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NEW AUDIO TAPES
NEW!
an introduction TO ISLAM
A Catholic Answer to the Call of the Minaret
Patrick Madrid and Daniel Ali
 
All eyes have been turned toward Islam since the horrifying terrorist attacks against the U.S. on September 11, 2001. Many people wonder what the religion of Mohammed is all about, how it came into being, and what Muslims really believe. In this riveting new tape set, Catholic author and commentator Patrick Madrid teams up with Daniel Ali, a Kurdish former Muslim who converted to Catholicism in 1996, to provide an unprecedented and compelling look at the religion of Islam. You'll learn what Muslims really believe about the nature of God, Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, Jihads, and what the Koran says about how Muslims should view non-Muslims. And you'll discover why this devout Muslim converted to faith in Jesus Christ and entered the Catholic Church and why he has since devoted his life to reaching out to Muslims with the saving message of Christ. Now more than ever Islam's call of the minaret must be answered with a vibrant Catholic response. This exciting and deeply informative new tape set will help you learn how to understand and respond to Islam. This is first in a series of new tapes giving a Catholic answer to the challenge of Islam. Powerful and penetrating!

2-tape set in clear album, $15

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NEW!
Catholics and the rapture
Does the Bible Predict the Rapture? Will You Be Caught Up Or Left Behind?
Patrick Madrid and Carl Olson
 
You run into them everywhere these days — those best-selling, slickly produced, heavily publicized apocalyptic potboilers called the Left Behind series. Their co-authors, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, base their fictional books about the "End Times" on an eccentric and novel Protestant theory known as the secret “rapture,” which they claim will be a third, “invisible,” coming of Christ to snatch away all “true Christians” from the earth before the terrors of the Tribulation and the reign of the Antichrist begin.

Are these End Times stories merely a harmless diversion for rapture-believing Protestants and curious Catholics? Or is there something more dangerous in the theology and attitudes this mushrooming “rapture industry” is promoting? Get the facts in this explosive new tape set by best-selling Catholic author and apologist Patrick Madrid as he's joined by Carl Olson, a prolific Catholic writer, apologist, and convert from Fundamentalism. Together, they examine the problems with the Left Behind books and explain exactly what the Bible really says — and doesn't say —about the rapture, the Tribulation, and the Second Coming of Christ. An excellent resource to share with your Evangelical and Fundamentalist Protestant friends!

2-tape set in clear album, $15

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NEW!
there's something about Harry
A New Catholic Analysis of the Harry Potter Phenomenon
Patrick Madrid, Michael O'Brien, & Toni Collins

Harry Potter mania is sweeping the country. Many Catholic parents have serious questions about whether they should allow their kids to see the new HP movie and let them read (or keep reading) the HP books. You won't want to miss this powerful new commentary on the Harry Potter craze. Cut through all the hype and all the posturing, pro and con, and discover what the Church really teaches about such things, and get the facts parents need to know in order to properly guide their children.

Some well-known Catholic writers have weighed in favorably toward Harry Potter, while other Catholic leaders have raised the warning that there are subtle but real dangers involved with them, pointing out that the witchcraft and wizardry presented so appealingly and realistically in the books is highly problematic, especially for Catholics (cf. CCC 2117).

There's something about Harry that all Catholics should be aware of. Are you informed about the real issues surrounding these extremely popular books and movie? In this exclusive, new two-tape series, Envoy magazine's Patrick Madrid, is joined by respected Catholic author and commentator Michael O'Brien, and by noted Catholic writer Toni Collins. Together, they take you inside the real issues at stake and offers the solid, calm, carefully considered facts. Don't miss this one!

2-tape set in clear album, $15

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NEW!

Radio Apologetics 1
Patrick Madrid Explains Defends the Faith on Live Call-In Radio Shows

You’ll love this series of exciting and sometimes dramatic radio interviews with best-selling author and Catholic apologist, Patrick Madrid. In each show, he explains issues pertaining to the Catholic Church — what it teaches and why, where its teachings can be found in the Bible, and what the evidence of Christian history tells us about the origins of the Catholic Church. You’ll get practical, useful advice in each show on how you can better live out your faith in Christ and how you can explain your Catholic beliefs more intelligently, defend them more charitably, and share them more effectively with those around you. Patrick shows you — on these live, national call-in radio shows — how to be an apostle for Christ without losing your cool or getting flustered, even when challenged by aggressive non-Catholics. This is an excellent set for personal or group study or to make your daily commute more spiritually productive. You’ll learn from this veteran apologist how you can more confidently bring Christ to the World!

6-tape audio set, $40

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NEW!

Radio Apologetics 2
Patrick Madrid Defends the Catholic Faith on "Pass the Salt,"
an Evangelical Protestant Call-In Radio Show

You’ll be riveted by this explosive call-in radio show! Listen as veteran Catholic apologist Patrick Madrid goes into the “lion’s den” on this Evangelical Protestant call-in radio show in Columbus, Ohio. He explains and defends the Catholic Faith using Scripture and the facts of Christian history in response to many callers’ questions, including challenges from several angry and aggressive Protestant callers who try their best to shut down the case for the Catholic Church. The Protestant host of the show was himself an ex-Catholic, and he lobs several of his own tough questions and challenges at Madrid. In this hard-hitting and dramatic radio free-for-all, you’ll learn how you can answer common biblical and historical objections to Catholic teaching — even when posed by angry or aggressive Protestants — and do so with calm and patience. This tape set is guaranteed to get your blood pumping and your Catholic Faith invigorated!

2-tape audio set, $15

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NEW!

Radio Apologetics 3
Patrick Madrid Debates an Ex-Priest Turned Fundamentalist Minister
on Live Protestant Call-In Radio

In this adrenalin-filled radio debate, Catholic apologist Patrick Madrid squares off against Bart Brewer, an ex-Catholic priest, now a Baptist minister, who aims to bring Catholics out of "Romanism" into "biblical Christianity." Patrick had to contend with arguments from the show's two Protestant hosts, as well as the invective from the ex-priest, Bart Brewer, not to mention the Protestant listeners who called in to take a whack at Catholicism. One host even tried to ambush Madrid by playing a lengthy surprise audio clip by yet another Protestant polemicist attacking Catholic teaching on the Blessed Virgin Mary. This tape set is an absolute must for Catholics who want to learn how to explain and defend their beliefs under pressure!

2-tape audio set, $15

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“Search the Scriptures”
A Catholic/Protestant Debate
Patrick Madrid vs. Dr. Rowland Ward

Topic One:SOLA SCRIPTURA — Is the Bible the Only Infallible Rule of Faith?”
Topic Two: “SALVATION — What Must We Do To Be Saved?”

This exciting and informative debate took place before a large audience of Catholics and Protestants in Melbourne Australia during one of Patrick Madrid's speaking visits to that country. Dr. Rowland Ward is an Evangelical minister and theologian (Reformed), an author, and is active in apologetics. The themes of the debate, authority and salvation, are at the core of the controversy between Catholics and Protestants, and in this exchange you'll learn how Catholics can respond with Scripture to the standard arguments that are often posed by well-meaning but misguided Protestants. Dr. Ward was an articulate debater and gave a helpful explanation of Reformed Protestant views on these two key issues. Catholic apologist Patrick Madrid shows you how to respond — gently but firmly, using the Bible. Riveting!

4-tape set in clear album, $25

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“Hold Fast to the Traditions You Were Taught”
A Catholic/Protestant Debate on the Eucharist and Authority

Patrick Madrid vs. Rev. Fred Needham

Topic One: “THE EUCHARIST — Is the Catholic Doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist Biblical?”
Topic Two: “AUTHORITY — What Is the Christian's Final Authority, the Bible Alone, or the Bible, Tradition, and the Magisterium?”

This is a block-buster of a debate! Taped in Auckland New, Zealand at Rev. Needham's church before a large audience of several hundred Protestants and Catholics. This exchange between Patrick Madrid and Pentecostal minister, Frank Needham was friendly and polite but still very intense, exciting, and at times quite dramatic. The audience was comprised mainly of the members of the congregation of that Pentecostal church, most of whom were former Catholics. Great audience participation and an excellent opportunity to see how many Protestants attack the Catholic doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and how they try to defend their theory of going by the Bible alone. You'll be at the edge of your seat — the audience at the debate was!

3-tape set in a clear album, $20

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Does the Bible Teach Sola Scriptura?”
A Catholic/Protestant Debate

Patrick Madrid vs. James White

Yes, this is that debate you've been hearing about. A classic you won't want to miss! It took place in September, 1993, at a Protestant Church in San Diego. Regarded by many as their all-time favorite Catholic/Protestant debate on the important subject of Sola Scriptura (Latin: by Scripture alone). You'll love this hard-hitting, penetrating exchange on the central slogan of the Protestant Reformation. In this no-holds barred debate, the Protestant apologist makes his case for why he feels Christians should view the Bible as their sole, sufficient rule of faith. Catholic apologist, Patrick Madrid, presents a stirring biblical and logical critique of those arguments and shows conclusively that the Bible nowhere teaches the notion of sola scriptura. One of the best-selling Catholic apologetics debate tapes of all times — thousands of sets in circulation. Great to listen to on your daily commute or to use for study with your Catholic apologetics group. This debate is a “barn-burner”!

2-tape set in clear album, $15

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The First “Catholic/Mormon” Dialogue
The
Mormon “Great Apostasy” Doctrine & the Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity

Patrick Madrid and Elder Gary Coleman

Tape 1: Is the LDS “Great Apostasy” doctrine true?
Tape 2: Is the Catholic doctrine of the Trinity true?

In this historic and gentlemanly exchange, Patrick Madrid becomes the first Catholic apologist to formally debate an official representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon Church). President Coleman was at the time an LDS Mission President in Southern California. He has subsequently been called to serve as a General Authority in the LDS Church (Quorum of the Seventy).

This exciting event was held in 1990 at a large Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles before an audience of several hundred Catholics and Mormons. In this respectful yet hard-hitting exchange, the Catholic and Mormon positions on these two central issues are carefully laid out and then critiqued & defended. The LDS Church teaches that in the first few centuries of the Church, there was a complete apostasy that resulted in its utter failure, collapse, and disappearance until it was "restored" in 1831 by Mormonism's founder, Joseph Smith, Jr.

Patrick Madrid appeals to Sacred Scripture and the testimony of early Church history in his effort to demonstrate that this theory is not true. The section on the Trinity provides a spirited exchange in which the LDS speaker offers a critique of the Catholic doctrine of “One God in three Persons” and argues for the Mormon Church's doctrine that there are many Gods (i.e. “a plurality of Gods”). The audience Q&A section at the end of the debate is very illuminating. Many Catholics have used this dialogue tape set as a helpful apologetics tool in discussions with their Mormon friends. Informative, eye-opening, and exciting! 

 2-tape audio set in clear album, $15
Also available on VHS video!
$20

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The Second “Catholic / Mormon” Dialogue
Who Has Authority? and should you believe the Book of Mormon?

Patrick Madrid and Elder Frank Bradshaw

Tape 1: Who holds the Keys, prophet or pope?
Tape 2: Is the Book of Mormon inspired by God?

In this one-of-a-kind sequel to his first public exchange with an official LDS spokesman (officially selected by the LDS leadership in Salt Lake City to represent the LDS Church), Catholic apologist Patrick Madrid once again meets publicly with a spokesman for the Mormon Church. Elder Frank Bradshaw was the president of the LDS Institute of Religion section in Southern California at the time of this debate (1991). Like Elder Gary Coleman, who defended the Mormon Church's teachings in the previous Catholic/Mormon Dialogue, Elder Bradshaw offered an articulate and irenic presentation of LDS theology on two key issues: authority and the authenticity of the Book of Mormon. Patrick Madrid provided a Catholic response to and critique of those Mormon teachings, in light of Scripture and the historical facts surrounding Mormon prophets and the compilation of the Book of Mormon. Held in a large auditorium at the chancery complex of the Diocese of Orange before an audience of over 500 Mormons, Catholics, and Evangelicals, this public discussion about the two religions will help you understand how to talk about your Catholic Faith more effectively with Mormons. Perfect for your commute or to share with Mormon missionaries who visit your home!

2-tape audio set in clear album, $15

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