The Pastor as Apologist
If Christians truly believe that Jesus is Lord, then they will make the attempt to win converts for him in every way that is humanly possible, not just in ways that exclude verbal persuasion. Arguments...
View ArticleCommunion, Community, and Communication
The Gospel summons us to authentic human development in communion, community, and communication under the sovereignty of God’s love. Our Christian conversion is both an event and a lifelong process of...
View ArticleCatechetical and Pastoral Emphasis in the Apologetics of Frank Sheed
Vatican II calls the laity to take a more active role in not just the worshipping life of the Church, but the teaching life, too. While Sheed agrees … we evangelize best principally through a...
View ArticleMythbuster Extraordinare: How Benedict Tackled False Christologies. -
Christians sense there is something radically wrong in trying to put Christ into strange molds, where long-held Christian beliefs about Christ are attacked from all sides. As Benedict stated in his...
View ArticleHow to Read Christology and Still Keep Your Faith
“Christology” is everywhere. That is, if we take its basic etymology and understand it simply as “speech concerning Christ.” People can utter his name flippantly, even blasphemously. Popular films and...
View ArticleThe Gift of Law and the Law of Gift
“I can’t understand why your Church makes you live that way,” a friend of mine once said to me, “it’s just not natural!” I fear that many, Catholics and non-Catholics alike, have a similar...
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