Collars & Calluses: Episode 40 - Conference talk by Rich

Bill and Rich continue their discussion of the authority of Scripture versus the authority of the church, clarifying that “inerrant” means without error while “infallible” means incapable of error, which they apply uniquely to God-breathed Scripture rather than councils or creeds. They argue tha ...

Bill welcomes guest host Kyle Lammott, pastor of Exodus Church in Wichita, to discuss why some families leave Protestant churches for Eastern Orthodoxy, often driven more by culture, aesthetics, authority, and online “ortho bro” apologetics than theology, though rejection of Calvinism is a commo ...

Bill and Rich introduce Collars and Calluses and begin a series shifting from Proverbs to ecclesiology, responding to online “ortho bro” and Roman Catholic apologetics urging Protestants to convert. Drawing on decades of pastoral experience and personal study, they argue that both Rome and the E ...

Continuing their Proverbs series, Bill and Rich focus on speech and the art of persuasion as a dominion tool meant to order life under Christ’s lordship. Using Proverbs 16:20–24, they distinguish persuasion (truthful, for another’s good) from manipulation (as in Proverbs 7), and connect persuasi ...