Welcome to the Inverted Orthodoxy Podcast! We're Blake, and Kyle the pastors from Living Springs, here to take you on a weekly adventure through the twists and turns of faith. Got questions? We've got answers, and sometimes more questions! This week they answered the following questions:

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1. AER: I have a few issues with your response to the question about Catholicism.

Firstly, I don’t know if nowadays it’s protestants who have an issue with Catholicism so much as Catholics not accepting that other Christians are bound for heaven. 

Secondly, you talked about Saints who have gone before us being able to pray to God for us. When Saul summoned Samuel, who had died, to help him out, Samuel rebuked him and told him that he was in his rest and that Saul shouldn’t bother him.

Thirdly, I believe that the thing about the Catholic church not splitting or having dissenters for so long has more to do with the political and personal implications (excommunication was was pretty brutal) than everyone being one big family family.

I think the person who asked the question (and I could be wrong), was only looking to see what the differences were between Protestantism and Catholicism, not a defence of Catholicism. Or, dare I say, the vilification of Protestantism.

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2. I'm pretty sure Kyle is wrong when he says that the Catholic Church has not had any splits. I believe the Russian Orthodox Church left the Roman Catholic.s because they did not agree with the scriptures and sermons being in Latin. I'm not sure, but this might be the same case with the Greek Orthodox Church, that used to be under the same banner as the Roman Catholic Church.

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3.My 7yr old son is wondering "if God created the world, then who/what created God?"

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4. Not a serious question—just having a bit of fun: In Matthew 4:11, it says: “The test was over. The Devil left. And in his place, angels! Angels came and took care of Jesus’ needs.”

Other passages mention Jesus going off alone to pray. So here’s my playful theory: alongside the serious stuff like aligning His heart with God and receiving spiritual nourishment, do you think maybe He also got a bit of actual heavenly food? Kinda like sneaking snacks in between meals during his time on earth. 

I already know Doug’s probably rolling his eyes at this kind of thinking 😄, but I’m curious what Blake and Kyle would say!

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5. How did Moses know that Aaron was his brother?

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