Catholic Answers Focus
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#384 Disney’s Loki Confronts Ultimate Questions - Joe Heschmeyer
October 06, 2021 11:00 - 34.9 MBLoki now has his own TV show on Disney+, and the god of mischief raises serious issues of atheism, polytheism, freewill, and conversion. We get Joe Heschmeyer’s take on all of it from a Christian perspective. Cy Kellett: Disney’s Loki raises big questions. Joe Heschmeyer’s glorious purpose is to answer them, next on Focus. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. And like many...
#383 St. Peter’s Vs. Modernism - Duncan Stroik
September 29, 2021 11:00 - 25 MBBeing entirely objective, the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome is the best building in the world! We ask Duncan Stroik, the founder of the Sacred Architecture Journal, to explain why this is, and why churches, and other buildings today, don’t match it. Why don’t we build churches like St. Peter’s anymore? Architect Duncan Stroik is next. Cy Kellett: Duncan Stroik is Professor of Architecture at Notre Dame University and the founding editor of Sacred Architecture Journal. And we had the great, g...
#382 The Surprising Thing That Brings Jesus Joy - Fr. Hugh Barbour, O. Praem.
September 22, 2021 11:00 - 35.7 MBDo you have trouble with the Sacrament of Reconciliation? Not sure about? Don’t know quite what to say? Father Hugh Barbour gives a brief lesson on what really happens in confession, and offers tips on how to make confessing part of your life. Cy Kellett: What does confessing to a priest actually do? Father Hugh Barbour is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. How I’m making Jesus happy. Is th...
#381 Final Judgment Cheat Codes - Fr. Hugh Barbour, O. Praem.
September 15, 2021 11:00 - 31.7 MBFather Hugh Barbour explains what Jesus meant when he said the measure with which we measure will be measured back to us. Is he really going to judge us the way that we judge others? If so, its time to get to work on all that judgment, gossip, and resentment. Cy Kellett: Are you telling me I can never judge somebody? Father Hugh Barber, next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your ...
#380 The One Thing Jesus Asks You to do for Him - Fr. Hugh Barbour, O. Praem.
September 08, 2021 11:00 - 25.4 MBMore than anything, the devil hates to see you at Mass. And Jesus was clear that he, personally, desired you there. Father Hugh Barbour is back, and he explains why the Mass must be at the center of every Christian life. Cy Kellett: Getting back to mass, participating fully in the mass. Fr. Hugh Barbour is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus. The Catholic Answers Podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host. A little bit about living...
#379 The Jordan Peterson Effect: Opening Minds to the Bible - Christopher Kaczor
September 01, 2021 11:00 - 37.5 MBCatholic Scholar Christopher Kaczor finds a great deal to admire in Jordan Peterson and his followers. But is Peterson’s work a fully-satisfying body of thought, or is it more of a doorway to deeper satisfactions for the mind? We discuss Kaczor’s new book — Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life. Cy Kellett: Is Jordan Peterson leading people to Christianity? Christopher Kaczor is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answer’s podcast fo...
#377 Is this Papacy Self-Defeating? - Larry Chapp
August 18, 2021 11:00 - 29.1 MBTheologian and Catholic Worker Larry Chapp joins us for a discussion of Pope Francis’ Motu Proprio on the Latin Mass. Was this a missed opportunity for the pope to achieve his larger goals? Is there any better way available to reach those goals? Cy Kellett: Is this a self-defeating papacy? Dr. Larry Chapp is next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. I’ve been wanting to h...
#378 Is My Soul Immortal? - Karlo Broussard
August 18, 2021 11:00 - 34 MBThe author of Purgatory Is for Real tackles a tough philosophical question — is my soul made to last forever? If so, how do we know this? If not, what could happen that would destroy the life of my soul? Cy Kellett: Is there something immortal about you? Karlo Broussard next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and I really enjoy talking with Karlo Broussard and maybe go at little te...
#376 What is a Soul? - Karlo Broussard
August 16, 2021 11:00 - 32.3 MBIn the first of two conversations with Karlo about the soul, Cy asks Karlo to explain what a Christian means by “soul.” Where is the soul? Does everything have a soul? What is the point of having a soul? Using the tools of philosophy, Karlo gets us some answers. Cy Kellett: What is a soul anyway? Karlo Broussard, next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I have to admit this one comes from me. I wanted to have ...
#375 What Is the Mind? The Catholic View - Jimmy Akin
August 11, 2021 11:00 - 27.6 MBWe ask Jimmy Akin, apologist and host of Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World, whether there is a Catholic way to understand the mind. Jimmy reviews some of the current thinking about what the mind is, and explains what a Catholic can, and cannot, accept. Cy Kellett: What is a mind anyway? Jimmy Akin is next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, very glad you are here with us. Hey, right up ...
#374 What’s Wrong with Woke? - Noelle Mering
August 09, 2021 11:00 - 24.7 MBIn her new book, Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology, Noelle Mering argues that our “woke” moment is, in fact, a surrender to the age-old temptation to take the place of God. It is also the direct consequence of the sexual revolution. She joins us to explain how an awake Christian can help free the world of the destructive ideology of “woke”. Cy Kellett: Can a Christian get woke? Noelle Mering is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholi...
#373 Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Catholic Faith - Christopher Check
August 04, 2021 11:00 - 30.8 MBCan a Catholic assent to blowing up entire cities? What about when to do so will save perhaps millions of lives? Catholic Answers President Chris Check joins us as we consider again America’s use of Atomic weapons to end a long, bitter war with Japan. Cy Kellett: Why would a Catholic support nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Chris Check is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your ...
#372 The Unchristian Roots of STEM Education - William Fahey
August 02, 2021 11:00 - 28 MBTo lure parents who want their kids to be competitive in a high-tech society, some Catholic schools promote themselves vigorously as providing a top-notch STEM education. But just how compatible is the STEM mentality with Catholic ideas about formation and education? Dr. William Fahey, President of New Hampshire’s Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, joins us to explain why the Catholic educational tradition is better for students than STEM training. NOTE FROM HOST: Dr. Fahey and I both used ...
#371 Rescuing the Bible from Experts - Scott Hahn
July 28, 2021 11:00 - 34.1 MBWhy is studying the Bible in college so often injurious to faith? Is it because scientific investigation of the Bible has the power to debunk it? Or could there be something wrong with the way modern scholarship engages with the Word of God? Scott Hahn, co-author of The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture, takes us on a seven-century journey toward answering these questions. Cy Kellett: Have the experts ruined scripture? Scott Hahn, next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholi...
#370 Is the Church Hiding the Book of Enoch? - Tim Staples
July 26, 2021 11:00 - 29.2 MBWhat is the Church hiding in keeping the Book of Enoch out of the Bible? Genesis mentions him, and the New Testament includes reference to the book that bears his name. But are his apocalyptic prophecies just too hot for the Church to handle? Tim Staples uncovers the truth about the wild and dangerous Book of Enoch. Cy Kellett: Is the church hiding the Book of Enoch? Tim Staples, next. Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Cat...
#369 Missing Mass Is Deadly - Karlo Broussard
July 21, 2021 11:00 - 23.4 MBHow on Earth could it really be a mortal sin to miss Mass? This seems so harsh! Catholic Answers Apologist Karlo Broussard takes up a hard challenge as he defends the Catholic requirement to participate in Sunday Mass. There are exceptions, of course, but as Karlo makes clear, missing Mass is not a thing to take lightly. Cy Kellett: Seriously, it’s a mortal sin to miss mass? Karlo Broussard, next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding,...
#368 Catholicism and Race - Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers
July 19, 2021 11:00 - 31.8 MBDeacon Harold Burke-Sivers has an apparently unpopular answer to the scourge of racism—imitating Jesus. Our society refuses this path, preferring a culture of constant critique and revolution. It is time that the revolutionaries heard the hard truth—their cure is no cure at all. Real healing requires us to take up the Gospel with courage and humility. Cy Kellett: Can the Catholic faith cure racism? Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers is next. Cy Kellett: For a long time, but especially since the deat...
#367 Using Words to Hide the Harm of Abortion - Stephanie Gray Connors
July 14, 2021 11:00 - 27.9 MBFrom the beginning, support for abortion has relied on using language to hide reality — specifically the reality of killing an innocent boy or girl. We expect an avalanche of such language in the year ahead, given the likelihood of a new US Supreme Court abortion decision. In preparation, we asked pro-life brainiac Stephanie Gray Connors to help us cut through the deadly propaganda. Cy Kellett: Challenging deceptive language around abortion. Stephanie Gray Connors is next. Hello and welcome ...
#366 Summer Fiction for Catholics - Mark Brumley
July 12, 2021 11:00 - 21.4 MBMark Brumley, the well-read president of Ignatius Press, joins us for a brief conversation about books in which he gives his suggestions for Catholics looking for some good summer fiction. You need a good summer book to read. Mark Brumley, next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. To be a Christian is to be engaged with the word, the written word and the word of God in the person of Jesus. Words, ...
#365 Is Divorce Really a Sin? - Leila Miller
July 07, 2021 11:00 - 32.4 MBDoes the Catholic Church still teach that divorce is wrong, even sinful? And if so, why, especially given that so many Catholics are divorced? Leila Miller, author of Primal Loss: The Now-Adult Children of Divorce Speak, explains what the Church teaches about divorce and why this teaching remains essential. Cy Kellett: Is divorce really that bad? Leila Miller, next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answer’s podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic fa...
#364 Is Christianity Anti-Woman? - Elizabeth Kelly
July 05, 2021 11:00 - 32.3 MBCatholic author and speaker Elizabeth Kelly joins us for a discussion of the supposed “anti-woman” bias in Christianity. Is it real, or is it just a modern story disconnected from historical reality? Kelly is the author of books for and about Christian women, including Love Like a Saint: Cultivating Virtue with Holy Women. Cy Kellett: Is Christianity anti-woman? Liz Kelly is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome again to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defend...
#363 Getting Manliness Wrong - Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers
June 30, 2021 11:00 - 33.1 MBYou can hardly tune into a Catholic podcast or read a Catholic publication these days without someone complaining about the lack of manliness. But is a lack of manliness the problem, or a lack of Christianity in men? We asked the world’s most manly man, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, to help us get to the roots of the manliness panic. Cy Kellett: Recovering a Christian image of manhood. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers is next. Hello and welcome to Focus the Catholic Answers podcast, for living, unde...
#362 A Catholic Summer Reading List - Todd Aglialoro
June 28, 2021 11:00 - 32.8 MBTodd Aglialoro, director of publishing here at Catholic Answers, offers ideas for some “delightful” Catholic summer reading. In this first of a two-part reading series, Todd offers non-fiction ideas, with fiction to come later. Cy Kellett: Great tips for summer reading. Todd Aglialoro is next. Hello, and welcome to Focus, The Catholic Answers Podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. Maybe on this episode, we should add enjoying your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett...
#361 Are Sacramentals Magic? - Shaun McAfee
June 23, 2021 11:00 - 26.6 MBCatholic writer Shaun McAfee joins us to defend the Catholic use of sacramentals—holy water, crucifixes, blessings, etc. This practice looks a lot like magic to both our Protestant and secular friends. Do they have a point? Shaun draws from his new book—20 Answers: Relics and Sacramentals—to explain just what Catholics are up to. Cy Kellett: Are Catholic sacramentals superstitious and magical? Shaun McAfee next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understandi...
#360 Did the Supreme Court Allow Catholics to Discriminate? - Joe Heschmeyer
June 21, 2021 14:00 - 46.7 MBIt turns out that Catholic Answers Apologist Joe Heschmeyer is also a lawyer, so we asked him about the recent Supreme Court decision that allowed a Catholic social service agency to continue refusing to place foster children in the custody of gay couples. Is this discrimination? And what does this ruling suggest about the future of religious freedom? Cy Kellett: Is the Supreme Court letting Catholics get away with discrimination? Joe Heschmeyer, next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholi...
#359 Saved Outside the Catholic Church? - Tim Staples
June 16, 2021 11:00 - 16.4 MBOur own Tim Staples discusses the Catholic claim that there is no salvation outside the Church? How are we to understand this truth, and what does it mean for those who do not enter the Church? Cy Kellett: Can we settle this once and for all? Is there or is there not salvation outside the Catholic Church? Tim Staples next. Hello and welcome again to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host. And you might’ve not...
#358 Are Catholics Too Assimilated? - Bishop Donald Hying
June 14, 2021 11:00 - 22.9 MBIn his new book, Love Never Fails, Madison Wisconsin Bishop Donald Hying helps Christians to take up the adventure of living in Christ, even in the modern world, every day. We asked him if we Catholics have taken on too much of the culture and lost our distinctiveness. Cy Kellett: The daily struggle against assimilation. Bishop Donald Hying next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, y...
#357 Is Religion Just a Coping Mechanism? - Karlo Broussard
June 09, 2021 11:00 - 21.5 MBKarlo Broussard, author of Prepare the Way: Overcoming Obstacles to God, the Gospel, and the Church, answers the common Freudian objection to belief in God—It’s just wish fulfillment. Cy Kellett: Is religion just a coping mechanism. Karlo Broussard is next. Hello and welcome to focus. The Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. We’ll do a little defending today against the accusation that religion is all about a psychological need we have, to be...
#356 Must We Accept Every Church Council? - Tim Staples
June 07, 2021 23:00 - 22 MBTim Staples draws on his new School of Apologetics course — Evidence for the Church — to address the growing reluctance of some Catholics to accept the authority of church councils. Where do councils get their authority, and how much deference must a Catholic give them? Do I have to accept all of the councils of the church? Tim Staples, next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your...
#355 Is Salvation Guaranteed? - Karlo Broussard
June 02, 2021 11:00 - 28.5 MBKarlo Broussard takes up the challenge of those who say Romans chapter 8 assures the Christian that salvation cannot be lost. The author of Meeting the Protestant Challenge puts this passage within the context of the full teaching of Jesus and the Apostles in order to uncover the truth about salvation. Does Saint Paul promise my salvation is secure? Karlo Broussard is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Cat...
#354 Does the Church Act with the Authority of Jesus? - Tim Staples
May 31, 2021 11:00 - 15.6 MBTim Staples returns to Focus with a question taken from his School of Apologetics course “Evidence for the Church“: Did Jesus really give his authority to a human institution? Cy Kellett: Did Jesus found a church to have his authority and power? Tim Staples is next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I am Cy Kellett, your host. I emphasize Catholic really hard right there because we’re going to defend the Cat...
#354 Holding Bishops Accountable - Jason Negri
May 26, 2021 11:00 - 29.2 MBClearly Catholic bishops need closer collaboration with lay Catholics if we are ever going to get past the leadership models that led to the sex abuse crisis. But what is appropriate lay participation in keeping bishops honest? Jason Negri discusses one model being pursued by the Daniel Coalition, a local effort for reform in Lansing Michigan. Can the laity hold bishops accountable? Jason Negri, next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome again to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, und...
#353 How to Evangelize Using Social Media - Fr. Simon Esshaki
May 24, 2021 11:00 - 25.9 MBFr. Simon Esshaki talks about the call from Jesus Christ for all Christians to go out into the world, sharing the good news. The call to evangelize has only grown more important, though it may look different today than it did in 100 A.D. Cy and Fr. Simon discuss the great importance of using social media properly in order to introduce people to Jesus Christ. Cy Kellett: Internet evangelizing the apostolic way. Father Simon Esshaki is next. Hello. Welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcas...
#352 Why the Ascension and Pentecost Are Essential - Tim Staples
May 19, 2021 11:00 - 16.3 MBWith his death and resurrection, Jesus completes the great work of our salvation and gives us the perfect sign that he has conquered sin and death. So are the Ascension and Pentecost just add-ons? Apologist Tim Staples says no. They are essentials, and filled with power. What do the Ascension and Pentecost have to do with the rest of Jesus’ mission? Tim Staples is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic...
#351 Calvinist Objections to Free Will - Trent Horn
May 12, 2021 11:00 - 37.7 MBNot all opposition to the idea of free will comes from atheists. In fact, a prominent strain of Christianity denies free will as it strives to defend the omnipotence of God. But does such a strategy turn God into a monster? Trent Horn explains. Cy Kellett: Does God decide everything or do I get to decide some stuff? Trent Horn is next. Hello and welcome to Focus The Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host. And most Christ...
#350 Atheist Objections to Free Will - Trent Horn
May 10, 2021 11:00 - 31.4 MBDoes neuroscience, or any science, pose a challenge to believing human beings have free will? Trent Horn joins us for a discussion of today’s fashionable denial of the fact of free will. Cy Kellett: Is free will unscientific? Trent Horn is next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. Our good friend and colleague, Trent Horn, is in town for a couple of days. So we decided, let’s get him ...
#349 Is God an Egomaniac Narcissist? - Karlo Broussard
May 05, 2021 11:00 - 20 MBApologist Karlo Broussard responds to a common atheist critique of the God of the Bible, that he is a narcissist whose ego makes him hungry for the worship of his creatures. Does the Bible really give us such a creepy Lord? And even if he is not creepy, why does he insist on worship? THE ARTICLE: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/is-it-egotistical-for-god-to-demand-your-love Cy Kellett: Is God an egocentric, narcissist maniac? Karlo Broussard, next. Hello, and welcome to Focus...
#348 Would Aliens Destroy Christianity? - Karin Oberg
May 03, 2021 11:00 - 32.9 MBA common pop-culture assertion is that if there are intelligent extraterrestrials then Christianity is ruined. The idea is that such a discovery would disprove the Bible. Is that true? We asked astro-chemist Karin Oberg to give us her view. Cy Kellett: Would discovering aliens disprove Christianity? Dr. Karin Oberg is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. And when yo...
#347 The Writers Who Knew the Apostles - David Meconi
April 28, 2021 11:00 - 21.4 MBRenowned scholar of St. Augustine, Father David Meconi, SJ, joins us for a discussion of the Apostolic Fathers. Did these men really know the Apostles? And if they did, what do they tell us about the kind of Faith the Apostles preached and lived? The forgotten wisdom of the early church, Father David Meconi is next. Cy Kellett: Welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. And I can remember the very fi...
#347 The Writers Who Knew the Apostles - Fr. David Meconi
April 28, 2021 11:00 - 21.4 MBRenowned scholar of St. Augustine, Father David Meconi, SJ, joins us for a discussion of the Apostolic Fathers. Did these men really know the Apostles? And if they did, what do they tell us about the kind of Faith the Apostles preached and lived? The forgotten wisdom of the early church, Father David Meconi is next. Cy Kellett: Welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. And I can remember the very fi...
#346 Did Jesus Allow Some Divorce? - Karlo Broussard
April 26, 2021 10:00 - 23.3 MBIn Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus seems to soften his usual crystal-clear teaching against divorce. But what is he saying? Is he saying that adultery is an exception that allows for divorce? Karlo Broussard tackles this tough question. Cy Kellett: Does adultery cancel marriage? Karlo Broussard next. Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host. In practice, we Catholics and Protestants probably don’t...
#345 Does Conscience Trump Doctrine? - Joe Heschmeyer
April 21, 2021 10:00 - 24.8 MBWhat if my conscience says one thing and the Church says another? The Catholic Church clearly teaches that I must follow my conscience at all times while also teaching that the Church has authority over me. Joe Heschmeyer offers some help for those who are confused about conscience. Does conscience trump doctrine? Joe Heschmeyer is next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host ...
#344 Why Have Priests if We’re All Priests? - Karlo Broussard
April 19, 2021 10:00 - 25.5 MBKarlo Broussard, author of Meeting the Protestant Challenge, takes on a common challenge to the Catholic priesthood. If Peter says all Christians are priests — and he does — then what need have we of a Catholic priest? Why have priests if all Christians are priests? Karlo Broussard is next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. A common challenge that’s made to Catholics fro...
#343 Is Tradition Reliable? - Joe Heschmeyer
April 14, 2021 10:00 - 35.8 MBIt seems like Scripture is so solid, and Tradition is so ephemeral. Why should we trust that God has revealed himself to us in Sacred Tradition? And which traditions, exactly are revealed truths? Catholic Answers’ newest apologist, Joe Heschmeyer, explains. Is Catholic tradition really trustworthy? Joe Heschmeyer is next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. One of the thi...
#342 Is Tithing Just a Tax? - Ed Condon
April 12, 2021 11:00 - 20.6 MBCanon lawyer and journalist Ed Condon from pillarcatholic.com joins us to answer some hard questions about tithing. Is tithing required of every Christian? If so, is it just a tax? And if not, then what is required? Is tithing just a Catholic tax? Ed Condon is next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host and a very happy Easter to you. Not many people attending parish services,...
#341 Religion Is Not Social Activism - Fr. Jeffrey Kirby
April 07, 2021 10:00 - 31 MBAs tempting as it may be to treat social activism as if it were our highest calling, in fact, it is not. Father Jeffrey Kirby’s new book, Real Religion, attacks the idea that biblical religion can be reduced to a kind of social activism. We asked him about how Christianity views social activism. Read more from Fr. Kirby here. Is biblical faith anything more than social activism? Father Jeffrey Kirby next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, unders...
#340 Is the Big Bang a Proof of God? - Karin Oberg
April 05, 2021 10:00 - 31.3 MBKarin Oberg is a professor of astronomy at Harvard University who also teaches Aquinas at the Thomistic Institute. Who better to ask about whether or not the Big Bang gives us slam dunk evidence for the existence of God? Does the science of the Big Bang prove that God is the creator? Scientist Karin Oberg is next. Cy Kellett: We’ve got a big time topic for you this time about whether or not the Big Bang proves that God is the creator of the universe. And we thought if we’re I ask a big quest...
#339 Who Is the Anti-Christ? - Jimmy Akin
March 31, 2021 10:00 - 22.5 MBWe couldn’t get him to name any names, but we did get Jimmy Akin to explain what the Bible has to say about the nature of the anti-Christ. Without doubt many will be surprised by just how little the anti-Christ is mentioned in the Bible, and that it is probably more accurate to talk about “anti-Christs.” What does the Bible really say about the antichrist? Jimmy Akin next. Kind of continuing our end times theme from our last episode with Jimmy Akin, where we talked about the mark of the beas...
#338 Is the Covid-19 Vaccine the Mark of the Beast? - Jimmy Akin
March 29, 2021 11:00 - 21.6 MBModern governments sometimes demand that entire populations participate in this program or that, which, quite naturally for Christians, regularly raises the question of the Mark of the Beast. So, what is this mysterious mark? Jimmy Akin joins us to give us some insights into how we can identify it. How to avoid the mark of the beast. Jimmy Akin, next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kell...
#337 Biblical Religion Is Not Self-Help - Fr. Jeffrey Kirby
March 24, 2021 11:00 - 23.2 MBTaking our cue from his new book Real Religion, we asked Father Jeffery Kirby to explain a distinction he makes between the religion of self-help and the religion of the Bible. Cy Kellett: Biblical religion is not just a self-help program. Father Jeffrey Kirby next. Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host. And this time we welcome the author of a brand new book here at Catholic Answers. Th...