In this episode, we delve into the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, examining why it may not be the ideal choice for Baptist believers. Though revered for its majestic language and historical influence, the KJV carries distinct ecclesiological and theological elements rooted in its high church Anglican origins. We explore how these aspects can conflict with Baptist principles of church governance, sacraments, and congregational independence. Join us as we unpack the historical context of the KJV, highlight theological nuances within its translation choices, and discuss why Baptists may find other translations more compatible with their beliefs and traditions. If you'd like to donate to our ministry or be a monthly partner that receives newsletters and one on one discussions with Dr. Boyce, here's a link: https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=6381a2ee-b82f-42a7-809e-6b733cec05a7

In this episode of Facts, Dr. Boyce and special guest Young Anglican discuss the beauty and spiritual depth of high church worship. Together, they explore how rich liturgy, sacred symbolism, and sacramental practices continue to nourish believers in an ever-secular world. From ancient hymns to reverent rituals, they reveal how these traditions foster a deep sense of the sacred, connect worshipers to the historical Church, and provide timeless Christian truths for today. Whether you’re a lifelong adherent or simply curious, this conversation will inspire a renewed appreciation for high church worship. If you'd like to donate to our ministry or be a monthly partner that receives newsletters and one on one discussions with Dr. Boyce, here's a link: https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=6381a2ee-b82f-42a7-809e-6b733cec05a7 Here is a link to Young Anglicans Channel: http://www.youtube.com/@Young_Anglican

On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Boyce is interviewing special guest and author, Dr. Holly Ordway, to discuss her recent book: “Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography”. Dr. Ordway offers a detailed exploration of the spiritual and religious dimensions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s life and how these aspects influenced his writings. The book is part biography and part analysis, focusing on Tolkien’s Catholic faith, its development over his lifetime, and its profound impact on his work, particularly The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

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On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Stephen Boyce reads Tertullian's profound statement of how the Apostolic Churches protected themselves from forgeries and heresies that would often come into the Churches.

This is a very important discussion as it relates to the understanding of how canon was recognized from the Apostles to the second century. Dr. Boyce will be exploring a writing of Irenaeus called, “The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching” that is scarcely known to people.

On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Stephen Boyce will take his audience through a journey of the life of Ignatius. He will cover Ignatius' ministry, ecclesiology, eschatology, soteriology, and bibliology. The audience will also learn about the letters that Ignatius wrote before his martyrdom, and the controversy behind many of them.

What should the attitude of a Christian be toward living in a Gap of Divine Silence for over 1900 years? How should we view God and his lack of divine oracles? How can we continue to live in an age of skepticism when God does not visibly reveal himself? These are questions that Dr. Stephen Boyce will answer in this program, as he continues to investigate this subject. His most recent article on the subject can be found here... https://www.explorechristianity.net/blog/divine-silence-a-challenge-to-christians-to-think-differently-about-god-speaking-in-the-ancient-past

On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Boyce is joined by Explore Christianity's co-founder, Jonathan Beazley to challenge to Christians to think differently about God speaking in the ancient past. The content of this discussion is taken from Dr. Boyce's recent article that can be found here https://www.explorechristianity.net/blog/divine-silence-a-challenge-to-christians-to-think-differently-about-god-speaking-in-the-ancient-past?fbclid=IwAR1ZYQCleRE4ZcNqcZnViMZbhZvPCbrZCrtTbs_YpGChNEfaqL1MQDITsKs

On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Stephen Boyce is going to give a sample size comparison of the new arguments pertaining to Jesus, and His death and resurrection. It is alleged that the Gospel writers stole the data from the story of Romulus to create the narrative for Jesus, and His death and resurrection. Dr. Boyce will demonstrate that when someone does comparative work with historical documents, that person should be careful not to make something that appears similar the automatically be the same. 

3 John is one of the disputed letters in the New Testament. Dr. Boyce will explain the reasoning for the dispute, while also examining the source of this letter and how it can be traced to John the Apostle's apostolic group. 

Can this disputed letter be traced to the Apostle John? Why is the writer calling himself the Elder? Who is this elect lady? Dr. Stephen Boyce will walking the listener through the data to answer all of these questions. 

How can we identify a writing with a nameless writer, a nameless audience, and a nameless location as a canonical book? Can we trace it to an apostle? Can we call it scripture? On the episode of FACTS, Dr. Stephen Boyce is going to answer all of these questions and identify a specific person of interest, and demonstrate how it is possible to call this epistle, scripture. 

This episode contains a description and study of the Epistle to Diognetus. Dr. Boyce will walk the listener through the different perspectives about the writer, date, and content that are given in scholarship about this letter. Dr. Boyce will demonstrate the value of this letter to the Christian faith and how we can learn proper Apologetics from the writer of this letter. 

On this episode of FACTS, Stephen responds to criticism against Mark's Gospel, alleging that Mark inserted the wrong High Priest into the text when recounting 1 Samuel 21. Prominent scholars such as Bart Ehrman believe this to be an error and have admitted that this specific issue was the beginning of his departure from the faith. Stephen will demonstrate that it is an overreaction to this alleged problem and that there are many plausible explanations for using Abiathar in the text. Here’s a link if you’d like to become a contributor to FACTS and receive bi-monthly newsletters: https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=6381a2ee-b82f-42a7-809e-6b733cec05a7

On this Episode of FACTS, Dr. Stephen Boyce will demonstrate how it is possible for a Fisherman to be behind an epistle like 1 Peter, literary forms and all. He will make a historical argument, along with an internal argument, to defend the ancient claim that the Apostle Peter is behind the Epistle of 1 Peter. 

Dr. Stephen Boyce will be discussing the highly debated canonical status of 2 Peter. There are historical and internal reasons to have concerns about the canonical status of this Epistle. However, Dr. Boyce will walk the listener through multiple perspectives to give a viable argument in favor of 2 Peter being canonical.

In this Episode, Dr. Stephen Boyce discusses his perspective as to why there is a new push, in the younger generation, to go back to Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. He will discuss the problems he sees within our modern churches that have created a mess for the Church as a whole. 

On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Stephen Boyce will be discussing the authorship and composition of the Book of Hebrews. Did Paul write this letter? Did one of his followers write this letter? Does it even matter if we know who wrote this letter? All of these questions will be answered in this episode. 

Many modern scholars today hold to a 2-3 person authorship due to the literary forms. They would say that Isaiah (“proto-Isaiah”) wrote chapters 1–39, an anonymous author living during the exile (“deutero-Isaiah”) wrote 40–55, and another anonymous author living after the exile (“trito-Isaiah”) wrote 56–66. On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Boyce will explain these different views and why he believes these "discrepancies" can be reconciled with a proper understanding of the themes, history, layout, and framework of the original writer. 

On this episode of Facts, Dr. Stephen Boyce will walk the listener through the origins behind the Book of Revelation. Can it be traced to John the Apostle? Can the literary forms and method be written by a man who was once a fisherman? Are there historical arguments for the date and authorship for this book? Dr. Boyce will carefully answer these questions in his current series on the canonical texts. 

The authorship of the Book of James has long been disputed. Not only the author, but the composition as well. In this episode, Dr. Boyce will be making a historical and internal claim as to who he believes the author to be. He will also demonstrate various literary forms, and demonstrate multiple comparisons to other wisdom writings.  

In this episode of FACTS, Dr. Stephen Boyce will be examining the author, date, and composition of the Epistle of Jude. He will be looking at the historical citations and framework given to us; while also examining the internal evidence that the Epistle provides for itself. 

In this episode, Dr. Stephen Boyce with be examining the authorship, date, and composition of the book of Romans, along with examining the various endings. He will walk the listener through the external and internal data that will point to a Pauline authorship.

Many in modern scholarship will dismiss the pastoral epistles from the Pauline writings. The basis for this argument is due to the differences in vocabulary and syntax. In this episode, Dr. Stephen Boyce will be defending the Pauline authorship, while answering the main arguments against it.

On this episode of FACTS, Stephen is joined by Roman Catholic, Ben Bollinger, to discuss whether or not the Filioque belongs in the Nicene Creed. They will investigate the great debates between the East and West on this subject and why this is such a sensitive debate.

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Did Luke actually write an account of the Apostles? Can we see evidence in history, and in the text itself, that the writer had a working knowledge of the key characters? In this episode, Dr. Stephen Boyce will walk the listener through these questions, and seek to answer each claim.

On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Stephen Boyce will be investigating the internal evidence of John’s Gospel. He will show the cleverness of the author in telling the other half of Peter’s story as recorded in Mark’s Gospel.

How did the Gospel of John come into existence? Why did the church need a fourth account of Jesus' ministry, when the Synoptic accounts were already circulating in the churches? In this episode, Dr. Stephen Boyce will explore the beauty and creation of John's Gospel. He will trace the origin and intent of its publication.

If Luke the Physician wrote a Gospel account, what would it look like? Can the internal evidence point to a physician as the author? In this episode, Dr. Stephen Boyce will make the case that Luke's Gospel can be validated, both internally and externally, to Luke the famous Physician.

Did Paul have need of a Gospel account of Jesus that he would carry with him in his travels? Was Luke a valid candidate to write such a Gospel? In this episode, Dr. Boyce will demonstrate that Luke was commissioned by Paul to write a historical account of the life and ministry of Jesus.

Dr. Boyce will be focusing on the internal evidence of Matthew, to demonstrate that the main material was based on the eyewitness testimony of a tax collector. He will also demonstrate key elements of Papias' testimony in regards to individuals "translating" the original sayings of Matthew from Hebrew/Aramaic.

In this episode of "Exploring the Gospels as Eyewitness Accounts, Dr. Boyce will be exploring the potentiality that there are two accounts of Matthew. He will be examining the testimony of Papias, Irenaeus, and others as to how we've received this Gospel account, and if it is possible to be traced to the Apostles.

Was Mark written by an unknown author that has been lost in history? Is it possible to trace the original writing, both historically, and intrinsically? On today's episode, Dr. Boyce will walk the listener through these questions; demonstrating that is possible to identify a person of interest and follow patterns within the Gospel account, and link them to a specific person of interest.

Modern day academia has placed major doubt on the authenticity of the Gospels. Even Biblical institutions have abandoned the traditional view of the authorship of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. In this episode, Dr. Boyce will be exploring the earliest attestations of these ancient Gospel accounts, by examining the testimony of Papias

On tonights episode of FACTS, Dr. Boyce will be exploring the Book of 1 Enoch. Did the Ethiopian Church rightly consider the book canonical? Did the New Testament writers use the Book of 1 Enoch? Who are the Watchers? Does 1 Enoch help us understand Genesis 6 better? Should we read and utilize the writing today? These are the questions that Dr. Boyce will be answering on this episode. 

On this episode of FACTS, Stephen is joined by Paul Facey from the Podcast, “The Other Paul”, to discuss the superiority of liturgical worship over against the contemporary models of today. They will discuss the balancing of these two things without the need to dilute the ancient practice of liturgy. If you'd like to donate to our ministry or be a monthly partner that receives newsletters and one on one discussions with Dr. Boyce, here's a link: https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=6381a2ee-b82f-42a7-809e-6b733cec05a7

In this episode, Dr. Boyce will be discussing a controversial topic that is discussed in churches today. Dr. Boyce will be playing a clip from an older sermon by Jack Schaap, where he made a claim that "It would be a cold day in hell before he got his theology from a woman." Dr. Boyce will attempt to balance and answer this statement.

In tonight's episode, Dr. Boyce will be examining the internal data from Hebrews to see if the writer utilized some of the Apocryphal books for his theology and arguments.

Eric Skwarczynski, the producer of the Preacher Boys Podcast, recently announced that he is no longer a Christian. On an episode of his podcast, he detailed his journey of deconstruction. In this episode, Dr. Stephen Boyce and Jonathan Beazley will be discussing his reasoning and the deconstruction process.

On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Boyce will be investigating the origin of the Gospel of Thomas. Is it the missing "Q" document that some have suggested? Did the canonical Gospels copy Thomas? These questions will be answered in todays episode. 

When comparing the historical data for Socrates and Jesus, one will find astonishing similarities between the two. There is a movement in academia today, seeking to dismiss the existence of the historical Jesus. In this episode of FACTS, Dr. Boyce will examine the evidence of both Jesus and Socrates. He will demonstrate that to dismiss one's existence is to dismiss the other from a historical standpoint.

This episode of FACTS will be covering a Pseudepigraphal work known as the Gospel of Peter. Did Peter write this Gospel account? Was the material based on eyewitness testimony? These kinds of questions will be answered by Dr. Boyce. Also, he will be discussing some of the unique readings within the account like: a Giant Jesus and a talking cross.

On this episode of FACTS, Stephen is going to journey through the controversial subject of infant baptism. He will investigate the earliest writings of the church to determine the reasoning behind the practice. Here is the giving link: https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=6381a2ee-b82f-42a7-809e-6b733cec05a7

On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Boyce is joined by Roman Catholic podcaster, Steven Alspach (from The Catholic Brothers), to discuss the leaked news of communication between the ACNA and Rome. The news was prematurely released by Anglican reporters and it has left both churches in suspense wondering the details of this potential communion. If you'd like to donate to our ministry or be a monthly partner, here's a link: https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=6381a2ee-b82f-42a7-809e-6b733cec05a7 Here is the link for the blog that will be discussed: https://www.soulsandliberty.com/post/rome-moves-toward-full-communion-with-orthodox-anglicans?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR02Wtsikn2tLLi9EjEe_Z5ouwghCvZhENpZYEeweslwhR87gT_sP0_qid0_aem_JLn8IW8MmIIZWV76Iixs3g Here is a link to The Catholic Brothers podcast: http://www.youtube.com/@TheCatholicBrothers

On this episode of FACTS, Stephen will discuss whether or not John's Gospel was done alone or in a group. Could John the fisherman produce such a work of philosophical genius? These are questions Dr. Boyce will answer in the video.

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On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Boyce is joined by special guest, Fr. Alexander Wilgus, Lead Rector at Redemption Anglican Church. They will discuss a recent article written by Fr. Wilgus in response to those who suggest all remarriages are adulterous marriages. This episode will cover the biblical and historical fallacies that are being made by clergy today. Here is Fr. Wilgus' article: https://northamanglican.com/divorce-and-remarriage/ If you'd like to donate to our ministry or be a monthly partner, here's a link: https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=6381a2ee-b82f-42a7-809e-6b733cec05a7

On this episode of FACTS, Stephen will investigate statements made by Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Cyril of Jerusalem, Augustine, and others as it relates to the appearance of Jesus of Nazareth. He will also investigate a letter that was possibly written by Roman consul, Lentulus. There will be a brief discussion at the end as to whether or not the Shroud of Turin helps answer this question as well. If you'd like to donate to our ministry or be a monthly partner, here's a link: https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=6381a2ee-b82f-42a7-809e-6b733cec05a7

On this special episode of FACTS, Dr. Boyce is joined by Fr. Brett Murphy from Morecambe, UK, to discuss the Apostolic Churches that were in England before the arrival of Augustine of Canterbury. They will discuss the Johannine traditions, Pauline traditions, and other Celtic traditions that were in the area. They will delve into Bede's Ecclesiastical History and Tertullian's statements about the churches there. If you'd like to donate to our ministry or be a monthly partner that receives newsletters and one on one discussions with Dr. Boyce, here's a link: https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=6381a2ee-b82f-42a7-809e-6b733cec05a7 Here is a link to Fr. Brett's channel: https://youtube.com/@RevBrettMurphy?si=yyXRwQrBmCimlvBq Here's a link to a similar discussion with Fr. Steve Macias, specifically about Augustine of Canterbury: https://youtube.com/live/ZYSd7oXg1HQ?feature=share

In this episode of FACTS, we delve into the question, “Will There Ever Be One Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church Again?” Join us as we explore the history, theology, and challenges surrounding the idea of a unified Christian Church.

We are honored to have Fr. Calvin Robinson as our special guest, a respected priest and theologian known for his insights on tradition, faith, and the modern challenges facing Christianity. Together, we’ll discuss what it would take to bring different apostolic churches together, the significance of unity in faith, and whether the vision of a single, united Church is a realistic possibility or simply a nostalgic dream.

Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation that tackles the complexities of Christian unity, the role of tradition, and the hope for a Church that truly embodies the creed: “One Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic.”

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One of the most debated characters in the J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" series is Tom Bombadil. There are numerous theories as to what his character represents in the books. On this episode of FACTS, Stephen is joined by Pastor C.R. Wiley who wrote a book entitled, "In The House of Tom Bombadil", giving his personal thoughts behind the mysterious character. Join the live discussion and be sure to leave your feedback as well. If you'd like to donate to our ministry or be a monthly partner, here's a link: https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=6381a2ee-b82f-42a7-809e-6b733cec05a7 Here is a link Pastor Wiley's Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1954887027?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_3QMN1Y6XJ4V7T94PFADG