From September 1979 through November 1984, Pope John Paul II gave a series of weekly talks devoted to human sexuality, a proper understanding of the body, and marriage. The wisdom he expressed—collectively called the “theology of the body”—not only echoed previous Church teaching on human sexuality, but also formed the backbone for modern, Catholic sexual …
One of the “best kept secrets” of the Catholic Church is its brilliant collection of social teachings. This collection includes teachings on all issues of social justice–poverty, labor abuses, care for the creation, issues of human life, and much more. Far from being something new, Catholic social teaching has been compiled over the centuries, from …
Some of my favorite words of all time are part of what is called “An Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday”, a sermon written by an unknown writer. The words refer to the part of the Apostle’s Creed that describe how “(Jesus) descended into Hell.” According to Church Tradition, after dying on Good Friday, Jesus descended …
Joshua Harris has recently written book entitled “Dug Down Deep”, which explains how he discovered the value in theology. He rightly recognizes that we all are theologians; we all have a theology. We all believe something about God–even the belief that God doesn’t exist is itself a “theology”. The question, of course, is where do …
Michael Patton over at the “Parchment and Pen” blog has a fantastic explanation of the importance of theology. I myself have gone through stages when I wanted to throw away all of my books, un-bookmark the many blogs I read, and reject all of the serious study of God in order to dwell in his …
