Theology and Insanity

Mike and Dave discuss Pope Francis's upcoming consecration, Fatima, Russia's errors, and Marian Consecration in general.

In this episode, Dave and Mike discuss angels and how the sequence of their lives are related to ours in God’s providence.

Mike and Dave tackle listener questions this week! How can you cultivate a relationship with Christ and help your children do the same? Why is the Lateran Council of 649 not considered to be ecumenical? If divorce, polygamy, and slavery are objective moral evils, why were they licit for Jews in the Old Testament? Does this mean that God can make an objective moral evil not sinful?

Mike and Dave discuss what this means, that it is still true that there’s no salvation outside of the Church, how this is possible when the members of the Church are sinful, and how this should affect our relationship with non-Catholic Christians.

Dave and Mike discuss the sacraments and whether it is prudent to allow their reception by Catholics in need of evangelization.

In this episode, Dave and Mike have the privilege of interviewing one of the premiere Catholic theologians in the US today, Fr. Thomas Weinandy. Among other things, they discuss the Abu Dhabi statement, whether God wills different religions, and if he does, how does he will them?

Mike interviews Dave about his work assisting at exorcisms and teaching about spiritual warfare from the heart of the Church.

Dave and Mike discuss how faithful Catholics ought to react to apparent problems in non-definitive Magisterial teaching.

Dave and Mike interview Ralph Martin about his book, A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward, and discuss how to stay faithful in the midst of confusion.

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith recently released a response stating that the Church does not have the power to bless homosexual unions. Dave and Mike discuss this, and use it as an opportunity to look at synods, their role in the history of the Church, and the call of Pope Francis for a synodal church.