William Lane
Craig DebatesMP3 Religious Debates, Christian Apologetics Talks, Catholic EWTN
Some audio debates, apologetics talks, conversion stories, and miscellaneous MP3 files I have found very interesting and helpful in understanding the Catholic faith.
The first set of audio are some of the better debates and Christian apologetics talks available on the Internet. Topics include commentary on the C.S. Lewis classic Mere Christianity; debates on atheism, the resurrection, and other subjects with the evangelical Christian apologist and philosopher William Lane Craig, theologian Alister McGrath, and conservative author Dinesh D'Souza; critics of the Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code; some creation-evolution-intelligent design discussions and debates; rare Scott Hahn, Fr. Mitch Pacwa, and Karl Keating; rare Bob Lassiter airchecks (Tampa bay talk radio); debates with Vincent Bugliosi (lawyer-prosecutor), conspiracies, and Scientology.
William Lane
Craig DebatesThe second set are converted MP3 audio from the popular EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) show The Journey Home hosted by Marcus Grodi (began Sept 1997). This program is dedicated to converts (or reverts) to the Catholic faith, many from Evangelical or Fundamentalist Protestant backgrounds, and during the hour long program the converts give their personal conversion stories and reasons for becoming Catholic. I have selected the programs I believe to be most impressive and interesting -- from the guest or show content or caller questions (or a combination of all three). I especially enjoyed and have included the ones that contain some useful and well-articulated Catholic "apologetics" content in my view. See the EWTN YouTube channel for thousands of these videos and excellent Catholic programs.
For more on the Catholic faith see the Apologetics, Philosophy, and Spirituality articles available here on this site, and many articles available from EWTN documents and Catholic Answers sites are most helpful (see links for more great Catholic sites).
See also How To Convert Cassette Tapes to MP3 by PhilVaz
Debates and Apologetics Talks on this
site (right click to save, left to listen)
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. I encoded them myself at 16 or 32 kbps, some from old cassette tapes. They are
audible but the editing job may not be perfect. Some of the audio from my
"Best of PhilVaz" collection. I give my opinion of the overall quality
(both sides) of the debates from 1 
to 5 checks,
and some detailed reviews and scoring of these debates when I
complete those.
C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity and more
Peter
Kreeft on the Existence of God MP3 (see www.PeterKreeft.com)
Peter Kreeft on C.S. Lewis MP3
Philip van der Elst on C.S. Lewis MP3
C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity COMPLETE AUDIOBOOK MP3
C.S. Lewis
The Problem of Pain COMPLETE AUDIOBOOK MP3
Hear C.S. Lewis
from 1944 speak on Beyond Personality MP3
Existence of God
| Debaters | Year | Topic | Quality | Review |
| Craig vs. Frank Zindler | 1993 | Atheism vs. Christianity | |
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| Craig vs. Paul Draper | 1997 | Existence of God |
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| Craig vs. Peter Atkins (round 1, there is a more recent 2nd debate) | 1998 | Evidence For/Against Existence of God |
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| Craig vs. Antony Flew | 1998 | Does God Exist? | |
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| Craig vs. Keith Parsons | 1998 | Why I am/am not a Christian |
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| Craig vs. Eddie Tabash | 1999 | Secular Humanism vs. Christianity |
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| Craig vs. Massimo Pigliucci | 2001 | Does the Christian God Exist? | |
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| Craig vs. Victor Stenger (round 1) | 2003 | Is There A God? |
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| Craig vs. Austin Dacey (round 1) | 2004 | Does God Exist? | |
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| Craig vs. Austin Dacey (round 2) | 2005 | Does God Exist? | |
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| Craig vs. John Shook | 2008 | Existence of God | |
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| Craig vs. Victor Stenger (round 2) | 2010 | Existence of God | |
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| Craig vs. Lawrence Krauss | 2011 | Is There Evidence for God? | |
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| Craig vs. Stephen Law | 2011 | Does God Exist? | |
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| Craig vs. Peter Millican | 2011 | Does God Exist? | |
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| Craig vs. Alex Rosenberg | 2013 | Is Faith in God Reasonable? (with commentary) | |
Buy the William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens Debate! DVD/CD © 2009 Biola University
Resurrection of Jesus
| Debaters | Year | Topic | Quality | Review |
| Craig vs. (Robert) Greg Cavin | 1995 | Resurrection ("Jesus twin" debate) | |
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| Craig vs. John Dominic Crossan | 1995 | Historical Jesus and Resurrection |
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| Craig vs. Gerd Ludemann (round 1) | 1997 | Resurrection | |
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| Craig vs. Robert M. Price | 1999 | Resurrection |
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| Craig vs. Marcus Borg | 2001 | Resurrection (with additional commentators) | |
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| Craig vs. Gerd Ludemann (round 2) | 2002 | Resurrection | |
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| Craig vs. Hector Avalos | 2004 | Resurrection | |
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| Craig vs. John Shelby Spong | 2005 | Resurrection |
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| Craig vs. Bart Ehrman | 2006 | Resurrection (also debate transcript) | |
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| Craig vs. James Crossley | 2007 | Resurrection | |
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| Craig vs. Roy Hoover | 2008 | Resurrection | |
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| Craig vs. Richard Carrier | 2009 | Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? | |
"Did
Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?" DVD produced by Ignatius
Press
Other Topics
Craig vs. Jamal
Badawi debate on Islam versus Christianity MP3
Robert Spencer on
Islam 2007 MP3
Robert
Spencer vs. Peter Kreeft on Islam 2010 MP3
Craig vs. Brian
Edwards on Resurrection (U.K. radio) MP3
Craig vs. Brian
Edwards on Existence of God (U.K. radio) MP3
Craig
on "Is God A Delusion?" with Panel Discussion 2011 MP3
Craig
speaks on his debates and the "Evidence for Christianity" 2002 MP3
Craig speaks on answering skeptics (Dan Barker, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins) MP3
Craig's Analysis of
the Craig vs. Carrier Debate 2009 MP3
see also these William Lane Craig and N.T. Wright books
Alister McGrath debates and others
Alister
McGrath "Is God a Delusion?" 2006 MP3
Daniel Dennett "Darwin's
Dangerous Idea" MP3
Alister
McGrath vs. Daniel Dennett on God and Religion 2006 MP3
Alister
McGrath vs. Peter Atkins on God, Darwin, Humanity 2007 MP3
Alister
McGrath vs. Richard Dawkins on Theism / Atheism 2007 MP3
Alister
McGrath vs. Richard Dawkins the cut segment from "Root of All Evil?" MP3
Alister
McGrath vs. Christopher Hitchens on Religion in Modern World 2007 MP3
Alister
McGrath vs. Susan Blackmore on Is God a Delusion? 2007 MP3
Buy the Lennox vs. Dawkins debates from Fixed-Point.org
Dinesh
D'Souza vs. Michael Shermer on God, Religion, Morality 2007 MP3
Dinesh
D'Souza vs. Christopher Hitchens "What's So Great About Christianity?" 2007 MP3 (see
www.DineshDSouza.com)
Dinesh
D'Souza vs. Daniel Dennett "Is God (and Religion) a man-made invention?" 2007 MP3
Dinesh
D'Souza vs. Dan Barker on Christianity versus Atheism 2008 MP3
Dinesh
D'Souza vs. Dan Barker "The Great God Debate" 2009 MP3
Dinesh
D'Souza vs. John Loftus "Does the Christian God Exist?" 2010 MP3
Dinesh
interview on his debate with John Loftus MP3
Walter Martin vs. Madalyn Murray
O'Hair 1968 MP3 (see www.WalterMartin.org)
Walter Martin vs.
Hugh Schonfield on The Passover Plot MP3
Walter Martin vs.
Van Hale on Mormonism MP3
Walter Martin vs.
John Shelby Spong on The John Ankerberg Show 1989 MP3
Walter Martin vs. Fr. Mitch Pacwa on Peter and Papacy MP3
Walter Martin vs. Fr. Mitch Pacwa on Justification by Faith MP3
Walter Martin vs. Fr. Mitch Pacwa on Marian Doctrines MP3 (see www.Ankerberg.com)
Walter Martin vs. Fr. Mitch Pacwa on Confession and Penance MP3
Walter Martin vs. Fr. Mitch Pacwa on Purgatory MP3
Thomas
Warren vs. Antony Flew on the Existence of God 1976 (4 days -- 8 hours!) MP3
Greg Bahnsen vs. George
H. Smith The Case For / Against God 1991 MP3 (see www.CMFNow.com)
Cliffe
Knechtle vs. Michael Newdow 2003 debate on the existence of God MP3
William
Lane Craig on the "New Atheism" 2008 MP3
Scott Hahn and
Benjamin Wiker on the "New Atheism" 2008 MP3
Keith Ward on
Evolution, God, Dawkins on "Unbelievable" 2008 MP3
(see "Unbelievable"
on Premier Christian Radio U.K.)
Alvin Plantinga
"Against Materialism" MP3
Alvin Plantinga
"Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism" MP3
R.C. Sproul on
Presuppositional Apologetics MP3
R.C. Sproul vs.
Greg Bahnsen on Classical vs. Presuppositional Apologetics 1977 MP3
William
Lane Craig, Daniel Dennett, Alister McGrath on Theism/Atheism MP3
William
Lane Craig on Catholicism and the "Coming Evangelical Collapse" MP3
Sam
Harris, Michael Shermer vs. Deepak Chopra, Jean Houston on "Does God Have A
Future?" 2010 MP3
Craig,
Wolpe, Geivett vs Dawkins, Ridley, Shermer on "Does the Universe have a
Purpose?" 2010 MP3
Reza Aslan vs.
Sam Harris on Religion and Secularism 2007 MP3
Chris Hedges vs.
Sam Harris on Religion, Ethics, Politics 2007 MP3
Mark D. Roberts vs.
Christopher Hitchens on The Great God Debate 2007 MP3
Frank
Turek vs. Christopher Hitchens on Does God Exist? 2008 MP3
Peter
May vs.
John Loftus on "Unbelievable" 2008 MP3
Cardinal
George Pell vs. Dan Barker on "Without God We Are Nothing" 2010 MP3
Michael
Licona vs. Richard Carrier on the Resurrection 2004 MP3 (see www.Veritas.org)
Michael
Licona vs. Dan Barker on the Resurrection 2003 MP3
Gary
Habermas vs. Kenneth Humphreys on the Resurrection 2008 MP3
Harold
Camping vs. John Walvoord on Amillennialism vs. Premillennialism 1980 MP3
Trinitarianism
vs. Unitarianism Debate 2005 MP3
Sean
Finnegan vs. Brant Bosserman Trinity Debate 2008 MP3
Doug
Geivett on The Problem of Evil MP3
Answer to
"Why Won't God Heal Amputees?" MP3 (from www.GotQuestions.org)
William
Lane Craig vs.
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong debate on Evil and Suffering MP3
Craig vs.
Sam Harris on "Is Good From God?" 2011 MP3
Craig vs.
Paul Kurtz on "Goodness Without God is Good Enough" MP3
Craig vs. Ray Bradley debate on God and Hell MP3
Bart
Ehrman vs. Richard Swinburne on The Problem of Evil 2009 MP3
Bart
Ehrman vs. Dinesh DSouza on The Problem of Evil 2010 MP3
David Wood vs.
John Loftus on The Problem of Evil 2007 MP3 (see www.TheDebateHour.com)
Historical Jesus and Bible Reliability
conservative / moderate evangelical scholars
N.T. Wright on Jesus
of Myth and History 1996 MP3
Craig Blomberg
on historical Jesus research 2000 MP3
The Search for Jesus
with evangelical scholars 2001 MP3 (see www.Ankerberg.com)
Craig Evans and Gary
Habermas discuss Jesus books MP3
John Ankerberg with Gary
Habermas on the historical Jesus MP3 (see www.GaryHabermas.com)
Hank
Hanegraaff with historian Paul Maier on The Lost Tomb of Jesus 2007 MP3 (see
www.Equip.org)
Are
the Gospels Reliable? Debate on "Unbelievable" 2009 MP3
Richard Bauckham
and James Crossley Debate Jesus and the Eyewitnesses on "Unbelievable" 2009 MP3
Dale
Allison on the Historical and Theological Jesus 2008 MP3
Why Should I
Believe in Jesus? Debate on "Unbelievable" 2009 MP3
Amy Orr-Ewing
Five Questions on the Bible MP3 (see www.ZacTrust.org)
Bible
Contradictions and Inerrancy Debate on "Unbelievable" (2 programs)
2009 MP3
N.T.
Wright vs. John Dominic Crossan 2005 dialogue on the Resurrection MP3
Craig
on the Wright-Crossan Dialogue MP3
radical / liberal critics
Gary
Habermas, Mike Licona, Richard Carrier on The Infidel Guy Show MP3 (see www.InfidelGuy.com)
Gregory
Boyd vs. Robert M. Price on the historical Jesus 2003 MP3 (see www.Veritas.org)
Gregory
Boyd and Paul Eddy discuss The Jesus Legend 2008 MP3
Bart
Ehrman on Misquoting Jesus and NT Criticism MP3
Bart
Ehrman interviewed by "Infidel Guy" 2007 MP3
Bart
Ehrman vs. Craig Evans on "Is the NT Historically Reliable?" 2010 MP3
J.P.
Holding vs. Kenneth Humphreys on "Did Jesus Exist?" 2009 MP3
J.P.
Holding vs. Richard Carrier on "Is the NT Reliable?" 2011 MP3
Earl
Doherty Interview with Brian Flemming MP3 (see www.TheGodMovie.com
and this
review by Mike Licona)
R.G. Price on Jesus
a Very Jewish Myth MP3 (see www.RationalRevolution.net)
Fulton J. Sheen -- "Life Is Worth Living" series
Sheen
on Truth Claims, Revelation, Authority, Miracles MP3
Sheen on Creed, Christ,
Trinity MP3
Sheen on Church, Peter,
Mary, Womanhood MP3
Sheen on Sin, Grace,
Sacraments MP3
Sheen on Last Things MP3
Karl Keating Debates and others
Karl Keating
vs. Peter Ruckman 1987 MP3
Karl Keating
vs. Bart Brewer 1987 MP3
Karl Keating
vs. Bill Jackson 1987 MP3
Karl Keating vs. Dave
Hunt on Action Sixties February 1993 MP3
Karl Keating vs. Dave
Hunt on Catholicism and "Early Christianity" 1994 MP3
Keith
Fournier vs. Dave
Hunt on "Evangelical Catholics" 1992 MP3
Scott
Hahn Conversion Story (the "original" from 1989) MP3 (see www.Catholicity.com)
Scott
Hahn "Answering Common Objections" COMPLETE MP3 (see www.EWTN.com)
Scott
Hahn on Bible Answer Man June 1990 MP3 (see www.Equip.org)
Fr. Mitch Pacwa on Bible Answer Man
July 1991 MP3
Scott
Hahn vs. Robert Bowman on Justification/Salvation 1997 MP3 (see www.CatholicCompany.com)
Fr. Mitch Pacwa
vs. Kenneth Samples on Sola Scriptura/Authority 1997 MP3
Mark Bonocore vs. Matt Slick on CARM's "Faith and Reason" 2006 MP3 (see
www.CARM.org)
Tim
Staples vs. Mike Gendron on The Drew Mariani Show 2007 MP3 (see www.RelevantRadio.com)
Frank
Beckwith and Timothy George on "Can You Be Catholic and Evangelical?"
2009 MP3
Frank
Beckwith interviewed by Greg Koukl on "Stand to Reason" 2007 MP3 (see
www.STR.org)
Darrell
Bock Breaking The Da Vinci Code Workshop MP3
J.P. Holding Interview on The Da Vinci Code
MP3
Carl Olson talk in Wisconsin MP3
Carl Olson talk in South Dakota MP3
Gary Habermas on The Da Vinci Code MP3 (2 parts)
Mike Licona Exploring The Da Vinci Code MP3
Amy Welborn on Decoding Mary Magdalene MP3
Vatican Radio interviews Fr. Gerald O'Collins and Amy Welborn MP3
Craig Blomberg on the Secret Gnostic Gospels MP3
Craig Blomberg on Conspiracy of a Divine Jesus MP3
Stephan Hoeller on Da Vinci Code from a Gnostic Perspective MP3
Stephan Hoeller on the Gnostic Gospels MP3
John Ankerberg with guests Unraveling Da Vinci MP3 (3 parts)
Creation and Evolution Talks and Interviews
Henry
M. Morris Creation Talks 1990 "The Long War Against God" etc MP3 (see
www.ICR.org)
Phillip E. Johnson
1991 Moody Open Line radio MP3
Kenneth R. Miller on Intelligent Design August 2005 Open Source radio MP3
Kenneth R. Miller
at Case Western Reserve in Ohio January 2006 MP3
Denis
Lamoureux on "Beyond the Evolution vs. Creation Debate" MP3
Francis Collins on Genetics, Evolution, and Christian Faith 2006 MP3
Cardinal
Christoph Schonborn on Chance or Purpose? 2008 MP3
Karl
Giberson on "Can I be a Christian and Believe in Evolution?" MP3
Zachary
Moore Evolution 101 Podcast Collection MP3 (see www.DrZach.net)
The Church and Science
by Thomas E. Woods, Jr MP3 (chapter from How the Catholic Church Built
Western Civilization)
Intelligent
Design Panel Discussion Part 1 Fr. George Coyne and others MP3 (see AEI transcripts)
Intelligent Design Panel Discussion Part 2 Lawrence Krauss and others MP3
Krista Tippett interviews biographer James Moore on Charles Darwin MP3
Barry Lynn interviews Barbara Forrest on the Dover ID Trial MP3
Michael Shermer and Jonathan Wells on Why Darwin Matters and ID Debate MP3
Creation and Evolution Debates MP3
Henry
M. Morris vs. Kenneth R. Miller 1981 Debate "Evolution vs. Special
Creation"
MP3 (see NCSE.com)
Phillip
E. Johnson vs. Will Provine 1994 Debate "Evolution: Science or Dogma?" MP3
The Firing Line 1997 Creation-Evolution Debate
MP3 (see
also debate
transcript)
Stephen Meyer vs.
Kenneth R. Miller and Lawrence Krauss 2002 MP3 (see www.ScienceFriday.com)
Stephen
Meyer, Richard Sternberg vs. Donald Prothero, Michael Shermer 2009 Debate "Evolution
and Origins of Life" MP3
Stephen
Meyer, Michael Medved, Chris Mooney, others 2009 Debate "Signature in the
Cell" MP3
William
Dembski vs. Eugenie Scott on Intelligent Design 2001 MP3
William Dembski vs. Lee Silver on Intelligent Design 2005 MP3
William
Dembski vs. Michael Shermer on Intelligent Design 2005 MP3
George Will vs. Cal Thomas on Intelligent Design from Nightline
2005 MP3 (see also transcript)
Michael Behe vs. Vincent Cassone on Intelligent Design 2005 MP3
Paul Nelson vs. Kenneth R. Miller on Intelligent Design 2005 MP3
Jerry
Coyne, Paul Nelson, Denis Lamoureux on Evolution and Religion 2007 MP3
Richard
Weikart on "From Darwin To Hitler" MP3
Richard Weikart vs.
Hector Avalos on Darwin and Hitler MP3
Bob Lassiter Tampa Bay talk radio
Lassiter
vs. Clearwater Christian College WPLP March 1987 MP3
Lassiter
vs. Rabbi Jan Bresky WFLA July 1988 MP3
Lassiter vs. evangelist Ben Alexander
WFLA January 1989 MP3
Lassiter
$50,000 Giveaway WPLP January 1987 MP3
Lassiter "Last
Show" on WPLP August 1987 MP3
Battle of the Talk Show
Hosts WFLA January 1988 MP3
Lionel "First
Show" WFLA October 1988 MP3
Conspiracy Debates (see also www.LooseChangeGuide.com) and other
"Loose
Change" vs. Popular Mechanics 2006 MP3
"Loose Change" vs.
Mark Roberts 2006 MP3
Global Warming Debate various programs 2005-2007 MP3
Bugliosi vs. Dershowitz on the O.J. Simpson Trial 1995-96 MP3
Bugliosi vs. Wecht on the JFK Assassination 2007 MP3
Bugliosi on his book
Divinity of Doubt various interviews, critics 2011 MP3 ( see also my review
/ critique Divinity
of Doubt Demolished )
Debate excerpt on Scientology and "Xenu" MP3 (see also article Catholicism and Scientology)
See also How To Convert Cassette Tapes to MP3 by PhilVaz
EWTN The Journey Home in MP3 (right click to save, left to listen)
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Authority Issues Thomas
Howard 1 discusses the marks of the Church being
One Holy Catholic Apostolic Steve
Ray 1 on Peter and the Papacy, author of Crossing
the Tiber and Upon This Rock David
Palm on orthodox
Christian teaching Jim
Anderson on
the origin of the Bible Curtis
Martin 1 founder of FOCUS, on Scripture and the Church Mark
Shea 1 on Sacred Tradition, author of By
What Authority
and Making
Senses Out of Scripture Dave Reynolds on the Church Fathers Patrick
Madrid 1 open line with the editor of Envoy
magazine Mary
Beth Kremski on Where is Truth David
Utsler on finding Apostolic Christianity Jay
and Gail Caress on the Authority to Send Thomas Smith 1 former Mormon John Crosby on
John Henry Cardinal Newman Francis Beckwith Christian philosopher, author of Defending Life, former president of Evangelical Theological Society Dwight
Longenecker former Anglican pastor, on the witness of history,
author The Path to Rome |
Salvation Issues Kristine
Franklin 1 on salvation, a former Fundamentalist
missionary to Guatamala Kristine Franklin and Rosalind Moss on Household of Faith Johnnette
Benkovic on the Holy Spirit Scott
Hahn 1 on salvation, author with Kimberly of Rome
Sweet Home Kimberly
Hahn 1
on contraception Marcus Grodi
with Doug Keck James
(Jimmy) Akin on Biblical worship and liturgy, Catholic
Answers senior apologist Steve Wood 1
on Marriage and family Paul Thigpen on The "Rapture" Trap David
Currie former Fundamentalist, author Born Fundamentalist, Born
Again Catholic and Rapture Bob
Sungenis 1 on Justification, author of Not By Faith
Alone...Scripture Alone...Bread Alone Bruce
Sullivan 1 on myths about Catholics, former Church
of Christ minister Ken
Howell 1 on the Holy Eucharist, former
Presbyterian theologian Kevin
Lowry on the Sacrament of
Confession/Reconciliation Mark
Miravalle on Mariology Doug Trout on the Communion of Saints |
These are some of my personal favorites -- for the entire list available for online listening or file download see The Journey Home Complete List (all EWTN programs are now converted to MP3)
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