Challenge & Respite
SEEKING CALM WHILE
DEFENDING OUR CULTURE
Bill Donohue of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is sounding a call to arms in the defense of Christian Culture. He introduces his new book, “Christianity In the Crosshairs,” on this week’s “Free Expression.”
Later, Matt Paolelli of Real Life Catholic advises us to seek some calm during this Lenten season, by fasting from those cell phones that create so much distraction in our lives.
Check out their insightful reflections at…
https://billkassel.podbean.com/e/free-expression-episode-179/
A.I. Fact & Fiction
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
A COURSE & A GOOD READ
This week on “Free Expression” we discuss the fascinating, and rather scary, development of Artificial Intelligence.
Prof. Saverio Perugini of Ave Maria University cuts through some of the myths growing up around A.I. to examine the true potential of this technology in a new online course.
Then, Eric Sammons, editor of Crisis Magazine, discusses how A.I. figures in his new Catholic Sci-Fi novel, Shard of Eden.
Check out these engaging conversations at…
https://billkassel.podbean.com/e/free-expression-episode-178/
Faith & Miracles
TWO NEW BOOKS EXPLORE
RESPONSES TO HOLINESS
In the latest episode of “Free Expression,” Catholic journalist Philip Lawler describes how an apparent miracle tests the faith of Church leaders in his new novel, “Ghost Runner.”
Also, EWTN personality Patti Maguire Armstrong examines the life of a prospective young saint, Michelle Duppong.
Listen online at:
https://billkassel.podbean.com/e/free-expression-episode-177/
A Nation of Immigrants
AGAINST CRIME
AND INVASION
Perhaps the most frequently repeated cliché about our country is that…
America is a nation of immigrants.
The visual expression of this idea is, of course, the Statue of Liberty, its base adorned by Emma Lazarus’ poem, “The New Colossus,” known for the famous lines…
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled Masses yearning to breathe free…
Like clichés in general, the nation-of-immigrants concept embodies a basic truth: there are no truly native Americans. Everyone residing in the Western Hemisphere has roots in some other part of the world.
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.