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 Does God, who is all-merciful, actually judge us?  What is the role of Jesus in judging of the living and the dead?  Why is there a second judgment on the last day if the soul is already judged at the moment of death?  This and much more on The Creed: BTS, 15.

 Martin Luther King's letter from Birmingham jail was a profound exposition on the natural moral law. It has ramifications on morality and law for us today.  Fascinating discussion!

Are all men created created equal?  Is equality something to be grasped at?  Let's go beneath the surface.

 There can be no happiness outside of truth.  What is truth?  Let's delve beneath the surface.

 What is beauty?  Is it objective or simply subjective taste?  Where do we find the ultimate standard?

 Bernie Choiniere and Bob Leblanc share their personal reversion stories back into Catholicism, and how the Blessed Virgin Mary had an important role in that process.

 What does it mean that heaven is "up"? Why does Jesus 'ascend' rather than just disappear? Is there an "up-ness" to God and heaven? How might we think about this?  Let's go beneath the surface!

 The apparitions of Mary at Fatima have changed the complexion of the Church and the world.  What were they about, and why are they important?

 Scripture attests that God's infinite and eternal nature is not only Love, but also Reason or Truth. What does it mean that God is Reason, and what are the ramifications for other religions that believe God is Volition but not necessarily Reason? Is it possible to have Agape without Logos?

 What can Charlie Brown, Linus, and the Peanuts gang teach us about Christmas?  A lot.

 What happens when the historical St. Nicholas meets the mythical Santa Claus?  Listen and find out.

 Host Paul Murano speaks with Kent Niebuhr on the pursuit of happiness: The original documents of our nation speak of it, but how have we over the years been pursuing it?  What is happiness, and how do we attain it?  We take a light look at happiness in popular songs, and then go beneath the surface on what it means to be happy.

 What is the role of work in a person's life?  What does it mean that all work was meant to be pleasurable and now it is redemptive?

 Join us as we delve beneath the surface on what is traditionally taught as the four last things: death, judgment, heaven, and hell.

 Join Paul and guest Kent Niebuhr discuss the profound double meaning of the Advent season.

 The resurrection of the dead is the most important event in human history, and the center of the Christian faith.  But what is it?  Who does it apply to?  How is resurrection different than resuscitation?

 What is hell? Is it real? How would one end up there? Is it everlasting? These questions and more are tackled -- beneath the surface.

 Join Paul Murano and his guest Kent Niebuhr to delve beneath the surface on the practical and spiritual elements of the 2020 presidential election.

 What is chastity, is it possible, and how important is it for civilization?  Let's go beneath the surface with Paul Murano and his guest David Gorden!

 Is there a correlation between the objectification of persons and the humanizing of animals?  Go with us beneath the surface.