dating Site and Responding to Haters

In this very IFB-centric episode, Will critiques an IFB dating "ministry" website and then addresses a social media post that garnered lots of attention when it called out RFP, The Church Split, and Preacher Boys.  We see the same man-made-standards in both the dating website and the post.

Ep 117 - Is Speaking in Tongues Gibberish or Different Known Languages?

A back and forth on Tiktok sparked this deep dive into scripture on what "Tongues" means in the Bible. This is yet another topic Will and Brian have changed their minds on over the years. We decipher between tongues in Acts 2 and tongues in 1 Corinthians. We examine the text to see if it means tongues an in how the Pentecostal Church sees it (speaking an unknown heavenly language we term "gibberish" in the episode), a spiritual gift that no longer exists, or just simply speaking in other known languages. Check out this echo chamber challenging episode!

Ep 116 - Sermon - The First Covenant

Will continues his sermon series on Genesis and focuses on the end of the flood and God's first Covenant with man.

Ep 114 - What are the Different Views of Creation?

What exactly are the different views of creation in the Bible? Is this something we should divide over? Is this a proper apologetic point when evangelizing? Will goes through young earth creation, old earth creation, GAP theory, oh and maybe a little bit on "flat earth".

Ep 115 - Sermon - The First Apocalypse

Will gives a sermon on the flood and Noah and examines the effects of sin and the world's first baptism.

Ep 110 - Interview with Pastor Jason on Progressive vs. Conservative Christianity

In January 2021 we did a response to Jubilee's Progressive Christians vs. Conservative Christian panel. Pastor Jason known as "Pastor Jason Answers" on YouTube was one of our favorites from this Jubilee video and in this episode we have him on for an interview. We talk about that experience, why Progressive Christians seem to place so much value in non-biblical standards, and how Pastor Jason evangelizes Christianity as a conservative in Los Angeles.

Ep 113 - Pastor Clarence Sexton Attacks The Recovering Fundamentalists, Beards, and Tattoos!

Will responds to Pastor Clarence Sexton on Friday's Crown College Facebook Live Stream calling the RFP and those that are among that group "God Haters" and "Stupid". He also goes after those that have beards and/or tattoos. This is an out of character attack from Crown College but the slander espoused on their live stream demands a response.

Ep 108 - Rhett's Spiritual Deconstruction Becomes Racist

Rhett McLaughlin of "Rhett and Link" and the extremely popular "Good Mythical Morning" YouTube series was a Christian for many years and even worked in ministry, but in 2020 went public that he is no longer a Christian. Now in 2021, Rhett reflects on his decision to leave Christianity and in this reflection goes on the offensive against "White Evangelicals". The Church Split responds to some of his radical claims like "Racism has a very comfortable home in the white evangelical church” and “The church demonstrated that it has a spurious relationship with justice”.

Ep 109 - The history of Augustine and Pelagius and their impact on Original Sin and more!

Idol Killer is a YouTube channel run by Warren McGrew with mission of taring down the "sacred cows" of the church. A mutual listener of the Church Split and Idol Killer put us in touch with one another which led to this interview. We get into some topics that have split churches and we talk about their historic and doctrinal foundations including: Original Sin, Total Depravity, Penal Substitution, and the Problem of Evil. Warren shows the depth of research he has done on these subjects. This is definitely an echo-chamber-escaping episode!

Ep 106 - STOP Using the phrase: "Its not a sin, but Christians shouldn't do it"

We dive into one of Will's greatest Christian pet-peeves, the moral contradiction created when someone says there is something a Christian "shouldn't do" while also claiming that something isn't a sin. We jump into Matthew 5, 1 Corinthians 14, Romans 14, and Proverbs 11 to help us decipher this common Christian cliche. If this also drives you nuts, hopefully this gives you a good framework on how to respond to those that use it. If you do use this phrase, well.... trigger warning.