The Church Layman

In this episode, I read Origen's 35th homily on Luke and discuss some of what it says in regards to debts incurred by one's sins that need to be paid off in "prison". I also discuss the changes to the podcast and the goal of the podcast as well.

In this episode I give a quick summary of my thoughts on Joe Heshmeyer's new book The Early Church Was the Catholic Church, starting off with his chapter on Baptism. Thanks for listening.

Thank you for listening to my podcast; I pray you benefited from my podcast in what you heard in some meaningful way. I may or may not continue to make episodes after this; if I do, I'll talk to you then. If I don't, God bless you, thank you for listening, and I bid you continue in the faith unto life everlasting.

I continue reading some hadith I find interesting and insightful for learning about Islamic theology. In this episode we learn more about the Salat and its rewards, a bit about the afterlife, and other things as well.

In this episode I read Athanasius' 39th festal letter and discuss what it says regarding the books included in the canon of Scripture and Sola Scriptura.

In this episode I read a sermon by Joseph Fielding Smith, in which he discusses the mortality and immortality of man, the three states of man, the incompletion of Christ's work before the resurrection, and sons of perdition.

In this episode I begin reading and talking about certain Hadiths from Sahih Al Bukhari that I find most interesting and helpful for understanding Islam and its teachings. This is done from a Christian perspective as one who genuinely wants to learn more about Islam. In this episode we read hadiths that give particular understandings of sin, the salat (5 daily prayers), a very important event in the life of Muhammed, and more.

In this episode I read James 2 and exegete it, and then I read the section on Exaltation in the Gospel Library app, which is an app created by the LDS church itself. Are both documents consistent with one another? Does James 2 refute the doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone as held by the reformers? This episode answers both questions.

In this episode, I ask the question "why are there changes in the Book of Mormon?" And explain why such a question is extremely important to ask to any LDS missionary, and why any LDS missionary should be able to answer it.

In this episode I read from Sahih-Al Bukhari, a sound hadith source, where it discusses the historical reality that the text of the Qu'ran has had variation in how it was written down, recited, and memorized by the muslim people since the days of Muhammed himself.