“In New Atheist and secular circles today, faith is regularly ridiculed. It’s [considered] pre-scientific mumbo-jumbo, it’s just a bunch of uncritical nonsense, it’s credulity, it’s accepting things without any evidence, it’s surrending your intellectual integrity, etc. Read someone like Christopher Hitchens and you’ll find an echo of Immanuel Kant who said, “Dare to …
Shameless Monday is back! Every couple months my blog becomes your platform. It’s your chance to shamelessly promote your project, website, or favorite link. I was inspired by Jon Acuff‘s “Shameless Saturdays”. Here’s the idea: “Post a link to whatever it is you’re all about with no shame or apologizing or feeling like you’re …
“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.” – St. Augustine Since I’ve built up a large collection of extra books and resources, every week I give some away absolutely free, no strings attached. Each giveaway lasts seven days with a new …
“We are many times controllers of faith, instead of becoming facilitators of the faith of the people.” — Pope Francis The problem: Right now, many of the faithful are being restricted from fully sharing Scripture and other teachings of the Church in the most effective ways. We need to be flooding the world with the …
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Instead of our usual weekly giveaway, today I’m distributing Pope Francis’ new encyclical. At 6:00am ET this morning (noon Rome time), the Pope released Lumen Fidei (Light of Faith). Described as “the work of four hands,” the document originated with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI before Pope Francis “made it his own.” An encyclical is simply …
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