Back in January, a very kind man named Brian Grady — the man behind The Grady Group and a regular sponsor of Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World — reached out and offered Peter’s Barque half of his advertising slots for the year.
Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is already one of the top documentary podcasts in the U.S., and very Catholic to boot, so this was an incredibly generous offer.
Alas, a few wires got crossed, and we did not actually make it into the episodes until this most recent one.
But w
🕯️⚖️☀️ "I WANT TO WANT" — When Your Heart Chooses the Lesser Light
Saint Augustine didn’t deny the good.
He knew it.
He respected it.
He just prayed:
“Give me chastity… but not yet.”
That’s not ancient history.
That’s Tuesday.
We don’t usually choose evil because it’s evil.
We choose real goods—comfort, pleasure, distraction—
just not in their proper place.
The smaller light.
The nearer thing.
The easier yes.
And over time,
we stop noticing what we’re missing.
The deeper problem?
Sometimes
🔥✨ “We Didn’t Invent This” — Simple… and Somehow More Than One?
Last week we talked about divine simplicity—God isn’t made of parts, not divided, not composed.
This week we run into what *sounds* like a contradiction:
One God…
and yet Father, Son, and Spirit.
If your idea of God fits neatly inside your own mind… that should raise a red flag.
A lot of people reject the Trinity because it “doesn’t make sense.”
But notice what they’re assuming: that the source of all being, outside space and ti
🔥 NEW BONUS DROP: “BABEL UNDONE (PENTECOST)”
Pentecost wasn’t the reversal of Babel.
It was its redemption.
Many tongues.
One truth.
One Church.
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He didn’t leave. He reigns.
The Ascension didn’t end Christ’s reign — it revealed it.
The apostles didn’t start a book club.
They filled an office.
🎶 He Ascended, But His Body Remained
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❤️🪨✨ "Not of Works" — Now Animated
Same song.
New experiment.
This week I’m trying something different.
I’ve taken “Not of Works” and turned it into a fully animated version—simple, visual, catechetical… something that shows the theology, not just says it.
Because this topic matters.
Abraham is called justified by faith.
He’s also called justified by what he did.
Same with Rahab.
That’s not a contradiction.
That’s the Bible telling one story from two angles:
Faith that lives… moves.
🧠 Wha
📜✨ "Not of Works" — The Verse Everyone Quotes… and the One They Skip
Not of works.
You’ve heard it. You’ve probably had it quoted at you.
Like it settles everything.
But Scripture doesn’t contradict itself—and it doesn’t stutter either.
Paul says Abraham was justified by faith:
👉 “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” (Romans 4:3)
The author of Hebrews says the same:
👉 “By faith Abraham… offered up Isaac.” (Hebrews 11:17)
👉 “By faith Rahab… received the spies