Episodes

  • "Predestination?" Does God Make People for Heaven or Hell? (#227)
    35 mins
  • Catholicism and the Bible, Part 3: The Deposit of Faith (#226)
    May 24 2024

    In this "Deep Dives" series, we explore what the Catholic Church teaches about the Bible and the role the Bible plays in the Catholic faith. In this installment, we discover what the Church teaches about how the sacred scriptures and sacred tradition work together.

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    18 mins
  • Inviting Non-Catholics to Mass (#225)
    May 22 2024

    A listener wrote in about the challenges of inviting non-catholic friends to mass for the first time. Greg and Ed talk about the process of evangelization and whether an invitation to mass should always be the first move in sharing the Catholic faith.

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    35 mins
  • Ed Visits His Old "Girlfriend" (#224)
    May 20 2024

    Ed the Protestant recently led worship at a contemporary evangelical church, and describes it like visiting an old girlfriend. It was comfortable, but not where he wants to be anymore. He and Greg talk about what they found missing in that world and why they considered (or are considering) Catholicism.

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    36 mins
  • Catholicism and the Bible, Part 2: Before the Bible? (#223)
    May 17 2024

    In this "Deep Dives" series, we explore what the Catholic Church teaches about the Bible and the role the Bible plays in the Catholic faith. In this installment, Greg asks how the Church functioned before the Bible as we know it was completed. And did the completion of the Bible render the teachings and traditions of the apostles invalid?

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    17 mins
  • Why Does the Pope Have His Own Country? Part 2 (#222)
    May 15 2024

    The Vatican, headquarters and home to the papacy, is its own sovereign nation. It's small (108 acres), but it has its own army (the Swiss Guard), embassies in 180 countries, status in the United Nations, and until 1999 printed its own currency. But why does the pope have his own country in the first place? In this second of two conversations, Greg and Cory explore the Vatican city-state since 1929.

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    28 mins
  • Why Does the Pope Have His Own Country? Part 1 (#221)
    May 13 2024

    The Vatican, headquarters and home to the papacy, is its own sovereign nation. It's small (108 acres), but it has its own army (the Swiss Guard), embassies in 180 countries, status in the United Nations, and until 1999 printed its own currency. But why does the pope have his own country in the first place? In this first of two conversations, Greg and Cory explore the reason and history of the Papal States.

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    34 mins
  • Catholicism and the Bible, Part 1: What is "God's Word?" (#220)
    May 10 2024

    In this new "Friday Deep Dives" series, we explore what the Catholic Church teaches about the Bible and the role the Bible plays in the Catholic faith. In this first installment, Greg asks what exactly is meant by the term "God's Word" or "Word of God." Is that the same thing as the Bible?

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    23 mins