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Episode 33 - Why  Believe in Jesus?

9/30/2018

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If you're speaking to someone who struggles with (or denies) the existence of God, sometimes it makes more sense to leapfrog past​ the question of the existence of God, and talk specifically about Jesus. Why might this be?
Show Notes
Topics we discussed:
  • The face of the love of God
  • The Biblical model of evangelization
  • The burden of proof 
  • Did Jesus really claim to be God?
  • The Biblical case for Christ
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Resources we mentioned:​
  • Bishop Barron on the YouTube Heresies part one and part two
  • "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis
  • "Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist" by Brad Pitre
  • Joe's class with School of Faith: 'Why God? Why Jesus? Why the Catholic Church?'

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Episode 32 - Encountering Beauty in Architecture

9/24/2018

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There's something about church architecture that is uniquely beautiful and uniquely important. 
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Topics we discussed:
  • The role of beauty in architecture 
  • ​Saint Thomas Aquinas and the three properties of beauty 
  • Horizontal versus vertical church architecture 
  • How to appreciate beauty in architecture ​

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Episode 31 -   Saint Paul's 7 Tips for Evangelization

9/17/2018

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Arguably, Saint Paul is the greatest evangelist who ever lived. The whole history of Christianity would be radically different without Paul and his mission in the church. 
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Topics we discussed:
  • What the New Evangelization really is
  • ​Saint Paul's framework for evangelization
  • 7 ways you can put on the armor of God and war against the real enemy, Satan
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Resources we mentioned:​
  • Redemptoris missio, by Saint Pope John Paul II
  • ​Leah Libresco's blog 'Unequally Yoked'
  • Joe's class with School of Faith: 'Why God? Why Jesus? Why the Catholic Church?'
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Episode 30 - Why We're (Still) Catholic

9/9/2018

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It seems like every time you go online and check out the news that's there some new, horrible chapter to one or another scandal plaguing the Catholic Church right now. Right now it's important to ask: What good can possibly come of this moment in the Catholic Church?
Show Notes
Topics we discussed:
  • Three scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church in the past month
  • Our role as Catholic laity
  • Six things to keep in mind when talking about scandals with Catholics and non-Catholics 
  • Why we're personally still Catholic

Resources we mentioned:
  • ​Christifideles laici by Saint Pope John Paul II
  • Redemptoris missio, by Saint Pope John Paul II
  • It's Time for the Laity to Step Up
  • What the Sex Abuse Scandal Reveals about Catholicism 
  • Theology of the Body by Saint Pope John Paul II

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