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Most Recent Episodes
Round One
Contestant One
1) In Luke’s Gospel, upon returning to Nazareth, Jesus reads in the synagogue from which prophet? (Luke 4:16)
b) Micah
b) Jeremiah
c) Isaiah
2) How many miracles of healing did Jesus perform? Matthew 4 23-24
a) Seven
b) 40
c) We don’t know, but a whole lot
3) In the Gospels, we never see Jesus actually perform:
a) An exorcism
b) A baptism
c) Any miracles other than feeding and healing
Contestant Two
1) According to the Book of Hebrews, Jesus was a priest of the order of:
a) King David
b) Melchizedek
c) Moses and Aaron
2) Jesus was worshipped by the Apostles:
a) Only After His death
b) During his earthly ministry (Matthew 14:33)
c) Not until after Pentecost
3) During his earthly ministry how many people do we know that Jesus raised from the dead? (Not including himself).
a) Seven
b) Only one
c) Three Jesus raised the widow’s son at Nain (Luke 7:11-17), Jairus’ daughter (Matthew 9:18-26; Mark 5:21-43; Luke 8:40-56), and Lazarus (John 11:1-44).
ROUND TWO
Contestant One
1) Where does ordinary time” get its name?
a) From being less important than the great feasts and seasons of the Church
b) From the method of numbering its week’s using ordinal numbers.
c) From the tradition that ordinations can take place during these periods but not during the other seasons
2) An annulment is:
a) A declaration by the Church that no sacramental marriage took place.
b) A declaration by the Church that no civil or sacramental marriage took place.
c) A declaration by a married couple that their marriage was defective.
3) Whenever it becomes practically impossible for a married couple to live together, the Church teaches:
a) the couple can physically separate and choose to no longer be husband and wife.
b) the couple can physically separate, although they remain husband and wife.
c) they must stick it out regardless of the hardship
Contestant Two
1) Who are the Sons of Thunder? (Mark 3:17)
a) Peter and Paul
b) James and John
c) Herod and Pilate
2) Which best describes the Church Jesus founded:
a) It is an invisible union of all those who follow Jesus.
b) It is a communion of believers with a visible structure.
c) It has no invisible features but is a set of visible structures.
3) Which image does Jesus use for the Church in Matthew 16:18-19:
a) a sheepfold
b) a kingdom
c) a body
FINAL JUDGMENT
1. F Jesus is two people, one divine and one human.
2. T The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all equally God.
3. T In God there is no potential, only pure act.
4. F At the time of Jesus all Jews accepted the Torah, the Prophets, and the Psalms as Scripture.
5. F All of the Pharisees rejected Jesus.
6. T Christians accept Moses as a true prophet of God.
7. F The basics of the moral law are only known to humans because of God’s revelation in the Bible.
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Questions Covered:
22:20 – Why were Eucharistic ministers brought into the Mass when they don’t have consecrated hands? Why was receiving in the hand instituted?
36:10 – Every time the Blessed Sacrament is exposed, it’s only the Body of Christ and not the Blood. Why is that?
37:38 – I am a cantor at Church. I receive Communion and then have to start leading music right away. How can I make that time sacred since I can’t just kneel and pray?
44:22 – At my Church, they play music the entire time during the reception of the Eucharist. Should there be time for silence?
47:05 – What is the ‘Sanctus’ for and what does it signify?
49:31 – The way that the centurion approached Jesus was beautiful and humble. How can soldiers, law enforcement, etc. channel that humility in our approach to Jesus today?
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Questions Covered:
05:17 – The thief on the cross was told he would be in paradise, but he died before Pentecost and was not baptized. Is paradise separate from the kingdom of heaven and did he make it to paradise?
16:01 – If you go out for dinner with someone during lent on a Friday and they eat meat, how do you let them know politely that is inappropriate, and are you also sinning by witnessing that sin?
22:56 – Why does the formula for confession not change regardless of rite and who you confess to? And when you say “bless me father for I have sinned” are you speaking to God, the priest, or both?
29:21 – There are Catholic missions approved by the bishops that do not allow their counselors to speak about God or pray to clients unless they ask for it. Can you explain to me why? Are they denying their conscience?
40:40 – How do we handle critical race theory and the mandated training in the workplace (having unconscious unbiased etc.) especially as the sole breadwinners of the family? Do we stand up for our faith beliefs?
48:30 – What is the church’s teaching on Limbo?
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Questions Covered:
03:04 – Can I get Jimmy’s comments on Scholar Michael Heiser and what he has to say about original sin in the bible?
12:04 – Did other Jewish sects accept the Septuagint?
15:30 – I heard there was a saint who once said that God revealed to them that 60,000 died, 3 went to purgatory and the rest went to hell. Is this true?
20:29 – How would the sovereign quality of contrition affect the validity of a confession?
24:30 – Does St. Thomas Aquinas argument for movement undermine free will?
33:37 – Why would God want the church to become extinct, or give Satan power to destroy at the end of time?
39:40 – I’m an extraordinary eucharistic minister and I was wondering if I have the ability to bless children that come up during communion?
44:10 – I heard someone once mention that Adam and Eve were not the first humans because of the creation stories in Genesis 1 and 2. Can you explain this?
49:30 – Should Reiki healing ever be received or practiced by Christians? And if not, how do you explain the alleged healings people have experienced through it?
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Questions Covered:
01:52 – On Ch 28 of Karlo’s Meeting the Protestant Challenge he explains that because the Old Testament has priests the second should as well, but I don’t understand this because I thought having priests in the first testament was somewhat of a mistake. Can Karlo explain further?
10:47 – Why did God create us if he knew we would sin?
17:00 – Can Karlo comment on Matthew 10:28 and offer me some clarification?
22:10 – I was previously agnostic for a very long time but have recently come find answers and believe in God, but the one thing I can’t reconcile or understand about the catholic faith is the recent sex scandals and how the church and/or clergy justifies of covers these wrongdoings.
35:48 – My fiancé is not catholic but I am. I’ve heard it is true that once you understand the truth you have an obligation to accept it. However, despite my efforts and hers to understand and find answers about Catholicism she is still not “sold” on common struggles like how Mary is the mother of God etc. Can Karlo comment on the possible state of her salvation regarding misunderstanding and denial?
43:00 – Why can’t a priest celebrate the sacrament of marriage outside of a physical catholic church?
49:55 – Jesus is the son of God, but in the bible, lineage traces back Adam as the son of God because he had no mother or father. Is the Apostles’ creed and the church wrong about who or how many sons God really has?
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