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(0:35) On San Lorenzo Ruiz (3:55) Bible Study: Job 1:6-22 What's the Devil doing in the court of God? Luke 9:46-50 The significance of 'In my Name" (23:01) Letters: On future relations between the two lungs of the Church, the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church?, Why was there no mass during Confirmation?, Why is Mary called Tower of David?, To send him a question email him here simon@relevantradio.com (33:14) Word of the Day Canonization (36:55) Phones: Jordan-I was taught that the penitant is absolved if a priest makes a mistake in the confessional, What does the Church teach about this? Kevin-What is the best evidence that shows that Mary did not have any other children than Jesus? Joan-Is it still a sin to eat meat on Friday? Sharleen-Is it appropriate for an extraordinary minister to bless children at communion time? Andrea-I'm 74 and can't go to Mass anymore. The priest used to come to hear my confession. It's hard to find the MAss online and wish I could be more active in the parish. What do you think? Steve-Is belief in the perpetual virginity of Mary a required belief? Alsop, in Universalism a heresy?

While it is difficult to pinpoint the exact beginning of the Roman Catholic Church, the argument can be made that Leo's elevation to the papacy would be a good place to start. What was the context surrounding this event, and what can we learn from it? Do you look to Christ alone, or do you think you still need the assistance of another? Join Kelly and His Hill Camp Director and Bible School teacher, Connor Patterson, as they address this topic.www.instagram.com/thehishillpodcast/www.hishill.orgkelly@hishill.org

Wednesday, 23 September 2026   If David then calls Him ‘Lord,' how is He his Son?” Matthew 22:45   “If therefore, David, he calls Him ‘Lord,' how ‘Son, His' He is?” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus cited Psalm 110:1. He used that as the basis for asking how it was that David, while under the inspiration of the Spirit, called the Christ Lord. He now specifically asks for them to consider David's words, saying, “If therefore, David, he calls Him ‘Lord,' how ‘Son, His' He is?”   The meaning is that by calling the Christ Lord, the Christ must be David's superior. But this would be contrary to the normal understanding of family relationships. The former is always superior to those who come later. For example, Abraham is superior to Isaac. Isaac is superior to Jacob, and so on.   Respect, including honorific titles, belongs to the one who comes first. However, One would issue from David, whom David calls Lord. In calling Him Lord, David acknowledges Christ's preexistence in relation to himself.   The answer lies in Christ's dual nature, He being the God/Man. This state in relation to David is found in Revelation 22 –   “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.” Revelation 22:16   David calls the Christ Lord because David stems from the work of Christ when He breathed the breath of life into Adam –   “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” Genesis 2:7   The deity of Christ is clearly evidenced in Jesus' analysis of the psalm.   Life application: An attack on Jesus' nature forms the basis for almost every heresy found within Christianity. Other heresies, such as the sinless nature of Mary, indirectly attack Jesus' work on behalf of humanity. In the end, anything that diminishes Jesus' deity, His humanity, or His all-sufficient work must be rejected.   Jesus is the Lord God come in human form. What He has done is fully sufficient to reconcile man with God. This is why inserting ourselves into the salvation equation is such an offense to the gospel message.   Jesus began the process, performed the necessary work, and then offers the results of His work to us as grace. When we claim that someone was sinless, like the Roman Catholic Church does with Mary, it negates the need for a Redeemer. If God exempted her, He could do so for each one of us, even if He chose not to do so.   The magnificence of the cross is obliterated through such a heresy. Likewise, when we hold to our works as somehow initiating or maintaining the grace of the cross in our lives, it means that the cross is not of grace at all. God is robbed of the honor of blessing His creatures in this manner. It is thus an attack against the very nature of God to set aside the grace of the cross.   Let us hold fast to the truth that God has done everything necessary for our salvation. We are granted God's forgiveness and the righteousness of Christ through merely believing that God has done it. Trust the gospel! Don't let anyone tell you that there is more to do to be on God's good side. He has done it all!   Lord God, how grateful we are to You for what You have done. Jesus! He has come and brought us back to You through His all-sufficient work. We will sing the praises of our God forever and ever. Hallelujah for the exalted name of our Lord – Jesus! Amen.

By Faith Alone in Christ Alone Jonathan Parnell Download Romans 1:14-17,I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”And it was this passage of God's word that changed the life of Martin Luther. He lived from the year 1483 to 1546, and later in life he looked back and said of Romans 1:17,“Here I felt that I was altogether born again and had entered paradise itself through open gates.”And the story of that experience is the story I want to tell you this morning. We're gonna look at Martin Luther in three parts: Luther's World, Luther's Wrestling, and Luther's Breakthrough.Luther's WorldSo again, Luther was born in 1483 in Germany. He grew up in a town called Mansfeld. It was a mining town about 100 miles southwest of modern-day Berlin. It was surrounded by deep forests, and in the minds of most 15th-century Europeans, that was spooky.This is something that can be hard for us to understand today, but Luther lived in a premodern world — what we could call an Enchanted World. People were very aware that reality was full of spiritual powers, and it affected people. Today, at a cultural level, most people in our world live unaffected by the spiritual realm. Our mindset is what what one philosopher calls the Buffered Self.This means that we tend to insulate ourselves from mystery. We love science and technology and explanation, and so we tend to reduce things from having deeper meanings. We kinda laugh at superstition.It didn't used to be that way. For example, in Luther's village, people believed witches and poltergeists lived in the woods. And in general, people just carried around a fear of the spiritual realm. And it makes sense. Just 130 years before Luther was born, the Black Plague killed over one-third of Europe. This was an invisible sickness, with no explanation, and it killed over 25 million people. Death by disease was still common in Luther's day.It makes sense that these people were a little on edge, and superstitious — especially in a mining town. Mining was a dangerous industry, and the town's patron saint was Saint Anne. Now the whole idea of patron saints is strange — it's not in the Bible — but Anne was supposedly the grandmother of Jesus, Mary's mother, and she protected miners. So it was common for people from this town to pray to Saint Anne and ask her to look out for them.But Luther was a good kid. He was raised in the Catholic faith; he was acquainted with the Bible; and he was smart. His dad really wanted him to be a lawyer, so he sent him off to college at 17 years old, a few years later Luther graduated, and he started law school in 1505. But he didn't stay in law school very long. Other things had been on his mind. That same year two of his classmates and two young lawyers had died by the disease, and reportedly, one of the young lawyer's last words right before he died was “O, that I had become a monk!”So all this had been weighing on Luther … and it happened that in July 1505, he had been home for a visit and then started traveling back to school. It was 53 miles between his home and his school, and when he got about six miles from school, all of a sudden there was a terrible thunderstorm.I don't know how scared we tend to get about thunderstorms, but 500 years ago they were horrifying. Luther is out in the open, in the midst of this thunder and lightning, and he thinks he is gonna die, so he collapses and cries out, Help me, St. Anne! And then he says: I will become a monk!Well he survived the thunderstorm. But now he had made a vow. People took vows very seriously back then. Two weeks later Luther left law school and entered the nearby monastery to become an Augustinian monk.And that brings us to Part Two: Luther's Wrestling.Luther's WrestlingLuther was a good monk like he was a good student. Later in life Luther said that by monk standards, he was the best. … Fantastic!He said that if it were possible for any monk to get to heaven through his monkery, it would have been him. He prayed and fasted constantly; he kept vigils; he deprived himself of heat in the winter; he spent long stretches in solitude; and he confessed his sins for hours to his mentor and confessor, a man named Johannes von Staupitz.We know at least once that Luther spent six straight hours confessing his sins. He would come up with all kinds of things to confess; he was constantly questioning his own motives. He looked for sins even behind the act of confessing sins, and when he couldn't think of any sins, he confessed pride for not being able to. He just couldn't escape. Luther had an issue with obsessive self-examination. And truly, he suffered from severe spiritual depression.Now, I don't speak German, but there was a particular German word that Luther used to refer to his depression and it doesn't have a direct English equivalent. The word is Anfechtung. Now you hear the word “fecht” in there, and that's related to our English word “fight.” Anfechtung basically means to be attacked, but it's spiritual. One biographer explains:For Luther, [this Anfechtung] seems to have manifested itself as a widening hole of sheerest hopelessness, an increasing cacophony of devils' voices accusing him of a thousand things … (Metaxas, 28).It was anguish and despair that would assault him. Luther said the battles would often come late at night in the form of anxiety, terror, and temptation — and he believed he was literally fighting the devil.But, because he knew that God was sovereign over the devil, he came to see the whole thing as a wrestling with God himself. Like Jacob's wrestling with God in Genesis 32 — except Luther knew he was no match for God. (See Marty, 23ff)He was convinced that no matter how hard he tried, he was never doing good enough to appease God's wrath. He had no peace, so he'd just keep trying harder, and he'd keep complaining it wasn't hard enough.He wrestled and worried and wearied himself, again and again and again.One day his mentor Staupitz got so fed up with Luther's long confessions that he told Luther that his problem was not that God was angry with him, but it's that Luther was angry with God!Now imagine that moment. Has anybody ever told you something like that before? Have you ever been angry with God?I want to be careful here … but many of us know something about what Luther was going through. It's not super uncommon, especially not for the more introspective among us. Like: if you're aware of God's reality and you know yourself — if you're convinced of God's existence but not convinced of his love — your mind will get stuck here.I know a man who had some Anfechtung when he was in high school. It was the Southern Baptist version though. He was worried sick that he didn't pray the ‘Sinner's Prayer' correctly. He was worried sick that he had missed a word or said something wrong, and he was gonna be left behind.Many of us know what it's like to wrestle spiritually. And if that's where you are this morning, I need to tell you: don't give up.Luther has his wrestlings, but he also had a breakthrough. This is Part Three.Luther's BreakthroughLuther was sent to the city of Wittenberg to become a professor of theology, and this is where Luther began to pour himself into the Bible. Beginning in 1513 he lectured on the Psalms, and then in 1516, he started lecturing on the Book of Romans. This is where things began to change, thanks in part to Augustine (who we learned about last week). So Luther was an Augustinian monk which means he would have read a lot of Augustine, but we know for a fact he did. And that's because — this is pretty fascinating to me — in the year 1889, in a German library about 75 miles from the monastery where Luther lived, someone stumbled upon a stack of old books that turned out to be Luther's books from when he was a monk. And there was a lot of Augustine. His copies of Augustine's On the Trinity and City of God were devoured. There were notes all in them that dated back to 1509, when Luther was 25. Which means, leading up to 1516 when Luther taught Romans, he had been steeping in the theology of Augustine, and especially Augustine's teaching about the grace of God in our salvation. I think that's key background information.Understanding Romans 1:17But Luther still couldn't shake what he called an “extremely disturbed conscience.” And as he studied the Book of Romans, he really struggled with the righteousness of God. He thought the righteousness of God was only God's justice to damn sinners — it's that God judges impartially and it's fair for God to condemn sinners like him. That's true about God, but Luther resented it. Luther wrote later:I did not love … yes, I hated the righteous God who punishes sinners, and secretly, if not blasphemously, certainly murmuring greatly, I was angry with God … Thus I raged with a fierce and troubled conscience. Nevertheless, I beat persistently upon St. Paul in Romans 1:17 most ardently desiring to know what St. Paul wanted.Let's take a look back at Romans 1:17 for a minute. I want us to understand Luther's struggle. Let's start in verse 16, Paul says, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel” — Paul has full confidence in the gospel — “for” [or because] the gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.That's a big deal and we believe that with everything we've got: the gospel is the power of God to save. But why? Or: how exactly is the gospel this power?Well that's what verse 17 answers. Look at verse 17. Paul says the gospel is the power of God …For [or because] — verse 17 — in it [in the gospel] the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.''We have to think: If the righteousness of God here means only God's justice to rule the world and punish sinners, then how is that revealed by faith? What does that have to do with our living by faith? And how is it good news?Gate to ParadiseAnd this is where Luther began to see that the righteousness of God is not only an attribute of God — it's not only God's justice — but Romans 1:17 is talking about the righteousness that comes from God — this is a right standing with God that God gives as a gift to those who have faith!When Paul says that the righteousness of God is revealed “from faith for faith,” he's saying that God declares a person righteous solely through their faith — “from faith for faith” means beginning and ending in faith — it's by faith and nothing else!This is when lights came on! Luther was in his study, in his monastery, and he had been poring over Romans day and night, and then he saw it: the power of God in the gospel is that God, our Judge, is merciful and just to pronounce the verdict of righteous for everyone who has faith in Jesus. Luther said about it later:Here I felt that I was altogether born again and had entered into paradise itself through open gates. Thus a totally other face of the entire Scripture showed itself to me … And I extolled my sweetest word with a love as great as the hatred with which I had before hated the word “Righteousness of God.” Thus that place in Paul [Romans 1:17] was for me truly the gate to paradise.And of course it was — and it is, not just for Luther, but this is paradise for everybody who realizes: you can never be good enough to earn a right standing before God — you can't be good enough; you can't work hard enough! We are sinners through and through.Luther loved the image from Isaiah 64 when Isaiah says that our own righteousness before God is like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). The only way we are brought into right relationship with God is because God justifies us — God declares us righteous — through our faith in Jesus. The hymn writer Isaac Watts put this in a song two-hundred years later. Goes like this: The best obedience of my handsDares not appear before Thy throne;But faith can answer Thy demands,By pleading what my Lord has done.Faith alone in Christ alone for the glory of God alone!This truth will change a life … it did for Luther. It does today. And it can right now. If you're in this room right now, and you're tired of trying to save yourself … you can stop.Put down your works and trust in Jesus and his righteousness. If you do that, it means you come into a faith-union with Jesus and God the Father declares you to be righteous like Jesus. It means you are forgiven for all your sins and you are brought into relationship with him. Right now, trust Christ, and receive the gift he is for you … This was a breakthrough for Luther. It changed his life … and he lived happily ever after. No, he didn't. Again, never works that way in this world. Battles ContinueLuther had this breakthrough; he went on to write an amazing commentary on the Book of Galatians, where he explained and defended justification by faith. And this didn't just change Luther's life, but it changed the world, and we should be grateful. But Luther also still had battles. He had battles with a corrupt Roman Catholic Church, and he still had battles with Anfechtung. Luther had a great sense of humor and overall he was a jovial man, but he struggled with depression — and he called it fighting with the devil. He had done so much of it when he was younger, that later in life, he counseled a lot of people who had similar struggles. And we have record of his counsel because of the letters he wrote. One of my favorite books ever is a book titled, Luther: Letters of Spiritual Counsel. It's a collection of these letters Luther wrote to people going through all kinds of situations.And one letter I want to tell you about. It's one he wrote to his friend, a man named Jerome Weller. Luther mentored Jerome and influenced him to study theology instead of law, like Luther had done, and Jerome also suffered from Anfechtung. He had a tender conscience and struggled spiritually, and so Luther wrote him letters to encourage him. Now I'm gonna read you an excerpt from one of the letters, and I want you to see how Luther is applying the reality of justification by faith to a practical struggle. Justification by faith is not a truth that you just ‘check the box' with and move on. But it's a truth, a fact, that we keep front and center. For context in this letter, Luther has been telling Jerome what to do in the thick of his struggle — like in the thick of the struggle when Satan is attacking and tormenting him. Luther writes this:When the devil throws our sins up to us and declares that we deserve death and hell, we ought to speak thus:I admit that I deserve death and hell. What of it? Does this mean that I shall be sentenced to eternal damnation? By no means. For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Where he is, there shall I be also. (87)That's how we're supposed to talk in our wrestling. Luther says that we should mock the devil with the gospel. We just keep remembering Jesus. We keep pointing to Jesus.Because understand: that is justifying faith. Faith itself is not the hero. Faith itself is not what saves us — which is why weak faith does not undo you — Jesus is the one who saves! And faith is simply the empty-handed, open-handed receiving of all that Jesus is for us. We look to him in our battles. Very practically. Whatever you've got going on, look to Jesus. That's how we apply our justification by faith. We know:Our hope is built on nothing lessthan Jesus' blood and righteousness;We dare not trust the sweetest frame,but wholly lean on Jesus' name.Amen!That's what brings us to the Table.The TableAt this Table, we remember and rest in the gospel of Jesus Christ. When we receive the bread and cup, we are saying that we receive Jesus — empty-handed, open-handed, we receive all that Jesus is for us. Brothers and sisters in Christ, let's do that now.

This sermon examines the warning in 1 Timothy 4:1 regarding the departure from the faith in the latter times, identifying this apostasy as a specific and already clearly identified threat, an internal threat within the church rather than an unknown or knowable future event. The message argues that this danger manifests through unfaithfulness, characterized by seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, and is seen especially by the rise of the Roman Catholic Church and its departure from the gospel of grace. It further explains that such systems, like that of the Roman Church, become undone by hypocrisy and a seared conscience, leading to unlawful oppression through man-made rules that bind the conscience, such as the examples of forbidding marriage or abstaining from foods. The preacher urges believers to reject these legalistic structures while embracing the positive truth that all creation is good when received with thanksgiving and sanctified by the Word of God. Ultimately, the sermon calls for a balanced response that discerns error through Scripture while maintaining gratitude for God's gifts and avoiding self-righteousness.

It's Tuesday, September 15th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed Sexually perverse activists threatened outspoken Australian pastor LGBTQ activists attacked a pastor's home last week in Sydney, Australia, reports MyChristianDaily.com. Four people, two wearing hoods, cut the electricity to the home and then threatened to kill the pastor, his wife, and their newborn baby. They knew each member of the family by name. Other relatives were also mentioned by the assailants. The pastor, Andrew Sedra, is known for his public opposition to abortion and the homosexual/transgender agenda in Australia. In a message on her Instagram account, Millicent Sedra said, “We thank God for His continual protection as we boldly preach the Word of the Lord.” She included what appears to be a home video of the event on the post.  Pakistani Christian teen stands up to Muslim mob Here's a story of a young 17-year-old boy who stood up against a mob of Muslim bullies who were harassing a Pakistani Christian girl.   Ikhlaq Masih was severely beaten unconscious with iron rods which required his hospitalization. Stand up to bullies and be prepared to pay the cost. That's real courage for every young man listening today.   Isaiah 1:17 speaks of this.  “Learn to do good; Seek justice. Rebuke the oppressor. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.” Turkey arrested 162 connected to homosexuality The nation of Turkey has announced 162 arrests involving 22 associations and businesses that promote homosexual and transgender material, which they find harmful to children, reports CNN. The groups reportedly have also “received large sums of funds from public institutions and foreign organizations abroad” to promote homosexuality in Turkey.  This is part of a broader pro-family campaign to contain the promotion of homosexuality in Turkey, and salvage the birth rates. Turkey President Recep Erdogan has publicly stated his commitment to improving the nation's birth rate — now hovering around 1.5 which is identical to America's low birth rate. British Parliament kills assisted suicide bill By a very close vote count of 286 to 270, British members of Parliament managed to kill an assisted suicide bill last Friday.  Both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church opposed the bill, reports the BBC. Alithea William of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children called this a huge relief. In her words; “Parliament has stepped back from the very brink in rejecting this bill which would have put vulnerable people at incredible risk.”  Global trade down Global trade continues to suffer as the war in the Middle East drags on.  The Strait of Hormuz has been all but closed since March of this year, and with it, inflation has risen and global trade growth has been cut in half. According to the World Bank, global growth is set to fall to only 2.5% for 2026. By way of comparison, the Gross World Product growth rate has averaged around 3.7% per year over the last decade or so. Plus, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is projecting above 4% inflation in the United States this year alone. U.S. treasury yields are highest ever In economic news, long-term U.S. treasury yields are the highest they've been since the early 2000s, reports CNBC. And the 30-year mortgage rate hit 7.12%. That's where it was around 2001 — some 25 years ago before the big dip in borrowing rates took place in the American economy.  Gas diesel prices skyrocket Gas and diesel prices are up.  The current average for just one gallon of diesel is a whopping $6.23, while a gallon of gas sits at an average of $4.31. Newly-unveiled Charlie Kirk statue vandalized A newly unveiled statue of slain activist Charlie Kirk was vandalized outside of the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.  In a statement, Turning Point USA noted, “We will restore the statue and replace the signs, but we are also reviewing the footage of the incident and are working with law enforcement to identify who did this and hold them accountable.”  Erika Kirk, Charlie's widow, added, “They thought a bullet would silence my husband's voice but it only made it louder. They think spray paint can obscure his legacy, but it will only spread it further. Every attempt to tear down what Charlie built makes us root deeper and work even harder.” LifeSiteNews.com reported that she also said, “And if you think crossing out the name of Jesus Christ will silence Christians, history has already proved you wrong. We know what it costs to stand firm for Christ and we will stand anyway. God will not be mocked.” (Galatian 6:7) Kirk's murder reignited an ongoing debate about the link between rhetoric and violence in politics, with many blaming assassin Tyler Robinson's actions in part on years of Democrat officeholders and left-wing activists not merely disagreeing with conservatives about issues such as transgenderism, but classifying disagreement as hateful and oppressive.  Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. The 8-foot bronze statue was put up on September 10, 2026 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of his murder. U.S. Airman shot down over Iran grateful to God And finally, that Air Force colonel, whose F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran in the early weeks of the war, was interviewed by Norah O'Donnell on CBS's  60 Minutes about his ordeal.   Known by the call sign “Bravo,” he was the Weapons Systems Officer and landed five miles away from the pilot. O'DONNELL: “So, your seat was damaged by Iranian fire, and yet you still were able to eject safely.” BRAVO: “I was.” O'DONNELL: “Did your parachute deploy?” BRAVO: “My parachute was damaged in the initial attack. At one point, when I looked up and saw, “No parachute,” it was the most terrifying thing I've ever seen. So, I paused right then and I prayed, ‘Lord, Your will be done. But, if I'm getting through this, I need help.” O'DONNELL: “While you're in the air.” BRAVO: “Yeah.” O'DONNELL: “Is that almost like free falling, or how would you describe that?” BRAVO: “Free falling is a good way to put it.” O'DONNELL: "So, how fast do you think you were going when you hit the ground?” BRAVO: “Professionals, based on my description and the injuries that I had, the professionals think I hit the ground going somewhere between 70 and 100 miles an hour.” O'DONNELL: “How did you survive that?” BRAVO: “A modern-day miracle. I believe that it's a testament to God's provision in my life to bring me through that moment in a way that -- didn't prevent injuries -- but prevented any catastrophic injuries that would have affected my ability to survive. I'm grateful -- eternally -- for knowing that He was there with me.” Psalm 34:17 says, “When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, September 15th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

What do the members of a congregation owe their leaders? Hebrews 13:7-19 exhorts us to "remember" our leaders (v. 7) and to "obey" our leaders (v. 17), two exhortations which form the bookends of church leadership.But what does it mean to "remember" and "obey"? Throughout the history of the church these two verses (7 and 17) have been abused by abusive church leaders and used by the Roman Catholic Church to grant an authority to the pope that is against what these verses actually teach.

Send us Fan MailIn this episode we continue our discussion of the organization of the Mormon Church. As was mentioned last week, it is highly organized, much like the Roman Catholic Church. We next take a look at the Mormon scriptures, beginning with the Book of Mormon. We note that there are 15 books in it that record the migration of two groups from the mid-east to North America. We discuss these groups and note where this story actually came from, that is called the Book of Mormon. We find that since the original printing, the Book of Mormon has undergone 4,113 changes - some minor, some substantial. We talk about some of these changes. We also note that there were a number of common errors in the original Book of Mormon that was supposedly dictated to Joseph Smith by God. We look at those. We also note some of the explanations Mormons have supplied to excuse these errors, many blaming the printers, even though the original handwritten copies are available. We look at two additional publications, Doctrines and Covenants and its predecessor, the Book of Commandments. Most Mormon doctrine comes from these two publications, not from the Book of Mormon. We note some of those doctrines. Our time expired at this point. We will begin next week's episode by looking at some of the Mormon Articles of Faith. Take about 30-minutes to listen in on our discussion. Have your Bible handy so you can verify what we are saying. There is a transcript of this Buzzsprout episode provided for your convenience.

For nearly twenty centuries, the Roman Catholic Church withstood all the currents of change and history and maintained a closely guarded orthodoxy.  Join Dr. Angela and Griff as he talks about his new book and what it means about the church.

Wednesday, 9 September 2026   But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, Matthew 22:31   “Concerning, also, the ‘resurrection, the dead', not you read the ‘having been uttered to you by the God', saying...” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus began the substance of His answer to the Sadducees' question, telling them that in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Rather, they are like the angels of God in heaven. Jesus next schools them on the resurrection itself, beginning with, “Concerning, also, the ‘resurrection, the dead'.”   They did not specifically ask about the resurrection, just what would happen to the woman who married the seven brothers. However, being Sadducees, He knew that they didn't believe in a resurrection. Their question was just an attempt to demonstrate that the doctrine is confused and not based on reality.   Because of that, Jesus will provide insights into the nature of God and man's relationship to Him to help them understand what they had previously missed. He continues, saying, “not you read the ‘having been uttered to you by the God', saying...”   Jesus takes the word of God as an utterance of God, even if it is transmitted through human beings. That will become more evident as He continues, but it is a truth that permeates Scripture.   Life application: In Luke, the words of this account add, “But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised...” In Matthew, Jesus says, “uttered to you by the God,” but in Luke it says, “even Moses showed.”   One can see the synergistic way that Scripture is brought to us. God didn't just send the Bible down in book form from heaven. Instead, He used human instruments to convey His word to us. In 2 Peter, it says –   “And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” 2 Peter 1:19-21   God has spoken through humans, books have been recorded, and then they were compiled into a single unit. It is often questioned how we can know if the word we received is reliable, missing books, has the wrong books, etc.   If God spoke through men to give books to His people, then He is obviously capable of ensuring that the books He provided us will be properly protected to form a whole. That brings in several other issues, though.   For example, some sects or cults have books not accepted in the standard canon of Scripture. How can we know if they actually belong in the Bible or not? There is no quick and simple answer to this. But it is generally understood that the books of the Bible will properly weave together with each other to form a united whole, each book complementing the others.   It can also be expected that God's “fingerprints” will be on the result. And this is certainly the case with the standard and accepted sixty-six books of the Bible. There are patterns that run richly through the whole, demonstrating a wisdom and intelligence behind them that spans them all, even though they were penned in various locations, by many people, and over an extended period of time.   This cohesion is lost when the apocrypha is added, as has been done by the Roman Catholic Church. Others add in the book of Enoch or the book of Mormon. Such additions do not reflect the same divine stamp which permeates what is accepted as the standard Bible.   Further, within the Bible are certain stories, the typology of which confirms the structure of the Bible, such as there being two testaments, not one or three. There is a seemingly unlimited amount of information that confirms we possess exactly what God intends for us to possess when we have the standard sixty-six books of the Bible in our hands.   It is a self-validating book that displays immense wisdom that could not have come about randomly, or even in a human-planned manner. This is because after 3500 years, new insights, patterns, and typological representations are routinely discovered in its pages.   Don't fret that God has somehow failed to get us a sure and understandable word. If He can set the stars and planets in place and keep them in proper motion, He can give us a sure and reliable word. Be confident of this as you explore the wonderful content of His glorious word.   Lord God, thank You for the Bible. It has the power to turn the lost sinner into a found and grounded believer. It can change a drunkard into an evangelist. It can touch hearts, minds, and lives. Through it, relationships are healed, and life finds a purpose. Above all, in it we find our Savior. Thank You for the word that tells us of JESUS! Amen.  

Fr. William Rock, FSSP, serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was ordained in October of 2019 and serves as a regular contributor to the FSSP North America Missive Blog. Fr. Rock is also currently contributing to TAN Books “Year of the Latin Mass.”  Fr. Rock's video contributions can be found on TAN Books YouTube page. In Today's Show: Is a Mass whispered by the priest and young servers which cannot be heard by the congregation licit? Are there any known biblical writings that are not written by whom we think they are? Are there any known forgeries? ​​Can I add the Black to other African saints? Some say it's reserved for the sub-Saharans. E.g.: Moses “The Black” Could the lack of communion between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox be a precursor to the Anti-Christ?   And more. Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

September 8 annually celebrates The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The date (marked on Roman Catholic Church, Byzantine Orthodox Church, and many Protestant Anglican & Lutheran calendars) falls exactly nine months after the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, which marks Mary's conception. Most saints are remembered on the anniversary of their death (their "birthday to heaven"), but the Church celebrates the physical birth ("nativity") of only three people: Jesus on December 25, St. John the Baptist on June 24, and the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 8. Christians view Mary's birth as the turning point that prepared the way for the arrival of Jesus Christ. The Bible does not mention Mary's birth. Instead, details about her parents, Sts. Joachim and Anne, come from early Christian tradition and the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James. Let’s explore the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus, using this same apocryphal text. Dr. Taylor Marshall podcast available at https://amzn.to/3LoAmTc Books by Dr. Taylor Marshall available at https://amzn.to/3EEfxPQ Protoevangelium or Gospel of James available at https://amzn.to/3ZwTm81 Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary items at https://amzn.to/4gQbQt0 ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you). Mark Vinet's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVine Mark's History of North America podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 X (twitter): https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Audio credits: The Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary from the Protoevangelium of James (Dr. Taylor Marshall podcast, episode 747). Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

St Maxim was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1888. At this time all Orthodox Churches had been captured and subjected to the "Unia," by which, though keeping the Orthodox liturgical rites, they were united to the Roman Catholic Church. Many of the Carpatho-Russian people were ignorant of the change and what it meant; others were unhappy with it but, in their subject condition, saw no alternative. Maxim's farmer parents, at great personal sacrifice, obtained an education for him that enabled him to study for the priesthood at the Basilian seminary in Krakow. Here he discerned the un-Orthodox nature of the "Greek Catholic" training there and traveled to Russia, where he became a novice at the Great Lavra of Pochaev and met Archbishop Anthony (Khrapovitsky), who encouraged him in his quest for Orthodoxy. (Archbishop Anthony, after the Russian Revolution, became the first Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad). He entered seminary in Russia in 1905 and was ordained to the Priesthood in 1911.Metropolitan Anthony, knowing the hardships and persecutions that awaited any Orthodox priest in Austro-Hungary, offered to find Maxim a parish in Russia. But Maxim was already aware of the hunger for Orthodoxy among many of the Carpatho-Russian people; several people from his village had travelled to America and while there had attended Orthodox Churches and confessed to Orthodox priests. They begged him to return to his country and establish an Orthodox parish there.   When he returned to his native village of Zhdynia, the polish authorities, seeing him in the riassa, beard and uncut hair of an Orthodox priest, mocked him, saying "Look, Saint Nicholas has come to the Carpathians!" But the people of nearby Hrab sent a delegation asking him to set up an Orthodox parish in their village. This he did, setting up a house-church in the residence that the people gave him. Almost immediately, he and his people began to be harassed and persecuted, first at the instigation of "Greek Catholic" priests, then of the government. His rectory/church was closed, and he and several of his parishioners were repeatedly jailed, sometimes on trumped-up charges of sedition. (The Carpatho-Russian people were always suspected of pro-Russian political sympathies by the Austrian and Polish authorities).   Despite these persecutions, through Fr Maxim's labors a wave of desire for Orthodoxy spread through the region, with many Carpatho-Russians openly identifying themselves as Orthodox. The government issued orders to regional mayors to forbid those who had identified themselves as Orthodox to gather and, in 1913, appointed a special commissioner whose task was to force the people to return to Catholicism.   In 1914, war broke out between Russia and Austro-Hungary. Despite lack of any evidence that Fr Maxim had engaged in pro-Russian political activity — he once said "My only politics is the Gospel" — he was arrested and executed on September 6 by the Papal calendar, August 24 by the Church Calendar. He was denied any form of Church burial, and his father buried him with his own hands.   Following the First World War, Orthodoxy became legal in the new Polish Republic, and a monument was placed over Fr Maxim's grave in his home town of Zhdynia. In 1994, the Orthodox Church of Poland officially glorified St Maxim.

Send us Fan MailIn this episode we begin by continuing our discussion of the Christian Church denomination. We note that like the Roman Catholic Church, it is difficult to recount its history because it evolved gradually. We do know that the Christian Church developed out of the Restoration Movement that sought to get churches of the day to return to the principles found in the New Testament, not as denominations. But that attitude soon changed as a number of changes were instituted that were beyond what was said in the Bible. We talk about those changes. We note that the Christian Church says they have no creed, but in fact their creed consists of their beliefs as defined by their leaders in their conventions. We discuss the real problem they have in that they have an improper understanding and application of Bible authority. Consequently, various innovations and practices are done that are not found in the scriptures including the missionary society and instrumental music as part of the worship. We discuss these as they exist in the Christian Church. We move on to the Mormon Church and talk about Joseph Smith, its founder,  its history, as Joseph Smith claimed various "revelations" that guided him. We move on to the organization of the Mormon Church, but run out of time before finishing that subject. Take about 30-minutes to listen in on our discussion. Have your Bible handy so you can verify what we are saying. There is a transcript of this Buzzsprout episode provided for your convenience.

Christianity is broken into various denominations, and countless interpretations of them. Recently there's been an increase in claims about the supremacy of Orthodox Christianity. Attempts to acquire interviews with orthodox Christians have resulted in requests for money or insults. On this episode, we go to the source and explore the tenants of orthodox theology: the Trinity, Jesus as God, the resurrection, salvation, the scripture, the ancient church, the seven sacraments, the Eucharist, Mary as the bearer of God, the Saints being honored, the icons, and life after death. Objectively, what we find when examining these ideas is that they are evolutions -- for better or worse -- of far older and universal spiritual and religious concepts. The prehistory of such ideas is usually dismissed with aggression or attempted pseudo intellectual "got yas," with a mix of fallacy and circular logic. But what if we were to argue that the prehistory confirms the importance of such tenants; even if it also proves that they are not unique, nor are they the only answer to the issue of theosis.*The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, subscribe below. 

The feast day of Saint Gregory the Great (540-604) is celebrated on September 3 (anniversary of his ordination as pope in 590 AD) in the Roman Catholic Church and on March 12 (the date of his death) in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Protestant Anglican & Lutheran Churches. Truth Unites podcast with Gavin Ortlund at https://amzn.to/4pccMeh Gavin Ortlund books available at https://amzn.to/44HlMj9 What It Means to Be Protestant by Gavin Ortlund at https://amzn.to/3Y0xqlq Books about Gregory the Great available at https://amzn.to/4zS9zWZ Books about Gregorian Chant at https://amzn.to/4iJbWFk Gregorian Chant music at https://amzn.to/4i40cgq Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great at https://amzn.to/4xFRc64 Gregory the Great's Book of Pastoral Rule at https://amzn.to/3V93Iwm ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you). Mark Vinet's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVine Mark's History of North America podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 X (twitter): https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Audio credits: Saint Of The Day podcast with Mike Roberts by Covenant Network (ourcatholicradio.org) Saint Gregory The Great Sept. 3, 2025; Saint of the Day podcast - Saint of the Day-St Gregory the Great (the Dialogist), Pope of Rome (604), March 12, 2026, Greek Orthodox Deacon Jerome Atherholt and Ancient Faith Radio; The Saint of the Day podcast - St. Gregory Sept. 3, 2024, Good Catholic and The Catholic Company; Truth Unites podcast with Gavin Ortlund - The Best Pastoral Theology Ever Written? Oct. 16, 2023 & The Church Fathers: 5 Books to Start With Jan. 25, 2023. Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why are women still fighting for equal leadership within some of the largest Christian denominations? In Episode 058 of Your Radical Truth, Deacon Margaret Mary O'Connor welcomes Father Anne back for a candid and provocative conversation about women's ordination, biblical interpretation, religious authority, politics, and the traditions that continue to influence the role of women within Christianity. Father Anne was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 2021 through a reform movement. Because the Roman Catholic Church does not recognize the ordination of women, she was excommunicated. Today, she continues her work for ordination justice while pursuing her desire to serve as a parish priest in the Roman Catholic Church. Women's Ordination Is Not Just a Catholic Issue While the Catholic Church is central to the discussion, Margaret Mary and Father Anne make it clear that questions about women and religious leadership extend far beyond Catholicism. The episode looks at debates within the Southern Baptist Convention and the Seventh-day Adventist Church, including ongoing disagreements about whether women should serve as pastors and participate equally in Church leadership. At the heart of the conversation is a fundamental question: If God calls a woman to ministry, who has the authority to tell her that call is not valid? Father Anne makes an important distinction. No one has an automatic right to become a priest, but everyone should have the right to discern whether they have been called. Beth Moore, the Southern Baptist Convention and Speaking Out The conversation also examines the experience of prominent Bible teacher Beth Moore, who left the Southern Baptist Convention following years of tension. Margaret Mary discusses Moore's advocacy for victims of sexual abuse and her criticism of evangelical support for Donald Trump. Moore's experience opens a larger conversation about what can happen when women within religious communities challenge powerful institutions, question established authority, and speak publicly about abuse, gender inequality, and political alliances. The GOP, Christianity and Political Power Father Anne takes the conversation directly into the relationship between conservative Christianity and the Republican Party in the United States. She shares her perspective on how religion and politics have become deeply intertwined, particularly around traditional ideas about masculinity, gender roles, authority, and power. The discussion challenges listeners to consider how religious beliefs about gender can extend beyond the walls of churches and influence politics, institutions, and society. Is God Exclusively Male? Another fascinating part of the episode examines the way Christians have been taught to imagine God. Margaret Mary and Father Anne explore feminine imagery for God found throughout Scripture and Christian history, including descriptions associated with motherhood, childbirth, nurturing, and protection. Father Anne points out that Scripture actually offers an extraordinary range of images for God, including fire, wind, living water, shepherd, gardener, mother, and father. Rather than limiting God to a single gender or image, these metaphors may offer believers a much broader understanding of the divine. Rethinking Faith, Gender and Authority Episode 058 ultimately asks listeners to examine some difficult questions. Are long-held beliefs about women, leadership, and God truly rooted in the divine? Or have centuries of culture, patriarchy, politics, and institutional tradition influenced the way Christians have been taught to understand them? This is a challenging conversation about faith, equality, vocation, political power, and what needs to change for women to participate fully in the future of the Church. www.YourRadicalTruth.com/058-Father-Anne  

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Do you wonder how the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church compare with what the Bible, Jesus, and the Apostles taught? Let's take a fair biblical look at what the Vatican teaches in light of Scripture.Link to my accompanying video on YouTube: The Vatican vs. JesusShow Notes:Book recommendations:Another Jesus?The Eucharistic Christ and the New Evangelization -  By Roger OaklandDave Hunt video -  Explains unbiblical teachings of the Roman Catholic ChurchText us for prayer, comments, or ministry questions.Connect with us at:   concerningthetimes.com

We welcome back to the show from Revived Studios Troy Frasier and his cohost Mark. They've launched a new show on their network called "Christian or Not" where they look at people in Church history who have claimed or others have claimed to be a Christian. Doing a deep dive on the person's life, they evaluate their lives, writings, and actions in life to see if we are able to tell if the person has walked in the footsteps of Christ. Here we talk about how Scripture gives us the ability to ask the question, "Christian or not", the bumpy road of Church history to determine if people walked with Christ, how Protestants should deal with the Roman Catholic Church in Church History, and how to look at people even today who may not be all who we know them to be. Check out their show at RevivedThoughts.com

Just back from beautiful western Maryland and the 2026 Convocation of the American National Catholic Church (ANCC).ANCC is an independent expression of modern Catholicism, with no connection to the Roman Catholic Church. We believe that our brand of Catholicism is the continuation of Vatican II and the progressive direction Pope John XXIII was taking the Church at the time of his passing.If you are ready for a modern, relevant expression of an ancient faith, the ANCC might be for you. We have 14 parishes across the United States.Check out our beautiful new website and take the quiz at www.theancc.org and see if we're a good fit for you!!

Father Evan answers your questions on whether or not Daniel 2 contains a prophecy about the Roman Catholic Church, the appropriateness of displaying an image of the Shroud of Turin in one's home, the connection between both Adam and Jesus referring to themselves as "flesh and bone," the precise meaning of language referring to the flesh when discussing the Eucharist, how Christ's impartation to us in the Eucharist is different from the divine action of the Holy Spirit, if God singled out Job for Satan's affliction, and advice for those struggling to forgive themselves despite being immersed in the sacramental life of the Church in this week's episode of Orthodoxy Live!

If we get the doctrine of justification wrong, we get the gospel wrong. Today, R.C. Sproul explains what it means to be justified, revealing where the Reformers and the Roman Catholic Church differed on this essential doctrine. Get R.C. Sproul's video teaching series Justified by Faith Alone on DVD with your donation. You'll also receive the companion digital study guide to enhance your learning: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global   Meet Today's Teacher:   R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine. Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

Do Protestants and Roman Catholics still disagree as much as they did in the 16th century? Today, R.C. Sproul confirms that the official teaching of the Roman Catholic Church continues to reject justification by faith alone. Get R.C. Sproul's video teaching series Justified by Faith Alone on DVD with your donation. You'll also receive the companion digital study guide to enhance your learning: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the digital study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Join us on November 6–7 for Ligonier's Southern Ontario Conference and discover what it means to live as citizens of God's kingdom today: https://www.ligonier.org/ontario   Meet Today's Teacher:   R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine. Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessThe Ordinary Unhappiness journey through the origins of narcissism arrives at the early modern period and a Europe in full-blown crisis. It's a world where the hegemony of the Roman Catholic Church no longer holds sway, where political and market forces have created new communities and dislocated old ones, and where traditional familiar theological answers fail to satisfy ever-more urgent existential questions. Working their way through the history of the Reformation and the theologies of Martin Luther and John Calvin, Abby and Patrick trace the contours of this world's emerging conception of selfhood and its many anxieties over interiority, predestination, success, luxury, conformity, modesty, pleasure, and more. They then unpack the particular implications of how this new order views sexual difference, turning to the work of Mary Wollstonecraft and her remarkable account of why “the thoughts of women ever hover around their persons.”Have you noticed that Freud is back? Got questions about psychoanalysis? Or maybe you've traversed the fantasy and lived to tell the tale? Leave us a voicemail! (646) 450-0847  A podcast about psychoanalysis, politics, pop culture, and the ways we suffer now. New episodes on Saturdays. Find us online:  http://www.ordinaryunhappiness.com X: @UnhappinessPod Instagram: @OrdinaryUnhappiness Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness Theme song: Formal Chicken - Gnossienne No. 1 https://open.spotify.com/album/2MIIYnbyLqriV3vrpUTxxO Provided by Fruits Music

IntroductionLast week we considered God's promise to Abram that the Lord is our shield. Lord's Day 21 expands that promise from individuals to the community. It expands to his holy assembly. While our culture prizes independence, Scripture reminds us that Christianity is never simply "my Bible and me." Christ gathers a people for himself, and it is within his church that he nurtures, strengthens, and preserves his saints. The One Triune God Gathers his People When we confess belief in the "holy catholic church," we are confessing faith in the universal church, not the Roman Catholic Church. The Apostles' Creed uses this language to communicate that from the beginning, God has always intended to gather a people who would fellowship with him. In fact, throughout covenant history God has always worked in the context of a community. Man was not created to be alone. (Genesis 2:18). Man was created to spread out across the earth, to produce, and to multiply in God's perfect creation. Unfortunately, we live in a fallen world. The Lord promised to divide the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent (Genesis 3:15). The champion seed, Christ, will rise from the seed of the woman and defeat the serpent. One thing we cannot miss is that the Lord will divide the human race. Now, in a fallen world, we see that Christ gathers his people through his word and Spirit. The ordinary means God uses to call sinners is the preaching of the gospel. That is why the church itself is evangelistic. We invite people into the place where Christ speaks through his Word. We are not invited or called to live on our own apart from Christ's community. Conversion ultimately belongs to God's sovereign work. Some are converted dramatically, others gradually, and covenant children often cannot remember a day they did not believe. Whatever the manner, it is Christ who gathers his elect throughout history into one covenant family. No, the church is not perfect, and in this life there will be hypocrites mixed into the church. (I Corinthians 5; Belgic Confession Article 29)Christ Unites his People in himselfThe church is not some club or just some organization where we pay our dues. No, the church is Christ's body. Romans 8 reminds us repeatedly that we are heirs together with Christ. Salvation is not merely individual but corporate. Every believer shares equally in Christ's inheritance through adoption as we take hold of Christ by faith.Because we belong to one body, every member has gifts to use for the good of the whole. Rather than asking, "What can this church do for me?" we ought to ask, "How can I serve Christ by serving his people?" (Romans 12). Paul reminds us that we have not received a spirit of slavery but of adoption. We are not terrified of God like he is some unstable king. No, we approach God as Abba, Father, sharing the same family privilege Christ has secured for us. Our identity is no longer found in proving ourselves worthy but in belonging to God's family through grace alone by faith alone. Christ Guards his ChurchRomans 8 offers one of Scripture's greatest assurances. Yes, we will suffer. Paul does not deny suffering. Christians grieve. Christ himself wept at Lazarus' tomb and over Jerusalem. We taste Christ's blessing by faith and the Spirit, but we have not arrived at the full glory. Romans 8:28 is not a command to suppress grief but a promise that God will redeem even our darkest seasons and most trying times for our eternal good. We don't just carelessly say this to people who are grieving, as this is not going to be necessarily helpful. However, as we reflect back on life, we can see that God has shaped us and moulded us through those trying times. We say that he did not cause it, but he allowed it for reasons he has not revealed to us. We need to remember that in the fall we wanted chaos, disorder, and abuse. We can get discouraged in this life. So, Paul shows that God's intention is to finish the work that he started. God has chosen us, and God will bring us to full glorification. In fact, as Paul lists 10 and 7 things that can come against us, ultimately we ponder these triumphant questions: Who can bring a charge against God's elect?Who can condemn?Who can separate us from the love of Christ?His answer is emphatic: No one. Christ's work is so sure that there is no power, there is no army, there is no authority that will destroy us. In fact, when Paul cites Psalm 44:22, we read in the Psalm that David is waiting for an answer. Paul gives the answer: “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” (Romans 8:37)The Good Shepherd loses none of those whom the Father has given him.ConclusionThe communion of saints is not merely a comforting doctrine; it is the reality that our life is held together in Christ. Because Christ has gathered us, united us, and promised never to forsake us, we are free to encourage one another through every season of life. The emphasis is encouragement. Sometimes we sit quietly with a friend. This is probably the most effective time Job's counselors interacted with him. The reality is that sometimes we have nothing to say, and we just sit with someone so they are not alone. Sometimes we rehearse the promises of Scripture. Discerning what is pleasing to the Lord is not always easy. Ultimately, we want to avoid shallow answers to suffering; we remind one another that our faithful Savior is still working, still defending, and still leading his people home. He may seem silent, but he is actively working in our lives to shepherd us to glory. As we serve Christ by serving his church, we press on together with this confidence: Nothing can separate God's people from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Let that be our hope.

A particular bishop, whom we will name in the podcast, has instituted changes in Roman Catholic Funeral which you may find objectionable. He also has chosen to deny funerals to the LGBTQ Community unless they "confess and repent."Just another way this outdated Church keeps you under there thumb.

This lesson provides an overview of the Old Testament canon, defining it as the divinely inspired collection of scriptures recognized by the Jewish community and affirmed by Jesus and the apostles. The pastor clarifies that the canon was not determined by church councils but emerged through divine providence and historical recognition within a specific timeframe from Moses to Malachi. It addresses the status of the Apocrypha, explaining why these intertestamental writings are excluded from the Protestant canon due to lack of divine inspiration and later inclusion by the Roman Catholic Church. The discussion highlights how the early church accepted the existing Hebrew canon as authoritative, viewing the Old Testament as Christian literature that points to Christ. Ultimately, the message encourages confidence in Scripture's reliability and authority, attributing its preservation to God's sovereign care rather than human decision-making.

Introduction: Martin Luther nailed his famous 95 Thesis as an indictment against the Roman Catholic Church to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany as a warning and a call to reason. He never set out to start a new denomination, but was calling God's people back to faithfulness and was…

US Ambassador Brian Burch recently said that when Pope Leo spoke out against the war in Iran, he was not doing so as a leader of the Roman Catholic Church, adding that he was speaking as a world leader of the Holy See. What authority does the pope have in such occasions? Matthew Bunson joins us with more on this and other Church news.

What is Roman Catholicism? What is the Roman Catholic Church? What do Roman Catholics believe?

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Thursday, 16 July 2026   Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?” Matthew 21:23   “And having come, Him, into the temple, they approached Him, teaching, the chief priests and the ‘elders, the people', saying, ‘In where-such authority these, You do? And who to You, He gave the authority, this?'” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus told His disciples, “And all, as much – if you should ask in the prayer, believing, you will receive.” With that thought now complete, it next says, “And having come, Him, into the temple.”   The very place He was surely referring to in metaphor in the previous verses is where He has come to again. Once in the temple, “they approached Him, teaching.”   The temple complex was massive. Being the time of the Passover, there would have been innumerable visitors there to see the sights and to join in conversations, meet old friends, etc. Jesus may have picked a spot and started teaching His disciples. As He talked, others walking by might be curious and start listening as well. Because of this, any number of people might gather around to hear. This is something Jeremiah was instructed to do –   “In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord, saying, 2 ‘Thus says the Lord: ‘Stand in the court of the Lord's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord's house, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Do not diminish a word. 3 Perhaps everyone will listen and turn from his evil way, that I may relent concerning the calamity which I purpose to bring on them because of the evil of their doings.'” Jeremiah 26:1-3   Jeremiah would have begun speaking, and the people would have flocked to hear what was being proclaimed. Jesus likewise spoke in the temple. When He did, they came, “the chief priests and the ‘elders, the people'.”   When Jeremiah spoke, it is noted in Jeremiah 26 that “the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah.” Later, the princes of Judah came to judge the matter of Jeremiah's proclamation in the New Gate of the Lord's house. Thus, this being challenged by the leaders at Jesus' time is something that is not without precedent. There is a teaching going on that has come to the attention of the chief priests and the elders. Therefore, they were “saying, ‘In where-such authority these, You do?'”   These men had a right to maintain order in the temple complex. Thus, it is a natural question for them to ask. They have heard Jesus' words and are questioning His authority to say what He was saying. In Jeremiah's case, he was accused of wrongdoing. Therefore, his response was, “The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city with all the words that you have heard” (Jeremiah 26:12). As for those confronting Jesus, they continue, saying, “And who to You, He gave the authority, this?”   Again, it is a natural question to ask. If Jesus is at the temple teaching, He must feel He had a right or commission to do so. His response to them will show, however, that they are doing more than just trying to maintain order. From what He says, it can be deduced that they already knew Him and His teachings, just as the people would have known Jeremiah claimed to be a prophet of the Lord.   Therefore, Jesus' answer will be one that challenges their own positions on matters that had transpired in the recent past. What He asks them will be intended to get them to consider their stand concerning those things. There is nothing disrespectful in His words. Rather, they are intended to probe them in an attempt to reveal their state before the Lord as His representatives in the religious and civil lives of the people.   Life application: When Jeremiah spoke to the princes and people, he plainly told them why he was speaking as he did. After doing so, he said –   “Now therefore, amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; then the Lord will relent concerning the doom that He has pronounced against you. 14 As for me, here I am, in your hand; do with me as seems good and proper to you. 15 But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will surely bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its inhabitants; for truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.” Jeremiah 26:13-15   His job was to proclaim the word of the Lord. Jesus, the Lord, spoke to the people about matters that He was sent by the Father to convey to the people. In hearing the word of the Lord, choices then have to be made. The main thing we must determine is, “Is this the word of the Lord or a doctrine in accordance with it?”   At Jeremiah's time, there were false prophets galore. The people had to listen to what was said, determine who was telling the truth, and then go forward from that point. The same was true in Jesus' time. Now, these things are recorded for us to read and consider. Is the Bible the word of God? If it is, then it should be listened to.   God doesn't force us to accept His word. He has put it out for people to read and consider. Other religions have their own supposed sacred texts as well. Within the greater umbrella of Christian faith, there are writings that some claim are supposedly on the same level of authority as the Bible. The Roman Catholic Church has teachings that they hold to as preeminent in their theology, which are separate from the Bible.   The Mormons have a third “testament” that they claim is inspired. The Seventh-Day Adventists have the supposedly inspired writings of Ellen G. White. Many people accept extra-biblical writings, such as the Apocrypha, the Book of Enoch, etc. It is our responsibility to consider God, if He has given us His word, and what that word is or is not.    This sacred task has been given to humanity, and we should carefully consider what we will believe and why. Jesus is being asked about His authority. If God gave Him authority to convey God's word, we should be willing to listen. These things are important. Let us pay heed to the word that God has given for us to know Him, treating it with respect and care.   Lord God, we are humans, limited by time and the ability to obtain and remember knowledge. We desire to honor You in the way that You expect of us. Therefore, lead us to Yourself through Your word. May we not be misdirected from this task all our days. Help us in this, O God. Amen.  

Full Text of Readings Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 386 The Saint of the day is Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions Saint Augustine Zhao Rong's and Companions' Stories Christianity arrived in China by way of Syria in the 600s. Depending on China's relations with the outside world, Christianity over the centuries was free to grow or was forced to operate secretly. The 120 martyrs in this group died between 1648 and 1930. Eighty-seven of them were born in China, and were children, parents, catechists, or laborers, ranging in age from nine years to 72. This group includes four Chinese diocesan priests. The 33 foreign-born martyrs were mostly priests or women religious, especially from the Order of Preachers, the Paris Foreign Mission Society, the Friars Minor, Society of Jesus, Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians), and Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Augustine Zhao Rong was a Chinese soldier who accompanied Bishop John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse of the Paris Foreign Mission Society to his martyrdom in Beijing. Not long after his baptism, Augustine was ordained as a diocesan priest. He was martyred in 1815. Beatified in groups at various times, these 120 martyrs were canonized together in Rome on October 1, 2000. Reflection The People's Republic of China and the Roman Catholic Church each have well over a billion members, but there are only about 12 million Catholics in China. The reasons for that are better explained by historical conflicts than by a wholesale rejection of the Good News of Jesus Christ. The Chinese-born martyrs honored by today's feast were regarded by their persecutors as dangerous because they were considered allies of enemy, Catholic countries. The martyrs born outside China often tried to distance themselves from European political struggles relating to China, but their persecutors saw them as Westerners and therefore, by definition, anti-Chinese. The Good News of Jesus Christ is intended to benefit all peoples; today's martyrs knew that. May 21st-century Christians live in such a way that Chinese women and men will be attracted to hear that Good News and embrace it.Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Making a return appearance to the Check Your Brain podcast is Mark Mazur, father of host Tony Mazur. Mark just celebrated his 70th birthday, which happened to coincide with America's 250th. In this episode, the Mazurs talked about what has changed in this country since the Bicentennial, the struggles of young Americans while their politicians sold them out, and the schism in the Roman Catholic Church between Rome and the SSPX.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audio, $5 gets video AND audio, and $10 has all of the above, as well as bonus podcasts per week. Visit Patreon.com/TonyMazur. Tony is also on Rumble! Go find his video podcasts over there for free. Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.

American Evangelical Christianity is in crisis. The story of how it got here is an important part of this series but there are several reasons so many evangelical Christians are discontent and looking for something else, something with historical roots, with a sense of tradition, with a sense of of transcendence, with reverent worship, and with a deeper view of the sacraments. It is the conviction of the Heidelberg Reformation Association that the answer to the longing for more lies not in Rome or in the Eastern Orthodox traditions but, as it were, in Geneva. In this series we will explore the history, theology, piety and practice of Roman Catholicism and the Eastern Orthodox traditions, and we will compare and contrast those two traditions with historic Reformed theology, piety, and practice. This episode of the Heidelcast is sponsored by the Heidelberg Reformation Association. You love the Heidelcast and the Heidelblog. You share it with friends, with members of your church, and others but have you stopped to think what would happen if it all disappeared? The truth is that we depend on your support. If you don't make the coffer clink, the HRA will simply sink. Won't you help us keep it going? The HRA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All your gifts are tax deductible. Use the donate link on this page or mail a check to Heidelberg Reformation Association, 1637 E Valley Parkway #391, Escondido CA 92027. All the Episodes of the Heidelcast Subscribe to the Heidelcast! Browse the Heidelshop! On X @Heidelcast On Insta & Facebook @Heidelcast Subscribe in Apple Podcast Subscribe directly via RSS Call The Heidelphone via Voice Memo On Your Phone The Heidelcast is available wherever podcasts are found including Spotify. Call or text the Heidelphone anytime at (760) 618-1563. Leave a message or email us a voice memo from your phone and we may use it in a future podcast. Record it and email it to heidelcast@heidelblog.net. If you benefit from the Heidelcast please leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts so that others can find it. Please do not forget to make the coffer clink (see the donate button below). SHOW NOTES How To Subscribe To Heidelmedia The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The Reformed Confessions The Heidelberg Catechism The Heidelberg Catechism: A Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Commentary (Lexham Academic) Recovering the Reformed Confession (P&R Publishing, 2008) Why I Am A Christian What Must A Christian Believe? Heidelblog Contributors Support Heidelmedia: use the donate button or send a check to: Heidelberg Reformation Association 1637 E. Valley Parkway #391 Escondido CA 92027 USA The HRA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

Join Bobby Harrington and David Young from Renew.org as they dive into the history of the early church, focusing on the Restoration Movement, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Roman Catholicism. In this episode, Harrington recounts the early church period, highlights key historical events such as the fall of Rome, and discusses the development of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the schism that led to the formation of the Roman Catholic Church. The conversation addresses major theological differences, such as the role of scripture, tradition, and the concept of theosis, while exploring the significance of the Protestant Reformation. Engaging and informative, this class provides a comprehensive overview for anyone interested in church history and the key distinctions between major Christian traditions.   Download the free RENEW.org App - https://renew.org/renew-app/  Visit RENEW: https://renew.org/   Check out the following from RENEW.org: Events: https://renew.org/resources/events/ Videos: https://renew.org/media/videos/ Podcasts: https://renew.org/media/podcasts/ Articles: https://renew.org/articles/ Free eBooks: https://renew.org/resources/free-ebooks/ Books: https://renew.org/resources/books/ Audiobooks: https://renew.org/resources/audiobooks/ Sermon Tools: https://renew.org/resources/sermon-tools/ Job Board: https://jobs.renew.org/ Renew University: https://renewuniversity.org/ Real Life Theology Conversations: https://renew.org/rltc/ Sign up for our newsletter: https://renew.org/resources/newsletter-sign-up/

Today is a great feast day, a solemnity in honor of the pillars of the Roman Catholic Church, Saints Peter and Paul. Why did these saints end up in Rome?

American Evangelical Christianity is in crisis. The story of how it got here is an important part of this series but there are several reasons so many evangelical Christians are discontent and looking for something else, something with historical roots, with a sense of tradition, with a sense of of transcendence, with reverent worship, and with a deeper view of the sacraments. It is the conviction of the Heidelberg Reformation Association that the answer to the longing for more lies not in Rome or in the Eastern Orthodox traditions but, as it were, in Geneva. In this series we will explore the history, theology, piety and practice of Roman Catholicism and the Eastern Orthodox traditions, and we will compare and contrast those two traditions with historic Reformed theology, piety, and practice. This episode of the Heidelcast is sponsored by the Heidelberg Reformation Association. You love the Heidelcast and the Heidelblog. You share it with friends, with members of your church, and others but have you stopped to think what would happen if it all disappeared? The truth is that we depend on your support. If you don't make the coffer clink, the HRA will simply sink. Won't you help us keep it going? The HRA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All your gifts are tax deductible. Use the donate link on this page or mail a check to Heidelberg Reformation Association, 1637 E Valley Parkway #391, Escondido CA 92027. All the Episodes of the Heidelcast Subscribe to the Heidelcast! Browse the Heidelshop! On X @Heidelcast On Insta & Facebook @Heidelcast Subscribe in Apple Podcast Subscribe directly via RSS Call The Heidelphone via Voice Memo On Your Phone The Heidelcast is available wherever podcasts are found including Spotify. Call or text the Heidelphone anytime at (760) 618-1563. Leave a message or email us a voice memo from your phone and we may use it in a future podcast. Record it and email it to heidelcast@heidelblog.net. If you benefit from the Heidelcast please leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts so that others can find it. Please do not forget to make the coffer clink (see the donate button below). SHOW NOTES How To Subscribe To Heidelmedia The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The Reformed Confessions The Heidelberg Catechism The Heidelberg Catechism: A Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Commentary (Lexham Academic) Recovering the Reformed Confession (P&R Publishing, 2008) Why I Am A Christian What Must A Christian Believe? Heidelblog Contributors Support Heidelmedia: use the donate button or send a check to: Heidelberg Reformation Association 1637 E. Valley Parkway #391 Escondido CA 92027 USA The HRA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

Was Clement of Rome a pope, as the Roman Catholic Church claims today? What does his letter to the Corinthians, 1 Clement, actually teach about church authority, unity, repentance, faith, leadership, and the resurrection? Clement of Rome is one of the most important early Christian voices outside the New Testament and a bridge from the Apostles to the Patristic era of the church. His letter to the Corinthians, the same church Paul wrote to, was written during a major conflict: certain church leaders had been removed, jealousy and division had taken root, and the church needed correction. In this video, Christian Barrett walks through his letter, 1 Clement, discusses whether the early church in Rome held to the same authority as later Roman Catholic claims describe, and how Clement exhorts us to unity, rest in Christ, and endurance to the end. Whether you are Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, or simply interested in early church history, 1 Clement offers a remarkable window into Christianity in the wake of the apostles, and is worth a serious look. Want more discipleship resources? Visit emetministry.orgHelp Us Reach the Lost: Support Emet Campus Ministry- https://emet-campus-ministry.churchcenter. com/giving/to/ecm-general-fundHelp Us Make More Resources: Support Emet Ministries- emetministry.churchcenter.com/givingCheck out these sources we love and use our Amazon Affiliate Link: Knowing God - https://amzn.to/3ScwPh4The Holiness of God - https://amzn.to/4ouI7sSThe Resurrection of Jesus - https://amzn.to/4ouitVeWhat is the Gospel - https://amzn.to/4oAFqpUWhat it means to be Protestant - https://amzn.to/3Qkt8W32,000 Years of Christ's Power Vol 1 - https://amzn.to/4edGaxFFollow us on Instagram: @emetministry and @everytuesdayat7Christian's Reading List: goodreads.com/user/show/74696644-christian-barrettCHAPTERS:00:00 Clement of Rome01:33 Is This the Clement from Philippians?03:15 Did the 4th-Century Church Believe in the Pope?04:20 Why Did Clement Write to the Corinthian Church?05:24 Why Is Clement Important?07:00 1 Clement: Why Was It Written?10:21 Chapters 1–3: Praise and Condemnation11:53 Chapters 4–6: The Danger of Jealousy12:18 Chapters 7–12: The Call to Repentance12:42 Chapters 13–19: Walk in Humility13:26 Chapters 20–23: The Creation of the World14:02 Chapters 24–27: The Hope of the Resurrection14:13 Chapters 28–31: Fear God, for He Is Majestic15:11 Chapters 32–35: Justification by Faith Alone?16:24 Chapters 36–38: Unity in Christ and with Christ16:52 Chapters 39–41: Different Roles in the Church17:57 Chapters 42–47: Addressing the Corinthian Crisis19:33 Chapters 48–55: A Call to Repentance19:42 Chapters 56–58: Restore the Elders19:46 Chapters 59–61: Clement's Prayer for the Corinthians19:57 Chapters 62–65: Run the Race20:25 Why Doesn't Clement Take a Magisterial Role?22:30 What Did the Early Church Commit Themselves To?#ClementOfRome #1Clement #ChurchHistory #EarlyChurch #ApostolicFathers #Papacy #ChristianTheology #Protestant #romancatholic #protestantvscatholic

Msgr. Pope and Father Larry join Bill to discuss five common issues that our Protestant brothers and sister have with the Roman Catholic Church

Following the 1989 parish closures, the infrastructure that had supported Black Catholic leadership in Detroit was largely dismantled. Surviving parishes tried to rebuild community, while parishes that were merged struggled to forge new identities. Meanwhile, Cardinal Edmund Szoka, the archbishop who oversaw the closures, left the city for Rome to take a top Vatican finance post.  In the third and final episode of “The City and the Cross,” host and Commonweal Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson weighs the total cost of the 1989 parish closures—not just the loss of buildings, but the erosion of the systems that once nurtured Black Catholic vocations. He tells the story of Father John McKenzie, a Black priest who tried to serve Detroit'sBlack Catholic community with little institutional support, and whose own struggle raises a pointed question for the Church today: decades after 1989, how committed is the archdiocese to investing in Black Catholic communities?  Slowly, another question also starts to emerge: did the Black Catholic Movement ultimately succeed or did it fail? Robertson asks the very people who lived through it.  Today, as the Detroit archdiocese undergoes another round of restructuring, Black Catholics are bracing for the worst, but they refuse to walk away from the spiritual centers they built and still call home.  Featured Voices Marjorie Gabriel-Burrow, a musician who helped bring Black musical styles into Catholic Mass; Norah Duncan IV, a nationally acclaimed composer who watched the 1989 closures unfold from inside the archdiocesan chancery; Judith McNeeley, the daughter of Deacon Allen McNeeley, who was a member of St. Bernard parish until its 1989 closure; Dr. M. Shawn Copeland, a former nun from Detroit, now one of the world's leading Catholic theologians; Father Tom Lumpkin, a founding member of the Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance (DCPA); Father Norm Thomas, the longtime pastor of Sacred Heart and a cofounder of the DCPA who led the public resistance to the 1989 closures (archival); Father John McKenzie, a Black former Benedictine monk ordained a priest in Detroit in 2019, whose path eventually led him out of the Roman Catholic Church; Bishop Walter Hurley, Cardinal Edmund Szoka's chief of staff; Cathey DeSantis, a nun and member of Sacred Heart who became an organizer, and eventually director, of the DCPA; Steve Wasko, a Secular Franciscan and member of a Detroit-area anti-racism coalition that formed in the wake of George Floyd's murder; Dr. Shannen Dee Williams, a historian of Black Catholicism whose scholarship frames Detroit as the radical center of the national Black Catholic Movement; and Patricia Montemurri, a former Detroit Free Press reporter who chronicled the 1989 closures and broke the news of Szoka's Vatican appointment.

The modern relationship between the Vatican and the State of Israel is rooted in a long history of hostility between Judaism and Roman Catholicism. Through the centuries, popes and theologians marginalized the Jewish people, assigning them collective guilt for the death of Jesus Christ and claiming that the sacred territory of Palestine was the true patrimony of the Roman Catholic Church. With the advent of political Zionism in the nineteenth century, Catholic fears of a Jewish-dominated Palestine were renewed. Contesting Zion: The Vatican, American Catholics, and the Partition of Palestine (McGill-Queen's UP, 2025) examines the relationship between the Vatican and the Zionist movement from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to the first decade of Israeli statehood. Adrian Ciani considers the transnational nature of Catholic responses to Zionism and the creation of Israel, with a focus on the Catholic Church in the United States. From the 1920s through the 1950s, American Catholic leaders became crucial intermediaries between Washington and the Vatican. Speaking as both loyal American citizens and devout Catholics, they were uniquely positioned to articulate the Vatican's policy objectives to the American government, including on the future of Palestine. American Catholics were also instrumental in advocating the church's Palestine policy at the United Nations, playing a central role in the Holy See's attempts to shape the twentieth-century international order. Roberto Mazza is currently a visiting scholar at the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University. He is the host of the Jerusalem Unplugged Podcast and to discuss and propose a book for interview can be reached at robbymazza@gmail.com. Blusky and IG: @robbyref Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

“Which Church Did Jesus Start?” This question opens a discussion on the distinctions between Catholic and Orthodox beliefs, including what defines the Catholic Church as the one established by Christ. Additional topics include addressing the term “Roman” Catholic Church, the nature of the Eucharist, and the reasons behind the Orthodox separation from Catholicism. Join the Catholic Answers Live Club Newsletter Invite our apologists to speak at your parish! Visit Catholicanswersspeakers.com Questions Covered: 02:00 – Which Church Did Jesus Start 17:09 – What makes the Catholic Church the one that Jesus started and not the Syrians, the Orthodox, or the Coptics? 22:26 – How do you go about correcting Protestants who use the term “Roman” Catholic Church in a pejorative sense? 36:40 – When the bread and wine is turned in to Jesus' body and blood, why does it still taste like bread and wine? 42:56 – Why is there no list of infallible Church teachings? 46:50 – Why did the Orthodox pull away from the Catholic Church? 51:30 – I have some SDA friends who believe in the long sleep instead of heaven or purgatory. What is the best refutation of the long sleep?

“What is the Catholic Church?” This question opens a discussion about the Church’s identity and mission, while also addressing how to navigate family dynamics when dealing with issues like homosexuality. Additional topics include the challenges of engaging with an evangelical perspective on the Catholic Church and fostering relationships with family members who hold anti-Catholic views. Join the Catholic Answers Live Club Newsletter Invite our apologists to speak at your parish! Visit Catholicanswersspeakers.com Questions Covered: 06:45 – What is the Catholic Church? 13:48 – How do I deal with family who is fully immersed in homosexuality? 28:57 – I'm evangelical. The premise that the Church that Jesus founded was the Roman Catholic Church is false. 49:07 – My mom is a evangelical, former Catholic and anti-Cathoic. How do I bridge that gap and have a relationship with her?

In the heart of Hagley Wood, a skeleton hidden inside a hollow tree sparked decades of eerie graffiti, whispered conspiracies, and chilling rumors that she may have been a WWII spy silenced forever.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/SpyWitchWychFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Was a woman found dead in a wych elm tree in wartime England actually a WWII German spy? (Bella in the Wych Elm) *** Jonathan Reed couldn't bear to be separated from his wife ... so he moved into her tomb. (Til Death Do Us Part) *** Dr. Milton Rokeach forced three men who all believed themselves to be the Messiah to live together for two years in an effort to bring them out of their irrationality. But what Rokeach learned had little to do with the men themselves. (The Three Christs of Ypsilanti) *** A bodiless voice torments a lone beachgoer camping out. (Spirit Voice on the Beach) *** Only months after the infamous ax murders in Villisca, Iowa - the quiet farm community of Payson, Illinois was shattered by its own terrifying murder case. (The Pfanschmidt Murders) *** In an effort to test one of his theories on social behavior, psychologist Muzafer Sherif released twenty-two 12-year-old boys into a sparsely supervised wilderness camp — and then covertly provoked them to fight each other. (The Robbers Cave Experiment) *** Witch hunts and trials. They didn't end in Salem – they live on even today in Papua New Guinea. (Papua New Guinea Witchcraft) *** A man in Japan sees small, childlike ashen white aliens. (Childlike Aliens) *** How can a holy book such as the Christian bible bring bad luck? One paranormal museum in West Virginia has the answer with an infamous display of the 666 Bible. (The 666 Bible) *** The people of Hannibal, Missouri in the late 1800s would remain appalled that one of their most prominent residents could be murdered without retribution. Even a $10,000 reward couldn't bring justice. (The Stillwell Murder) *** A father takes his son to the ruins of an old, burned down building – and the boy sees something his father doesn't. (The Old Factory Visit) *** “The Devil's Advocate” - it's a phrase that can be traced to the Roman Catholic Church that long had an actual official office for a person who was employed to be exactly that – an advocate for the devil. And he still works for the church even today. (The Devil's Advocate)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:00:51.758 = Show Open00:03:56.427 = Was Bella In The Wych Elm a WWII Spy?00:17:52.860 = Til Death Do Us Part ***00:20:30.246 = The Three Christs of Ypsilanti00:28:17.112 = Spirit Voice On The Beach00:32:35.825 = The Pfanschmidt Murders of 1912 ***00:41:38.517 = Devil's Advocate00:45:43.295 = The Robbers Cave Experiment00:53:23.042 = Papua New Guinea Witchcraft ***00:59:43.636 = Child Aliens00:1:03:02.762 = The 666 Bible01:08:44.469 = The Stillwell Murder ***01:20:23.228 = The Old Factory Visit01:25:09.988 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Was Bella in the Wych Elm a WWII German Spy?” posted at The UnRedacted: https://tinyurl.com/wtxqr7l“The Pfanschmidt Murders” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: https://tinyurl.com/uolq6b8“Spirit Voice on the Beach” by Berggraf38, posted at YourGhostStories.com: https://tinyurl.com/qngcm6l“The Three Christs of Ypsilanti” by Taig Spearman for All That's Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/w9delgl“The Robbers Cave Experiment” by Taig Spearman for All That's Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yx66lpob“Papua New Guinea Witchcraft” by Caleb Strom for Ancient Origins: https://tinyurl.com/rvpyyva“The Devil's Advocate” by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: https://tinyurl.com/vluuhdg“Childlike Aliens” by Terry Larch for FreakLore.com: https://tinyurl.com/snrkrbm“The 666 Bible” by Theresa at Theresa's Haunted History of the Tri-State: https://tinyurl.com/t8dlnez“The Stillwell Murder” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/yd4uupot“The Old Factory Visit” by Mike, posted at MyHauntedLifeToo.com: (link no longer available)“Til Death Do Us Part” by Jessica Ferri at The-Line-Up.com: https://the-line-up.com/mary-reed(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: November 27, 2018

The so-called sacrament of penance rested at the heart of the Reformation controversy over the role that our merit plays in salvation. Today, R.C. Sproul gives an overview of the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. Get an exclusive Renewing Your Mind journal with your donation. You'll also receive R.C. Sproul's ebook Are We Together? and his digital teaching series Roman Catholicism: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the ebook and digital teaching series with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global Join us in Orlando for the 2027 Ligonier National Conference as we rejoice in the glorious attributes of God. Save 35% when you register today: https://www.ligonier.org/2027   Meet Today's Teacher:   R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine. Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

The Reformation brought a needed retrieval of the Bible's teaching on salvation. Today, R.C. Sproul outlines the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church on this cardinal doctrine and shows why we must understand where we disagree. Get an exclusive Renewing Your Mind journal with your donation. You'll also receive R.C. Sproul's ebook Are We Together? and his digital teaching series Roman Catholicism: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the ebook and digital teaching series with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global   Meet Today's Teacher:   R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine. Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

Why does the Roman Catholic Church claim that the pope is infallible? Today, R.C. Sproul surveys the historical, political, and doctrinal factors that contributed to the rise of the papacy. Get an exclusive Renewing Your Mind journal with your donation. You'll also receive R.C. Sproul's ebook Are We Together? and his digital teaching series Roman Catholicism: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/   Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the ebook and digital teaching series with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global   Meet Today's Teacher:   R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine. Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts