153. Is it Evangelization or Coercion?

Catholicism in the Car

What does true evangelization look like? Many of us (especially in America) have ill informed views about evangelization, how it is done, and what it is. In this episode, I seek to clear up some of the confusion about this topic and offer solutions. These solutions are not novel, but truly getting back to the roots of the Christian message and history. 00:00 Intro. A Personal Note about Snow Plowing 01:50 Referencing my video "The Bishops are Acting Like Judas." What is Evangelization? My brother-in-law-Joe Smith 04:23 Two Methods of Bad Evangelization 05:31 Coercive Evangelization 06:39 True Evangelization Imitates God's Action 08:07 The Modern World's Faulty Conception of Evangelization. Truth is Communicative. 09:45 What does it mean to be convinced of something? 10:53 Ideological Rape and Seduction 12:50 We all Want People to Agree with Us. Identity. 14:43 True Evangelization is Offering the Truth to Another. 16:00 Responding to Rebuttals. All Groups Kill for Ideology. 19:03 My Definition of Evangelization: Presenting the Truth as we see it for the consideration of another. 19:23 Vatican II and Evangelization 20:00 Outro. Reach Out to Me! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/parker-zurbuch6/support