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Recent Episodes

March 27, 2024

Resistance and Rejection on the Road to Rome (#201)

A 19-year old listener named "Kate" has been investigating and considering Catholicism. But she is facing harsh resistance and rejection from her Protestant  friends and family who argue that Catholicism is a false Christianity and she is falling for...

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March 25, 2024

Did Jesus Establish the Catholic Church? (#200)

A 19-year old listener named "Kate" has been investigating and considering Catholicism. But as she discusses and debates with her Protestant friends and family, she still wrestles with an important question: how do we know that the Catholic Church is...

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March 22, 2024

Bible Study of Genesis Part 5: Noah's Ark (#199)

Almost everyone has heard of Noah's Ark, usually in Sunday School or children's bibles. But it's a very adult story that looks back to the Fall, establishes covenants with all mankind, and points forward to our salvation in Christ and his Church, the...

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March 20, 2024

Warrior Monks?! (#198)

A young listener named Caiden wrote in to ask about the medieval Catholic religious military orders (like the Knights Templar) that fought in the Crusades. In the previous episode (#197), Greg and Cory discussed the medieval Catholic society that pro...

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March 18, 2024

Those Who Work, Those Who Fight, and Those Who Pray (#197)

A listener asked about the medieval military religious orders; Catholic warrior monks like the Knights Templar that fought in the Crusades. To answer the question, Greg and Cory begin by exploring the Catholic society that produced them. Here’s our p...

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March 15, 2024

Bible Study of Genesis (#4): The Kids Are Not Alright (#196)

In Genesis 4, we see Adam and Eve, exiled from Eden. They begin their family, the human family, by having two boys, Cain and Abel. And the first death in human history isn't from old age or being stepped on by a Wooly Mammoth, it is a murder. Support...

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March 13, 2024

Why is Catholicism Hierarchical? (#195)

Our culture says that it values equality and democracy, but is really obsessed with functionality and power structures. Catholicism, on the other hand, presumes a sacred ordering of things. Why? Greg and Ed discuss hierarchy and ask whether we need m...

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March 11, 2024

From Satanism to Catholicism (#194)

A listener wrote in to share her journey from Wicca to full-blown Satanism, under the patronage of demons, to Catholicism, and entering the Church through the RCIA process. She also mentions that Ed and Greg's conversations on this show were helpful ...

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March 8, 2024

Bible Study of Genesis (#3): The Fall of Man (#193)

In Genesis 3, we learn how mankind fell from grace when Adam and Eve, tempted by the serpent, disobey God and eat fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil... and how they took the world down with them. But while the Fall brought death an...

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March 6, 2024

Mysteries of the Faith, Part 2 (#192)

Before 1517, Christians imagined the universe as "enchanted," full of mystery, wonder, and awe. But the Protestant Reformation reduced Christianity to Bible study, the spiritual transaction of "accepting Jesus," and grateful obedience to God's law. T...

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March 4, 2024

Mysteries of the Faith, Part 1 (#191)

Why is Catholicism more "mystical" in character and practice than Protestantism or Evangelicalism? And why does the Catholic Church refer to the sacraments as "mysteries of the faith?" A protestant evangelical listener named Doug asked why his evange...

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March 1, 2024

Bible Study (Genesis): In God's Image (#190)

Genesis chapter 2 tells the story of the creation of Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden, and Adam’s work. And we’ll see why mankind’s two genders, male and female, are an essential part of the image of God in man. Support this ministry so more people c...

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Feb. 28, 2024

Seven Days (#189)

How was the earth created? What does the Bible and the Catholic Church tell us about how God brought it about? Greg unpacks the first chapter of Genesis, the six days of God's creative work, and the seventh day of rest. Support this ministry so more ...

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Feb. 26, 2024

"Star of the Sea?" (#188)

Why is Mary sometimes called the "Star of the Sea?" And why statues of her sometimes even more prominent than statues of Jesus in Catholic Churches? A listener recently visited a beautiful, historic Catholic church in Duluth, Minnesota, but was puzzl...

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Feb. 23, 2024

What is the Bible About? (#187)

Most people today don't think that the Bible makes much sense. Even Christians who respect it as God's Word struggle to explain it. In this episode, Greg unpacks the big story that the Bible tells: it's bookends, it's plot, and it's central point. Su...

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Feb. 21, 2024

Pastors and Priests, Part 2 (#186)

Ed the Protestant returns to ask Greg about the differences between Protestant pastors and Catholic priests. In Part 2, they explore what a Catholic priest is, and how priests differ from Protestant ministers or pastors. Support this ministry so more...

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Feb. 19, 2024

Pastors and Priests, Part 1 (#185)

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Feb. 16, 2024

How to Join the Catholic Church (#184)

How does someone officially enter the Catholic Church, so they become eligible for the Eucharist and other sacraments? Former guest Angie Griffith (episodes #) rejoins us to share her experience of joining the Catholic Church through the RCIA (Rite o...

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Feb. 14, 2024

From the Vault: Explaining Lent to a Protestant (#185)

Last year, Ed the Protestant asked Greg why Catholics make such a big deal out of Lent. In this re-released episode, Greg explains the liturgical season of  "Quadragesima," Latin for "40 Days," which in Old English English came to be known as "Lent."...

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Feb. 12, 2024

Annulments, Part 2: Process (#182)

In the last of a series of episodes about marriage, guest Carla Niziolek explains the process by which the Catholic Church considers declaring that a valid sacrament of matrimony never occurred, leaving the parties free to remarry.  Support this mini...

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Feb. 8, 2024

Annulments, Part 1: Grounds (#181)

In the third of a series of episodes about marriage, guest Carla Niziolek explains the various grounds the Catholic Church considers to declare that a valid sacrament of matrimony never occurred, leaving the parties free to remarry.  Support this min...

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Feb. 5, 2024

Myths About Catholic Marriage (#180)

In the second of a series of episodes about marriage, Greg and Cory take on some common myths about Catholic sacrament of holy matrimony. Support this ministry so more people can consider Catholicism! Website: https://www.consideringcatholicism.com/ ...

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Feb. 1, 2024

How is Catholic Marriage Different? (#179)

The Catholic Church's understanding of marriage differs greatly from Protestant, evangelical, or secular concepts. It's not just "traditional." The Church teaches that matrimony is a sacrament, that contraception is a sin, and that divorce is impossi...

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Jan. 29, 2024

What About Weed? (#178)

What is the Catholic perspective on marijuana and its legalization for recreational use? Greg explains how it can diminish our essential human qualities. If you're interested, Denver's Archbishop Samuel Aquila has written a wonderful pastoral letter ...

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Jan. 26, 2024

AI, Robots, and Reality (#177)

Within the next few years, artificial intelligence and advanced and mass-scaled robotics manufacturing will change our economy, workplaces, and daily lives in ways we can't imagine. But our belief in technology as the solution to our problems and a m...

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Recent Blog Posts

Taking Death Seriously

I’m recording and releasing this a few hours before our parish celebrates the mass of All Souls Day. It’s part of a three-day focus on death and the dead: All Saints Eve on October 31 (or Halloween), the solemnity mass of All Saints Day …

(Un)Happy Reformation Day

Listen to Episode 148 So today is not just Halloween, which for Catholics is the eve of All Saints’ Day, but for Protestants, it's Reformation Day. This means that my Facebook timeline is filled with my former colleagues telling each other, "…