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Dumbing Down The Vocabulary Of Faith
Dumbing Down The Vocabulary Of Faith
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
I learned the phrase, “dumbing down” from one of the editors at a British publishing company Blackwell Scientific Publishing Company. Richard understood my goal to produce a textbook which challenged and would provide a breadth of physiology and pathophysiology not available in competing texts.
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Salvation Parade Analogy
Salvation Parade Analogy
By Ken Litchfield
The History of Salvation can be viewed like a Long Parade. God sees salvation history like a King in a high tower watching a parade down Main Street. God sees the beginning (creation) from the end (heaven) while we see our part in the parade.
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Sex is worth more
Sex is worth more
By Michelle S. Peters
As a college student, I gradually became used to hearing that most people think of sex as something you do on a third date. I’ve even seen condoms given out as if they were candy by some student associations.
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Why We Celebrate St. Mary
Why We Celebrate St. Mary
By E.M. McCarthy
Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been much maligned in recent years. Many people mistake devotion to Mary as a sort of worshiping of her. I suppose if we truly viewed her like our own parent, we would understand Marian devotion much more clearly.
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Witnessing to a Wavering Catholic
Witnessing to a Wavering Catholic
By Rose Cuervo
A young man tells me that he has been attending a Protestant church but he has not been telling his family, who is strongly Catholic. He tells me that he had received a call from God to serve Him more and felt that this was a call to be ordained a minister in the Protestant church and asks me what I think.
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On Patriotism
On Patriotism
By Rob Agnelli
Summers in the United States have a rhythm all their own thanks to the three National Holidays that we celebrate. For Americans Independence Day marks the midway point of Summer which ends “officially” on Labor Day. Most will celebrate the day with a cookout and fireworks, but despite the all the planning that goes on very few people will actually enjoy it.
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Faith and Politics Don't Always Mix
Faith and Politics Don't Always Mix
By Jean Smith
First and foremost, I am a Catholic, then I consider myself a conservative Catholic. As I pondered last year’s Presidential election and the state of our country today, I became quite ambivalent about how I voted.
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On Looking without Seeing
On Looking without Seeing
By Rob Agnelli
“Curiosity killed the cat,” the proverb goes, “but satisfaction brought him back.” Throughout Christian history, from Augustine and Jerome to Aquinas, curiosity has been viewed as a serious vice. In contrast, today, it represents little more than an annoying habit. The problem is all the more acute in an age where we have access to endless hours of entertainment, social media, and the internet
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Commentary on Matthew 16:13-23, the Rock
Commentary on Matthew 16:13-23, the Rock
By De Maria
This is another wonderful passage which I frequently use to explain the Papacy to Protestants, and to anyone really.
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Why bother going to church?
Why bother going to church?
By Victor S E Moubarak
Do you go to church regularly? Every Sunday? More often or much fewer times?
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How to love the sinner
How to love the sinner
By Susan Skinner
There's a saying that says, "Love the sinner, hate the sin," but in today's world we often see the acceptance of sin and we call people Pharisees if they believe the law should be followed. But there is a distinction between people who have love in their hearts and follow the law, and those who only follow the law but have no love.
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The True Nature of God
The True Nature of God
By E.M. McCarthy
Once I had a conversation with a member of another religion and I realized our definition of God was not the same, because as a Catholic, I believe in the Blessed Trinity.
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Do You Have To Belong to a Religion In Order to Have Moral Values?
Do You Have To Belong to a Religion In Order to Have Moral Values?
By Linda Kracht
The 2017 Gallup Poll entitled: “Views of US Moral Values Slip to Seven Year Lows” noted that 81% of Americans believe that our country’s moral values are fair to poor; 77% opined that US moral values are getting worse; and these majorities feel that moral values have slipped to a new low.
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A Very Moving Story of Holy Communion
A Very Moving Story of Holy Communion
By Greg Schlueter
Here's a very moving story that's still haunting us, blessing us and moving us.
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Catholic/Christians and the Reality of the Grief Process
Catholic/Christians and the Reality of the Grief Process
By Larry Peterson
Hospice contacted me about two weeks after my wife had passed and asked me to join an upcoming Bereavement support group. It would be two hours a week for seven weeks.
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On Being Judgmental
On Being Judgmental
By Rob Agnelli
“Do not judge, lest ye be called judgmental.” In a world that has lost a sense of sin, there remains one unforgivable sin—being judgmental. Many who are biblically illiterate can readily quote Jesus’ admonition “Stop judging, that you may not be judged” (Mt 7:1).
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The Desecration of Isis and What We Can Do About It.
The Desecration of Isis and What We Can Do About It.
By James Berkon
Two days ago, I witnessed something I never thought I would see in my lifetime, a Catholic Church being destroyed, burnt to the ground. Isis Militants in the Southern Region of the Philippines invaded a church, ransacking the sanctuary, throwing statues to the ground, smashing them into nothing.
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