Counsel of Trent

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent gives his thoughts on the body horror film "The Substance"

In this episode Trent rebuts a popular skeptical argument against the Bible that would destroy our modern understanding of history and ancient literature.

In this episode Trent reveals four things Catholics need to stop saying to Protestants.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent discusses the unexpected effects of the unusual summer of 1816.

In this episode Trent breaks down how some conservatives need to stop treating their favorite politicians and influencers as infallible oracles. Transcript:   Trent: In the 2010s, conservatives rightly mocked what looked like the idolatrous worship of liberal icons like Barack Obama or Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but some conservatives have fallen into the same trap of offering idolatrous worship or sycophantic flattery to people like Donald Trump, and in doing so, some of them have abandoned their Christian values in the process. The fact that liberals and conservatives easily fall into self-de...

In this episode Trent responds to Protestant criticisms of Catholicism on a recent episode of the George Janko podcast. Transcript: Trent: Recently the George Janko podcast hosted a group of Protestant influencers that he called the Christian Avengers, which include Ruslan KD, Cliff and Stuart Knechtel, Bryce Crawford, Johnny Chang, and the Ladies from Girls Gone Bible. Before I talk about their takes on Catholicism, I want to note that many of their takes on other issues in their discussion reveals deep flaws in Protestantism, though I think many of them represent modern evangelical views of ...

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent describes a series of poignant paintings that beautifully illustrate "the voyage of life".

In this episode Trent shares an excerpt from a recent conversation he had with a Protestant about Catholic authority.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent shares which beloved food aren't as good as people think.

Trent Horn explores transgender threats and violence from a Christian perspective. This episode examines specific incidents where individuals identifying as transgender have threatened others for opposing their views, and how Christians should respond with both charity and accountability.

In this episode of The Counsel of Trent, Trent Horn delves into the recent letter from Pope Francis to U.S. bishops, responding to President Trump's mass deportation orders and Vice President JD Vance's controversial comments on Christian love and immigration. Exploring the Catholic Church’s balanced teaching on immigration, Trent addresses the complexities of illegal immigration, deportation, and border security, offering clarity on the Pope's stance. He also critiques inconsistencies in the Church’s responses to Trump and Biden policies, arguing for a more nuanced understanding of the issues. Watch as Trent separates the heat from the light in this important discussion on immigration, the Church’s moral teachings, and the politics surrounding deportation and illegal immigration.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent reminisces about the Summer he spent filming a zombie movie for a friend.

In this episode, Trent explores how to defend Catholic teaching on sexuality by focusing on one key question.

In this episode Trent examines how heretical church music harms the faithful.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent offers is thoughts on travel, mortality, plane crashes, and hope in the aftermath of the recent crash in DC.

In this episode Trent responds to the common objection: "Jesus said nothing about homosexuality."

In this episode Trent breaks down the most common verse Protestants present as an objection to the Catholic view of salvation.

In this free-for-all-Friday, Trent breaks down the weirdest phobias and also shares some of his own weird fears.

In this episode Trent breaks down Alex O'Connor's recent debate with 20 Christians on the Jubilee show "Surrounded".

In this episode Trent examines why so many pro-lifers end up joining the Catholic church.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent sits down with Amber Rose to reveal how pro-lifers should move forward in a post-Dobbs world.

In this episode Trent reveals an intuitive argument he finds helpful in making the case for an all-male priesthood.

In this episode Trent examines a common attitude that can cause people to reject God's offer of eternal life.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent reveals the books he's been reading and how Point of View changes storytelling.

In this episode Trent compares how Mel Gibson and Wes Huff both engaged the topic of Christ’s resurrection on the Joe Rogan Experience.   Transcription: Trent: On Monday, I reviewed Wesley Huff’s defensive Christianity on the Joe Rogan podcast. But after finishing that episode, I saw that Rogan interviewed Mel Gibson, who also talked about Christ Resurrection. So in today’s episode, I want to compare both of these men’s approaches and talk about how a lot of people misunderstand what it means to engage in evangelism. What’s interesting is that both Huff and ...

In this episode Trent breaks down Wesley Huff's recent defense of the resurrection on the Joe Rogan Experience.

In this free-for-all Friday Trent explores the rise and overly commercialized downfall of the Guinness Book of World Records.

In this episode Trent reviews a recent discussion on Catholicism between Michael Knowles and Charlie Kirk.

In this episode Trent reveals how a missing element in Protestant worship is leading so many people to more apostolic forms of Christianity.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent reminisces about the unexpected good things that came out of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In this episode Trent sits down with Fr. Gabriel and Fr. Anthony of Coptic Orthodox Answers to address the errors of sola scriptura and transgenderism.

In this episode Trent examines how some online Christians contradict Christ's call to charity through their profane behavior.

In this episode Trent shows why it’s a bad idea for Protestants to cite the Church fathers in defense of sola scriptura. Transcription: Trent: When Protestants try to enlist the church fathers to defend the doctrine of soul of scriptura, they face a dilemma. If they use the earliest church fathers, they realize there’s no evidence for their view, but if they use the later church fathers, they end up proving Catholicism is quite biblical. So let’s drill down into the horns of this dilemma. But before we do that, I will say what’s not a dilemma? Liking this video and subs...

In this episode Trent breaks down why he’s almost entirely stopped using social media and the good things that keep him marginally online. Transcription: Trent: Today I’m going to talk about why I quit social media, but before I do that, please hit the, you know what? Maybe you should not hit the subscribe button. Maybe you should just go outside. Maybe you should just get offline. Maybe you and I should take a hard look at what the internet and social media have been doing to us for almost 20 years, and maybe we should reconsider how we spend the 1,440 minutes that God gives us ev...

In this free-for-all-Friday, Trent examines the history of so-called "ugly laws" and how the world used to be very different for disabled people.

In this episode Trent breaks down a conspiracy about Jesus that even fringe atheists reject.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent shares 19th century personal ads and how they mirror and diverge from modern dating.

In this episode Trent lays out three criteria to inform his future decisions about debates and dialogues.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent reveals the famous "last meals" of death row inmates.

In this episode, Trent breaks down the problem with bestselling books about Heaven.

In this episode, Trent explains a strange argument for God that may be the key to proving God exists.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent talks about the weird, lesser known sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,

In this episode, Trent reveals how "based" people can cut themselves off from God because they want to own other people.

In this episode, Trent examine a common tactic among transgender advocates that manipulates people into agreeing with a harmful view of the human person.

In this free-for-all-Friday, Trent finally lets loose what he's been thinking about in the previous election.

In this episode, Trent reveals why women under the age of 30 are more liberal and pro-abortion than they've ever been in history.

In this episode Trent takes on Greg at Bible Flock Box's argument against Peter being the Rock upon which the Church is built.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent talks about the Vatican's "Luce" mascot and why he is sick of online Catholic commentary about these kinds of stories.

In this episode, Trent shares a talk he recently gave for Young Americans for Freedom that undermines moral errors of modern liberalism.

In this episode, Trent takes a sober look at the pro-life movement and offers suggestions for moving forward.