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What are the roots of modern biblical criticism? What do Spinoza have to do with the story? Who was La Peyrere and how did he influence biblical criticism? How did the magisterium respond to modernism and modern biblical criticism? How is Pope Benedict XVI’s work helpful here? Dr. Jeffrey L. Morrow joins us to discuss these questions and more.
How should we think of the Gospel of John compared to the Synoptic Gospels? Is there strong evidence in favor of the traditional authorship? When was the Gospel written? What are the main themes? Why is it important to study the Gospel of John as Catholics? Sal Ciresi joins us for a two-part introduction to the Gospel of John to dive into these questions and more.
Summary What is textual criticism? Should Christians be concerned that there are hundreds of thousands of variants within the New Testament manuscript copies we possess? Are John 7:53 – 8:11 and Mark 16:9-20 inspired...
Summary Who are some of the most important thinkers of the past when it comes to arguing for God’s existence? Should we use the term “proofs” when describing arguments for God? How does Jesus’...
Summary What is the nature of the Church Christ founded? What evidence is there that Peter was the first Pope? Why should Christians believe in the Papacy? Joe Heschmeyer joins us to answer these...
Summary Why think Jesus rose from the dead? Don’t we have reason to question whether Jesus was actually buried? And why opt for a supernatural explanation when there are many naturalistic theories? Dr. Jeffrey...
Summary Why take Jesus seriously when there are so many religious figures one could follow? What specific prophecies did Jesus actually fulfill and how do we know this wasn’t just forged? Also, if Jesus...
Summary Dr. Mike Licona joins the podcast to defend the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. He defends a set of “minimal facts” and offers the resurrection as the best explanation of those...
Summary Did the early Church believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist? What early evidence supports this? Also, if transubstantiation is based on Aristotelian categories that weren’t brought into Christianity until...
Summary How did C.S. Lewis argue for the existence of God? How did he argue for Christianity in particular? Would he have been sympathetic to Classical Theism? David Bates joins us to answer these...
