Saint Thecla – Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints – Episode #60

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Saint Thecla – Courage, Fire, and the Birth of Christian Womanhood

Episode #60

 

Welcome to another episode of Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints. And this week, we are focusing on an amazing female Saint from the very earliest days of Christianity that many today do not know about – Saint Thecla. 

 

Saint Thecla is one of the most electrifying figures of early Christianity — a young noblewoman who defied her family, her fiancé, and the Roman world to follow Saint Paul. Her story includes courtroom drama, miraculous escapes, attempted martyrdoms, and the founding of one of the earliest Christian communities led by a woman.

 

This episode explores her life through Scripture, the Acts of Paul and Thecla, archaeology, Greco‑Roman history, and the rise of female leadership in the early Church. This week we bring to life the woman early Christians called “Equal to the Apostles.”

 

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The Prophecies Jesus Fulfilled – Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints – Bonus Episode

 

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Why Christianity Is True: The Prophecies Jesus Fulfilled

Bonus Episode

Why Christianity is True Series

 

Welcome to another special BONUS episode of Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints and our continuing series – Why Christianity is true.   And this week we uncover the evidence for the Truth of Christianity that comes from analyzing the record of Prophecies Fulfilled by Jesus.

 

For weeks we’ve examined the historical case for Jesus of Nazareth — hostile witnesses, archaeology, manuscript reliability, and the world the Gospels describe. Now we turn to one of the most astonishing lines of evidence: prophecy.

 

This episode explores the Old Testament predictions written centuries before Jesus’ birth, the prophecies Jesus Himself made, and the historically verifiable ways they were fulfilled. From Bethlehem to Calvary, from Isaiah’s Suffering Servant to Zechariah’s Pierced Messiah, from the Magi to the Resurrection — this episode reveals why the life of Jesus cannot be explained by coincidence or conspiracy, but only by divine orchestration.

 

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The Reliability of the Gospels – Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints – Bonus Episode

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Why Christianity Is True: The Reliability of the Gospels and Paul’s Letters

Bonus Episode

Why Christianity is True Series

 

Welcome to another special BONUS episode of Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints and our continuing series – Why Christianity is true.   And this week we uncover the historical backbone of the Christian faith – the Gospels and the Letters of Paul.

 

From debunking the modern myth of “hidden Gospels” being suppressed to exploring the eyewitness fingerprints embedded in Scripture, this episode dismantles modern conspiracy theories about the origins of the Bible and reveals how the Gospels and Paul’s letters stand as the most reliable records of Jesus of Nazareth that exist. Using archaeology, manuscript science, and cold‑case forensics, we trace the timeline from the Resurrection (AD 30) to Paul’s writings (AD 55), showing how truth—not legend—was preserved.

 

Discover how early creeds, embarrassing details, and independent testimony converge to form a powerful case for the authenticity of the New Testament.

 

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Saint John Chrysostom – Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints – Episode #59

 

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Saint John Chrysostom: The Golden‑Mouthed Prophet of Constantinople

Episode #59

 

Welcome to another episode of Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints. And this week, we are focusing on Saint John Chrysostom (347–407), one of the greatest preachers in Christian history. 

 

He rose from the bustling streets of Antioch to the archbishop’s throne in Constantinople. His fearless sermons defending the poor, his reforms against corruption, and his unmatched eloquence earned him the title Chrysostomos—“Golden Mouth.” Yet his courage also brought powerful enemies, leading to exile, suffering, and ultimately death far from home.

 

This episode explores his early life, ascetic formation, legendary homilies, dramatic confrontations with imperial power, and his enduring legacy in both East and West. Featuring historical mosaics, ancient manuscripts, and immersive reconstructions, we follow the journey of a man whose words still burn with truth today.

 

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Saint Phoebe – Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints – Episode #58

 

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Saint Phoebe: Deacon of Cenchreae — Bearer of the Letter to the Romans

Episode #58

 

Welcome to another episode of Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints. And this week, we are going to travel from the bustling port of Cenchreae to the marble skyline of ancient Rome.  This episode traces the extraordinary journey of Saint Phoebe — the woman Saint Paul called diakonos and prostatis.

 

Though mentioned only briefly in Scripture, Phoebe’s impact on Christian history is immense. She carried the Epistle to the Romans across the sea, interpreted it for the first believers in Rome, and embodied the courage, generosity, and leadership that shaped the early Church.

 

Her story unfolds through archaeology, Scripture, cultural history, and theological insight — culminating in the celebration of her feast day, where Christians honor her as patron of deacons, women in ministry, and benefactors. This film reveals the radiant legacy of the woman who carried Paul’s greatest letter and whose service continues to inspire the Church today.

 

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Hostile Witness Evidence for Jesus – Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints – Part 2: The Jewish World

 

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The Evidence for Jesus: The Hostile Witnesses — Part 2: The Jewish World

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Why Christianity is True Series

 

Welcome to another special BONUS episode of Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints and our continuing series – Why Christianity is true.   And this week, we are continuing our discussion of the evidence for Jesus Christ with a focus on the hostile witnesses to Christianity.    

 

 

This week we step into the world of Jewish hostile witnesses — sources that opposed Jesus, resisted His movement, and yet preserved some of the most striking confirmations of the Gospel record. From Josephus’s careful political histories to the Babylonian Talmud’s polemical debates, from the forty‑year failure of the Temple’s atonement signs to the ominous omens recorded before Jerusalem’s fall, these witnesses did not intend to support Christianity. But their testimony — reluctant, conflicted, and often hostile — converges with the New Testament in ways too precise to ignore.

 

This episode uncovers how proximity, resistance, and record‑keeping created one of the most unexpected bodies of evidence for the historical Jesus.

 

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Saint Simeon Bachos – Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints – Episode #57

 

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Simeon Bachos: The Ethiopian Eunuch Who Carried the Gospel Across a Continent

Episode #57

 

Welcome to another episode of Saturday Cappuccino with the Saints. And this week, we are going to journey into one of the most powerful and overlooked stories in early Christianity — the conversion of Simeon Bachos, the Ethiopian eunuch of Acts 8.

 

This episode uncovers the global world of ancient eunuchs, the deep Jewish roots of Ethiopia, the mystery of the Ark of the Covenant, and how one man’s encounter with Philip ignited one of the world’s oldest Christian civilizations. From the Queen of Sheba to King Ezana, from Isaiah’s prophecy to the waters of baptism, discover the “rest of the story” that Paul Harvey would have loved — a story of faith, identity, inclusion, and divine destiny.

 

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