Ana Munley opens up the dangers of Christian content creation and her journey from divorce and apathy to an on-fire faith and passion for evangelization.

Ep. 590

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Follow Ana Munley on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@anamunley

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It’s Last Call! Dr. Dan Allender is back to react to viral TikTok marriage advice.

Pints: Last Call Ep. 25

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The Intimate Mystery: https://a.co/d/0iNtFXd3

Deep Rooted Marriage: https://a.co/d/05iCT3X3

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Dr. Ralph Martin is here to discuss his new book "The Coming Judgment," the neglected doctrine of hell, the final judgment, biblical evidence for eternal damnation, objections from universalism, and the church's need to preach these truths more boldly.

Ep. 589

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The Coming Judgement: Are We Ready?: https://stpaulcenter.com/store/the-coming-judgment-are-we-ready

Renewal Ministries: https://www.youtube.com/@RenewalMinistries

The Hell There Is - Msgr. Charles Pope: https://a.co/d/04uEtx9G

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Working on an entire album of lofi music. Here's one of those songs. Album should drop next week. THEN, a couple of weeks after that we hope to have our 24/7 stream up and running.

THE ERROR OF ARIUS ABOUT THE INCARNATION

In their eagerness to proclaim the unity of God and man in Christ, some heretics went to the opposite extreme and taught that not only was there one person, but also a single nature, in God and man. This error took its rise from Arius. To defend his position that those scriptural passages where Christ is represented as being inferior to the Father, must refer to the Son of God Himself, regarded in His assuming nature, Arius taught that in Christ there is no other soul than the Word of God who, he maintained, took the place of the soul in Christ’s body. Thus when Christ says, in John 14:28, “The Father is greater than I,” or when He is introduced as praying or as being sad, such matters are to be referred to the very nature of the Son of God. If this were so, the union of God’s Son with man would be effected not only in the person, but also in the nature. For, as we know, the unity of human nature arises from the union of soul and body.

The...

RESTORATION OF MAN BY GOD THROUGH THE INCARNATION

We indicated above that the reparation of human nature could not be effected either by Adam or by any other purely human being. For no individual man ever occupied a position of pre-eminence over the whole of nature; nor can any mere man be the cause of grace. The same reasoning shows that not even an angel could be the author of man’s restoration. An angel cannot be the cause of grace, just as he cannot be man’s recompense with regard to the ultimate perfection of beatitude, to which man was to be recalled. In this matter of beatitude angels and men are on a footing of equality. Nothing remains, therefore, but that such restoration could be effected by God alone.

But if God had decided to restore man solely by an act of His will and power, the order of divine justice would not have been observed. justice demands satisfaction for sin. But God cannot render satisfaction, just as He cannot merit. Such a service pertains to one who ...

Matt, no idea if you will see this, but just in case, I want to throw out a request that you consider interviewing someone who has come into full communion with the Catholic Church after having been a so-called “Anglo-Catholic” (i.e. a traditionally-minded Anglican). I might recommend Dr. Gavin Ashenden or someone like him as a potential guest for this topic.

At any rate, thanks for your consideration and for all of your work!

⚔️ St. Michael's Lent — Origin & History

What Is It?

St. Michael's Lent is a forty-day period of prayer, fasting, and penance in honor of St. Michael the Archangel, which runs from August 15th, the Solemnity of the Assumption, to September 29th — the Feast of the Archangels. Traditional counting excludes Sundays, mirroring the Church's method for Easter Lent.

📜 The Origins — St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi popularized St. Michael's Lent in the early 13th century. His deep devotion to St. Michael the Archangel inspired this practice. Francis saw St. Michael as the defender of God's people and leader of the heavenly host.

In his 13th-century Life of St. Francis, St. Bonaventure notes that St. Francis had "an especial love and devotion" for St. Michael because Michael's "is the ministry of bringing souls before God."

Each year, St. Francis observed these 40 days with intense prayer and fasting. In 1224, he traveled to Mount La Verna in Italy to spend St. Michael's Lent in solitude. During this ...