Life & Grace
SAVING UNBORN BABIES
& PERCEIVING HOLINESS
This week on “Free Expression with Bill Kassel,” Dr. George Delgado discusses procedures for reversing chemical abortion.
Also, author Michael Pakaluk examines how we can cultivate the ability to recognize holiness in everyday experiences.
Listen online at: https://billkassel.podbean.com/
Questing & Reflecting
A WAR AND A COUNCIL
SPURRED MUCH CHANGE
In this week’s episode of “Free Expression with Bill Kassel,” entrepreneur Trong Van Cao, a Vietnam War refugee, recounts his trek from oppression to freedom and fulfillment in Christ.
Then scholar and translator Jennifer Bryson shares the prescient analyses of German author Ida Friederike Görres on the changes wrought by the Second Vatican Council.
Check out their insights at…
https://billkassel.podbean.com/
Jerusalem & Athens
GREEK INFLUENCE &
AN ISRAELI PROMISE
In this week’s episode of “Free Expression” we discuss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent pledge to defend persecuted Christians with Jonathan Feldstein, president of the Genesis 123 Foundation.
Then Louis Markos, scholar in residence at Houston Christian University, explores how Greek philosophy influenced the early Church fathers in defining the doctrines of Christianity.
Check out these engaging conversations at…
https://billkassel.podbean.com/e/free-expression-episode-174/
The Angriest Time of Year
SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUNDS IN
ANTI-CHRISTIAN MESSAGES
’Tis that season when our secular culture offers a nod to its Christian roots with endless songs about angels, wisemen, and a babe in a manger.
It’s also when leftists, who would normally never set foot inside a church, suddenly rediscover the usefulness of faith.
Useful, that is, in scoring ideological points — per the graphic above.
Critiques of Christianity turn up on social media all year ’round. But there’s nothing like the holidays to make the hearts of agnostic memesters go all aflutter.
A Fresh View
TAKING A NEW LOOK
AT THE HOLY FAMILY
Early Christian documents describe Jesus and his relatives very differently from our modern Christmas card image of the Holy Family.
In a special episode of Free Expression, Antony Barone Kolenc, host of The Shepherd’s Pie podcast, interviews me about how my award-winning novel, My Brother’s Keeper, adapts details from these ancient “deuterocanonical gospels” to tell the Christian story from a fresh point of view.
LISTEN AT:
https://billkassel.podbean.com/e/free-expression-episode-168/
Influence vs Inspiration
CHATBOTS, NOVELS
& SACRED IMAGES
This week on “Free Expression with Bill Kassel” we explore how ideas and images touch our hearts and minds…
(1) Nick Kangadis of the Media Research Center discusses how Artificial Intelligence is turning chatbots into tools of propaganda to manipulate opinion on controversial issues.
(2) Notre Dame Literature Professor Abigail Favale explores how Christian fiction can bring us to deeper spiritual understanding, and introduces her new novel, “Our Lady of the Signs.”
(3) Religious educator Derek Rotty shows how contemplating great works of art can enrich our prayer lives, as demonstrated in his new book, “Praying with Sacred Art.”
It’s an interesting set of insights from some thoughtful people. Give it a listen…
https://billkassel.podbean.com/e/free-expression-episode-167/
The Ongoing Battle
SPIRITUAL WARFARE
AND A GREAT FIGHTER
The latest episode of “Free Expression” — my show on Good Shepherd Catholic Radio — features a look at the disturbing topic of spiritual warfare by Franciscan University Professor Dan Schneider. Then, Fr. Bill Miscamble of Notre Dame reflects on the life of the late Cardinal George Pell.
Give it a listen at…
https://billkassel.podbean.com/e/free-expression-episode-166/