Today’s Sunday School podcast is a response to a listener question (quoted below) on whether Christianity is a religion of fear. UPDATE: Jake, the questioner, has a fitness coaching Instagram here. Please check it out. Is Christianity a Religion of Fear? From the mailbox: Pat, I’ve loved your appearances on Mike Matthew’s podcast. My name […]
Chik-Fil-A, Predestination, and Human Freedom with Fr. Gregory Pine
Fr. Gregory Pine returns to The Pat Flynn Show to discuss Chik-Fil-A coffee, predestination, the problem of evil, human freedom, and how to tie all these difficult things together. Chik-Fil-A, Predestination, and Human Freedom with Fr. Gregory Pine Show Notes and Related Resources Pat Flynn “Bullet Points” on Predestination HERE. Check out Fr. Gregory on […]
Classical Theism Roundup
Classical Theism holds not just to God’s existence, but God’s simplicity, immutability, impassibility, eternality, incomprehensibility, and so on. The tradition is found in pagan thinkers such as Plotinus but is defended throughout the Christian tradition (Augustine, Aquinas), Jewish Tradition (Maimonides), Muslim Tradition (Avicenna), and others. I myself was converted to theism by the arguments for […]
Jimmy Akin Is Mistaken About the Kalam Cosmological Argument
Jimmy Akin claims the Kalam Cosmological Argument (KCA) commits what he calls “the first and last fallacy.” (Read Jimmy’s post before considering my response. Context, and all that sort of thing.) I will consider just one section of Jimmy’s critique, which should be sufficient to show that Jimmy is reading a false assumption into the […]
The Biblical Case for The Papacy with Suan Sonna
In this massive three hour bonus theology episode, Suan Sonna argues that it can be shown from the scriptures that the Roman Catholic doctrine of the papacy is true – Christ established a supreme, infallible, and successional Petrine ministry. Sonna builds his massive case on sources from primarily Protestant and Orthodox scholars, demonstrating that the […]