Kresta in the Afternoon

Marcus talks with Justin McClain about the forming of the committee for the drafting of the Declaration and the adoption of the 14th amendment.

Fr. Roger Chikri joins us to talk about events in Lebanon and an upcoming fund raising dinner.

Andre Villeneuve joins Marcus to talk about The Eucharist from the lens of Old Testament Typology: The Mosaic Tamid, Todah, and Pesach. Also touching on the feast of Corpus Christi.

Peter and Debbie Herbeck have been married for more than 35 years and in that time they have learned a lot about weathering hardships and living in an anti-family culture. They join us today to share lessons from their “school of love” and how you can build a firm foundation for your family.

“Wokeness” is much more than an effort to be politically correct. It is an ideology with fundamentalist and even cult-like characteristics, and it’s on a collision course with Christianity. We sat down this spring with Peter Herbeck of Renewal Ministries and Noelle Mering, author of Awake, not Woke for an extended roundtable discussion. We’re launching the video today and Peter joins us to talk more.

“Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.” This is the command Jesus gives us in this Sunday’s Gospel, and it’s one that has both inspired and shocked people for 2,000 years. We talk more about it with Peggy Stanton.

This weekend we’re celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi. Peter Kreeft has imagined a dialogue between three great Christian minds of the last century – CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, and Billy Graham. What would a Southern Baptist evangelist and a devoutly Catholic philologist and author have to say about the Eucharist? Dr. Kreeft joins us.

History recognizes today as the day the prophet Muhammad died. While the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament are understood to be related texts, the sacred scripture of Islam, the third Abrahamic faith, has generally been considered separately. Many people don’t realize how Jewish and Christian figures, including the Blessed Mother, as well as other religious imagery feature prominently in the Qur’an. But the Qu’ran contains almost no direct quotes – so how did its author discover these figures? We’ll take a closer look with Dr. Gabriel Reynolds.

Peter Flies was raised Catholic, but lost faith when he discovered drinking. He was into sports and church, but those interests shifted to drinking and books. Years later, he would find himself sitting in a police car after being pulled over for driving under the influence. He tells us why that day was the best day of his life.

Pat Robertson, the longtime minister and media mogul, died today at age 93. It's easy to forget that he came to prominence at a time when Christianity was largely an afterthought in the political maneuverings of the United States. We remember him with Mike Jones.