Father Spitzer’s Universe

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.