Theology with an English Accent
All the talks I've given by David Bates in the United States
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Episodes
- 27
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2020
TEA: Resisting Temptation With C.S. Lewis
I went back to St. Ignatius in LA this past week to give them a Lenten talk about temptation and C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters.
Sat 07 Mar 2020
TEA: Practical Tools For Everday Evangelism
This past weekend, I drove out to Imperial Valley, a couple of hours east of San Diego, to give a talk at "Java & Jesus". The event was rather similar to a traditional "Theology On Tap", except that …
Thu 26 Dec 2019
TEA: C.S. Lewis – Apostle To The Skeptics
Last night I gave a talk in Charlotte, North Carolina, on C.S. Lewis, telling the story of how he came to faith in Christ and how this journey influenced his own subsequent evangelistic efforts.
Mon 11 Nov 2019
TEA: Love is a many splendored Thing
Last night I gave a talk at St. Patrick's to the Goretti Group on the subject of love, drawing heavily from C.S. Lewis' book, The Four Loves.
Sat 07 Sep 2019
TEA: Apologetics for the confused
Last week I gave a talk on apologetics at a bonfire in El Cajon on the subject of apologetics, the follow-on talk from “Evangelization for the terrified”. It turns out I wave my hands about a lot whe…
Thu 16 May 2019
TEA: Worship in the Early Church
A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk to a Young Adult group in the Diocese about Worship in the Early Church. I’ve given this talk before (and the audio quality is better there), but here’s the latest…
Thu 02 May 2019
TEA: Catholics Come Home
This Friday I returned for the final time to St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Church in Los Angeles. In this talk I told my own faith journey and spoke about what I think we can do to draw the lapsed …
Sun 14 Apr 2019
TEA: God’s Mercy, Freely Received, Freely Given
I was back at St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Church in Los Angeles this past week. On this visit I was speaking to their Confirmation group about the Sacrament of Confession and more broadly on the …
Thu 04 Apr 2019
TEA: Life in Christ, not just improvement, but transformation
In this episode of “Theology With An English Accent” (TEA) is the first of a few talks I’m giving this Lent at St. Ignatius in Los Angeles. This is a longer version of the talk I gave the previous we…
Thu 14 Mar 2019
TEA: Doing What you love for jesus
In this episode of “Theology With An English Accent” (TEA) is the second talk I gave at the Southern Kansas Young Adult Conference last week. If there was one of my talks that I’d like every Catholic…
Sun 10 Mar 2019
PWJ: S2E8 – Bonus – “What is the point of Christianity?”
I was in Kansas this weekend speaking at a retreat so I didn't get a chance to put together an episode with Matt. Rather than deprive you of an episode this week, here is the audio of a talk I gave a…
Tue 05 Mar 2019
Apologetics For The Confused (MP3)
This is the second of two talks I gave during Lent at a parish in Los Angeles this year… “Apologetics for the confused” (Download) — Questions — • What does IHS stand for? • Who is your blog’s pa…
Sun 15 Apr 2018
TEA: How to read the Bible like a Catholic (St. Ignatius)
During Lent, I gave two talks at St. Ignatius Catholic parish in Los Angeles. Here is the first talk I gave on reading Sacred Scripture: “How to read the Bible like a Catholic” (Download) Q&A (Downlo…
Thu 12 Apr 2018
TEA: Jesus In Disguise
Today I gave a talk on a retreat entitled “Jesus In Disguise”, where I look at the different ways in which we can encounter God behind the veil of the ordinary. The audio is available below: Jesus in…
Sat 07 Apr 2018
TEA: Entrepreneurial Faith (San Antonio)
Last week I was in San Antonio giving my “Entrepreneurial Faith” talk to the YCP chapter there. “Entrepreneurial Faith” (Download) Q&A (Download) — Questions — • You’re an British Catholic. How is …
Thu 05 Apr 2018
TOT: What does it mean to be a restless pilgrim?
Our three-part “Theology On Tap” series came to a conclusion tonight. The Associate Young Adult Director, Pamela Poe, had tasked me to give a talk which answered the question “What does it mean to be…
Thu 15 Feb 2018
TEA: Is there life before marriage? (Goretti Group)
Last night I gave a talk for The Goretti Group. This was a variation on a talk I gave at the Southern Kansas Young Adult Conference. Is there life before marriage? (Download) I’ve written a couple of…
Sun 06 Aug 2017
TEA: Mary and the Early Church (St. Ignatius)
Yesterday, I visited St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Los Angeles. The St. Ignatius Women’s Group invited me to give a presentation on the Blessed Virgin and the Early Church. This was a a longer vers…
Mon 05 Jun 2017
TEA: Getting More Out Of The Mass…in ten minutes (Dodge City)
As I mentioned yesterday, this past weekend I was in Dodge City, Kansas for SKYAC, the Southern Kansas Young Adult Conference. During the afternoon, I gave one of the “FED Talks”. For those of you fa…
Tue 28 Mar 2017
TEA: Is there life before marriage? (Dodge City)
So this past weekend I was at the Southern Kansas Young Adult Conference (SKYAC). I gave a few talks on the retreat, which I’ll post here over the next couple of days. The afternoon opened up with a …
Mon 27 Mar 2017
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