Called to Communion Who's Talking; God or the Devil?
Feb 6, 2026
Listeners explore controversies around Marian dogmas and why some doctrines are not spelled out in Scripture. The conversation examines how the Church decided the biblical canon and the Didache’s place in history. Topics include distinguishing God’s voice from imagination, the purpose of holy water, and how to share faith compassionately with family and friends.
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Mass As The Church's Sacramental Center
- The Mass is the sacrament of sacraments and the normative way individuals connect to Christ's redemption.
- Dr. David Anders explains the Mass is the Church's prayer and offered specifically for the Church, not universally for every individual observer.
Tradition Supplies What Scripture Alone Does Not
- Not all necessary Christian practices are spelled out in Scripture; the New Testament itself doesn't enumerate its own canon or all church practices.
- Dr. David Anders uses examples (canon, baptism mode, Lord's Supper participants, Sunday worship) to show tradition supplies essential details absent from Scripture.
David's Early Experience Mistaking Imagination For God's Voice
- Dr. David Anders recounts a period in his early 20s when charismatic emphasis on hearing God's voice led him to anxiously await a verbal sign.
- He describes praying to hear God speak, mistaking imagination for God's voice, and later rejecting that superstition.
