This is a Sermon given on Father's Day and is actually a continuation of a series through Judges at One Life Church. If you'd like to listen to the rest of the series go to One Life Network on YouTube and you can watch them there.By thechurchsplit

In this episode I break down my story of why there is no content right now and how I BROKE MY LEG. Support my recovery here: https://gofund.me/efd69a26By thechurchsplit

Will reviews the interview of George Janko by Jordan Peterson regarding s*x out of marriage and being "christian".By thechurchsplit

Our musings on the Mark Discoll and John Lindell situation at the men's conference.By thechurchsplit

Recent atheist popularizer Richard Dawkins (and author of The God Delusion) recently stated that he was a cultural Christian, but at the same time is thankful people are becoming less religious while simultaneously complaining that Christianity is declining in Europe. Will has chosen to listen and respond to this in today's episode.…

In this episode of The Church Split Will and Brian are joined by special guest Will Compere to discuss infant damnation and the teachings of the early church regarding Original Sin. Compere has studied this topic specifically in regards to the early church and we are privileged to have him on. Checkout Laymen Bible Lounge if you want to watch more …

In this episode Will discusses the end times predictions regarding the April 8, 2024 eclipse. Is there any merit to these claims?By thechurchsplit

Will responds to Andrew Klavan's statements regarding Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson not knowing Jesus.By thechurchsplit

In this episode Brian and Will discuss the recent debate between Dr. White and Dr. Flowers regarding Unconditional Election and John 6. Due to the length of the debate they will be discussing the cross examination section of the debate.By thechurchsplit

Will interviews authors Chuck and Ashley Elliott about their work on helping people work through tragic life situations from a Christian perspective.By thechurchsplit

We interview friend of the channel, pastor, musician, composer, and budding theologian Justin Baldwin. He's from the Pentecostal Holiness movement and has left legalism behind and has been pursing creating theologically correct music. We discuss his philosophy with creating music in the age of CCM and how he uses scripture and Biblical truths to ex…

Pastor Bobby Leonard with Bible Baptist Tabernacle makes a shocking (and immoral) statement regarding sexual assault. The man states if a woman is wearing shorts or pants, as is assaulted, that the man should go free because "a man is a man". This disgusting tirade has sparked much attention, protests, and others to begin speaking out. In this epis…

With the rise of #BaalGate the topic of "infant damnation" has come up a LOT. Which means passages like Romans 5:12 and Original Sin are taking a strong position front and center. Today, Brian and Will dive into Romans 5:12 to examine the teaching on whether or not babies are imputed with Adam's guilt, inherit sin, or are born sinful. This is a fol…

Renowned Pastor Alistair Begg advises grandparent to attend grandchild's trans-wedding and receives a lot of backlash. What can we learn from this controversy? Was this an overreaction? Was Alistair correct? Will discusses this issue in this episode.By thechurchsplit

In this episode Will and Brian discuss the recent controversy regarding Warren McGrew's statements on Soteriology 101 where he compared Calvinists to Molech Worshippers. This controversy has been affectionately entitled: Baal Gate. Other channels have attacked Warren demanding he repent, others have stood by and defended his comments. Were his comm…

We respond to deconstructionist/atheist Kristi Burke's video on "5 Bible Passages That Caused Me To Lose My Faith". In this second part of our two part series we respond to her commentary on Deuteronomy 22:28-29, Deuteronomy20:10-18, and John 3:16 and why those passages led her to question the validity of scripture, Jesus, and Christianity. Yes, we…

We respond to deconstructionist/atheist Kristi Burke's video on "5 Bible Passages That Caused Me To Lose My Faith". In this first part of our two part series we respond to her commentary on Romans 9:16-24 and Psalm 137:9 and why those passages led her to question the validity of scripture, Jesus, and Christianity.…

In this episode Will talks to Dr. Tim Stratton about his latest work on the Free Thinking Argument which is used to argue for God's existence along with free will in general. In addition, they discuss the heated debates which take place in the apologetics community, the need for apologetics, and how all this applies to the next generation. You will…

In this episode of The Church Split Dr. Pritchett (of Trinity Radio and Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary) joins Will to discuss why churches tend to be terrible at hiring pastors and how they aren't doing themselves any favors if these trends continue.By thechurchsplit

Is it really religious freedom for the Church of Satan to put up a Satanic Idol? Should this be respected under the first amendment? These concepts will be explored in this episode.By thechurchsplit

Dan, a friend of the show, reconstructed Christian from the IFB, and combat veteran describes his journey through early childhood IFB, into the military, and then post-military with Christianity. Dan describes how seeing true evil in combat and finally getting good answers to hard theological questions helped him reconstruct his faith in Jesus. You…

Natalie is the Executive Director Berean Holiness, a nonprofit organization on the mission of guiding believers out of fear and shame and into the gospel of grace. She came out of the Independent, Trinitarian, Pentecostal, Holiness church and has been the target of many Pentecostal Holiness sermons. Natalie promotes reconstruction and true Biblical…

Will and Brian review Textus Receptus only debate between James White and Peter Van Kleek. What makes this debate so interesting is Van Kleek presupposes the TR-Only position as his argument. James White, a self-proclaimed presuppositionalist, didn't quite know what to do with this used in this context. We let White define presuppositionalism and r…

Hyles Anderson College invites two men for a creation seminar, then find out after the fact from the outrage of some that the men that presented have the wrong denomination, Bible translation, and hair length. In a perfect example of the IFB caving to the mob as we see in much of cancel culture today, Will responds to Hyles Anderson College Preside…

Will preaches for the first time at his new church on the concept of Unity in CommunityBy thechurchsplit

The Church Split provides their thoughts on Matt Dillahunty storming out of a debate when called out by Andrew Wilson's opening statement. Was this inappropriate for Matt? Was this wrong of Andrew? Find out what we think in this episode.By thechurchsplit

Will and Brian interview Pastor and Author Dr. Jonathan Williams about his new book on Romans 9, Romans 9 And The Story Paul Was Telling. Dr. Williams discusses his ministry about using the Bible Stories to bring people to Christ and applies this same methodology to his exegesis of Romans 9.By thechurchsplit

Will responds to an article by Christian Answers for the New Age written by Marcia Montenegro who makes audacious claims regarding Dr. Michael Heiser's worldview.By thechurchsplit

Will responds to a sermon from Mark Driscoll saying that free will is demonic. Will breaks down his claims, what those mean for Christians, and interacts with the audience.By thechurchsplit

Will went on Trinity Radio's broadcast to talk about Fundamentalism, his story, and what fundamentalism can result in. This is a re-post of that episode.By thechurchsplit

We respond to a Q&A part of Michael Knowles' show regarding the sinlessness of Mary, also known as Immaculate Conception. We review how this is tied to Augustinian Original Sin doctrine and how even protestants would agree with many of the points Knowles makes. We fact check Knowles' claim the church has "always believed this" by looking at some qu…

Will gives a big update in his life, Brian's life, and the Church Split. Listen until the end to hear some new things coming to The Church Split!By thechurchsplit

We dive deep into the reconstruction story of Julie! She discusses her life growing up with an IFB father, divorce in the IFB, Hyles Anderson college, abuse, expectations of "purity" on women verses men, and then ultimately leaving the IFB. Julie's story is inspirational on what she overcame while loving Jesus the whole time. She talks about how sh…

A quick review of the "Sparkle Creed" followed by a deep dive into "Stealth Calvinism". This is a term used to describe those who hold to the doctrines of grace infiltrating churches, denying that they hold to Calvinism to maintain plausible deniability, and then using obfuscation and equivocation when questioned. We draw on a situation popularized…

This was originally a live stream from August 1 on Altarnate Media with Brad. They discuss the PSA debate The Church Split hosted on July 23. The take a balanced look at the arguments and what its like as a moderator when things get a little "spicy".By thechurchsplit

The Church Split hosts a debate between 2 Torah followers regarding the question "Is Penal Substitutionary Atonement Biblical?" In this heated debate we hear arguments regarding PSA from the Torah follower perspective. Listen to hear some new/unique arguments for and against PSA.By thechurchsplit

Brandon discusses growing up with his mother who is a lesbian, her marriage, the abuse he suffered, the influence of his grandpa, premarital sex, drugs, abortion, suicide, and how all of that lead him into the ministry. Brandon describes "coming out" to his mom as a pastor and how he hopes his life and testimony can be a way for marginalized groups…

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.By thechurchsplit

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!By thechurchsplit

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!By thechurchsplit

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.…

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.By thechurchsplit

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.By thechurchsplit

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 wh…

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.By thechurchsplit

Will reviews the second episode of the Last of Us.By thechurchsplit

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.By thechurchsplit

Will interviews his foster brother David live. They discussed their experiences as children, abuse, the foster system, and how they rose above their circumstances. In this very raw episode Will and David hold nothing back about their family and how it affected them, but also how they overcame their circumstances. David hosts the Rising Above Podcas…

Will interviews the brilliant Dr. Tim McGrew. They discuss apologetics, maximal data for the resurrection of Christ, the study of knowledge (epistemology) including internalism and externalism, and several of his books. You will definitely learn a lot from this episode!By thechurchsplit

Will interviews Barry Peters, a former pastor, who recounts his experiences with church splits. Everyone's experiences with church splits are unique, but they seem to have common symptoms in how they start and how people react when they encounter them.By thechurchsplit