Why Choose Judas?

Ever wonder why Jesus — who knew Judas would betray Him before He called Judas to follow Him — selected Judas to be among the first class of bishops (which is what the 12 Apostles were)?

Watch and listen to me weave this into a very timely pre-Election Day “Omelet Station.” Did I successfully do it? Let me know in the Comments! And share any other thoughts you have about today’s topics in the Comments (and find the weekly subscriber Chat, too).

Enjoy the pod! Links mentioned in the episode are below …

Salad Bar (fresh links of interest):

“Things Hidden” Ep. 210 — https://aneighborschoice.com/things-hidden-210-qa-on-ray-peat-rene-girard-and-davids-plans-for-wrestling/

“Common Sense vs. Economics” — https://fee.org/articles/common-sense-vs-economics/

“Doug Casey’s Top Five Reasons Not to Vote” — https://internationalman.com/articles/doug-caseys-top-five-reasons-not-to-vote/

“The Most Devastating Report So Far” — https://brownstone.org/articles/the-most-devastating-report-so-far/

From Substack, Leila Marie Lawler’s “Happy Despite Them,” article “Andrew Cuomo, sanitary dictator” — https://leilamarielawler.substack.com/p/andrew-cuomo-sanitary-dictator

Omelet Station (Bible study):

Acts 1:15-26 — https://bible.usccb.org/bible/acts/1?15

Catechism of the Catholic Church — https://usccb.cld.bz/Catechism-of-the-Catholic-Church/560/

“Bad Roman Podcast, Ep. 119. From Eden to Empire (Part 3): Romans 13 Line by Line with Matt Mouzakis” — https://www.thebadroman.com/show-notes/episode-119

“Nobel Lecture” — https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/nobel-lecture

My own work I cited:

“Can You Resist ‘Utopia’ & ‘Escapism’?” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/can-you-resist-utopia-and-escapism

Rene Girard series:

• Part I — “Ancient Memes & Modern ‘Lawfare’ ” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/ancient-memes-and-modern-lawfare

• Part II — “Simple Things Replicate; Complex Things Grow” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/simple-things-replicate-complex-things

• Part III — “Antivirus Mindware” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/antivirus-mindware

• Part IV — “♪♫ ‘We Built This City …’ ♪♫” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/we-built-this-city

“Is ‘Spy Wednesday’ — Judas Plotting To Betray Jesus — the New ‘High Holy Day’?” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/is-spy-wednesday-judas-plotting-to

On Solzhenitsyn: “Your GPS Is Wrong — Turn Around” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/your-gps-is-wrong-turn-around

“2024 Election Special! (or Not So Special)” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/2024-election-special-or-not-so-special

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