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On Moral Perfection
Pride, Pride, Pride
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The Health Gospel: Rejecting Medicine
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Foot Washing and Its Rich Meaning
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A Catholic Priest Who Doesn’t Understand What Marriage Is
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What Sperm Reveal About Sexual Morality
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7-Minute Parish Catechesis – Lesson 8 (Abortion and the Importance of Evangelization)
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Genesis 1-3 – Part III: Literal or Allegorical?
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Genesis 1-3 – Part II: Literal or Allegorical?
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7-Minute Parish Catechesis – Lesson 7 (The Problem of Suffering)
The problem of evil (discussed in the previous lesson) presents a related problem, the problem … Continue Reading
7-Minute Parish Catechesis – Lesson 6 (The Problem of Evil)
Have you ever heard this argument: “If God is all-knowing, then He knows about all … Continue Reading
Biblical Evidence for Justification by Faith and Works
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7-Minute Parish Catechesis – Lesson 5a (Genesis 1-3)
Understanding Genesis 1-3 is supremely important for helping us understand the rest of Scripture and … Continue Reading
Attaining Moral Perfection In This Life
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Why Are We Praying for Peace Ad Nauseam?
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Terminating a Popular Pro-Abortion Argument
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Morality Part 2 For Confirmation Students
Life
The previous lesson looked at sex, marriage, and sexual sins. This lesson will discuss … Continue Reading
Morality Part 1 For Confirmation Students
Sex and Marriage
- God designed men and women to have complementary halves of a reproductive
Cheap Grace and Negligent Clergy
Letter to a Negligent Priest Template
The Real Opium of the People
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Why Is Purgatory Real and Necessary?
Catholics and non-Catholics alike commonly ask this question. Often they discuss it without knowing what … Continue Reading
12-Part Series on Morality (Part 2: Moral Relativism)
You have probably heard some in our culture say something like the following: “1) Since … Continue Reading
12-Part Series on Morality (Part 1: Introduction and Natural Law)
This series of articles will discuss some of the major moral issues (i.e. relativism, marriage, … Continue Reading