"Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope"- 1 Peter 3:15
The Short Version I’m doing a survey to collect the thoughts of Christians from a variety of different backgrounds to better understand their beliefs regarding faith and works. I explain my reasons and the survey itself below. Why I’m Doing This If we are going to overcome the attacks on Christianity, we need to strive …
There is a great GK Chesterton quote that says The difficulty of explaining “why I am a Catholic” is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: that Catholicism is true. I, like a number of other Catholics, could easily agree with that statement. He goes on to say that talking about …
I always experience mixed emotions when I hear someone say (or see someone post) something along the lines of “I’m spiritual, but not religious.” On one hand, I am happy that the person is seeking a deeper meaning in their life. On the other hand, I’m worried that the person will stay satisfied there. Before …
The Catholic faith is beautiful. There are several aspects I wish I would’ve noticed sooner.
When I got diagnosed with diabetes, I questioned why God would make me suffer like that. Now I realize I was asking the wrong question.
We all know Satan is a liar, and we know the more we strive to live like Christ, the more Satan will try to attack us. Consequently, one of the more dangerous lies Satan tells us is that we are a bad Catholic.
I think one of the biggest challenges in maintaining faith in God is the existence of suffering. While the Church has some great things to say about suffering and you may be able to recognize logically that the existence of suffering, for example, a chronic illness, doesn’t mean God isn’t there, it can be hard …
