AMAZING Intellectual Conversion! w/ Dr. Alan Harrelson

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8 ай бұрын

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@vinciblegaming6817 8 ай бұрын

He is so young but his accent is sooo Classically OLD. It is so fitting he is a southern historian. It’s like he just stepped out of history to bless us with his classical way of speaking. I love it so much!

@monikamoldvay6102 8 ай бұрын

I love the way he says "literature". Sounds so elegant.

@michaelt5030 8 ай бұрын

I listened to this episode on Spotify. My brain short-circuited when he said he was 35 years old. I was picturing Colonel Sanders the entire time!

@vinciblegaming6817 8 ай бұрын

@@michaelt5030 same! I caught a glimpse on KZfaq and was shocked by all that red hair! Gingers tend to gray earlier than others, so it just screamed young to me.

@Crandaddy81 8 ай бұрын

That sort of arhotic Southern accent is dying out. My mom and her siblings (boomers) kinda talk that way, but I don't know anyone younger than them that does. It's kinda refreshing to see someone younger talk like that.

@Telorchid 8 ай бұрын

@@Crandaddy81 points for mentioning the arhoticism. I recall the term from linguistic videos but wouldn't have been able to identify it.

@PatMcAnn 8 ай бұрын

My reaction after learning more deeply about Catholicism and reading the catechism was also, why didn't I understand this earlier, but even more than that, was , "Why was I so incredibly wrong about Catholicism?"!!!

@Call_Upon_YAH 8 ай бұрын

*These words are not mine.* These are the words the Ruach HaKodesh (YAHUAH's Set-Apart Spirit) uttered through me when I prayed to YAHUAH; asking him what *he wants* me to say, knowing the truth: "Know that YAHUAH is the name of the Most High and YAHUsha is the name of The Son. Come out of her, my people, who have fallen to the deceit of Constantine. Who know not my name and say they love me. I have made myself known. I have heard you and I am here. There are many who are yours to be saved. I am he who knows all that you are. Come to me, here are they who are mine. Make haste to come, here are we. Give in to them who speak of me, they are yours. I am here for you. Know that all is for them, here are we. Give not to them that are against me. I am he who sees all you do. Come to me out of her, all are here for me. Do what I say. Out of her, come. All are here." Exodus 3:13-15 KJV 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. John 5:43 KJV 43 *I am come in my Father's name,* and ye receive me not: *if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.* 2 Corinthians 6:17 KJV 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and *touch not the unclean thing;* *and I will receive you.* Isaiah 52:6-7 KJV 6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 KJV 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) Romans 10:1-3 KJV 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. Romans 10:13-17 KJV 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 *How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?* 15 *And how shall they preach, except they be sent?* as it is written, *How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!* 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. *For Esaias saith,* Lord, *who hath believed our report?* 17 *So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.* Nahum 1:7 KJV 7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and *he knoweth them that trust in him.* Hebrews 3:15 KJV 15 *While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.* Isaiah 52:11 KJV 11 *Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing;* go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord. John 14:15 KJV 15 *If ye love me, keep my commandments.*

@stevenkent1979 8 ай бұрын

Can’t get over that this guy’s voice is for real… It’s like foghorn leghorn personified. My Papaw was from Louisiana and sounded just like him. Brings back memories.

@davidbergeson1644 8 ай бұрын

Welcome to the Catholic Church Dr. Alan. My wife and I joined the Catholic Church in 2019. We would highly encourage you to take a pilgrimage to Rome. We went in August and it has chanced our lives.

@SuperZebezian 8 ай бұрын

That last line about people whom he has never met praying for his conversion is interesting. In Heaven I think it will be quite wonderful to see who all has prayed for us and how.

@godsstrength7129 8 ай бұрын

Oh my, you're so right!!

@Epiousios18 8 ай бұрын

Why would you want to know that? Not trying to be combative or accuse you of anything personally, but it seems like something that comes close to being a prideful desire. Maybe we are shown, but to know who did would also be to know who didn't and in general I think it opens a whole can of worms philosophically speaking. I think it is an interesting idea though.

@SuperZebezian 8 ай бұрын

@@Epiousios18 It is a guaranteed fact that at least at the end of time, at the General Judgement, all things will be made manifest. All the good and evil done by everyone throughout all of history will be made known to all, since it belongs to the Divine Judgement and goodness that everyone receives their proper reward and praise for their actions (or punishment and blame), and this can only be done if the good and evil of everyone be made known to all. We can only give thanks to those whose good deeds we know, and because gratitude is a virtue stemming from justice, it belongs to justice that we know who has done good to us and for us. Besides, in Heaven we will have no disordered thinking whatsoever, so it does not injure anyone's happiness if some particular person did not pray for them as much as they ought to have in this life (and who can say they pray as much as they should anyway?). There is no can of worms. There is no problem. The knowledge of who has done good and evil to us will be a reality all will come to know in the next life with perfect clarity.

@pamelabilnoski1535 8 ай бұрын

I am about to convert this is very similar to my story. Pints with Aquinas was a part of my journey too ❤ I am So thankful!

@ssazerac 8 ай бұрын

For those who are curious, he speaks with the Tidewater, Southern Coastal accent. If I had to guess, he's from the “Low Country” somewhere between Savannah, Ga and Charleston, SC.

@lumaeryn 8 ай бұрын

thank you for sharing, i was very curious!

@batissta44 8 ай бұрын

its a great accent

@Telorchid 8 ай бұрын

"My uh, PhD is in Southern History." Could there be a better accent to have spoken this line in?! (Was NOT expecting that.)

@jonny2times185 8 ай бұрын

I want to move away, move far away to a place where no one knows me so I can adopt this accent for myself without being questioned

@magnushieber7231 8 ай бұрын

You think its real? Lol!

@SoulfulSolid6 8 ай бұрын

@@magnushieber7231 Do you live under a rock or just in a city? lol!

@boomct8569 8 ай бұрын

Haha I had the same thought about moving away so I could adopt this accent!! But for now I’m just going to have to content myself by thinking in this gorgeous southern drawl. 😄

@magnushieber7231 8 ай бұрын

@@SoulfulSolid6 ive just NEVER heard an accent this eloquent

@FrJohnBrownSJ 8 ай бұрын

It's a glorious time to come aboard the bark of Peter!

@marilynBgood 8 ай бұрын

An Australian and a Southern Gentleman walk into a bar... lol Classic! Love it!

@boomct8569 8 ай бұрын

😂😂 As patriotic as I am though I’m actually embarrassed at our Australian accent compared to Alan’s. I could listen to his glorious voice for hours!

@marilynBgood 8 ай бұрын

@@boomct8569 Don't even be embarrassed! Your accent is super cool too! :)

@boomct8569 8 ай бұрын

@@marilynBgood Awww thanks! That makes me feel better 😊

@carapompilla 8 ай бұрын

There are people out there who pray for us and we don't know it...

@worldnotworld 8 ай бұрын

Intellectual curiosity had a lot to do with it for me too. I was lucky, as the Church is doing the worst possible job these days of holding up its intellectual tradition. I hadn't been a Christian at all until discovering the strength of its traditions. Chesterton, Merton, and Conor Cunningham were seminal, but also non-Catholics like John Milbank and David Bentley Hart. "Wait a minute, this all makes damned good sense," I found myself saying to myself out loud some years ago. And it still does!

@ArmenChakmakian 8 ай бұрын

1:20 I like how he said “he was a cradle Catholic, but a very, very devout Catholic” lol😂

@tonywolfe9513 8 ай бұрын

This guy is a trip.

@St_Pablo298 8 ай бұрын

Comments: 1. Congratulations on your journey into the Church 2. Do you do audio books? Thanks

@csongorarpad4670 8 ай бұрын

this was so wonderful to watch and lsiten to!

@kevinjboconnor 8 ай бұрын

God bless. Everyone has a different journey. Mine was not so straightforward--lots of rocky detours--but I'm incredibly thankful to be Catholic.

@stevesawicki2062 8 ай бұрын

Hallelujah and welcome

@karachie2008 8 ай бұрын

Great guest !

@residentevil1197 8 ай бұрын

I want you all to know that I now own two pipes because of this podcast

@laraluna9365 8 ай бұрын

I would like to listen to him talk all day ❤😆

@t3331157 8 ай бұрын

That accent is like a smooth whiskey infused with notes of tobacco.

@colleenfrance 8 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to listen!! Can we get him on Hallow asap! What a voice and presence! Amen and Welcome!! Holy Spirit landed a big fish on Dr. H

@sacamedeaca 8 ай бұрын

And YES!! No fear to say that the story of humanity is the story of catholicism.

@thefacelessquestion3333 8 ай бұрын

I could sleep on a cloud made of this man's voice.

@mccameralt8535 8 ай бұрын

I love his enthusiasm and seeming easygoingness. May he stay Catholic and be a good one. In Jesus name. Amen.

@OxyCleanForYourBrain 8 ай бұрын

I was lapsed after moving across country and people I never met prayed me home. The longing and constant homesickness for mass - it still took a bit for me to get over the hurdles. I pay it forward in Adoration and pray for people to obey the call and come home too. It's time for the lost lambs to come home to the safety of The Good Shepherd. Come home.

@calenbennedict2125 8 ай бұрын

His accent drew me into this episode!!!

@theveggieright 8 ай бұрын

Love the accent!! I would love to take his class. Just like watching Shelby Foote talking about the civil war.

@tuggercarlson 2 ай бұрын

He is so obviously LARPing as a southern planter-class aristocrat by exaggerating his accent.

@MrMjdixon95 8 ай бұрын

I am a protestant becoming increasingly interested in the Roman Catholic church. Can you suggest an edition of the catholic catechism I should get? Also, are there other resources to read?

@kevinjones7980 8 ай бұрын

I converted a few years ago. There's the Catechism of the Council of Trent from the 1500's, which is good, but unless you have a copy of Thomas Aquinas Summa laying around which it makes many references to, doesn't go into a lot of detail. It was directed more towards the priests and how they should instruct the laity. The modern version, has a lot of quotes from the early fathers and important documents from the Church. It is written to be more understandable by the laity. I'm still working my way through both.

@ironleatherwood 8 ай бұрын

Follow Jesus as your Lord and Savior my friend. God's word doesn't tell any human to create denominations. Humans made up that nonsense.

@MrMjdixon95 8 ай бұрын

@@ironleatherwood, respectfully, this seems to dismiss the literally thousands of years of church history. "Just follow Jesus" means a lot of things to a lot of people. Arians thought they were just following Jesus but were heretics. I am interested in the Catholic church because I am currently getting my Masters of Divinity to pursue the pastorate in the Presbyterian Church in America. Even in Jesus's day, he respectfully engaged with the "denominations": Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Zealots. All four were love by Christ but God's church seems to be split constantly. Denominations aren't the ideal, John 17, but they are the outworking of sin. Think of the great schism in 1054 between East and West. I have been doing a lot of reading on the Lord's Supper, and the Reformed view of mystical presence seems to be the earliest. I am wondering what needs to be believed and not in the catholic church.

@MrMjdixon95 8 ай бұрын

@@kevinjones7980 Thank you! I actually have a copy of the Summa I am about to start in January. I'll check it out.

@kevinjones7980 8 ай бұрын

@@MrMjdixon95 Nice. I haven't tried tackling Summa...yet.

@jonesmichaelstx 8 ай бұрын

Welcome

@elitzacraig9806 8 ай бұрын

That's his actual voice? Wow, he sounds incredible! God speed sir!

@tonygville2969 8 ай бұрын

Cleveland Tennessee, what a beautiful town. I had the pleasure of visiting the old Mill to feed the trout a few times. A dear friend Kathleen went to Montreat Anderson College with me. But it is Grand to be Home thanks to the Holy Ghost and Steve Wood 👍🙏 Viva Cristo Rey

@brandonashley5872 8 ай бұрын

I had no idea Walker Percy was Catholic, now I'm gonna have to see if Shelby Foote was also Catholic.

@byronhamilton8021 8 ай бұрын

He wasn't

@CountMondego55 8 ай бұрын

"I'm your huckleberry"

@skavihekkora5039 8 ай бұрын

Links to pipes and accessories please!

@tonywolfe9513 8 ай бұрын

I came to this video because I had to see this guy based on his accent. I would have guessed 65.

@NateBeard 8 ай бұрын

It is wild how much he sounds like Martin Sheen from Catch Me If You Can. (who plays a Protestant who is catholic in real life haha)

@user-xp2jd6fb7l 8 ай бұрын

Love the red beard.

@franciscaarruda6622 8 ай бұрын

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@Thomasinas 8 ай бұрын

Wait until he moves from the intellectual to the mystical.....a whole new world will open up again and again and again and....

@stormcrow1970 8 ай бұрын

Seeing the pipe Matt's smoking all I can say is one thing: I'm *VERY* disappointed the entire interview wasn't done with him wearing a Gandalf hat!

@boomct8569 8 ай бұрын

With Thursday in the background as Frodo 😉

@Call_Upon_YAH 8 ай бұрын

*These words are not mine.* These are the words the Ruach HaKodesh (YAHUAH's Set-Apart Spirit) uttered through me when I prayed to YAHUAH; asking him what *he wants* me to say, knowing the truth. Blessed are they who keep YAHUAH's word: "Know that YAHUAH is the name of the Most High and YAHUsha is the name of The Son. Come out of her, my people, who have fallen to the deceit of Constantine. Who know not my name and say they love me. I have made myself known. I have heard you and I am here. There are many who are yours to be saved. I am he who knows all that you are. Come to me, here are they who are mine. Make haste to come, here are we. Give in to them who speak of me, they are yours. I am here for you. Know that all is for them, here are we. Give not to them that are against me. I am he who sees all you do. Come to me out of her, all are here for me. Do what I say. Out of her, come. All are here." Exodus 3:13-15 KJV 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. John 5:43 KJV 43 *I am come in my Father's name,* and ye receive me not: *if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.* 2 Corinthians 6:17 KJV 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and *touch not the unclean thing;* *and I will receive you.* Isaiah 52:6-7 KJV 6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 KJV 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) Romans 10:1-3 KJV 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. Romans 10:13-17 KJV 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 *How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?* 15 *And how shall they preach, except they be sent?* as it is written, *How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!* 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. *For Esaias saith,* Lord, *who hath believed our report?* 17 *So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.* Nahum 1:7 KJV 7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and *he knoweth them that trust in him.* Hebrews 3:15 KJV 15 *While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.* Isaiah 52:11 KJV 11 *Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing;* go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord. John 14:15 KJV 15 *If ye love me, keep my commandments.*

@TheYoungCatholics 8 ай бұрын

"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world" We have to test these "insights" against the history of the Church -- if we do we find them heavily wanting.

@PASSIONISTS. 7 ай бұрын

@Call_Upon_YAHUAH OK... So first things first. Go back to the early church fathers. Right after the Apostles. I'm talking Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp, Clement of Rome, Tertullian, Justin Martyr, etc. The earliest Christians right after the Apostle John. Read their writings. Next, before the New Testament was compiled, the Church functioned off of letters & TRADITION according to Paul. 2 Thessalonians 2:15. The Bible wasn't compiled until the late 300's by the Catholic Church. It contained 73 books. Fast forward to the 1500's, Martin Luther (the protestant pope lol) was a Catholic Augustinian monk. Actually go dig deep & read about his life. His scrupulosity, fears, & OCD were off the charts. He removed 7 books from the Holy Bible to support HIS belief system. Look at his fruits as the father of protestantism... 40,000 different denominations & nobody interprets the Word the same. Actually study your Bible. Read John 6 over & over & over. Then read John 20:21-23. Matthew 16:18-19. Regarding Mary Genesis 3:15 Luke 1:28 Alllll the way to Revelation 12

@MB-sb5vh 8 ай бұрын

What's his accent?

@jamessloanofficial 5 ай бұрын

Tidewater/Lowcountry…basically from around Charleston SC down towards Savannah GA

@MeadeSkeltonMusic 10 күн бұрын

@@jamessloanofficial Tidewater is a Virginian accent. His is SC, probably, but there are similarities.

@samiral-hayed1656 8 ай бұрын

First

@davida.bishop4024 8 ай бұрын

This guy is a Millennial fake 😅

@thewalruswasjason101 8 ай бұрын

Smoking is a sin. Repent

@phineusphineas 8 ай бұрын

We're Catholic brother not Puritans.

@KyleWhittington 8 ай бұрын

No it's not.

@vinciblegaming6817 8 ай бұрын

And this is why I give the stink eye to anyone claiming baptists preach no-works salvation and Catholics are works salvation. Do ya not hear yourself when you condemn others with a message that isn’t even biblical?

@sarw5705 8 ай бұрын

Do you want to follow Christ or you want to follow the catholic church the teaches so many things that doesn't agree with Bible, the choice is yours, even satan can come as the angel of light, test all things, salvation is through Christ not through the catholicism

@rodrigohmoraes 8 ай бұрын

I have to admit, I quite like being in the Church created by Christ himself. But thank you for your concern

@ironleatherwood 8 ай бұрын

@@paxChristi123God gave humans the Bible.

@aaronleadley8245 8 ай бұрын

Oh dear, the usual protestant who gives us a bad reputation. With the church being older than the bible i wonder how one would come to that conclusion. As an Anglican we believe in the catholic church, the communion of saints etc, not the Roman Catholic, putting a small c on it means something completely different. Me myself, i'm not convinced self righteousness has ever made anyone more open to a point being made, rather it tends to get the back up a touch.

@josephssewagudde8156 8 ай бұрын

@@aaronleadley8245 kindly distinguish the beliefs of the Catholic church and how they different from the Roman Catholic church?

@aaronleadley8245 8 ай бұрын

oh that's easy, catholic in it's english meaning just means the whole and or universal. given that the creed i was quoting from is pre great schism, the orthodox also believe in the catholic church in the same sense being a statement of accepting all churches (with a couple of exceptions, mormons JW's for instance and a few more for the Orthodox ) as gods church. Catholic with a capital c becomes a noun and not an adjective, so refers traditionally to the Roman Catholic church. @@josephssewagudde8156