The Normal Christian Life

8. Purity of Heart w/ Mary Bielski

In our times of division and sifting, many Christians share the sense that God, far from abandoning his Church, is calling her members to a renewal of authentic purity of heart today. Mary Bielski (national Catholic speaker; founder, All4Him Ministries) shares her powerful testimony, and then joins our hosts to discuss purity of heart through both biblical and experiential lenses: its pivotal role in the spiritual life, and how it enables us to live the life of Heaven now.

7. Is Jesus Healing People Today? Physical Healing and the Gospel

What role - if any - should physical healing have in Christian life today? Using Scripture and personal testimony, our hosts explain why we should press in for physical healing in prayer: to manifest the compassion of Jesus and demonstrate the power of the Gospel to a world mired in skepticism and unbelief. Supernatural healing makes the Kingdom tangible! Additionally, our hosts address how an expectation for healing fits with a balanced theology of redemptive suffering.

6. Becoming the Beloved: Embracing Our Baptismal Identity

Should baptized people see themselves differently? At baptism, our identity is radically transformed from that of a loved creation of God, made in His image, to that of His own adopted son or daughter. But for many Christians, this does not translate to a radical awareness of their adoption by the Father. Our hosts share their insights on being a child of God (and how everything else in Christian life flows from this identity), and on becoming more deeply aware of the sonship/daughterhood we already possess.

5. Fear of Man w/ Laura Shoulders

One of the greatest snares set before us in our Christian journey is what Scripture calls "the fear of man". Laura Shoulders from Owensboro, KY shares her testimony of encountering God, before jumping into the topic with our hosts: what "fear of man" is, why it's so powerful, and the Lord's remedy which offers us true freedom.

4. The Role of Supernatural Experience

Do you expect the supernatural in your life? In this episode, the hosts share reasons why concrete experiences of God and the supernatural have been from the beginning, and should still be today, a normal and necessary part of lived Christianity. In addition, they discuss the vitally important role that our feelings and emotions play in living an abundant life that glorifies God and brings his light to others. 

3. ”Baptism in the Holy Spirit”: The Divine Solution

In our time, God has addressed the crisis of faith by reawakening his Church to his presence, through a grace called "Baptism in the Holy Spirit". After explaining the theology behind this term and some characteristics of the grace itself, the hosts share testimonies of how they have each experienced baptism in the Spirit within their own lives, and how God became "real" to each of them in a new way as a result.

2. What Is Going to Lead to Renewal in the Catholic Church?

While most members of the Church agree on the need for renewal, there are many different views on what renewal should look like. The Frs. Trummer and Joe propose that, instead of relying on programs, we look to God's promises and the witness of the saints, "so that your faith may not rest in the wisdom of men but on the power of God" (1 Cor 2:5).

1. Normal Christianity = Extraordinary Life

In this introductory episode, Frs. Michael and Chris Trummer, and layman Joe Herring, explain their inspiration behind the title and concept of this new podcast. They then each share testimonies of how the Lord has drawn them together over the past ten years, kindling in them the same passion for understanding and pursuing the fullness of our Christian life received at baptism.