#12736 Why Don’t We See Charismatic Gifts? Original Sin and God - William Albrecht

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

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“Why don’t we see more of the charismatic gifts in the Catholic Church?” This question opens a discussion that also touches on the nature of original sin and God’s relationship with evil, as well as addressing concerns about Pope Vigilius and responses to objections regarding God’s presence. The conversation provides clarity on these diverse theological topics.

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Questions Covered:

03:18 – Why don’t I see more of the charismatic gifts in the Catholic Church?
11:09 – Discussion with Non-denom Sister. Thinks Jesus was not free from original sin and God created evil. Looking for Bible focused responses for the idea that God is completely incompatible with sin.
19:00 – Did Pope Vigilius go against earlier popes in the 3 chapter controversy.
29:25 – An orthodox objection. What’s a good response to the idea that we only see God in his energies.
34:00 – How do I speak about the Catholic Faith to my friends and family who say Catholicism is too complicated?
46:14 – If I become Catholic, do I need a new name?

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0:49.5	So whichever one appeals to you, use either one you'll get to William's work. You're doing any debating? Have you been out on the road at all, or are you a homebody right now? Been debating quite a bit, yeah. In fact, a debate I had with a friend of the channel, Matt Frad, Pikes for the Quineas, that debate should be out in a few days. And another friend of the channels, Cameron capturing Christianity, debated for him a few
1:11.5	days ago. So a lot of debating, a lot of fun stuff. You were debating on their shows. You weren't
1:15.6	debating Cameron and Mac, right? Just so I'm not, I'm not sure who's given up their Catholic
1:22.7	faith there, but they were hosting, my bad, was definitely not debating them. They're firmly Catholic.
1:28.8	Yeah. Yeah. So who'd you debate on there? Or is that top secret? You got to wait until it comes out.
1:35.3	No, no. It'll come out in a few days. And shout out to him. He was a total gentleman, the name of
1:41.4	Pastor Farage. He is a former Oriental Orthodox. I'm not sure if he was a
1:47.0	deacon or a priest, but he's a convert, which is, you know, odd. You go from Orthodoxy, and he's a
1:52.8	pastor now, a Calvinist. And we debated the topic of the bodily assumption of Mary. I thought it was
1:58.6	a great debate. I thought it was a great dialogue. And, hey, I
2:01.9	hope one day he comes to the fullness and comes to Catholicism, really. It isn't it nice when
2:08.3	the debate is with a civil person? Like, sometimes, I know you've been in all kinds of debates,
2:13.5	but I sometimes feel like people don't get it. Like, debating is, well, maybe some people
2:19.4	do want to exploit it as an emotional thing. It's supposed to be an intellectual thing. It's supposed to
2:23.9	be where a thousand percent. I had such a great time debating that pastor. Very different than
2:29.8	dealing with the shouting that I'm used to from the Black Hebrew-Israelite people, very, very
2:35.2	different. Black Hebrew Israelites, that's part of their whole schick, I think, is aggression.
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