"Debate thy cause
with thy neighbour" (Proverbs 25:9)
Reasons We Should Publicly Debate Bible Topics
- God teaches we should Phil 1:17, Acts 15:2,7, 17:17,
19:8-9, Mt 22:15-46, Jude 3
- 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
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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