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#198 I Asked 11 Catholic Creators What Book Changed Their Life - Joe Heschmeyer Aug 07, 2025

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If you’re looking for some fantastic books to add to your summer reading list, you’ve come to the right place! Joe interviews 11 Catholic creators and asked them which book changed their life. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery, I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and I’m actually here at the Catholic Creator Conference, and I was thinking as we get near to the end of summer, some of you’re going to have a little bit of free time, maybe go down to the beach or the lake or somewhere where you might be thinking I should get something good to read. And I thought this ...

#197 William Lane Craig’s Errors on the Eucharist and the Bible - Joe Heschmeyer Aug 05, 2025

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Joe weighs in on the latest back and forth between William Lane Craig and Gavin Ortlund. In this episode, Joe tests Dr. Craig’s biblical arguments against the real presence of the Eucharist. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and I think that two of the Protestants doing the most interesting things online right now are Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Gavin Orlund. So I’ve been very interested in their recent sort of sparring over the doctrine of the Eucharist. The biggest area of contention is Gavin’s claim that Baptists actually belie...

#196 Asking Former Protestants if Protestants Actually Worship God (ft. Sips with Serra – The Catechumen) - Joe Heschmeyer Jul 31, 2025

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Joe has a chat with Brayden from The Catechumen and Adrian from Sips with Serra whether Protestants partake in worship. If Protestants separate themselves from the Eucharistic sacrifice, how can they partake in worship? Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I’m here at the Catholic Creators Conference with Adrian from Sips with Serra and Brayden from the Catechumen. And I wanted to pose a question. So my most viewed video as of the time of recording is a video I did called Do Protestants Worship or Do Protestants Worship God. And the video has go...

#195 Why Mormons Don’t Worship Jesus… - Joe Heschmeyer Jul 29, 2025

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Joe breaks down Mormon teaching on never worshiping or praying to Jesus. Yes, you read that correctly… Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. So should Christians worship Jesus and should we pray to him, those questions might seem obvious. Anybody calling themselves Christian or they might not. They might be things you’ve wondered yourself as you considered how to approach God. But today I want to respond to the fascinating answers provided to those questions by the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, better known as the LDS or the Mor...

#194 8 Ways Lust is Making You Stupid Daughters of Lust - Joe Heschmeyer Jul 24, 2025

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Joe breaks down the 8 Daughters of Lust as described by St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Gregory the Great. Transcript: ...

#193 THIS is Why Ruslan Should BE CATHOLIC… - Joe Heschmeyer Jul 22, 2025

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RuslanKD is a very respected YouTuber in the Evangelical space, and recently he made a video explaining why he wasn’t Catholic or Orthodox. Joe responds to his video explaining why he SHOULD BE CATHOLIC! Transcript: ...

#192 Responding to Scandal in Catholic Apologetics (Voice of Reason) - Joe Heschmeyer Jul 17, 2025

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Joe gives advice to Catholics on how to respond to scandal in the Church, in light of recent allegations brought forward against Alex Jurado. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and today I think it’s important to talk about some of the allegations involving Alex Jurado better known online as voice of reason. Now, I hate internet drama and I don’t think it’s spiritually healthy to get involved in gossip of who did and said various things, but there are some important reasons. I think this particular set of allegations are ones that I sh...

#191 How the Eucharist Leads to Bodily Resurrection - Joe Heschmeyer Jul 15, 2025

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Joe explains how the early Church Fathers understood the Eucharist, and demonstrates how immensely powerful the Paschal meal in bringing us to eternal life. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery, I’m Joe Heschmeyer. And last episode I mentioned this. I’m really looking forward to just doing an episode on how Gregory of Nisa shows the Eucharist is connected to bodily resurrection and glorification because it’s incredible. Yes, Joe, I agree with you. The early Christians were convinced that the Eucharist was key to our rising from the dead. And at first blush, that ...

#190 This Christian Teaching SOUNDS HERETICAL (but it’s why God made us…) - Joe Heschmeyer Jul 10, 2025

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Today Joe explores Theosis, a teaching that sometimes doesn’t get enough attention in the West, but arguably is the entire reason God created us. Joe shows you how theosis has been revealed in Scripture and how the Church Fathers tried to wrestle with this amazing concept. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to talk today about a Christian doctrine that sounds heretical. If I just go around saying, I believe that if I’m holy when I die, I’ll become a God or I’ll become God. Many people’s heresy alarm is just going...

#189 These Evangelicals Are Trying to Start WWIII… - Joe Heschmeyer Jul 08, 2025

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Joe dives deeper into the wildness that is Dispensationalism, and looks at some of the people and books responsible for spreading it in modern times? Were they able to predict the future? No….not even close actually. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and know the title of this video is not an exaggeration, it’s not clickbait. Today we’re actually going to explore how a dangerous misreading of scripture is leading some influential Christians to try to go to Israel and the United States into starting World War iii. Now, the theology at ...

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