Episodios

  • #235 “O Come, Emmanuel” and Anti-Intellectual Christianity

    #235 “O Come, Emmanuel” and Anti-Intellectual Christianity
    Dec 18 2025
    Joe reviews a reflection by Pope Benedict XVI on “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” on how wisdom and knowledge help us encounter Jesus Christ. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and as we end the advent season, it’s crazy to say that already and approach the Christmas season. I wanted to share a pair of beautiful reflections from Pope Benedict the 16th, and the launching point is this line. He has, what is this wisdom born in Bethlehem and he’s going to explore this theme. If that doesn’t make any sense to you, that’s okay r...
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  • #234 Should You Lie to Your Kids About Santa?

    #234 Should You Lie to Your Kids About Santa?
    Dec 16 2025
    Joe examines the debate over whether you should lie to your kids about Santa Claus. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and today I want to tackle a controversial question even amongst Christians should parents lie to their kids about Santa Claus? My position is simple. If you want to tell them the true story of St. Nicholas, that’s great. If you and your kids want to play Santa, go for it. But lying is always wrong. You shouldn’t lie to anyone. You definitely shouldn’t lie to the kids. You are meant to be teaching right from wrong, an...
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  • #233 Christ’s Virgin Birth Isn’t a Pagan Invention

    #233 Christ’s Virgin Birth Isn’t a Pagan Invention
    Dec 11 2025
    Joe debunks common belief that Jesus’s virgin birth was borrowed from pagan sources across the ancient world. Check out the article on the topic by Jon Sorensen here: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/cleaning-up-the-horus-manure Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and as Christians prepare to celebrate the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, many non-Christians are preparing to tell their Christian friends and neighbors that actually the virgin birth is a pagan story that Christianity stole. CLIP: Does it ever bother you that the story of...
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  • #232 C.S. Lewis’s Argument for the Papacy (sort of)

    #232 C.S. Lewis’s Argument for the Papacy (sort of)
    Dec 9 2025
    Joe examines C.S. Lewis’s argument for male-headship, and how that applies to Christianity and the Papacy. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to share a fascinating argument that CS Lewis made one that I agree with and one that I think points to the truth about the Catholic church and particularly about the papacy in ways that even he didn’t recognize at the time. Now many of Lewis as the author of works like the Chronicles of Narnia and his space trilogy, in which he presents Christian themes through the lens of fiction. But he&#...
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  • #231 Being “Left Behind” In The Rapture Is Good Actually…(I’m Serious)

    #231 Being “Left Behind” In The Rapture Is Good Actually…(I’m Serious)
    Dec 4 2025
    Joe explains how common misconceptions about final judgement and the end times make people misinterpret what it means to be “left behind.” Transcript: Joe: Welcome, back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and today I want to talk about the end of the world and specifically the idea of the rapture. Now, if you’re part of a church or denomination that celebrates Advent, you may know that this time of year we look forward to the coming. That’s what Adventist means, the coming of Christ, both at Christmas but also at the end of the world. But many people, partic...
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  • #230 Tim Gordon’s Strawman Crusade for “Masculinity”

    #230 Tim Gordon’s Strawman Crusade for “Masculinity”
    Dec 3 2025
    Joe answers Tim Gordon responding to his last video on male-headship. Transcript: Joe: Welcome To Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to especially welcome Tim Gordon fans. So if you’re looking for the episode that Tim Gordon and Joe Enders recently critiqued on their live stream yesterday, I’m going to link to it at the end and in the description, but I have to warn you, if you watch it, you might realize it doesn’t say anything like what they falsely claim it said and that those guys are just using clickbait to draw attention to themselves. Now, you might ...
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  • #229 What Is Biblical Male-Headship (and what it’s not…)

    #229 What Is Biblical Male-Headship (and what it’s not…)
    Dec 2 2025
    Joe breaks down Ephesians 5 and some common errors people interpret from the text. He explains what authentic Catholic male-headship looks like. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and for many people one of the hardest biblical teachings to know what to do with is this idea of male headship. When the Bible talks with the husband as the head of his wife, what does an authentic biblical headship look like? How should we not understand these passages and how can a proper understanding of headship actually improve your marriage? I think the best place to s...
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  • #228 So about the Catholic Bishops’ Immigration Message…

    #228 So about the Catholic Bishops’ Immigration Message…
    Nov 27 2025
    Joe tackles the recent message by the USCCB on US immigration and deportations, and the response from Boarder Czar Tom Homan. Transcript: JOE: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and today I want to talk about a contentious issue. What is a good Christian position on immigration? And I think it’s timely to talk about this on Thanksgiving for a couple of reasons. Number one, Thanksgiving is in many ways a story of people coming into the new world and these immigrants to a new country, to a new world were protected by the native population, the wampanoags. And had t...
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