Sunday School with Pat Flynn

In this episode of Sunday School, Catholic apologist Pat Flynn is joined by two Catholic Scientists — Dr. Michael Behe and Dr. Stacy Trascancos — to discuss and debate the theory of intelligent design. In this conversation: What does Intelligent Design (ID) actually say about the theory of evolution? Is ID an argument from ignorance, or an inference to the best explanation? At what level is design obvious in nature? Is ID too narrow, or telling of something much greater? Can you settle the matter of design (or no design) apart from evolution?
How do we best explain the complex structures and genetic codes we’ve discovered in life? Can Neo-Darwinian processes account for this? What does “random” or “unguided” mean with respect to natural selection? Can “brute forces and matter” account for the structures and complexity we see in nature?

In this episode of Sunday School, Catholic evangelist Pat Flynn talks about upcoming plans for the Sunday School program. (June 9, 2019)

In this episode of Sunday School, Catholic evangelist Pat Flynn interviews Leah Moler, lover of philosophy and writer at LifeAsLeahKnows, about her conversion story from agnosticism, through evangelicalism, to Catholicism, and why she believes reason and faith are not only not incompatible, but cannot ever ultimately be at odds, since all come from the same source: God. (May 26, 2019)

You can learn more about Leah and keep up with her writing over at LifeAsLeahKnows.com

And follow Leah on Instagram @LifeAsLeahKnows: https://www.instagram.com/lifeasleahknows/

In this episode of Sunday School, Pat Flynn talks about Mere Christianity and the Three Parts of Morality. (May 19, 2019)

Philosopher and theologian William Lane Craig recently appeared on the Ben Shapiro show to present the case for reasonable Christian belief. Pat offers commentary on that episode, dives deeper into some of the arguments, and responds to objections made to a comment he posted on a video. (May 12, 2019)

Pat is joined on the podcast by his longtime friend Aaron to discuss and (civilly) debate the differences between Catholicism and Protestantism. Pat takes the Catholic side, Aaron comes from the perspective of a non-denominational Evangelical. The topics hit upon are quite diverse, and include:

The authority and interpretation of Scripture; most importantly: Is Scripture the only authority? Or is Scripture just an authority? How do we know?
What is “truth”?
What the Catholic Church is, and isn’t.
Pat’s reasons for leaving Protestantism and becoming Catholic, and Aaron’s responses.
A discussion of the Church fathers and what they believed.
What does faith really mean, and how can it be justified?
The Catholic vs Protestant view of Salvation.
How each side addresses the Problem of Evil.
The gentleman even begin with some thoughts on Jordan Peterson and how he seems to effectively be serving as a bridge to religion for a many people, even if both Aaron and Pat would disagree with a certain number of his particular, theological viewpoints, which are also discussed. (May 5, 2019)

In this episode of Sunday School, Pat Flynn interviews Dr. Kevin Vost on St. Thomas and the nature of Truth and Happiness (April 28, 2019)

In this episode of Sunday School, Pat Flynn continues reading through Mere Christianity and offering his commentary. In this segment, we finally run into C.S. Lewis’s famous presentation of the Lord, Liar, Lunatic dilemma with respect to Jesus. Which one, we must ask, was he?

In this episode of Sunday School, Pat Flynn shares his journey to faith on the Classical Theism podcast, and offers advice on dealing with skepticism and finding ways to have productive religious conversation with people of differing views. But before that, we begin today’s Sunday School episode with a Gospel reflection. (April 14, 2019)

In this episode of Sunday School, Pat Flynn asks whether God’s expectations are too high, too unrealistic. Why does Christianity seem to have so many “rules”? Are we looking at God’s commands in the wrong way? A listener wrote in with these fundamental questions, and Pat does his best to offer a fundamental answer. (April 7, 2019)