It’s Last Call! Dr. Ralph Martin is back to tackle five of the toughest objections to the Church's teaching on hell.

Pints: Last Call Ep. 27

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The Coming Judgement: Are We Ready? By Dr. Ralph Martin:  https://a.co/d/02Gw8n6s

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William Albrecht and Pastor Samuel Farag debate the bodily Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary in honor of the feast of The Assumption, August 15.

Ep. 591

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About William Albrecht: https://www.patristicpillars.com/about-us

About Pastor Samuel Farag: https://expositingtheword.org/about

It’s Last Call! My producer, Maria, has pulled TikToks to both rage bait and crack me up. Let’s see how this goes.

Pints: Last Call Ep. 26

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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 ...

I've been studying 1 Corinthians 11 since I was a teenager. In my Protestant years I was trying to discern whether or not it was Biblically commanded for women to wear a head covering. However, I couldn't make sense of all of it. Sometimes it seemed yes, sometimes it seemed no. When I kept my head uncovered I felt like I should have it covered. When I covered it I didn't feel any different and wondered if I need bother.

However, when I started my conversion to Catholicism I promised myself that I would veil. Ever since I was a little girl and saw old movies or old photos of Catholic women and girls veiling at Mass I wanted to adopt that tradition. In light of 1 Corinthians 11 it seemed to make more sense in the Catholic context, especially in terms of the verse "because of the angels." That verse is skipped in Protestantism because they don't know what to do with it. But in Catholicism it makes sense because Mass is Heaven on Earth and the angels are present.

In Protestantism, though, the headcovering is a tradition based a lot on ...

🙏 A Prayer for My Future Wife

Through the intercession of Saint Joseph & Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom

Lord Jesus Christ,
You are the author of every love story
that is truly worth telling.
Before I know her face or speak her name,
You know her completely —
every hope she carries,
every cross she bears,
every quiet prayer she whispers in the dark.

Watch over her today.

In a world that pulls relentlessly
at the heart and the mind,
guard her faith like a flame in the wind.
Where the noise of this age tempts her to drift,
draw her back — gently, persistently —
to Your voice above all others.

Give her the courage to live what she believes
when it costs her something.
Give her the wisdom to choose You
in the moments when the world offers something easier.
Give her the grace to love the Church
not as a rule to follow,
but as a home to return to.

Surround her with holy friendships.
Protect her from relationships that would diminish her.
Heal whatever in her past has wounded her heart
and made her doubt that she is worth a love
that is faithful, fruitful, and ...