The Long Drive Home in the Dark

I dive into the book of Job, one of the Wisdom books from the Bible. What is the meaning of this often misunderstood book and how does it relate to us as modern Christians?

We dive into the book of Judith, an old testaments deuterocanonical book that tells the story of Judith, savor of her city from the wrath of the Assyrians.

Pat goes through the books and Ezra and Nehemiah to look at their historical context and what they mean for a modern Christian.

Pat goes into detail about the churches lack of position on evolution and how it relates to Genesis and basically how it leaves the question to individual Catholics.

Today we tackle the worst Judge ever, Jephthah. What was his story, what did he do, and most important what is the lesson for us today.

Continuing our series of Old Testament stories and why they apply to us today, Pat covers the general meaning of the book of Joshua for modern Christians.

In this episode we round out our discussion of the Reformation and it’s effects on Christendom, including Pat finally answering the question as asked: how did it affect the Catholic Church.

Pat does a very high level overview of The Reformation. In this episode we cover the concept of reforming the Church, what the stage was for the Reformation, what indulgences are, and Luther and his part.

Talking about The Saints, we’ve done Joseph already so I figured we should talk about the other member of the holy family, Mary. She’s kind of a big deal, so let’s talk about her, who she was, the honor she gets, prayers to her, devotion, apparitions, and generally why she’s so great. But don’t worship her.

Part 2 of a 2 part series on the Spanish Inquisition. In this part we cover very briefly what the Spanish Inquisition was and what it did and why it has the reputation it does today.