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Spirituality (Catholic) Episodes

April 15, 2024

Are Catholics "Born Again?" (#209)

Evangelical and Pentecostal Protestants say that salvation begins with being "born again" or "born again in the Spirit." They also say that the Catholic Church doesn't believe in or help Catholics to become "born again," and…
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Considering Catholicism
March 6, 2023

Explaining Lent to a Protestant (#101)

Ed the Protestant asks, "What is Lent, where does it come from (not in the Bible), and why do Catholics practice it?" This podcast is a nonprofit ministry. Please consider supporting its production: DONATE
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Considering Catholicism
Feb. 20, 2023

Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 2 (#97)

Greg and Cory continue their discussion of how the historical Christian, particularly Catholic, understanding of funerals is at odds with current cultural trends. (Part 2 of 2) This podcast is a nonprofit ministry. Please co…
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Considering Catholicism
Feb. 16, 2023

Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 1 (#96)

How are current trends in the format of funerals in America and Europe a significant break with historic Christian understandings of the body, death, and the central claim of the Gospel? (Part 1 of 2) This podcast is a nonpr…
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Considering Catholicism
Nov. 7, 2022

Why Do Catholics Keep Relics of the Saints? (#43)

For Protestants and other non-Catholics, relics are one of, if not the, weirdest things about Catholicism. Why do Catholics have and treasure relics -- bits of bodies and clothing -- of the saints?
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Considering Catholicism
Nov. 3, 2022

Holy Water? Statues? Candles? Weird? Nope! Sacramentals. (#48)

Greg and Cory discuss "sacramentals" (not sacraments), objects and devotional practice which have been blessed by the Church.
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Considering Catholicism
Oct. 10, 2022

Teaching a Protestant to Pray the Rosary (#60)

Ed the Protestant has never held or owned a rosary, much less prayed it. So Greg teaches him how.
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Considering Catholicism
Oct. 6, 2022

Explaining the Rosary to a Protestant (#59)

Ed is curious about the Rosary, and Greg explains where it came from, its purpose, and why Catholics pray it.
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Considering Catholicism
Oct. 3, 2022

The Hail Mary Prayer (#34)

I had to overcome my Protestant fear of the Hail Mary, but once I did, I realized that it isn't really about Mary at all.
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Considering Catholicism
Sept. 29, 2022

To Jesus Through Mary (#58)

Ed was deeply moved by Greg's explanation of the significance of the Blessed Virgin Mary back in Episode #29, and wrote an article about how it impacted him. In this follow-up conversation, they explore what "To Jesus Throug…
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Considering Catholicism
Aug. 29, 2022

Practical Benefits of the Catholic Life (#51)

Ed asks Greg, "If I become Catholic, how will it make my life better in the here and now?" (Part 3 of 3 about Salvation).
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Considering Catholicism
Aug. 22, 2022

Protestant Anxiety vs. Catholic Comfort (#49)

Greg and Ed compare Protestant anxiety about being saved to the comfort of Catholicism (Part 1 of 3 about Salvation).
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Considering Catholicism
Aug. 18, 2022

Why Is the Eucharist So Important to Catholics? (#44)

In the first of a series of lessons on the Eucharist, Greg explains why it's such big deal to Catholics when it's only a medium-sized deal to Protestant Evangelicals.
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Aug. 15, 2022

Making the Eucharist Matter Again (#40)

The bishops of America are deeply concerned that too few Catholics understand, believe in, or take the Eucharist in a "coherent" way. And so, they have launched a three-year "Eucharistic Revival." In this first episode in a …
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Considering Catholicism
July 21, 2022

A Protestant Asks About the Virgin Mary (#35)

My Protestant friend Ed finally got around to asking me about the biggest problem that Protestants have with Catholicism: the Virgin Mary.
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