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Getting Personal When Talking About Jesus(Post)

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 mes

The Sower and the Seeds: The Key to Understanding the Parables(Post)

Before entering into an explanation of these parables, perhaps a word ought to be said about what a parable is and why it needs explanation in the first place. A parable is a verbal expression, usuall

Sixteen Bible-Reading Rules Everyone Should Know (Plus One)(Post)

Rule 1: The Bible’s human authors were not divine stenographers. Everything asserted in Scripture is asserted by the Holy Spirit, but God allowed the human authors of Scripture to incorporate their ow

Not Just Spiritual: My Journey from Personal Religion to the Catholic Faith(Post)

People living in deep sin are not always the ones who are most in need of our help, but rather the people who think they’re doing well, when in actuality the opposite is true. Before my conversion to

When Is It Time To "Trot Out A Toddler?"(Post)

In his groundbreaking Pro-Life book, Persuasive Pro-Life, Apologist Trent Horn teaches pro-life ambassadors how to stay on message using a technique called "Trot Out A Toddler."Most failed conversati

Advent Apologetics: How Can I Develop a Greater Devotion to the Eucharist? (Post)

The easiest way to develop a greater devotion to the Eucharist is to attend daily Mass, so you can partake of Christ’s body and blood on a regular basis. You can also take part in a holy hour at a loc

Dupes, Deceivers, or… Catholics?(Post)

The Author in his own words:C.S. Lewis’s Trilemma: Liar, Lunatic, or Lord In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis famously poses a trilemma, sometimes called the Liar, Lunatic, or Lord argument, which work

God Creates Out of Love(Post)

God creates, we believe, ex caritate—out of love. If we recall our image of Christianity as a reflection of the human heart, we can ask: what is the first thing love longs to do? What is the first im

What Are the Ineffective Pro-Life Arguments?(Post)

There are some arguments that a pro-life advocate should not use, because they don’t directly address the key issue in the abortion debate: “What are the unborn?” Greg Koukl writes in his book Preciou

How to Weigh Church Teaching(Post)

Is everything the Church teaches infallible? How can you tell what is and what isn’t? Just how much weight are we supposed to give to particular teachings? As Catholics, we trust that the Holy Spirit

Know Your Child's Temperament(Post)

The identification of four temperaments—choleric, melancholic, sanguine, and phlegmatic—goes back to ancient sources such as Hippocrates and Galen and was taken up again and developed in the Middle Ag

Encountering the Glory of Christ in the Eucharist(Post)

How can you tell if you have the right understanding—the biblical interpretation, Jesus’ interpretation—of the Eucharist? I’d suggest five things to look for: your beliefs should be strange, sacrific