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Praying With Scripture: It’s Not About You

Joshua Burks
Associate Teacher, The Emmaus Institute for Biblical Studies
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What does the Bible offer?

Weekly Update

Bible sales are soaring across the country. What can we conclude from that?

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Foundations
Raphael's "The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament"

The Sacred Scriptures

In order to understand the Scriptures, we must recognize their simultaneous human and divine origins: through the Bible we encounter the living Being who inspired its human authors.

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Caravaggio's "The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist"

Enrichment

Caravaggio's stark presentation of the beheading of St. John the Baptist, housed in St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, invites us to view a brutal reality through the eyes of faith.

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Encounter the perennial truths of the faith as they are applied to particular questions of life, education, and professional disciplines.
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Q&A

God Wants His World Back

Rev. John Riccardo
Executive Director, ACTS XXIX
Msgr. James P. Shea
President, University of Mary
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Jesus is not weak. Jesus is the one who assailed the strong man, as he puts it in the Gospels, and he has taken on the enemy and won. He’s the one who is calling you to follow him.
Rev. John Riccardo Executive Director, ACTS XXIX
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Prime Insights

The Death Penalty Continues

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Mosaic of Christ
Commentary

What ‘Christian’ Really Means

Dr. Jordan Almanzar
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Prime Insights

Medical Providers: Missionaries of Redemptive Suffering

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Foundations
Investigate the first and foundational principles of the Catholic imaginative vision.
Current Theme Matters of Belief
Raphael's "The Conversion of the Proconsul"

The Point of Apologetics

The point of apologetics is not the mere winning of arguments; instead, it is meant to show the reasonableness of the Gospel, clearing away obstacles to an authentic encounter with Christ.

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Raphael's "Transfiguration"

Christianity as a Revealed Religion

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Raphael's "Ezekiel's Vision"

The Importance of Mystery in Christian Belief

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