Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-ni638-13bce0e Greg and Ed explore the profoundly Catholic vision of the classic 1963 film "The Sound of Music." This podcast is a nonprofit ministry. Please consider supporting its production: DONATE
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-5dfcv-13b42a8 Step by step, our cultural influencers keep moving the boundary markers of the faith. They say they aren’t changing Christianity, just enlarging or adapting it to the modern world. But at what point does it simply become a different religion from the historic Christian faith? The second of…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-nt52c-13aa2b7 Ed the Protestant asks, "What is Lent, where does it come from (not in the Bible), and why do Catholics practice it?"
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-r6vtn-139cd97 What is Purgatory? If Jesus saves us by grace, why should anyone go there? And if it isn't mentioned in the Bible, did the Medieval Catholic Church just invent it? Greg and Ed continue their conversations about the "Last Things."
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-nj6eh-1396e4a 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)
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-5xmra-138a525 Greg and Ed review one of the most well-done Catholic films of all time: the 1986 Academy Award-winning masterpiece "The Mission," starring Robert DeNiro and Jeremy Irons.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-zq35a-135dbcf Greg and Ed the Protestant discuss Christianity's belief in the transcendent realm, and why it reject's the atheistic or materialist notion that the physical world is all that is or all that counts.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-iwuc9-1372fc1 On the first anniversary episode of this podcast, Greg explains to Ed why he asks listeners to consider Catholicism rather than C.S. Lewis-style "mere" or generic Christianity: because mere Christianity is inadequate for the challenges of the 21st century.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-as7c5-136268d Greg and Cory discuss Pope Benedict XVI's warnings against the "Dictatorship of Relativism" that threatens to oppress the 21st century. This is the second of three conversations about the Benedict's intellectual legacy and contributions to Catholicism.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-cnscd-131b734 When we die, do we go straight to heaven, or are we judged? And does it really matter, if "Love Wins" in the end? Greg and Ed talk about what historic Christianity and the Catholic Church teach about judgment after death.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-u2n3q-129a6b3 Greg and Cory explore one of the biggest barriers in dialogue between Catholics and Protestants: Tradition vs. Primitivism.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-az3ru-13129dd Fans of Catholic novels always mention the 1959 A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter Miller, as one of their favorites. In this episode of Book Club, Greg and Cory discuss this profound work of Catholic science fiction.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-8y2t8-131b19b Greg brought Ed the Protestant and Cory Lakatos together on the podcast for the first time to discuss G.K. Chesterton's famous essay, "Why I Am A Catholic." You can read the essay on the ConsideringCatholicism.com website. This is the first of a two-part conversation continued in Episode #75.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-zgh74-133ad6c Greg, Ed, and Cory ask why traditional Christmas carols are disappearing. Part 1 of a two-part conversation.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-hrumg-12db565 After considering Catholicism for a year, Greg's Protestant friend Ed shares where he's at, whether he's ready to enter the Catholic Church, and asks, "How Catholic can I be without actually becoming Catholic?"
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-qzq9w-1314761 When people stop believing in the Church's central doctrines, they don't believe in nothing: they pick and choose, like in a cafeteria line, and make themselves a plate of pleasing doctrines to suit their own personal tastes.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-c6unm-1316f64 Along with the decorations, every year the same myths get brought out about how the Catholic Church was corrupted by the ancient pagans, and invented its Christmas celebrations by borrowing pagan festivals. So, it's time for Greg and Cory to swat down this nonsense and tell the truth…
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-mh95b-131a803 Greg has produced four short videos exploring the connections between the Eucharist and Christmas. You can find them on the ConsideringCatholicism.com website and social media. Ed the Protestant sat down with Greg to explore how the Nativity of Christ echoes down through the ages in Holy Communion.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-8qs8q-1316caf On the last Sunday before the season of Advent begins, the Church celebrates the Feast of Christ the King. Greg and Cory talk about where this celebration came from, what it means, and how we can apply it in our lives.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-55ns9-1288974 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?
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-khyck-12d764f Ed asks Greg what Catholicism believes happens to us when we die. Greg explains the "Four Last Things: death, judgment, heaven, and hell." And that we must always memento mori, "remember our death."
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-t7mjc-12d07a2 In this Book Club episode, Greg and Cory discuss Robert Hugh Benson's 1907 novel Lord of the World, which has been strongly recommended by the last two popes (Benedict XVI and Francis).
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-kq27b-12e96a4 Greg asks Father John Kartje, the Rector/President of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake and Mundelein Seminary, about what a Catholic priest is, how priests are formed in the seminary, and about what qualifies or disqualifies men to advance to ordination.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-pendz-12ba4d9 Ed the Protestant has never held or owned a rosary, much less prayed it. So Greg teaches him how.
