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  • #287 Is the Sign of the Cross Evil?

    #287 Is the Sign of the Cross Evil?
    Sep 29 2026
    Joe examines the evidence for the Sign of the Cross as an ancient Christian practice. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and why do Catholics make the sign of the cross? If you’re not Catholic, should you be making the sign of the cross yourself? And broadly speaking, Protestants fall into three groups on this question. Those who use the sign of the cross, those who think it’s harmless, and those who think it’s actually dangerous. In the first group, you’re gonna get Lutherans and Anglicans who often make the sign of the cross i...
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  • #288 One of the Worst Arguments Against the Crucifixion’s Historicity

    #288 One of the Worst Arguments Against the Crucifixion’s Historicity
    Oct 6 2026
    Joe looks at how Muslims interpret the Quran to explain how Jesus wasn’t really crucified. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery, and today I wanna look at the Quran’s claims about Jesus and the crucifixion and explain why I think that those claims are false, and in fact, why I think they can be shown to be false. But I wanna start with first making sense of just what it is that the Qur’an claims happened to Jesus. In Sarah four, verses 157 to 158, Allah accuses the Jews of boasting, “We killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.” ...
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  • #289 John 6 Is a Metaphor…So You Should Worship The Eucharist

    #289 John 6 Is a Metaphor…So You Should Worship The Eucharist
    Oct 13 2026
    Joe examines what many Protestant apologists get right (and wrong) about John 6. Yes, Jesus is using metaphor. And that’s why we should worship Him in the Eucharist. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. And last week I did a three hour long Q&A with students at the Catholic Center at Fort Hayes State University, and some of their questions were preselected and they got to vote on them by popularity. The most popular question that they asked was this, “Why do Catholics take Jesus literally when he refers to himself as the bread of life, bu...
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  • #286 Dr. Craig’s Awkward Christology Creates More Problems Than It Solves

    #286 Dr. Craig’s Awkward Christology Creates More Problems Than It Solves
    Sep 22 2026
    Joe examines Dr. William Lane Craig’s view on the second person of the Trinity (the Logos) and how this creates a lot of problems that make many Christians look askance. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. And William Lane Craig recently reiterated that he does not believe in the Nicene Creed. And there are actually several areas where he seems to disagree with Nicene theology, but there’s one people are focused on right now. And it’s the fact that he doesn’t believe in what is called the eternal begetting of the Son. It’s ...
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  • #285 REBUTTAL: “Why I Don’t Accept The Papacy” (MEGA EPISODE)

    #285 REBUTTAL: “Why I Don’t Accept The Papacy” (MEGA EPISODE)
    Sep 15 2026
    Joe is joined by Brayden Cook of The Catechumen to examine the arguments made by Testify Apologetics in his video “Why I Don’t Accept The Papacy.” Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I am joined today by Catholic Answers newest apologist, Brayden Cook, to respond to a recent video the channel Testify made where the guy behind the testifier explains why he’s not Catholic. So Braden, you were the one who brought this video to my attention. What drew you to it and made you think that we ought to respond to it? Brayden: Yeah. Than...
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  • #284 Responding To The “Fatima Nettles” Controversy

    #284 Responding To The “Fatima Nettles” Controversy
    Sep 8 2026
    Joe responds to the claims online that the Fatima children and apparitions promote self-harm. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to talk about something that has been nettling me lately. After Ethan Muse converted from atheism to Catholicism, a conversion due in no small part due to the evidence of Catholic miracles, he got into a debate with Sean Luke on the Channel Capturing Christianity about whether Our Lady of Fatima really was Mary miraculously appearing or whether it was, as Sean claimed, actually a demon. Now I’m going to link to...
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  • #283 Historical Proof Relics Are Anti-Pagan (and very Christian)

    #283 Historical Proof Relics Are Anti-Pagan (and very Christian)
    Sep 1 2026
    Joe responds to the interesting discourse surrounding showcasing of St. Agatha’s relics (her skull) recently. He demonstrates that relics are not only NOT pagan, but are both Scripturally and historically Christian. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I wanted to talk about the weird and maybe even creepy side of Catholicism, relics. Now, a brief video clip from the Festival of Saint Agatha, which the bishop displays the skull of Saint Agatha and then places it in a gold reliquary, creeped out a lot of non-Catholics recently, and even some Cath...
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  • #282 Are Annulments Just Catholic Divorce?

    #282 Are Annulments Just Catholic Divorce?
    Aug 25 2026
    Joe examines the practice of Catholic Annulments and examines whether it’s just divorce under another name. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. And today I want to explore a question that many people have. For a great number of people, the chief difficulty they have in embracing Catholicism isn’t about a major theological controversy or a doctrinal issue so much as it is a case involving the complicated issues of marriage and relationships in their own life. Because it’s not uncommon that when people are looking into the Catholic churc...
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