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Old Testament Prophecies, Pt. 4

2026/04/22

Fr. Spitzer and Doug discuss the fuller sense and deeper meaning of a scriptural text, which is intended by God but not always clearly expressed by the biblical author.

Answering Viewers’ Questions

2026/04/15

Fr. Spitzer and Doug answer viewer questions about the rise of Catholic influencers on social media and how disabilities can be used for spiritual growth.

Old Testament Prophecies, Pt. 3

2026/04/08

Father Spitzer and Doug Keck discuss the different prophecies within the book of Isaiah and how they were written by 3 different prophets.

Old Testament Prophecies, Pt. 2

2026/04/01

Father Spitzer and Doug Keck discuss all the good things that early Christianity brought to the culture.

Old Testament Prophecies, Pt. 1

2026/03/25

Fr. Spitzer and Doug discuss why the Israelite prophets of the Old Testament were not primarily diviners or seers of the future but rather interpreters of the moral will of Yahweh.

Old Testament Miracles, Pt. 3

2026/03/18

Fr. Spitzer and Doug explain the difference between Elijah raising the dead, Jesus raising the dead by His own power, and Paul doing so through the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name.

Old Testament Miracles, Pt. 2

2026/03/11

Fr. Spitzer and Doug explain the haggadic stories in the Old Testament and how, while they are not historical accounts, they instead illustrate moral teachings.

Old Testament Miracles

2026/03/04

Fr. Spitzer and Doug discuss the criteria needed to judge whether phenomena in the Bible were true miracles or could be scenarios explained by other means outside the miraculous.

Answering Viewers’ Questions

2026/02/25

Fr. Spitzer and Doug answer questions sent in by viewers, including whether a family healed by a single parent is as good as a traditional family with a mother and father.

Moral Teaching of the Old Testament, Pt. 5

2026/02/18

Fr. Spitzer and Doug discuss how the core message of the Old Testament is inerrant and how the outward form of the message, that is subject to undeveloped thought, is not inerrant.

Moral Teaching of the Old Testament, Pt. 4

2026/02/04

Fr. Spitzer and Doug discuss the threefold development of Israel’s relationship with neighbors examining the “patriarchal period,” the “Mosaic period” and the time period of Jesus.

Moral Teaching of the Old Testament, Pt. 3

2026/01/28

Fr. Spitzer and Doug discuss the morals of matrimony and how the strength and stability of society is directly correlated to the strength of marriages and families.

Moral Teaching of the Old Testament, Pt. 2

2026/01/21

Fr. Spitzer and Doug discuss how the moral development in the Old Testament evolves from vengeance to forgiveness without limit when Jesus calls us to avoid revenge.

Moral Teaching of the Old Testament, Pt. 1

2026/01/14

Fr. Spitzer and Doug discuss confession, guilt over past sins, and why certain teachings formed during the Patriarchal period to Jesus’ command to forgive your neighbor 77 times.

Historicity of the Old Testament, Pt. 8

2026/01/07

Fr. Spitzer and Doug discuss Yahwism and how the God of Moses differed from the gods worshiped by other cultures of the time, such as Baal, Asherah, and Molech.

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4.8 out of 5

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John E. Quest 2023/02/19

Amazingly insightful.

Father Spitzer is amazingly intelligent yet easy to understand (until he starts speaking about physics 😃). He is so insightful and speaks about a tru...

NOYBNB 2021/06/01

Great information faithfully presented

Father Spitzer and Doug Keck put together informative and faithful information every week. They say Father Spitzer is blind but his vision is excelle...

andyg nfp 2020/09/29

Fr SPITZER reason and faith

Fr SPITZER makes so many clear thoughts on why Faith and Reason work together. Amazing and Thank you

AZGjoa 2020/07/08

Brilliant Stuff

Love the show

drjillt 2020/05/28

My favorite podcast

Brilliant philosopher, excellent scientific mind, faithful, humble, funny, loving...listening will greatly deepen your faith and love for God and his ...

c@1990 2019/11/07

A variety of topics from a brilliant priest

Fr. Spitzer is one of the great philosophical and theological lights in the Catholic Church today. Th breadth and depth of his knowledge (philosophy, ...

Virginia Freedom 2019/06/10

Intelligent and Faithful

Father Spitzer is brilliant, articulate and orthodox. Always an enjoyable and educational show.

Jeepthug 2017/12/24

Science and Faith

Fr Spitzer does an excellent job at explaining the faith in terms and logic that will appeal to science minded folk. If you think science has no place...

att1221 2017/07/28

Fr Spitzer's Universe

Nothing less than stupendous

Dsellonys45 2016/10/15

Ask and you shall receive

So for some reason God put in my heart to look up what the Church says about science and I found this podcast. The first few I listened to were nothin...

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