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The Church Split

190 Episodes

85 minutes | Jun 6, 2023
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!
58 minutes | Apr 15, 2023
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.
59 minutes | Mar 3, 2023
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.
88 minutes | Feb 24, 2023
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.
18 minutes | Feb 4, 2023
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.
81 minutes | Jan 28, 2023
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.
15 minutes | Jan 24, 2023
Ep 194 - Christian Review of The Last of Us TV Show (Ep2)
Will reviews the second episode of the Last of Us.
38 minutes | Jan 18, 2023
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.
94 minutes | Jan 5, 2023
Ep 192 - Interview with Will’s Brother David Hess (with Rising Above Podcast)
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 Podcast which is dedicated to stories of many who have risen above their circumstances and overcame adversity.
70 minutes | Dec 30, 2022
Ep 191 - Maximal Data for the Resurrection & How Epistemology can Improve your Apologetic
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!
106 minutes | Dec 23, 2022
Ep 189 - How the Young, Restless and Reformed Split My Church (Interview with Barry Peters)
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.
16 minutes | Dec 21, 2022
Ep 190 - Movie Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Will reviews this new amazing version of Pinocchio that just came out on Netflix. If you are considering watching this, check out this spoiler-free review first!
11 minutes | Dec 16, 2022
Ep 188 - TV Show Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities
Will reviews this new and unique TV Series on Netflix. The H. P. Lovecraft inspired series has many interesting themes explored that Will explains. Take a listen and see if you want to watch the show too.
19 minutes | Dec 9, 2022
Ep 187 - Movie Review: Black Adam
Will reviews the new DC movie Black Adam. Be sure to listen if you are interested in watching it (minimal spoilers). We also introduce our new TULIP rating system.
103 minutes | Nov 29, 2022
Ep 186 - Interview with Missionary who Wrestled with Abuse, Doctrine, and the Church
This episode deals with mature content regarding abuse and evil. A long time friend of Will's comes back on the show to talk in depth about his past abuse, homosexuality, Calvinism, the problem of evil, and its impact on his marriage, his ministry, and his life. This episode touches many topics that are church splitting issues that are often avoided. Many followers of The Church Split actively support this missionary.
55 minutes | Nov 21, 2022
Ep 185 - Reformed Christian Apologist Renounces Christianity
In this live episode, Will discusses Tyler Vela's announcement that he was no longer a Christian. Tyler was the host of Freed Thinker Podcast.
150 minutes | Nov 16, 2022
Ep 184 - Penal Substitutionary Atonement Roundtable (Faith Unaltered Episode)
Will and Brian went on Faith Unaltered's channel to discuss Will's recent atonement theory episode and another episode where they addressed Will's comments. The round table focuses on IF Church Fathers held to a form of Penal Substitution or were there just word choice similarities as. In the second half, the discussion jumps into the Levitical sacrificial system and if we are pushing the PSA version of Jesus' sacrifice into the OT. The episode was live and we cut it down a bit for time (mostly intro and ending)
84 minutes | Nov 5, 2022
Ep 183 - Interview with Patrick Miller of Truth Over Tribe
Truth Over Tribe is a podcast seeking to challenge Christians and non-Christians on how you consider truth. Like The Church Split, they don't take themselves too seriously. They want Jesus to shape truth and not media, politics, and triblism. Patrick Miller is a pastor, co-host of the podcast, and co-author of their new book also named Truth Over Tribe. We discuss with Patrick triblism in his church, the American church, and how it is hurting the church, friendships, and families.
21 minutes | Oct 31, 2022
Ep 182 - Should a Christian Watch Dahmer?
To round out spooky season, we have another review. This review of the Netflix TV Series, Dahmer. Dahmer is an interesting person from a Christian perspective as he exemplifies so much evil throughout his life, but also claims to have become a Christian in the last months of his life. Will breaks down the TV show, the real Jeffrey Dahmer, and poses the question if Christians should consider watching this show.
27 minutes | Oct 28, 2022
Ep 181 - 1986 The Fly Movie Review
Continuing our movie review theme for the month of October, we have another "spooky" movie that Will has reviewed. The 1986 movie "The Fly" is a remake of an earlier version of the film. Will explores the themes of loosing loved ones, human value of relationships in a society with morality, and even some accidental pro-life themes.
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