The Counsel of Trent

Do you feel apprehension about sitting down to read the Old Testament? Franciscan University professor John Bergsma explains why we often feel that way and how we can overcome “Old Testament Anxiety Syndrome”.

In this episode Trent appears as a guest on Reason and Theology to defend the merits of capitalism against the competing theories of distributism and socialism.

Was Jesus just a New Age guru? Does the moon stop existing if you don’t look at it? In this episode Trent joins Cy Kellett to rebut the ideas of popular New Age practitioner Deepak Chopra.

In this episode Trent is joined by his friend and former colleague Steve Wagner, the executive director of Justice for All, to talk about their experiences engaging college students (including those dressed up as Jesus and skeletons) on the issue of abortion.

In this episode Trent continues his discussion about pro-life philosophy by rebutting some of the most sophisticated arguments made in defense of abortion.

It’s pro-life week on the Counsel of Trent podcast so Trent is dedicating two episodes to defending the pro-life view against clever thought experiments and powerful objections from the world’s best pro-choice philosophers.

Trent usually tries to be prepared for any disaster but in this episode he reveals the one calamity that scares him the most, how it could realistically happen, and how he’s still going to prepare for it.

In this episode Trent sits down with former Christian Sam Devis and explores his concerns about free will, objective morality, and evolution as a guest on his podcast When Belief Dies.

Is Pope Francis not the real Pope? Has the office of the papacy been vacant since Vatican II because the Popes embraced heresy? In this episode Trent sits down with Michael Lofton of Reason and Theology to examine sedevacantism and explore how to refute this unfortunate schism within the Church.

It’s time to go back to the future . . . and the past! In this free-for-all-Friday Trent reveals the secret history of time travel in fiction and dives into the paradoxes authors try to evade when they use time travel in their stories.

In the first episode of 2021, Trent addresses a topic requested by many of his patrons and shows how it applies to recent events related to surges of Covid-19.

Merry Christmas everyone! Trent and his family wish you many blessings over the Christmas season and in the New Year!

In this episode Trent breaks down a recent statement from the USCCB on the ethics of using Covid-19 vaccines given their connections to past abortion-related research.

In this episode Trent examines a recent New York Times expose on Pornhub, reveals the porn industry's "dirty laundry," and describes how we as a culture must fight "Big porn." Trent also provides some practical tips for protecting your family from this pervasive sin.

Trent and his family are on their way to Texas, so enjoy his thoughts about the famous “tourist traps” they pass and some more you can probably visit near you!