Called to Communion

Is the world evil? Are canonized saints needed? Who rules the world? This and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.

Discussion of prophecy and Catholic charisms with historical examples. A critique of modern broadcast prophets and political misuse of prophetic claims. Exploration of why God allows suffering using Job. Contrast between interior Christian discipleship and mere religion. Explanations of soul infusion at conception, infant baptism, Mary’s Immaculate Conception, and the real presence in Communion.

Particles of the Eucharist, penal substitution, benefits of the death of Christ and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.

Conversation about how Catholic teaching can accommodate extraterrestrial life and why no definitive ruling exists. A calm reply to the claim that religious rules block salvation. Catholic approaches to evolution, Adam and Eve, and how theology meshes with science. Clear distinctions between veneration and worship, the purpose of sacraments, and why infant baptism is defended.

Why go to Church? Holy, Holy, Holy? Pre-rational knowledge? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.

The early Church on End Times, atheists in Heaven, servile works and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.

Discussion of assurance of salvation and tensions in certainty. Examination of sacraments and objective grounds for assurance. Conversation about divine providence, human freedom, and Thomistic vs Molinist views. Debate over demonic possession and loss of sanctifying grace. Notes on Bible translation choices and the value of studying Church history and personal witness.

Conversations range from receiving last rites in hospice to how to honor difficult parents with prayerful boundaries. They debate missing Mass and degrees of culpability, explain purgatory and plenary indulgences, and unpack mixed and sacramental marriage rules. The show also tackles who first found the empty tomb and whether Jesus assumed a human soul.

A lively mailbag-style discussion jumps between repentance and penance in Scripture, debates over second repentance and apostasy, and how Church teaching and personal conscience interact. They probe patripassianism and the Incarnation, defend limits of physical self-defense, and unpack Gospel timeline puzzles and Revelation geography.

Discussion ranges from God, providence, and natural disasters to the East-West split over authority. They unpack apostolic succession and what makes ordination valid. Topics include Eucharist differences, Christ's two natures, and praying within the Trinity. Conversation also touches on alien encounters, demon deception, and practical guidance on charity and conversion with serious sin.