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Back to SearchHow a 16th-Century Pope Saved New Year’s Day (#419)
Episode 420
Most of us flip to January 1 without a second thought, but that date only works because Pope Gregory XIII fixed a 1,600-year drift in the old Roman c…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Star, the Gifts, the Surrender (#418)
Episode 417
They weren’t kings, there weren’t necessarily three, and they brought a funeral spice—Greg unpacks the Magi like you’ve never heard. Matthew 2 meets …
5 months, 1 week ago
Greg's Christmas Message 2025
Episode 429
Greg wishes all his listeners a blessed Christmas, shares his gratitude for their support, and looks ahead to the new year.
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5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ox, the Donkey, and the Baby Jesus (#417)
Episode 428
Standing in Bethlehem's ancient cave, it's easy to see why tradition loves the image of the Lamb of God born among temple lambs—yet every nativity sc…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Real Christmas Starts in a Womb: the Annunciation Over the Nativity (#416)
Episode 419
Ever wonder why Catholics make a big deal about the Annunciation on March 25, nine months before Christmas? In this episode, Greg dives into the hear…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Three Little Words That Split Christianity for 1,000 Years (#416)
Episode 422
Everyone knows Catholics and Eastern Orthodox both recite the Nicene Creed – except we don’t recite the exact same Creed. A thousand years ago the La…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Debunking the "Christmas is a Pagan Holiday" Meme (#415)
Episode 418
Every December the same claim pops up: Christmas is just repackaged Roman paganism—Saturnalia with a cross on top. But when you actually read what th…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Pope vs. the Shriners: What’s the Real Problem with Freemasonry? (#414)
Episode 421
Everyone’s seen the Shriners in their tiny cars and funny hats, but why has the Catholic Church been warning against Freemasonry for almost 300 years…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Fractal Equations and the Creator Who Signed His Work (#413)
Episode 416
A peer-reviewed paper claims a glowing, seated-Buddha fractal generated from the Mandelbrot set is hidden in the Mona Lisa, Michelangelo’s Sistine Ch…
6 months ago
The Green Book (#412)
Episode 415
Greg and Ed explore the difference between worship that is objectively real and worship designed to produce feelings, using C.S. Lewis’s famous criti…
6 months ago