“But who do you say that I am?”
Digging into the Gospel of Mark yields some amazing treasures!
“We have seen His star at its rising.”
On the Magi, the Star of Bethlehem and an ancient prophecy that circulated among the gentiles from long before Jesus was born.
Artistic or Pornographic? A Theological Analysis of Nude Art
The vice of pornography is strangling the world today, but what about nude art, especially in sacred settings?
As a Prize of War
We're on a spiritual battlefield, and if we're saved, it will be as a prize of war snatched from the enemy.
On False Prophets
The Book of Jeremiah gives us a clear picture of a false prophet, allowing us to identify them in our midst.
By the Waters of Babylon
On the prophet Jeremiah's words to the Jews exiled to Babylon, and what those words might mean for us.
Six for Six
Where did the Church get the idea that what looks like bread and wine in the Eucharist is actually the Body and Blood of Jesus? Catholics can turn to the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John for the answers.
Why Maccabees?
The Book of Second Maccabees tells of pious Jews praying for the dead, but did you also know that the book contains the most explicit affirmations in the Old Testament of Creatio ex Nihilo, the Intercession of the Saints and of the Resurrection of the Body?