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In this interview, Jeff Cavins and Dr. Tim Gray Talk about Adventures in Matthew and Adventures in Exodus from the Great Adventure through the Bible series.  This episode was inspired by listener feedback asking for more info on the Adventures in Matthew.  The listener noted that next year’s readings are from cycle A, which focuses primarily on the Gospel of Matthew, and they wanted to have a good bible study to go along with the readings for the year.  Thank you for the feedback, and I apologize for loosing the message or I would have played it as part of the show.  Jeff and Tim talk about Matthew being the teaching gospel and the catechism for the early church.  They discuss how Matthew points to Jesus as the new Moses and the heir to the Davidic Kingdom.  After the break, we learn about how Jeff and Tim started working together, and speculate about if they have any good road stories.  Finally, Tim and Jeff talk about Adventures in Exodus and why they chose to explore Exodus next in the series. 

Jeff Cavins has been a protestant pastor, Catholic apologist, author, radio host, and TV host.  He is currently working on the Great Adventure though the Bible series, which is probably the most popular catholic scripture study available today.  Find Jeff’s blog at www.jeffcavins.com.

Dr. Tim Gray is Professor of Sacred Scripture at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary and at the Augustine Institute, a dynamic new MA program in Scripture and Evangelization in Denver. He holds a PhD in Biblical Studies from Catholic University of America. Dr. Gray’s dissertation The Temple in the Gospel of Mark: A Study in its Narrative Role is forthcoming from Mohr Siebeck. He is author of The Luminous Mysteries, Sacraments in Scripture and Mission of the Messiah. Dr. Gray is a partner with Jeff Cavins in The Great Adventure Bible Timeline series, the fastest growing Catholic Bible study program. A nationally renowned speaker, Dr. Gray has filmed numerous series for EWTN.

 

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Items Discussed in this podcast:

Adventures in Exodus
Adventures in Matthew
Adventures in Revelation
Adventures in Acts
The Great Adventure 24-Week Course
T3 The Teen Bible Timeline

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The Dr. Scott Hahn Conversion Story is almost certainly the most listened to Catholic audio program over the last several years, and maybe of all time.  Scott Hahn’s tells his powerful journey from Presbeterian pastor to Catholic evangelist  Find out his compelling reasons for converting to catholicism despite the tremendous pressure from friends and family, including his wife.  Learn how many of the people who were asked to ’save’ Scott from becoming Catholic actually ended up joining him.  Also learn how Scott’s convincing biblical arguments for Catholicism brought a flood of protestants into the Catholic Church, leading to Dr. Hahn being called “Luther in Reverse”.

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In this interview, Amy Welborn talks her new book for teens, Prove it! You.  She discusses why this is the last book in the Prove It! Series and why she chose to write this book now.   She talks about how she approaches teen sexuality, social justice, the pro-life issues, friendship, peer presure, and much more. 

CatholicSpotlight.com in cooperation with Our Sunday Visitor is giving away 5 FREE signed copies of Prove It! YOU,  You will hear the winners announced at the end of this show.

Amy Welborn has an M.A. in religion from Vanderbilt University. She taught high school theology for nine years before devoting all of her time to writing. Previous best-selling titles include de-coding Da Vinci, which was translated into 7 different languages! She also has a well known blog at http://amywelborn.wordpress.com.  She is currently working on teen fiction novels.

 

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Items Discussed in this podcast:

Prove It! YOU
All Amy Welborn Books

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I know that this is not the biggest news in the world of podcasts, but Lisa Hendey from www.CatholicMom.com posted a feature interview with me today.  While I certainly consider my guests to be infinitely more interesting than I am, but if you want to hear the interview, then jump on over to Catholic Moments Podcast.

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In this interview, Karl Schultz shares more about his basketball experience at the University of Michigan.  He tells  about the practices, the players, and the time that his team beat Magic Johnson’s team on a last second shot.  He also explains some of the lessons he learned from basketball, and shares about some of the types of speaking that he does for parishes.

Karl A. Schultz is one of the world’s most prolific authors and teachers of lectio divina. He has published ten books on applications of biblical spirituality and lectio divina to suffering, care-giving, stress and time management, journaling, community life, potential fulfillment, and infertility. He is an acknowledged pioneer in the integration of biblical scholarship and spirituality with pastoral care, the lay apostolate, gender communications, wellness, and potential fulfillment. He has discussed his work on several EWTN television shows and gives retreats and presentations throughout the U.S.  You can find more info on Karl at www.karlaschultz.com.

 

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Items Discussed in this podcast:

How To Pray With the Bible
The How-To Book of the Bible
Lectio Divina Books

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In this interview, Phil Lenahan talks about how to become financially free through setting financial goals, retiring bad debt, saving, and investing.  He also brings in the spiritual and relationship side of finances by counseling couples how to talk about money as a couple and how to give back to the Lord what is the Lord’s.  He talks about debt statistics in the country, the financial crisis that is occuring for many people, what is good debt and what is bad debt, college decisions, and planning for a fruitful future.  The winners of our book giveaway are also announce at the end of the show.

Phil Lenahan is popular speaker on finaces and stewardship.  He counsels couples on how to get debt under control and how to manage God’s gifts to them in a responsable way.  He created Veritas Financial Ministries (www.veritasfinancialministries.com) as an outreach to counsel couples and to train others to do the same thing on a local level.  He has also been the CFO of Catholic Answers, the producers of Catholic Answers Live and other apologetics outreaches.

 

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Items Discussed in this podcast:

7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free - A Catholic Guide book
7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free Workbook
All Phil Lenahan Books

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