752 results for 'hard sayings'

Mother of God | Luke 1:43(Post)

Why Catholics Call Mary the Mother of God? This excerpt from Meeting the Protestant Response explains why Luke 1:43 supports Mary’s title “Mother of God.” Broussard answers the obj ...

Does Scripture Tell Us When Christ Will Return?(Post)

We often think references to Jesus’ coming mean just one thing: the future Second Coming at the end of the world.  On this point, Scripture does not tell us when Christ will return. On th ...

Luther Behind the Curtain(Post)

Pope Leo X Condemns Luther’s Teachings In Exsurge Domine, the bull in which Pope Leo X formally condemns Martin Luther’s heretical teachings, the pope refers to Luther as “the ...

Advent Apologetics: How Can I Join or Help Someone Join the Catholic Church? (Post)

If you or someone you know is interested in becoming Catholic, he should seek out a nearby Catholic parish and inquire about its RCIA program. RCIA stands for “the Rite of Christian Initiation for Ad ...

It Happened Right Here(Post)

Many years ago, as a graduate student, I spent a summer with a Christian Palestinian family in Bethlehem. It was my first visit to the Holy Land, and, as it does for many new pilgrims, it rocke ...

How Did the Early Church Know Which Books Belonged in the Bible?(Post)

As the number of Christian books grew, so did the need for the Catholic Church to discern which were truly authoritative, which were merely helpful, and which were positively harmful. This resulted i ...

The Servant of the Servants of God(Post)

Perhaps the clearest teaching on the papacy is at the Last Supper. That may surprise some readers. After all, there’s an all too common misconception that the Catholic claim for the papacy boils down ...

The Great Disappointment(Post)

Murky origins and eccentric doctrines place group at fringes of Christianity. Most people know little about the Seventh-day Adventists beyond that they worship on Saturdays, not Sundays. But ...

Five Foundational Principles to Use When Talking to Atheists(Post)

"You probably think Santa Claus is real. Or that the Earth is flat. Maybe your ancestors thought Thor caused lightning and thunderstorms. Or that praying to a statue would bring healing. We have mov ...

A Religion of the Heart (Post)

Christian apologetics arose during a time of persecution in the 200s . . . and not much has changed between then and the 2000s.  What Rome started then, the secular culture continues now, but o ...

Teaching Your Child to Understand True Happiness(Post)

One of the signs of a mature spiritual life is a stable view of happiness: an understanding of happiness that both corresponds to our experience and remains unmoved in the midst of the vicissitudes o ...

Satan Demanded to Have You, That He Might Sift You Like Wheat(Post)

“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren” ...