Did an hour today prior to joining Eli Ayala to discuss sola scriptura and dove into some church history, the bishop of Rome, the development hypothesis, and other stuff; likewise, briefly looked at the assertion that “sacralism saved the church,” another astonishing claim as well.
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Notifications and Newsletter List
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Do you keep missing the Dividing Line Live? Wouldn’t you like to get notifications in email about our next show? The form below is a new subscription list that we will be using to let you know when the next Dividing Line will be as well as a future newsletter that we will be putting together. Please take a moment
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OK, This is Odd
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Gary Michuta, Sirach, and the Threefold Division of the Old Testament
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Peter Established The Roman Church? (Part One)
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Marty Sampson’s Instagram Article, Faithfulness, and then 30 Minutes of Open Phones
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KJV Onlyism Revisited:Separating Fact from Fiction Part 2 – Text Type History
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Who Really is Anti-Catholic?
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