https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6fj9y-c9f1a6 This week evangelist Ed Graveline comes on the program to discuss the need to evangelize. Ed has been involved with St. Paul Street Evangelization since 2013. He has an amazing reversion story that he shares, and we discuss the command of Christ to evangelize the nations. If you want to join Ed in Sierra... Continue Reading →
Praying with Bricks with J.M. Kraemer of The Lego Church Project
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qse2t-c91566 This week I had the pleasure of interviewing J.M. Kraemer of The Lego Church Project. We discuss how he got started with the project, the challenges, and the rewards. He also talks about how it is a prayer and a tool for evangelization. It was a fun interview. Learn more about the project at... Continue Reading →
Biblical Teaching on the Eucharist
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-i43et-c36d8c This episode is one of two that will be posted this week. The Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith, and a Pew Research survey published a few months ago showed that a majority of Catholics saw it as symbolic. This episode examines the scriptural evidence for the Catholic belief. Please visit... Continue Reading →
Are Suicide Victims Without The Hope of Heaven?
Suicide impacts everyone. There is a suicide in the United States every twelve minutes, and it is the tenth leading cause of death! Why one would resort suicide is a matter of debate and there is hardly a cut and dry scenario to pull from. Not to mention: Christians are not immune to it. Recently,... Continue Reading →
A Storyteller Talks Grace With Tony Agnesi
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-satjf-bed840 Tony Agnesi comes on the program and talks discusses the role of grace in our lives. He discusses how faith has sustained him through hard times and how faith and grace can sustain us. It is a very uplifting conversation that will make your day better. Tony also released a new book recently that... Continue Reading →
What is the Deuterocanon? with Gary Michuta
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-t5hxp-bc6840 In this episode Gary Michuta and I discuss the Deuterocanon. Those are the books that appear in Catholic Bibles, but are missing from Protestant ones. Gary gives some insight to why they deserve to be in the canon, when they were first disputed, and a couple tips we can all use to show that... Continue Reading →
The Eucharist with Matthew Chicoine
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3d6xi-bc36d6 Matthew is a husband, father, and pursuer of truth. He is a contributor to Epic Pew, Catholic Exchange, Managing editor at Catholic Stand, and runs a blog at thesimplecatholic.blog. He has earned an Masters in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville and recently started pursuing his dream of being a freelance writer. In this... Continue Reading →
Sacramental Definitions
What is sacramentum tantum? sacramentum tantum is a Latin word that describes the sacramental elements. They are the physical matter that is presented to be offered up in the sacrament. In the case of the Eucharist it would be bread and wine. The literal translation in English is “matter alone”. In an of themselves they... Continue Reading →
Origen on Baptism
The book of Joshua is an interesting book in the Old Testament. Moses has died, and the children of Israel are about to enter the promised land. Before they do so they must cross the Jordan river, but they have no way to cross. It is at this point that we must look at the... Continue Reading →