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Back to SearchWhat is Purgatory? (#99)
Episode 99
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 j…
3 years ago
What is Heaven? (#98)
Episode 98
What is heaven? What would it be like? And why would you want to go there? Also, will your dog or cat get to go with you? Greg and Ed continue explor…
3 years ago
Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 2 (#97)
Episode 97
Greg and Cory continue their discussion of how the historical Christian, particularly Catholic, understanding of funerals is at odds with current cul…
3 years, 1 month ago
Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 1 (#96)
Episode 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,…
3 years, 1 month ago
Movie Club: ”The Mission” (#95)
Episode 95
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 De…
3 years, 1 month ago
Common Decency (#94)
Episode 94
Greg and Cory talk about the natural moral law that is necessary to hold communities together, even if it is made up of diverse religions.
This podca…
3 years, 1 month ago
Is This All There Is? (#89)
Episode 89
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 …
3 years, 1 month ago
Sex, Personal Morality, and Catholicism (#88)
Episode 88
Greg and Ed the Protestant discuss why Catholicism holds the line on historic Christian doctrines of sex and personal moral accountability.
This podc…
3 years, 1 month ago
Why Not “Mere Christianity?” (#93)
Episode 93
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 "mer…
3 years, 1 month ago
How to Read the Bible (#92)
Episode 92
Greg and Cory's discuss how Pope Benedict XVI taught us to read and respect the scriptures. The last of three conversations about Benedict's intellec…
3 years, 1 month ago