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- Miraculous Spiritual Gifts
- Is Baptism Essential?
- Once Saved Always Saved
- The Godhead
- Baptismal Formula
- Election / Calvinism
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WRITTEN DEBATES
Calvinism, Baptism & The Church
David Landon (Presbyterian) & Keith Sharp (Christian).
Landon-Sharp Debate
on THE NATURE OF MAN
Are all men by inherent nature totally depraved?
Landon-Sharp Debate
on DIVINE ELECTION
Is salvation available to all mankind or to only an elect few?
Landon-Sharp Debate
on THE SCOPE OF CHRIST'S ATONEMENT
Did Christ die for all mankind or for only an elect few?
Landon-Sharp Debate
on THE CALL TO SALVATION
Are we called through the Gospel, or through direct operation?
Landon-Sharp Debate
on THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
Is it possible or impossible for a child of God to be lost?
Landon-Sharp Debate
on FREE WILL
Does man have free will to obey God?
Landon-Sharp Debate
on JUSTIFICATION
Is justification before God by the obedience of faith or by faith alone?
Landon-Sharp Debate
on IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS
Is the believer justified by the obedience of faith or by imputed righteousness?
Landon-Sharp Debate
on THE LAW OF GOD
Has the same divine moral law been in effect in every age, or are we today under on the law of Christ?
Landon-Sharp Debate
on THE PURPOSE OF WATER BAPTISM
Is baptism for [in order to] the remission of sins, or a sacrament administered to signify the one being baptized is in the covenant of grace.
Landon-Sharp Debate
on THE PROPER SUBJECTS OF BAPTISM
Must one be a penitent believer to be baptized, or is baptism for any and all?
Landon-Sharp Debate
on THE MODE OF BAPTISM
Is baptism immersion only, or does it also include pouring and sprinkling?
Landon-Sharp Debate
on THE CHURCH
Is it sinful to be part of a sect or denomination, or are there justified believers found throughout the various sects and denominations?
Landon-Sharp Debate
on CREEDS
May a local church adopt an uninspired creed or must it recognize the Scriptures alone as its creed?
The Papacy
John Martignoni (Catholic) & Thomas N. Thrasher (Christian).
Martignoni-Thrasher Debate
on THE PAPACY
Was the apostle Peter the first Pope of the Roman Catholic Church?
AUDIO DEBATES
Radio Debate on Catholicism
broadcast on KURM 790 AM in Northwest Arkansas in May 2001.
Debate Day 1....................Debate Day 2
Proposition: "The Scriptures and Apostolic tradition as put forth by the Roman Catholic Church are our authority for Christian faith and doctrine."
(Bill Rutland affirms; Wayne Greeson denies)
Debate Day 3....................Debate Day 4
Proposition: "The Scriptures teach that the Scriptures are our only authority for Christian faith and doctrine."
(Wayne Greeson affirms; Bill Rutland denies)
Water Baptism Debate
held at Central Baptist College (Conway, AR) in April 2007.
Day 1, Part 1....................Day 1, Part 2
Proposition: "The Scriptures teach that the alien sinner is forgiven of his past sins by faith only, before and without water baptism."
(Dr. Steve Raines affirms; Bruce Reeves denies)
Day 2, Part 1....................Day 2, Part 2
Proposition: "The Scriptures teach that water baptism is necessary in order for the alien sinner to obtain the forgiveness of his past sins."
(Bruce Reeves affirms; Dr. Steve Raines denies)
Once Saved, Always Saved
held at Central Baptist College (Conway, AR) in April 2007.
Day 1, Part 1....................Day 1, Part 2
Proposition: "The Scriptures teach that it is possible for a Christian, i.e., one who has been cleansed by the blood of Christ, to so sin as to be eternally lost."
(Bruce Reeves affirms; Dr. Ron Mitchell denies)
Day 2, Part 1....................Day 2, Part 2
Proposition: "The Scriptures teach that it is impossible for a Christian, that is, one cleansed by the blood of Christ, to so sin as to be eternally lost."
(Dr. Ron Mitchell affirms; Bruce Reeves denies)
LECTURESHIP BOOKLETS
2002 First Annual Lectureship
1st & 2nd Timothy and Titus
(Paul's Letters to Preachers)
2003 Second Annual Lectureship
Ephesians & Colossians
(The Divine Plan of the Ages)
2004 Third Annual Lectureship
Evidences for Faith
("That You May Believe")
Go to AUDIO PAGE for audio files of the 2004 lectureship.
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