The subject of sola Scriptura in Protestant/Catholic encounters is a decisive issue for many. In many cases, it is the premiere driving force of Protestants who convert to Catholicism. In this debate, conducted July-August, 2002, we shall explore the evidence for and against sola Scriptura to see which view is most likely true. This debate is between Kevin Tierney, president of Defender's Apologetics Ministry and a professing Catholic apologist, and Shandon L. Guthrie, a Christian philosopher and apologist for Protestant Evangelicalism.
Below is a reprint of that exchange.
| FIRST ROUND | |
| Opening
Statement - Shandon L. Guthrie - Affirmative (2,000 word limit) |
Opening
Statement - Kevin Tierney - Negative (2,000 word limit) |
| First
Rebuttal - Shandon L. Guthrie (1,200 word limit) |
First
Rebuttal - Kevin
Tierney (1,200 word limit) |
| Second
Rebuttal - Shandon L. Guthrie (1,000 word limit) |
Second
Rebuttal - Kevin
Tierney (1,000 word limit) |
| QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION 1 - (500 word limit) | |
| Question 1 - S. Guthrie | Answer to 1 - K. Tierney |
| Response to Tierney - S. Guthrie | Counter-Response to Guthrie - K. Tierney |
| QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION 2 - (500 word limit) | |
| Question 2 - K. Tierney | Answer to 2 - S. Guthrie |
| Response to Guthrie - K. Tierney | Counter-Response to Tierney - S. Guthrie |
| QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION 3 - (500 word limit) | |
| Question 3 - S. Guthrie | Answer to 3 - K. Tierney |
| Response to Tierney - S. Guthrie | Counter-Response to Guthrie - K. Tierney |
| QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION 4 - (500 word limit) | |
| Question 4 - K. Tierney | Answer to 4 - S. Guthrie |
| Response to Guthrie - K. Tierney | Counter-Response to Tierney - S. Guthrie |
| CLOSING STATEMENTS - (1,000 word limit) | |
| Closing Statement - Shandon L. Guthrie | Closing Statement - Kevin Tierney |
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