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"Debate thy cause with thy neighbour" (Proverbs 25:9)

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June 2-7, 2013	Pleasant Grove, AL	Gospel Meeting	flyer
Summer, 2013	Dayton, OH	Baptism and Miraculous Gifts
Summer, 2013	Nashville, TN	Women Preachers

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Most Recent Debates:
August 3, 2012	Hayward, CA	Once Saved Always Saved	Listen
July 16, 2012	Columbus, OH	Homosexual Marriage	Listen
July 14, 2012	Middletown, OH	Once Saved Always Saved	Listen
May 26, 2012	Nashville, TN	Homosexual Marriage	Listen
February 3, 2012	Huntsville, AL	Sabbath	Listen
December 10, 2011	Cullman, AL	Women Preachers
July 23, 2011	Meridian, MS	Original Sin	Listen
February 18-19, 2011	Cullman, AL	Sabbath	Listen
December 16-17, 2010	Jacksonville, AR	Necessity Of Baptism	Listen
2010	written	May All The Divorced Remarry?	Read
January 21, 2010	Meridian, MS	Church Social Meals	Listen
2010	written	Baptismal Formula	Read
October 12-13, 2009	Florence, AL	Divorce and Remarriage	Listen
2009	written	Not Under Bondage - I Cor 7:15	Read
June 20, 2009	Hattiesburg, MS	Unconditional Election	Listen
June 20, 2009	Meridian, MS	Divorce and Remarriage	Listen
June 19, 2009	Hattiesburg, MS	Infant Baptism	Listen
March 21, 2009	Washington, DC	Homosexuality	Listen
March 20, 2009	Westerly, RI	Sabbath	Listen
March 16, 2009	Lancaster, PA	Original Sin	Listen
March 14, 2009	Washington, DC	Sola Scriptura	Listen

Reasons We Should Publicly Debate Bible Topics

God teaches we should Jude 3, Acts 15:2,7, 17:17, 19:8-9, Matt 22:15-46
To listen to the other side with an open mind Matthew 13:15
To preach the truth as we presently understand it II Timothy 4:2
To allow our position to be examined/tested John 3:19-21
To seek religious unity Ephesians 4:3, I Corinthians 1:10, John 17:20-23
To reach the lost Mark 16:15-16, II Corinthians 5:10-11
To get an audience with those we believe need to be warned Ezekiel 3:18
To encourage study of the word of God II Timothy 2:15
To defend the gospel, the truth Philippians 1:17, Proverbs 25:9

What About the King James Version's Condemnation of "Debate" ?

And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. And this continued by the space of two years ... Acts 19:8-10

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