Shameless Popery

Joe responds to a few questions Daniel Greene had after reading the Bible for the first time!
Transcript:
Joe:
Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and I want to introduce you to Daniel Green, an agnostic YouTuber who decided to read through the entire Bible for the first time.
Daniel:
Hello, everyone. I feel like I’ve kind of gotten away with something somehow. What do I mean by that? I managed to put out a Bible video and for the large part it’s been received pretty well. I don’t know how I did that.
Joe:
I’ve actually got a pretty good idea how...

Joe responds to common objections to alcohol that some Christians make, and cites history and the Bible to show that moderate drinking is ok.
Transcript:
Joe:
Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. Is it okay for followers of Jesus Christ to drink alcohol even in moderation? Broadly speaking, Christians fall into two camps. Those who say moderate drinking is okay as long as you don’t get drunk and those who say Christians should never drink alcohol. So should we preach moderation or should we preach tea totalism that is total abstinence with a capital T? Now, if you ...

Joe examines Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, why it’s a huge problem in modern society, and how this applies to the recent Jesse Ridgeway news.
Transcript:
Joe:
This week, a YouTuber named Jesse Ridgeway announced that he and his wife had decided that she would abort their child because the baby had down syndrome. Once they saw the size of the cross being laid before them, they decided it would be better for their child not to live. But honestly, I don’t really expect Jesse Ridgeway to have room for accepting suffering into his comfortable life as a successful secular YouTuber. I thi...

Joe reviews the backlash against the Just War portion of Pope Leo’s “Magnifica Humanitas.”
Transcript:
Joe:
Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to talk about the fight over just war that’s being fought right now in the aftermath of Pope Leo’s new and cyclical. I want to start with a little bit of context. On Memorial Day, Pope Leo released Magnifica Humanitas on safeguarding the human person and the time of artificial intelligence. It’s being called the popes uncyclical on AI, but that’s a little bit like Calling Rarem...

Wes Huff’s video “6 reasons why I’m not Roman Catholic” has started quite the conversation! Here’s Joe’s response to Wes (lovingly, of course).
Transcript:
Joe:
Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and on Thursday, Wes Huff released a video called Six Reasons Why I’m No Roman Catholic. Now, I am grateful to him for making the video for a few different reasons. First, despite our theological differences, I think West does a lot of good and I think that he’s a man of goodwill who has a desire to serve the Lord. Second, as he ...