# The Sale of Biblical Instruction is Simony: Debate Opening Statement

Conley Owens

*Pre-conference debate, Monday, September 28*

*Given at doreancon 2026 — Retrieving a Doctrine of Simony. Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church, Sunnyvale, California, September 28–30, 2026.*

Written alongside *The Doctrine of Simony* (https://simony.info).

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