“A Map of Life“, by Frank Sheed, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 1994. Originally published by Sheed & Ward, London, 1933. 147 pages. I first heard of Frank Sheed, a 20th lay Catholic apologist while I was in college when a … Continue reading Book Review: “A Map of Life”
“The next day, he saw Jesus coming towards him and said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.” John 1:29 NJB
Just what does John the Baptist mean by calling Jesus the “Lamb of God”? Well, to make a long story short, he’s referring to the fact the Jesus is the Lamb of the New Passover. That’s how Jesus saw himself, and that’s how the inspired authors of the New Testament saw him. To see this, let’s start with explaining the Passover and how it was celebrated in Jesus’s time and then move on to the Scriptural evidence. After that, we’ll spend a bit of time reflecting on the question, “Why a sacrifice?” Continue reading “The Lamb of God”
Cult or Sect? Are we dealing with a cult? – Thirteen signs of a cult-like organization. Charting the Cult-like Nature of the Way – If we are ever to convince influential and possibly compromised churchmen that the Neocatechumenal Way is a cult … Continue reading A Critical Look at the Neocatechumenal Way