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Weekly Update
Immigration can be a difficult topic to understand and discuss. Here are some principles to help form the Christian mind on the matter.
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Liturgy: The Basis of Christian Culture
Unless the temporal activity of social life goes forward within a framework of leisure and liturgy, it becomes misshapen. Liturgy conforms the whole of life to the harmonies of heaven.
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Enrichment
The Abbey of Cluny once vied with Rome in its influence, and its church was the largest in Christendom before the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica in the sixteenth century.
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Christians (and Pharisees) at a University
Learn more about Christians (and Pharisees) at a UniversityJesus 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.
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Medical Providers: Missionaries of Redemptive Suffering
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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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Christianity as a Revealed Religion
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The Sacred Scriptures
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The Importance of Mystery in Christian Belief
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