Episodes
Monday Feb 19, 2024
What to Make of Pope Francis: Modern Background to the Present Papacy
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Thirty Minute Theology is back!
After a long hiatus, John is back--this time, with his wife, Lauren--to begin discussing listeners' questions. Today they start by addressing what to make of Pope Francis. In order to answer this meaningfully, John provides some background about the Catholic Church leading up to and coming out of the Second Vatican Council.
Please comment on iTunes and send any questions you have to thirtyminutetheology@gmail.com!
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Theology of the Body: Modernity’s Great Divorce
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Why are we unhappy? Why are we confused? What questions does Theology of the Body seek to answer? John and Mark give a crash course on the philosophical and cultural development of thought in modernity that changed our understanding of what it means to be human, and what rupture Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body aims to heal.
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Introduction to Theology of the Body --Who was Pope John Paul II
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
John and Mark attempt to summarize the life and legacy of Pope John Paul the Great! Who is this "Witness to Hope" as George Weigel described him, and what is his "Theology of the Body" about? Why is Theology of the Body considered, in George Weigel's terms, "a theological time bomb set to go off, with dramatic consequences, sometime in the third millennium of the Church”?
This is the first of one of many episodes based on Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body.
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Pentecost!
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
What happened on Pentecost? What do spiritual gifts in the Book of Acts have to do with Christians today?
Friday Jul 29, 2022
He Ascended into Heaven
Friday Jul 29, 2022
Friday Jul 29, 2022
What does it mean that Jesus ascended into heaven? What does it mean for Christians?
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Atonement - Part 2
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
How did Jesus save us? Mark and John continue to discuss various understandings of the atonement, this time focusing on St. Anselm and St. Aquinas' contributions.
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Atonement - Part 1
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
How does Jesus of Nazareth's death save us today? What did Christ's death accomplish, and why? Are we saved by the cross alone, or by his life, resurrection, and ascension as well? Does the Church have only one way of understanding Jesus' sacrifice for us? Examine these questions and more as John and Mark begin to tackle the atonement!
Monday Feb 07, 2022
A Prophet Like Moses - Part II
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
WE ARE BACK! After a long hiatus, John and Mark discuss the messianic significance of Christ's miracles. And John sings Louis Armstrong.