In his book Three Philosophies of Life, Dr. Peter Kreeft explains how he rediscovered St. Augustine’s Confessions: “Only once have I ever encountered a translation that made such a difference, that so opened up for me a previously closed book. That was Frank Sheed’s translation of Augustine’s Confessions, which I found to be as living …
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In June 2019, my wife and I flew to England on a pilgrimage to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary. We spent five days in London and three in Oxford. Our goal was to see and pray at all the sites associated with G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and John Henry Newman, who have each …
I just returned home from the 38th Annual G.K. Chesterton Conference, held this past weekend (August 1-3) in Kansas City, KS. It was the largest Chesterton gathering ever, with over 500 attendees from around the world, some as far as Kenya, India, and Chile. Rod Dreher offered the keynote, speaking on his much-discussed “Benedict Option” and …
As the Vatican kicks off a four-day summit addressing the Church’s sexual abuse crisis, I’ve been asked by many non-Catholic friends, “Why are you still Catholic? How could you remain tied to such a dirty institution?” Those questions are especially pointed given that my latest book was bluntly titled Why I am Catholic (And You Should …
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Did Jesus actually rise from the dead? William Lane Craig’s “Reasonable Faith” ministry just released two short videos, each only seven minutes long, that make a short, clear case for the Resurrection of Jesus. (For a deeper look at this question, read Craig’s book Reasonable Faith or Gary Habermas’ and Michael Licona’s classic text, The …
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