Catholic Doctrine Bible Study

Catholic Doctrine Bible Study

By Jim HawkReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
Download on the App Store

Catholic Doctrine Bible Study episodes

  • Session 241: Zechariah 5-14 “Prophecies of the Messiah”

    Distinctive Features:


    Prophecy: 9:9 “King shall come....meek, riding on an ass....”  (See Mt. 21:4)

    Prophecy: 11:12-13  Shepherd bought for “30 pieces of silver.”  (See Mt.27:3-10.)

    Prophecy: 12:10 “They shall look on Him whom they have pierced.....”  (See John 19:37, Revelation 1:7.)

    22 min
  • Session 240: Haggai, Zechariah 1-4 “Make Your Faith Your #1 Priority”

    Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi are Postexilic prophets....they speak AFTER the people have been allowed to return from their Babylonian Exile.


    Haggai: c.520BC - Though the people have returned, they have NOT rebuilt the Temple, partly due to outside influences, but also lack of proper priorities.  See
    Ezra 1-6 for background.  Does God have priority in your life?

    Zechariah: c.520BC (Same as Haggai above.) Chs1-4.... Return to God, there will be a New Jerusalem, we are the apple of God’s eye! We can have Hope!

    19 min
  • Session 239: Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah “God Is Just, But Merciful, Offers Hope” and “It’s Ok To Gripe To God, But....."

    Nahum: 612BC, just before Ninevah, the Capitol of Assyria, was destroyed by Babylon that year.


    -God is just, but also merciful
    -Destruction predicted for Assyria, HOPE for Judah. 

    Habakkuk:  605-597BC. Worry about Babylon. Is basically a gripe session to God, yet see 3:17-19 “I will rejoice in the Lord, my strength!”

    Zephaniah-640-609BC (Just before Jeremiah and Habakkuk.)  (See 2 Kings 22 for background.)

    “The Day of the Lord”= Doom, judgment. But, HOPE (for Judah, and US!) 3:16-20.

    14 min
  • Session 238: Micah

    Timeline: 750-710BC, contemporary of Isaiah (Isaiah 1-39), but Chapters 4-7 probably added after the return from exile, which began in 538BC.


    Distinctive Feature: The ruler, the shepherd of his people, will come from BETHLEHEM. (5:1-4) (See Mt. 2:1-5)

    7:7 “But as for me, I will look to the Lord.”  (See Joshua 24:15)

    Again, as with most of the Prophets, it offers hope for the future.

    20 min
  • Session 236: Amos 4-9, Obadiah, and Introduction to Jonah ; “Social Justice” and “Is ‘Jonah’ A True Story?”

    Amos 4-9   4:1 , 5:11 and 12, 8:4-6, Don’t “oppress the weak and abuse the needy.”


    Amos Distinctive Feature:  “Plumb line” (7:7-8) to determine “straight” vs. “crooked” behavior and worship.

    Amos-Salvation promised to the faithful in 9:11-15.  (9:11 quoted by James in Acts 15:16-17 at the Council of Jerusalem.)

    Obadiah- only 21 verses long!  Against Edom, 5th Century BC.

    Jonah- Were the events real, or was this a “fish story?”  See CCC 107 (“truth...for the sake of our SALVATION...”) CCC 110.

    21 min
  • Session 235: Hosea 7-14 and Joel and Amos 1-3 - “God’s Mercy, Especially When We Don’t Deserve It!”

    Hosea 11, God is a loving Father.  Hosea 14, God shows mercy on all who repent.


    Joel- Timeline unknown.  (800’sBC?  400’sBC? -no mention of kings, or Assyria, or Babylon?)

    Distinctive Feature: “Locusts” as punishment.  “Apocalyptic” view, End Times, “the day of the Lord” mentioned 5X.

    Joel 3:1 “Spirit” poured out, quoted by Peter in Acts 2:17-21 at Pentecost.

    Joel 3:5  “Everyone shall be rescued who calls on the name of the Lord.”  (Again, realize the Catholic Church’s understanding of salvation, and what it entails to call on the name of the Lord!)

    Amos-Timeline 760-750BC (Just before Hosea, and just before the Northern Kingdom fell in 722. Also same audience-the Northern Kingdom.  Amos was a shepherd. Social justice theme.

    25 min
  • Session 234: Introduction to the Minor Prophets, Hosea 1-6

    Hosea: Timeline is c. 750BC-715BC.  (Just before and just after the Northern Kingdom fell to the Assyrians in 722BC.)

    Audience: The Northern Kingdom.

    Distinctive Feature: Hosea’s wife, Gomer, (the Roamer!), a prostitute, is an allegory for how Israel had prostituted its faith, in bad political alliances and idol worship through temple pros

    22 min

About Catholic Doctrine Bible Study

From the publisher's feed

All Christians should want a closer relationship with God. Toward that end, we should all read the Bible! But there are so many conflicting interpretations that Bible study can be confusing or disheartening. Which church, if any, has the God-given authority to interpret the Bible? LISTEN to Session 1 FIRST to see why there can only be one answer to that question. In this study, you will see the doctrines of the Catholic Church come alive as we go through each book of the entire Bible from a uniquely Catholic perspective.

More shows like Catholic Doctrine Bible Study

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) by Ascension

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

61,803 Listeners