The Wise Guys Podcast

CS Lewis wrote a book called, The Problem of Pain. Listen in as we wrestle with a different problem, that of extreme pleasure and the slavery of addiction. Is experiencing bodily pleasure a sin? Join us as we explore God’s wonderful plan for the pleasure center of our brains.

Surrendering to God is difficult because it seems like a loss of our freedom and a defeat of personal agency—not to mention a killer of dreams. Join us as we explore the beautiful mystery of entrusting everything to God and surrendering to His will in all things, and how this truly empowers us to realize our deepest desires and highest aspirations.

In this episode, we discuss the power of music to express the longings of the human heart and speak to the depths of our lived experience. Is there any kind of “right” music for Christians, or can all music be beneficial in some manner? Listen in as we share our personal experience of how music has impacted our lives, faith, and ministry.

Join us as we discuss the difference between good and bad religion. Some Christians use the term “religion” in a negative way, while others practice the Christian religion without making God the center of their lives. Should we be religious as Christians?  Listen in to learn more.

In this episode, we explore the responsibility to be good stewards of our bodily health. Listen in as Michel shares his life-changing journey to better health--from hypoglycemia to the Keto diet, and everything he discovered in between about God’s design for human life.   Weston A Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org   Keto Diet: Dr. Eric Berg on Youtube   GAPS: Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride www.g...

In this episode, we explore two unrelated situations where it seems that church law is so confusing that it gets in the way of our relationship with God and even pushes people away. Listen in as we discuss the obligation of holy days and the annulment process.

There’s been a lot of talk about the Ordo Amoris, since VP JD Vance referenced this ancient principle the other week. Even Pope Francis weighed in on the discussion. Listen in as we explore Aquinas’s understanding of the relationship between the order of charity and the hierarchy of goods. Regardless of your politics, the order of love is an essential principle that helps guide our actions when di...

Excessive anxiety is a very real burden for so many people today. Why is that and what causes anxiety? Join us as we explore anxiety-inducing triggers in our world today and what Jesus teaches us about managing our interior lives with peace and a singular focus on Him.

In this episode, we discuss the hyperbole surrounding immigration and mass deportations now that Trump is in office. Join us as we navigate the minefield of media narratives surrounding the crisis at our border and how best to handle it. How can we as Christians faithfully sift through the left-right rhetorical divide?

In this episode we share the wonderful journey of transformation God can affect in our lives when we allow Him to work in us for our personal growth and betterment. Listen is as we share the specific ways that we are experiencing God’s peace and presence in the midst of life’s day to day challenges.

Join us as we explore the true meaning of human suffering in the life of a disciple. The Letter to Hebrews says that Jesus learned obedience by what he suffered and was thus made perfect. But what does that mean? To have a correct understanding of Jesus’ suffering and our own is essential to a mature spirituality. And yet we often get it wrong by either avoiding suffering or embracing it as someth...

In this episode we explore the relationship between God’s providence, divine justice, and natural disasters. This is a complicated but important question of faith for disciples of the Lord. Listen in as we try to make sense of how best to understand our relationship to the powers of nature, human freedom, and our stewardship of creation.

St. Paul tells us that the Great Mystery hidden from all ages is “Christ in You”. Listen in as we discuss the beauty but huge challenge of depending on Jesus to act in and through us every day. Through the eyes of St. Therese of Lisieux, what does it mean to accept our spiritual poverty and trust that the Lord will make all that we do both fully human and fully divine.   Show Notes Therese of Lisi...

It is perfectly human to use stories to wrestle with reality and to communicate our moral values from one generation to the next. Join us as we explore the importance of story-telling to human culture, and why the Christmas story, especially, is an epic tale of cosmic proportions.

In this episode, we explore the topic of relying too much on our own efforts to manage our lives. Listen in as we discuss the trap of thinking we are responsible for fixing our problems before God will bless us. As the prophets tells us, God will lower the mountains and fill in the valleys to make the path easy for us. We need only turn to Him for help.

How do we reconcile the belief in the God who loves us unconditionally and the just God who holds us accountable to his commandments? Join us as we explore the difficulty of not falling into the trap of feeling we need to perform well for God to love us or that God is tolerant of our sinfulness.

In this episode we discuss the influence of Elon Musk and other tech geniuses on the human experience. Is technological progress inevitable and, even more importantly, is it good for us? Join us as we reflect on these important issues and discuss the Church’s critical role in providing the formation we need to participate in a technocratic age.

Join us as we discuss the role of faith in coming to know God and what God cares about. Dr. Therrien dives in to help us get our heads around the role that the gifts of the Holy Spirit play in our ability to know the truths God reveals to us through His Word.

In this episode we tackle a very challenging topic—the nature of truth and how we as human beings support truth claims. In a world dominated by the empirical sciences, are there ways to attain knowledge outside the scientific method? And can we know things with certainty that cannot be measured by empirical methods?

In this episode - as we come off a rather intense election season - we discuss the reasons why we love America and why our system of government is so successful, election after election. The American system works, so join us as we discuss why Judeo/Christian values make America a great nation and how we, as disciples of Jesus, make America great because of our defense of life, liberty, and the pro...

In this episode we wrestle with understanding the causes of the human struggles we all face in our day to day lives. How active is the devil in the things we suffer in life. And what’s our responsibility for the things that happen to us? Join us as we explore this puzzling mystery of human existence. 

In this episode, we wrestle with the meaning and implications of Pope Francis’ recent remark that all religions are paths to God. Join us as we explore the importance of understanding the history and culture of humanity’s religious sense and the place of Catholicism within man’s universal search for true religion.

In this episode, we explore the faith journey of our friend, Vaughn Thomas, who having grown up in a cradle Catholic home outside of Pittsburgh, found himself needing much more as the difficult challenges of life brought him to his knees.

As we bring our series on Catholic social teaching to a close, we explore Critical Theory, the archnemesis to the Judeo-Christian view of society and the greatest threat to world peace. Listen in as Dr. Therrien explains the philosophy behind Marxism, critical race theory, radical ecology, wokeism, and various other ideologies that threaten the founding principles of America.

In this episode, we discuss the relationship between personal responsibility and rights and how this needs to shape our understanding of healthcare, food production, and environmentalism. Listen in as we wrestle with what it means to be responsible stewards of God’s creation.