353: Cold Showers, No Alcohol, No Media, No Sweets: Exodus 90. Let’s do this! [Podcast]

Dr Taylor Marshall Podcast

Dr. Taylor Marshall

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Catholicism is built on “asceticism” the practice of physical and mental discipline. Many Catholic men have found this with Exodus 90. Dr Taylor Marshall (who has done Exodus 90 twice) interviews the founder and director of Exodus 90 James Baxter on the need to live a penitential and ascetic life: Cold Showers, No Alcohol, No Media, No Sweets: Exodus 90. Let’s do this! Watch this new podcast episode by clicking here: Or listen to the audio mp3 here: If you’d like to order a copy of Taylor’s new book Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within, you can order it in Hardback, Kindle, or Audiobook. Check out Patreon Patron Benefits for Donating to Dr Taylor Marshall’s Show! All these video discussions are free. Do you want to recommend a show, get signed books, and show support? Here’s how: click on Patreon Patron link: Become a Patron of this Podcast: I am hoping to produce more free weekly podcast Videos. Please help me launch these videos by working with me on Patreon to produce more free content. In gratitude, I’ll send you some signed books or even stream a theology event for you and your friends. Please become one of my patrons and check out the various tier benefits at: https://www.patreon.com/drtaylormarshall If the audio player does not show up in your email or browser, please click here to listen. If you find this podcast episode helpful, please share this podcast on Facebook. Get more from the Taylor Marshall Show: * Read Taylor Marshall’s historical fiction Sword and Serpent Trilogy. * Download the Study Guide at: http://swordandserpent.com * Take classed with Dr Marshall at the New Saint Thomas Institute. Please visit newsaintthomas.com for more details. Please Share Your Feedback for Taylor Marshall Show: * I’d love to read your feedback: While you listen to today’s podcast, would you please take 30 seconds to write a review? Please click here to Rate this Podcast! * iTunes: 3,549,958 downloads * Youtube: 10,311,915 downloads * SHOUT OUTS: A huge “shout out” to all 1,692 of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. Please rate this podcast by clicking here. From there you can leave a review. I appreciate you for this! Thank you! How to Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or Youtube: Apple/Mac Users: Please subscribe via iTunes by clicking here and then clicking on “View in iTunes.” Android Users: For listening to The Taylor Marshall Show on Android devices (free) using: * Android Stitcher app. * Android

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0:00.0	Should Catholics be ascetic?
0:02.7	Should Catholics live a penitential life focused on fasting and self-denial?
0:08.4	Going all the way back of course to John the Baptist, our Lord, the Apostles and the Early Church Fathers.
0:15.0	Fasting penance asceticism was always an integrated part of what it meant to be a follower of Jesus Christ.
0:22.0	And I'm joined today with James Baxter. He's with
0:25.8	Exodus 90 and we're going to talk about this program that's emerged over the last few years
0:30.5	for men to rediscover what it means to be a follower of Christ
0:35.0	through the path of asceticism. James, welcome the show.
0:39.8	Dr. Marshall, hey, thanks so much for this opportunity.
0:42.6	It's a joy to be with you.
0:43.8	Yes, so, you know, being, before we talk about Exodus 90,
0:47.3	I mean, being a Christian means that you carry across.
0:52.8	It's always been part of the Gospels,
0:54.8	and it seems that in the last 50, 60, 70 years,
0:59.9	Christianity has become sort of soft.
1:02.3	You know, it's a motive, it's how you feel, it's emotions, and this whole idea of military language for the Christian life is seen as politically incorrect and something that we need to move
1:15.2	beyond. What do you say to that? Yeah I mean the truth is so few people know what asceticism is and fewer can pronounce it and
1:28.3	that's kind of a sign of you know real lack in catechises you know in our real lack in Catechises you know in our in our Catholic faith you know when we
1:37.0	look even at at the Jesuits the whole frame for Ignatius's model is as a society is a sort of military and a militaristic frame
1:45.8	which resulted in the abundant fruitfulness of the order at the origin right?
1:50.4	But you're right you know we've totally gotten away from that in the last 50 years or so and you
1:57.8	know we you know even when exodus was you know we'll get into this I'm sure when
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