Called to Communion

Relativism, psychedelic drugs, purpose of the Mass and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.

Discussion of when and how to correct someone using Aquinas-derived criteria. Contrast between imputed faith and formed faith, and how converts can keep good from other traditions. Practical talk on Sunday Mass obligation, applause and rubrics, and etiquette around communion. Reflections on persuasion, religious submission of intellect and will, and spiritual references in Samuel.

Dr. David Anders, Catholic theologian and apologist, offers clear scriptural and theological explanations. He tackles classical education and lay-led schools, Peter's authority in Matthew 16, pastoral responses to transgenderism, the Immaculate Conception, purgatory, confirmation origins, and how to read Leviticus and prayer rightly. Short, thoughtful reflections on faith, pastoral care, and Church practice.

Conversations about parish culture and why communities can feel cold. Aquinas on differing measures of grace and whether God loves some more. How Jesus relates to Israel and the later mission to the Gentiles. Questions about sacraments, baptism, confession for the incapacitated, and the meaning of purgatory imagery. Reflections on Revelation, cremation practices, and the history of book bans.

Drug use, merit of prayers, married priest and more on this Monday edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.

The homosexual Scriptural argument? The unity of Christianity possible? Late to Mass? This and more on this Friday's edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.

Listeners hear discussions about marriage, annulments, and how civil and sacramental realities interact. Conversations tackle communion rules, Real Presence, and who may receive. Theology, Scripture limits, and questions about heaven and the afterlife come up. Practical topics include confession, Eucharistic adoration, employment and speech consequences, and surprising historical and canonical clarifications.

Conversation ranges from early Church fathers and how Scripture shaped Eucharistic belief to debates about the Real Presence across Reformed, Lutheran, and Calvinist positions. They tackle sacramental practices like confession, baptism, altar reverence, and the liturgy’s role before the New Testament. Historical theology, Mary’s title defenses, and how authority to forgive sins developed are also covered.

Wide-ranging questions about Mary, including the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption. Clear explanations of baptism, infant baptism benefits, and who can validly baptize in emergencies. Debates over Genesis literalism, Dispensationalism versus covenant theology, and why Protestants think Catholics venerate Mary. Practical pastoral topics like mixed marriages, suicide, canon law on consummation, and origins of Lenten practices.

Conversation about what 'gospel-centered' means in Catholic thought and how grace changes moral life. Practical habits for avoiding sin and reshaping thinking are explored. The relationship between ancient Israel, rabbinic Judaism, and the Mass is discussed. Topics also include Scripture origins, faith amid doubt, private revelations, and prayers for the dead.