What does it mean to pursue sainthood in the age of endless scrolling? This episode unpacks the harms and goods of social media, Augustine’s timeless insights, and how to re-order our loves toward God in the digital world.

Church-hopping is normal, disagreements are constant, and authority often feels optional. In this episode, we ask: does Protestant life today actually look like Sola Scriptura—or has it always been Solo in disguise?

From calculators to modern chatbots, lets explore what machines actually do versus what we project onto them.

Can you really say “I’m right and you’re wrong” without appealing to a higher authority? Through the “spot the ball” metaphor and concrete controversies, we probe Protestant and Catholic models of authority and the New Testament’s pattern for settling doctrinal disputes.

This episode stress-tests the promise that “the gospel is clear and unanimously held” across Protestantism. We compare rival answers on baptism, perseverance, and the nature of saving faith, then explore the Catholic proposal of Scripture, Tradition, and Magisterium as a living authority. If the essentials are clear, why hasn’t clarity produced unity?

Hebrews 13:17 says “obey your leaders,” but who are they? Who appoints them, and what proves they’re legit?

Five centuries of Protestant structure vs. fifty years of non-denom agility. Does longevity equal legitimacy? 

This essay presses the “index” question beneath sola scriptura: If Scripture is the only infallible norm, which writings are scripture to begin with, and how do we know? This episode tests whether self-attestation and reception suffice, or whether a magisterium is necessary to fix the boundary of Scripture. 

For many Protestants, the word “tradition” feels like a warning label which precedes some unbiblical or man made teaching. But what if the New Testament treats some traditions as dangerous—and others as commanded? What if the real question isn’t “tradition or Bible,” but the question is rather which traditions are from Christ—and who says so?

Before the speck comes the log. A short reflection on how identity, habit, and the feed shape what we “see”—and why certainty can feel easier than truth—plus a gentle case for making accuracy-motivated reasoning the aim. If we adjusted the lens first, what might change?