Daily Rosary Meditations

Topics we discussed:Catholic and Protestant views on Redemptive SufferingImputed vs. Imparted JustificationThe need for TraditionResources we mentioned:Christian Smith, How to Go from Being a Good Evangelical to a Committed Catholic in Ninety-Five Difficult Steps

Topics we discussed:??Why the proclamation of Christ's Resurrection is essential to the proclamation of the Gospel True crime and Christ's Resurrection Why Jesus is in fact God, and how the Resurrection points to this truthPersonal encounters and transformations in ChristResources we mentioned:Saint Paul's message to the Corinthians John 20:1 - 9

In our final episode of our Lenten series, we meditate on the crucifixion of Christ, the definition of success, and the power of perseverance. 

This week we're meditating on the three falls of Christ with a little bit of help from our friends Steve Pokorny (Freedom Coaching) and Brandon Vogt (Word on Fire). 

We’re in the second week of Lent, and the second week of our Lenten podcast series on the Stations of the Cross. Last week we meditated on the condemnation of Christ, and this week we’re spending time with Christ as he takes up his cross and begins that long walk up the hill to Calvary and to his death – but ultimately to his resurrection on Easter morning. Again, we’re tapping into the wisdom of Cardinal Ratzinger and his meditations on the way of the cross at the Colosseum in Rome on Good Friday in 2005.

Last week we looked at major differences in how Methodists and Catholics look at the Church, at the papacy, and Church history. But in today's episode, we take a closer look at Scripture, Tradition, which books belong in the Bible, Purgatory, the saints, and the sacraments (especially the Eucharist and marriage). 

Is the idea of hell - an eternity of suffering apart from God - compatible with the idea of an all-good and loving God?

To take Saint Augustine seriously as a person, and not just as some stray thoughts you can cobble together into your own version of a church father that never existed, requires a Catholic worldview.

?Jesus is real - and you can walk in the places where He's walked. A trip to the Holy Land gives you the chance to experience the Bible that just can't be replaced by reading through the pages.

There is an entire book dedicated to the Blessed Mother in the Qur'an. Our Lady is mentioned thirty-four times throughout Islam's holy book. In the Qur'an, Mary's holiness is celebrated - second only to Mohammad's daughter, Fatima. What role does Our Lady play in a conversation between Catholics and Muslims?

If you go to Siena, you can see the head of Saint Catherine. In Rome, you can visit the foot of Mary Magdalene in a church. What is going on here?

In the battle for our souls between the Devil and God, there are no innocent civilian bystanders.

Jesus commanded Saint Faustina in her Divine Mercy Diary: "Write this - before I come as the Just Judge, I am coming first as the King of Mercy."

The apostles run away, but Mary stands at the foot of the cross. Why? Because she is a warrior - but a warrior of weakness.