Yesterday I featured the first part of my review of Rob Bell’s controversial book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived. Part 1 can be found here, and Part 2 is below. Though Bell doesn’t cite sources in Love Wins, he clearly pulls from a couple …
It took longer than I wanted to post this review, but it gave me time to read the book twice to understand its claims. I’ve read Rob Bell’s previous four books, reviewing one of them here, and have listened to more than 100 of his sermons. I’m pretty familiar with his style and beliefs so …
Back in 1995, the Catholic Church released a monumental text called the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC). It was hailed as a historic achievement for it had been 400 years since a new catechism was introduced. The CCC was compiled under then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) and was created to be an …
Last year, I spent a lot of time reading about two particular saints: St. Therese of Lisieux and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. They were the two perfect people to spend the year with as both of them died when they were just 24–the same age I was all of last year–and they both shaped my …
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Thrift Store SaintsJane Knuth What happens when a middle-class, American suburbanite encounters the uncomfortable world of inner-city poverty? In Thrift Store Saints, Jane Knuth answers by sharing her experiences volunteering in a local St. Vincent de Paul thrift store. Through meeting the “saints” who frequented her shop, Knuth undergoes a profound transformation in her own …
