The Encyclopedia of Religious Debates

Debate Listings: Ta-Te

(Most recent revision: September 14, 2004)

Don R. Taaffe [Church of Christ]

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Isaac N. Cramer (Sabbatarian); Lake Wales, FL; May 1-2, 4-5, 1972; Lord's day, Sabbath
Richard Cornell (Oneness Pentecostal Church); Lake Wales & St. Petersburg, FL; August 22-23, 25-26, 1977; godhead, miracles

Gerald Tackett [Baptist Church]

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Steven Smith (Church of Christ); Salem, IN; December 7, 1991; apostasy; 100

Isaac Elisha Tackett [Church of Christ] [Photo] [Photo]

July 27, 1878 (Delta County, TX) - March 6, 1957 (Troup, TX)
Biographical sketch: Gospel Preachers Who Blazed The Trail by C. R. Nichol. Austin, TX: Firm Foundation Publishing House, n.d.
Biographical sketch: In Memoriam by Gussie Lambert. Shreveport, LA: Gussie Lambert, 1988, pages 263-265.
_ (Baptist Church); Cushing, TX

R. L. Talley [Baptist Church]

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· Flavil L. Colley (Church of Christ); Waco, TX; 1932

Ora Hubert Tallman [Church of Christ]

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· J. P. Watson (Church of Christ); written. Proposition: “Whether the Sunday school class system of teaching be divinely authorized and recorded in the New Testament Scriptures.” (Tallman affirmed, Watson denied). Book publication.

Frank Talmage [Church of Christ]

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T. C. Sharp (Methodist Episcopal Church); Dudleyville, IL; May 1872
Henry Sharp (Infidel); Greenville, IL; September 1872; Christianity

Fanning Yater Tant [Church of Christ] [Photo] [Photo]

December 30, 1908 (Macon, TN) - March 3, 1997 (_, _)
Biographical sketch: They Being Dead Yet Speak (Florida College Annual Lectures, 1981). Temple Terrace, FL: Florida College Bookstore, 1981, page 62.
Biographical sketch: Faith and Facts Quarterly, Volume 25, Number 2 (April 1997), 64.
E. R. Harper (Church of Christ); Lufkin, TX; April 11-14, 1955; church cooperation
E. R. Harper (Church of Christ); Abilene, TX; November 27-30, 1955; church cooperation. Book publication: Harper-Tant Debate. Abilene, TX: Chronicle Publishing Co., 1956.

Jefferson Davis Tant [Church of Christ] [Photo] [Photo] [Photo] [Photo] [Photo] [Photo]

June 28, 1861 (Cartersville, GA) - June 1, 1941 (Los Fresnos, TX)
Biography: J. D. Tant--Texas Preacher by Fanning Yater Tant. Athens, AL: The C.E.I. Publishing Co., 1973 (second printing).
Biographical sketch: Gospel Preachers Who Blazed The Trail by C. R. Nichol. Austin, TX: Firm Foundation Publishing House, n.d.
Biographical sketch: The Trail Blazers: Heroes of the Faith by J. Porter Wilhite. Oklahoma City, OK: Telegram Book Company, 1965, pp. 56-60.
Biography: “J. D. Tant: Colorful Frontier Preacher” by Claude M. Wilsford. They Being Dead Yet Speak (Florida College Annual Lectures, 1981). Temple Terrace, FL: Florida College Bookstore, 1981, pp. 105-118.
Biographical sketch: In Memoriam by Gussie Lambert. Shreveport, LA: Gussie Lambert, 1988, pages 266-269.
Related biography: Nannie Yater Tant—Reminiscences of a Pioneer Preacher’s Wife by Fanning Yater Tant. Indianapolis, IN: Faith and Facts Press, 1992.
Nearly 350 debates; more than 100 debates by 1911; 13 debates with Christadelphians
W. N. Leak (Baptist Church); Bee House, TX; December 1886; Tant's 1st debate
J. G. Webb (Primitive Baptist Church); August 1890; Tant's 4th Debate
Joe Lockhart (Baptist Church); 1894
J. F. Elder (?); Quanah, TX; 1895
G. A. Strain (Universalist); Grapeland, TX; August 1895
W. A. Jarrel (Baptist Church); Thornton, TX; October 1895. Periodical publication: Thornton Topics (Thornton, TX)
C. L. Ballard (Methodist Church); Copper, TX; January 1896
W. A. Jarrel (Baptist Church); Sherman, TX; January or February 1896
_ Banks (?);
J. C. Weaver (Methodist Church); Moore's Spring, TX; November 1896
J. F. Elder (?); Seymour, TX; December 1896
S. F. Cayce (Primitive Baptist Church); Anson, TX; July 1897
E. W. Alderson (Methodist Church); Troupe, TX; October 1897
J. K. P. Williams (Baptist Church)
J. K. P. Williams (Baptist Church)
J. K. P. Williams (Baptist Church)
J. K. P. Williams (Baptist Church); Farmington, TX; c 1897; their 4^th debate
J. C. Fogle (German Baptist Church); Niotaze, KS; February 1898
James A. Harding (Church of Christ); Nashville, TN; 1898
_ Smith (Methodist Church); Bloomington, KS; May 1898
Richard H. Pigue (Methodist Church); Bellview, TN; December 1898
D. B. Ray (Baptist Church); Elmore, ?TX; 1899
John T. Oakley (Baptist Church); Nashville, TN; June 1900
James A. Harding (Church of Christ); written; 1901; rebaptism. Periodical publication: Gospel Advocate. Nashville, TN. June 6 - August 15, 1901. Periodical publication: Firm Foundation. 1901. Book publication: Tant-Harding Debate. Decatur, AL: Gospel Defender Publishing Co., 1988. Book publication: Tant-Harding Debate. Decatur, AL: Thrasher Publications, 1999.
A. D. Rogers (Christian Church); Godley, TX; ?May 1903; instrumental music in worship; 2 days
J. M. Howell (Russellite); Rosenburg, TX; September 1903
_ Blankenship (Baptist Church); Ben Hur, TX; November 1903
D. A. Leak (Christian Church); McGregor, TX; January 1904
W. J. Frost (Church of Christ); written; 1904; instrumental music in worship, missionary societies. Book publication: The Tant-Frost Debate. Cincinnati, OH: F. L. Rowe, 1904. Book publication: Tant-Frost Debate. Decatur, AL: Thrasher Publications, 1999.
_ Wyatt (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints); Cottage Grove, TN; February 1908
Richard H. Pigue (Methodist Church); Crockett County, TN; 1910
Richard H. Pigue (Methodist Church);
Ben M. Bogard (Missionary Baptist Church); Paragould, AR; May 31- June 3, 1910; 4 days
R. L. Brooks (Universalist); Jonah, TX; March 11-_, 1919
C. H. Cayce (Primitive Baptist Church); Winfield, AL; August 3-6, 1920
C. C. Agee (Primitive Baptist Church); Centralia, OK; November 9-11, 1920; conditional or unconditional salvation
Ben M. Bogard (Missionary Baptist Church); Guin, AL; November 8-11, 1921; 4 days
(?L. R.) Riley (Baptist Church); ?December 1921
I. N. Penick (Baptist Church);
I. N. Penick (Baptist Church);
I. N. Penick (Baptist Church);
I. N. Penick (Baptist Church);
J. R. Clark (Baptist Church); west TN; December _-10, 1921
J. N. Cowan (Church of Christ); c 1921
_ (Adventist Church); January 1922
_ (Adventist Church); January 1922
A. N. Dugger (Church of God (Seventh Day)); Russellville, AL; February 15-_, 1922
_ Steward (?); Ozark, AR; summer 1922; future kingdom, soul sleeping
C. H. Cayce (Primitive Baptist Church); Parrish, AL; March 13-16, 1923; church identity
"Wild Bill" Evans (Methodist Church); Gates, TN; ?September 1923
J. N. Hall (Missionary Baptist Church);
_ Turner (Methodist Church); Booneville, MS; c 1925
J. W. Moore (Baptist Church); _, IL; June 1926
Ben M. Bogard (Missionary Baptist Church); Texarkana, TX; September 27 - October 2, 1927; 6 days
A. J. Sloan (Baptist Church); Gallatin, TN; November 1927
C. B. Massey (Baptist Church); Yuma (near Wildersville), TN; November 1927
John R. Clark (Baptist Church); Acton, TN; 1927
John R. Clark (Baptist Church); near Corinth, MS; 1927
James B. Hardy (Primitive Baptist Church); Whitehurst, TN; December 12-_, 1927
W. M. Hicks (Baptist Church); Granite, OK
John R. Clark (Baptist Church); Corinth, MS; 1928
C. B. Massey (Baptist Church); Westmoreland, TN; 1928
?John R. Clark (Baptist Church); Polk, TN; 1928
J. R. Lamb (Baptist Church); Fort Payne, AL; 1928
John R. Clark (Baptist Church); Ripley, TN; 1928
?T. S. Brogdon (?); Fort Worth, TX; 1929
Roy E. Davis (Pentecostal Holiness Church); Louisville, KY; 1929
J. R. Clark (Baptist Church); Lexington, AL; 1931
?W. Ezekiel "Zeke" Sherrill (Baptist Church); Benton, AR; 1932
Ben M. Bogard (Missionary Baptist Church); Memphis, TN; May 24-27, 1932; 4 days
A. Y. Baker (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints); DeQueen, AR; 1932
?T. S. Bolin (Baptist Church); Madisonville, TX; 1932
C. A. Smith (Baptist Church); Oakland (near Springdale), AR; June 22-29, 1933; general church
_ (?); Camden, AR; 1933
C. A. Smith (Baptist Church); Springdale, AR; c 1934; their second debate
Alva Johnson (Church of Christ);
D. N. Jackson (Missionary