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Scripture with the Fathers
This podcast is a Scripture Study based on the interpretation of the Church Fathers
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Genesis Chapter 32, Jacob Wrestles with God
No sooner than Laban, who had been afer Jacob to overtake him and intending to do him harm, but ends peaceably, does Jacob have to contend with Esau. Jacob…
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Genesis Chapter 31
Jacob leaves Laban, but Laban, loosing his "lucky charm" doesn't take kindly to it. Jacob notes that his success is from God. God protects Jacob and from…
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Matthew Chapter 3 Part II; The Baptism of Jesus
Why was it fitting for Jesus to be Baptised since he had no sin? What does Baptism actually do? Was the Baptism of John the same as the Baptism Jesus…
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Matthew Chapter 3 Part I
Who was John the Baptist and why was he there is the wilderness? We look into the life of John the Baptist and discover his theological training in the…
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Genesis Chapter 30 part II
Why should we read about a shepherd 4300 years ago? Why is this story and other like it in Scripture? What can we, in the 21st Century gain in wisdom from…
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The Holy Innocents and the Nazerene
We learn of the Holy Innocents and how St. Augustine sees them as martyrs for Christ and relates this to infant baptism, which the Church had always done…
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Epilogue to Jacob Leah and Rachel
We continue with St. Cyril of Alexandria relating the Scripture to the Spiritual meaning and in doing so point us to the Figure of Christ, the Divine shepherd…
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Rachel and Leah vie for Jacob's Affection Genesis Chapter 30 part I
Leah and Rachel engage in a tit for tat competition for the affection of their husband Jacob. In the process Jacob fathers what will come to be the founders of…
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The Fear of Herod, Prudence of the Magi; Matthew 2 Part III
What would and why would Herod be afraid of a child newly born? How does he respond to this fear? The Gentile Magi, once having an encounter with Jesus…
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Herod and the Magi, Matthew Chapter 2 part II
We listen to Chapter 2 of the Gospel of Matthew and look into the Old Testament to Micah and Jeremiah as noted by Matthew. We read from the Church Fathers…
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Genesis 29 Part II Jacob, Leah and Rachel
We hear from St. John Chrysostom and St. Augustine and define some terms and look at the virtue of Jacob even in light of polygamy. How Jacob is lovingly…
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Matthew Chapter 2 Part I: The Priest King Foretold
The magi come searching for the King of the Jews, but how did they know to search for the king of the Jews? Why is Herod and all of jerusalem "greatly…
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Genesis 29 Jacob Meets Rachel at the Well
Jacob continues on his journey to Laban and meets Rachel at the well. Jacob works for Laban for the bride price of Rachel and Leah. We look to St. John…
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The Perpetual Virginity of Mary Part II
Is there a Scriptural basis for the Perpetual Virginity of the Blessed Mother? How is it possible that mary remained a virgin and St. Joseph remain chaste…
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Esau's Anger and Chapter 28 Part I
Esau's anger at his brother Jacob morph's into a plot to kill him. Jacob's mother Rebekah petitions to Isaac to have Jacob sent away to save his life and to…
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Joseph the Just Man, Mary's Perpetual Virginity
St. Joseph the just man, and how that relates to Mary's Perpetual Virginity. St. Joseph the most Chaste spouse of the Blessed Mother. The Church Fathers…
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Jacob Obtains the Blessing Genesis 27 Part II
We turn to St. Augustine and St. Cyril of Alexandria for their interpretation of Jacob usurping the elder brother, Esau in obtaining the blessing. Was it guile…
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St. Joseph, The Just Man Part I
St. Joseph is described in the Gospel according to St. Matthew as a "Just or Righteous Man." But how is that so, considering that St. Joseph decided to divorce…
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Jacob Obtains the Blessing, Genesis 27
Jacob lives up to his name as the usurper by obtaining the blessing from Isaac. Rebekah insures that Jacob obtains the blessing from Isaac and foreshadows how…
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The Birth of Jesus Christ Part I
Why the genealogy of Joseph although he was not the Father of Jesus? Augustine discusses the virginal birth, the Incarnation of the Divine Person and refutes…
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Genesis Chapter 26 Echo of Abraham in Isaac
Isaac follows in his father Abraham's footsteps and is blessed by God for the sake of Abraham his father and is blessed abundantly. Esau's carnal character is…
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Genealogy of Jesus; Priest, Prophet and King
We explore the genealogy of Jesus according to Matthew and the message conveyed by Matthew recalling the audience to whom he is writing. Within this listing of…
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Esau Sells His Birthright; Genesis Chapter 25 Part III
What's the big deal with a birthright? Why would Jacob desire this such that he would be willing to purchase it with an oath from his brother. St. Augustine…
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Structure of Matthew and Genealogy of Jesus
The structure of the Gospel according to Matthew shows how Jesus is the long promised prophet that Moses promised, Jesus is the New Moses and also the son of…
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Jacob and Esau Part II
In this episode we hear from St. Augustine, St. John Chrysostom, St. Cyril of Alexandria and a special excerpt from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen. We get St…
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Gospel According to Matthew: An Introduction
This first episode of the Gospel According to Matthew discusses Who, When, Where, and What of the Gospel. We discuss the language and the genre of the Gospel…
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Chapter 25 Jacob and Esau
Chapter 25 makes the transition from the time of Abraham to Isaac the son of the promise. Isaac prays for his barren wife for 20 years and she has two sons…
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Isaac and Rebekah; Jesus and the Church
The virtues of Rebekah as the typological virtues modeled for the Church for the Bride of Christ. In this episode we complete Chapter 24 and St. Cyril and…
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A Bride for Isaac Part II, Genesis 24
Isaac is the initial and the typological Christ of the Old Testament. We explore some of those typological connections both using other Old Testament texts and…
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Sarah Dies and a Bride for Isaac Genesis Chapter 23 and 24 Part I
Sarah Dies and Abraham purchases a burial plot and then sends his chief servant to find a bride for his son Isaac among his own kinsmen in the land of his…
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Genesis 12-22 an Epilogue
In this episode we give an overview of the sojourn of Abram/Abraham and how the Scriptures in this history of the Patriarch foreshadows the epic ultimate…
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The Sacrifice of the Father and Son; Genesis Chapter 22 Part III
Father Abraham binds Isaac who is willing, at his Father's will to be sacrificed to God. The promise becomes a covenantal blessing to all nations through the…
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The Binding of Isaac, Chapter 22 Part II
We continue with the exegesis of Dr. Bergsma and Dr. Pitre and then with St. John Chrysostom.
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The Binding of Isaac, Chapter 22 Part I
Hagar's Blindness, Covenant between Abraham and Abimelech and the Binding of Isaac in Genesis 22. God caring for Hagar and Ishmael, covenant making and the…
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Gebirah Sarah and the son of the Promise Genesis Chapter 21 Part II
We hear from St. John Chrysostom and Cyril of Alexandria regarding the son of the promise and the son of the flesh. The older son is sent away, but not without…
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Genesis Chapter 21 Part I Laughter of Sarah
Finally the son long promised to Abraham is born of Sarah and the family tensions reach a breaking point. Why this discord between Sarah and Hagar and Ishmael…
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Chapter 20 Part II; Beautiful Sarah
In unpacking Chapter 20 of Genesis we find Abraham's faith well founded, God's designation of Abraham as a prophet, what it means to be a prophet, Abimelech's…
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Moabites, Ammonites, and Abimelech; Genesis 19 Part IV, Chapter 20 Part I
The epilogue of Chapter 19 of Genesis and the immoral generation of two enemies of Israel, the Moabites and Ammonites. Woman, fruit, sin; seems to be a theme…
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Archaeological Evidence; Chapter 19 Part III
Sodom and Gomorrah experience Divine judgment as a result of their wickedness. Archaeological evidence is clear that the description in Genesis is accurately…
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Genesis Chapter 19 Part II; The Sins of Sodom and Gomorrah
What were the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah? Was it inhospitality? Was it homosexual activity? Was it something else? Was Sodom and Gomorrah actual places? Is it…
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Genesis Chapter 18 part II; Chapter 19 part I
Unpacking Augustine's commentary of the "Three Men whom Abraham hosts. Later Abraham negotiates with God for the sake of Sodom and Gomorrah. We begin to see…
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Genesis Chapter 18 Part I
The Trinity is revealed is a veiled form and we look at commentary from Sts. Athanasius, Ambrose and Augustine. We explore the "three men" and the one Lord…
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Genesis Chapter 16 and 17 part II: Waiting on the Lord
Abram's errors is an echo of Adam's error of listening to his wife, and not that of God. The correction from God, "Walk before me and be blameless." Abram, by…
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Genesis Chapter 16 and 17: "Skin in the Game"
Abram listens to his wife and takes matters into his own hands to bring about the covenantal promise to have descendants in a natural way by taking Sari's…
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Genesis Chapter 15 Part II: From Promise to Covenant
In this episode, God makes a covenant with Abram and the symbolism that God expresses shows up again, again and again, showing the immutability of God and His…
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Genesis Chapter 14 part II, Chapter 15 part I
Significance of the name Melchizedek, the 318 who won the battle over the five armies, Abram the one who it was accounted to as righteousness but who asked…
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Genesis Chapter 14 part I, The Battle of the Five Armies
The Battle of the Five Armies, Abram the Goel, Melchizedek the priest-king and the Todah! St. Augustine gives us the keys to typology to open what was shut.
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Genesis Chapter 12 part II and 13
From famine to abundance and return to the land of Canaan from Egypt. Abram and Lot separate, Lot to Sodom, Abram to the land of Canaan. What can we learn from…
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Genesis Chapter 12 Part I God Makes a Great Name
This episode covers the introduction to Abram our Father in Faith and the three fold promise of God to Abram which sees its ultimate fulfilment in Jesus…
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Genesis Chapter 11; What's in a Name?
The tower of Babel, the Sons of God and the sons of men, and the importance of name.
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Genesis Chapter 10_Part I Typology of Noah and His Sons
"And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself." (Lk. 24:27) St. Augustine picks up…
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Deja Vu All Over Again! Genesis Chapter 9 part II
Answering a question about the death penalty and the Church's consistent teaching of its legitimacy, from Pope Innocent I in 405 too Pius XII and John Paul II…
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Genesis Chapter 9 part I, The Noahic Covenant
Noah and the animals exit the Ark, Noah's Todah, and the covenant with God. God's promises and proscriptions and the death penalty.
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Genesis Chapter 7 part II and Chpater 8
We see the topology of the flood, the ark and Noah and the original "great reset."
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Genesis Chapter 7 part I
Was the ancient flood a real event in the history of man and earth? Was it just an allegory to teach a moral truth? We look to the New Testament, St. Augustine…
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Genesis Chapter 6 part II
In this episode, we explore the rescue or is it the destruction of man, through a boat over the water. But even though the boat is going to make it through the…
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Genesis Chapter 6 Part I
From the descendents of Adam diverge into two lines, those of the sons of men and those the sons of God, the line of Seth. Yet through intermingling, the World…
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Genesis Chapter 5
The genealogy of Adam to Noah and The Genealogy of Cain to Lamech and their descendents; the tares among the wheat wasn't just a parable that Jesus made up in…
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Genesis Chapter 4 Part II
The descendants of Cain develop civilization, technology, music, and agriculture, and moral decline. With the birth of Seth, the son of Adam and Eve, man…
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Genesis Chapter 4: After the Fall, Sin Metastasizes
Adam's sin of disobedience brings about envy and murder in the next generation. This episode explores how envy, which comes from the enemy, produces its own…