Podcast Description

In today’s reading Theophilus of Antioch continues exposing the confusion of pagan thought. He shows how poets like Homer and Hesiod, along with the philosophers, contradict one another on the origin of the world and the nature of the gods. Some deny creation altogether, others speak of providence yet undermine it, and all fail to give a coherent account of who made all things. In contrast, the prophets, inspired by the Holy Spirit, consistently teach that God created everything out of nothing through His Word, and that matter itself was brought into being by Him.

We also hear Augustine ponder the strange law of joy: that the greater the preceding pain or danger, the sweeter the recovery. He sees this pattern in human experience—from battle, storms, and illness to the parables of the lost sheep, co ...