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Christian men, beware: the world wants you for its own.

It wants you to choose lust over love, porn over prayer, and the idols of materialism, entertainment, and the flesh over the icons of Christ, his mother, and the saints.

It’s tempting—and easy—to be a Man of the World.

In his ministry at a major university, Fr. Terence Ehrman has seen and heard it all, helping many young men to deal with the lies and temptations that the world throws their way. And he has a challenge for them—and for you: Be a Man of God instead.

In Man of God: Lessons to Young Men About Life, Sex, Friendship, Vocation, and Loving with the Heart of Christ, Fr. Ehrman draws on his experiences counseling men who are struggling to live in the world but not be of the world.

In the form of emails written to a former student, he offers a plan for ongoing conversion that is both wise and practical, high-minded yet real.

Man of God is holy spiritual direction for all men who want to master themselves and be transformed from within; firm and loving guidance to help you reject the world and choose the Kingdom.

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Anti-Catholics like to paint Church teachings in a way that makes them seem vain, backward, or superstitious, all in the hope of drawing people out of the Faith and into sects or unbelief.

Catholic apologists fight back with facts and sound arguments.

But there’s another area where the Church’s enemies tell their own false story of Catholicism: its history. Whether it’s from the media, in classrooms, or out of the mouths of pastors and politicians, we’ve all heard a version of Catholic history filled with unrelenting violence, ignorance, worldliness, and bigotry. It’s enough to make many believers question whether the Church truly was founded by Christ!

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In Just Whatever, Matt takes down the building blocks of religious indifference one by one. He looks at the three different kinds you tend to encounter in your friends and family members—and maybe in yourself!—to see where they come from and why they’re seductive. In their place he offers a compelling vision of a world in which it matters what you believe, who you worship, and where authentic truth and authority reside. And he helps you present that vision to others with clarity and love.

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