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Stop waiting for the perfect moment. Souls are perishing now, so now is the moment.​​​​​ In sharing Jesus with others, we are far more likely to succeed if we first take the time to craft our own message. Later, we will have more to say about prayer and the sacraments in the life of the person who wants to talk with others about Jesus. But, here, at the beginning, we need to be clear that—although we are always open to the possibility that we will be aided in our evangelizing by miracles, …

During the early years of the Church’s mission in Mexico, there were few conversions among the natives; Christianity was the religion of the Europeans. Our Lady of Guadalupe, though, who appeared in 1531 to St. Juan Diego and requested a church to be built on the site of her apparition, was one of their own. When Our Lady appeared to a native man, an insignificant widower, she spoke to him in his native language, called herself his mother, and charged him with speaking for her to the …

In our world of argumentation and reasoning, clarity and precision are of vital importance. However, many times, apologists use ambiguous terms to argue points. To do this, they often employ the ambiguity fallacy. Ambiguity fallacies exploit the vagueness or equivocal nature of language, resulting in flawed reasoning and invalid inferences. Here’s an example of this fallacy that a pro-choice person might make: “Abortion is a personal choice. No one should be able to dictate what a w …

There aren’t too many passages where Paul speaks about baptism. However, in the passages where he does mention it, his theology is profound and worth unpacking. The two passages that we will look at, respectively, are 1 Corinthians 12:13 and Romans 6:3-4, 7, 17-18, the passage from Romans 6 being the clearest and strongest text. 1 Corinthians 12:13 Let’s start with 1 Corinthians 12:13, where Paul writes, “For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.” The “ …

Most people have encountered logical fallacies. The average person could likely name a couple but would struggle to articulate a comprehensive definition or explanation. Regrettably, logical fallacies factor prominently in the ongoing debates between Catholics and Protestants, to the point where we might wonder if Protestants are exploiting Catholics’ lack of in-depth knowledge regarding this topic. However, with a firm grasp of how logical fallacies function, Catholics defending the Fait …