107 episodes
FACTS Stephen Boyce and Tyler West
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- Religion & Spirituality
FACTS is a podcast that was started by Dr. Stephen Boyce from Greenville, South Carolina. The primary focus of this program is to cover historical content about the early church Fathers, the Apocryphal accounts, the canon, textual criticism, and the scripture itself. Most episodes are co-hosted by Tyler West, among other special guests who are invited on the program.
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Reviewing Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker's Controversial Graduation Speech
On this episode of FACTS, Stephen and guest, Pastor Joshua Rodriguez, will review the controversial graduation speech that Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made about the status of the Church and the family in the United States. This commencement speech at Benedictine College has made national media and has created petitions by liberal groups asking the Kansas Chiefs to remove Butker from their roster. Did Harrison speak the truth? Does America need to listen to his message? Stephen will answer these questions and unpack Harrison's challenge to the graduates of Benedictine College.
Here is a link to the full speech. https://youtu.be/-JS7RIKSaCc?si=QjjuU6tqfDP5WQP9 -
The Sacraments: Ordination and Marriage
On this episode of FACTS, Stephen and Tyler will discuss the sacraments of ordination and marriage. This is part 3 of their short series covering the 7 sacraments.
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Does the Gospel of Thomas Now Have Validity?
This is a special episode of FACTS, where Stephen is joined by special guest, Wesley Huff, to discuss a newly discovered manuscript that contains a saying from the Gospel of Thomas, blended with words from the synoptic accounts.
Here are links to connect with Wes
https://www.wesleyhuff.com/
https://www.wesleyhuff.com/can-i-trust-the-bible
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The Disastrous Ending to the United Methodist Church
On this special episode of FACTS, Stephen and Tyler discuss the recent vote to remove all bans of same-sex clergy, marriages, and blessings in the United Methodist Church. They will discuss the slippery-slope in how they believe it got to this point.
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The Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist
On this episode of FACTS, Stephen and Tyler discuss the Gospel sacraments, along with confirmation. They will discuss why these are sacraments and what they effectively do for the church.
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The Sacraments: What Are They and Why Do We Need Them?
On this episode of FACTS, Stephen and Tyler define and describe the sacraments. There are various debates within Christianity about the number, function, and purpose of the sacraments, and this episode is meant to give an overview of these things in preparation for the new series.